Hangfeng Chen is a visual artist and filmmaker working between Amsterdam and Shanghai. His practice centers on the reappropriation and juxtaposition of archival materials to create a dynamic dialogue between personal memory and historical narrative. This interdisciplinary approach has led him to move fluidly between fine arts and cinema, particularly in the realms of papercut, collage, drawing, and animation. Through this process, Chen explores layered connections that transcend time and geography, reflecting on hybridity and entanglement in the anthropocentric era. Chen studied painting and art history at the Shanghai Fine Art College (BA) and holds a master’s degree from the Netherlands Film Academy. He is currently an artist and researcher in residence at the University of Amsterdam, within the Faculty of Humanities.

 

Chen's works have been exhibited and collected internationally, including by the Rockbund Museum (Shanghai), Today Art Museum (Beijing), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Collective Gallery (Edinburgh), Chinese Arts Center (Manchester), Casino Luxembourg, Cable Gallery (Helsinki), SinArts Gallery, Lissa Art Museum, Tropenmuseum (Amsterdam), and the White Rabbit Museum (Sydney). His films have been shown at CinemAsia (Amsterdam), MADATAC Festival (Madrid), N-Minutes Video Art Festival (Helsinki), and the 57th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (MIACA program).