Hanzhe Wang

Hanzhe Wang (b. 1997) was born in China.She graduated from the Print of the China Academy of Art in 2019, and now studying Print at the Royal College of Art. Her works explore the relationship between an individual's inner soul and his external expression by centering on his daily life, memories and emotions. She work across multiple disciplines including printmaking, drawing, sculpture.

Emotions leave traces in the body, and I try to visualize those invisible and unspeakable inner emotions through the imprints. These traces are like a container, carrying my emotions, my inner spirit.

In my work, the anxious movements of my hands that I depict through embroidery are derived from my emotional feelings during insomnia. For me, the body and soul in insomnia are out of control, which is a silent confrontation between the body and the inner spirit. The repressed emotions can only leave traces through the body. Embroidery is like the posture of tossing and turning in bed when I have insomnia. There are joyful catharsis and painful repetition in the process of embroidery, which also records the real emotional ups and downs. For the last step, I chose to print the embroidery rough on clay. In the printing process, the clay is like a controlled body that is continuously kneaded and reshaped. These vague and different shades of the imprint may be the struggle to suppress emotions or the calmness after the struggle.