Encountering Figures, 2025
Fu Site was born in 1984 in Liaoning, China. He graduated from the Painting Department of the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University in 2006, and later from the École Supérieure d’Art du Nord–Pas de Calais (Lille) in France in 2014. He currently lives and works in Paris. His painting practice has consistently revolved around the generation of images, consciousness, and visual experience, with his language and methods continuously evolving in response to different stages of his artistic development.
In his early work, Fu Site constructed images through a relatively realistic and narrative-driven approach. He often depicted unfolding scenes within fictional spaces imbued with strong psychological heterogeneity and a sense of intrusion. Rococo-style reflections, partially concealed figures, and recurring elements such as lightning, smoke, and fire collectively created an atmosphere suspended between reality and psychological projection. These paintings were not representations of reality per se, but rather visualizations of transcendent psychological experiences. The movement of figures and objects within space became a persistent thread in his inquiry.
After 2018, Fu Site gradually recognized the limitations of relying solely on images as creative “material” and began seeking a visual form more closely aligned with inner intuition. He expanded his painterly language through organic abstraction, attempting to break free from the constraints of a single technique.
In his recent work, Fu Site continues to generate organic forms that exist in an “in-between” state, exploring how concepts such as relationality, coexistence, desire, and uncertainty unfold visually. He places particular emphasis on the role of “pleasure” in the generative process—a driving force that operates simultaneously on sensory and mental levels. His method often begins in a state of chaos; through repeated associations, distillation, and painterly exercises, he gradually establishes schemas and structures. Within his paintings, chaos and order, movement and stillness, intensity and calm are not oppositional but coexist, forming a continuously unfolding visual condition.