Wen Peng is an artist who explores the relationship between space and plants, creating works in painting, video, photography, and installation inspired by plant systems and communities. During his three-month fellowship in Japan, he will study Ikebana in Tokyo, visit temple gardens in Kyoto, and study garden typologies and architecture in Tokyo, Osaka, and Sapporo. He will also research gardens, spatial projects, and the archives related to Isamu Noguchi’s work in Japan. Through this experience, he aims to enrich his knowledge and practice as both an artist and a garden practitioner.

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From 2019 to 2023, Wen worked at Vitamin Creative Space in Guangzhou, managing planting programs, exhibition setup, and documenting and archiving artworks through photograph and film. He studied at the Department of Printmaking at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts from 2013 to 2019, and in 2015 participated in the Mirrored Gardens Study Program, where he coordinated and participated in planting programs and studies. In 2016, he received the Best Student Illustration Award and the Judges’ Choice Award at the 4th Creator China Illustration Awards (Hong Kong).