Hengzhi Gong

Hengzhi Gong is an artist based in London whose work ranges across painting and drawing. He is currently conducting his PhD research As Another Voice: Hidden Political Expression in Chinese Contemporary Allegorical Painting at the Royal College of...

Hengzhi Gong is an artist based in London whose work ranges across painting and drawing. He is currently conducting his PhD research As Another Voice: Hidden Political Expression in Chinese Contemporary Allegorical Painting at the Royal College of Art. His research does not study allegory within paintings purely from an aesthetic perspective, but views allegorical paintings as one critical part of political practice in contemporary China under cultural and self-censorship. In 2018, Hengzhi Gong graduated with a BA in Industrial Design from the Beijing Institute of Technology and, in 2020, with an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art. His work has been exhibited internationally, including Royal Academy of Arts, Southward Park Galleries, No.20 Arts, Josh Lilley Gallery, Fold Gallery, Hockney Gallery, West Bund Museum (Shanghai, China), A/W Space (Nanjing, China), Western Exhibitions (Chicago, US) and Gallery LVS (Seoul, Korea).