Contemporary Artist

He Gong

He Gong (b. 1955, Chongqing, China) is a Chinese contemporary artist whose practice engages questions of migration, memory, and cultural hybridity. He earned his MFA from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts in 1985 before relocating to the United States in 1986. From 2005 to 2024, he served as Professor of Art at Sichuan University, shaping a generation of emerging artists. Dividing his time between Chengdu and Los Angeles, He Gong’s work reflects a sustained dialogue between Eastern and Western artistic traditions. His paintings, exhibited internationally at institutions such as the Venice Biennale and the Edinburgh Festival, trace personal and collective journeys across landscapes where individuals actively embrace marginalization, continuously transcend identity boundaries, and ultimately return to primal authenticity. His recent practice embraces a narrative turn, using the visual field as a stage for unfolding allegories of identity, longing, and transformation. Through luminous storytelling, He Gong invites viewers into a theatre of memory where myth and lived experience converge.