Photo by Eukin Dong

Ou(欧盐酸) is a material artist and interdisciplinary designer from Chongqing, China, currently living and working in Berlin, focusing on art practices within cross-cultural contexts. Her work spans materials, sound art, sensory experiences, and mixed-media elements, aiming to explore the subtle tensions between cultural identity, collective memory, and the duality of familiarity and estrangement.

EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIES
2017 Image of the material & material of the image, Chengxi Contemporary Art Center, Beijing
2020 "NYLON Art festivel", Shijiangzhuang
2020 “LICHTBLICK”, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin
2020 “X-RAY”, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin
2020 "Fest der Dinge", Milan Design Week, Milan (postiponed)
2020 “Zoöp” - Publication in Venice Biennale, Venice (postiponed)
2021 "Migratory Birds 300", Aranya Theather Festival, Hebei
2021 "West by Southwest", INVOLVED Art Space, Chongqing
2022 "aboveonethousand- exporations in ceramics and glass", Salone de Mobile, Milan
2022~2023 "glass - hand formed matter", Bröhan-Museum, Berlin, Germany; The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finnland; the glass factory boda, Boda, Sweden; The Museum Baruther Glashütte, Baruth, Germany; kunststiftung sachsen-anhalt, Halle (Saale), Germany
2022~2023 "Wasser und Wein", KunstForum, Gotha; kunststiftung sachsen-anhalt, Halle (Saale); The Museum Baruther Glashütte, Baruth, Germany
2023 Residency on Boat - Artists exchange project with "Migratory Birds 300", London
2023 Canal Dream Art Festival "Connecting - Boat of Visual Art", London
2024 "Thick Description", Absent Gallery, online
2024 "Labyrinth 迷宫", Absent Gallery & 粮仓, Guangdong
2024 residency "Casa de Saúde do Telhal - Estúdio de Arte", Lisbon
2024 "Community and Identity" - comprises self-portraits, Lisbon
2025 "The Menu", Ramp Gallery, Beijing

EDUCATION
09/2013~06/2017 China Central Academy of Fine Arts, BA
10/2018~04/2022 Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, MA

EXPERIENCES
09/2015~10/2015 UNION_DESIGN, intern
09/2016~01/2017 China ArtBattle, freelancer
10/2016~12/2016 Benwu Studio, intern
02/2017~09/2018 Shanghai Epoch Media, freelancer
09/2017~08/2018 Benwu Studio, designer, project manager
04/2021~05/2022 ARCHIMEDES EXHIBITIONS Berlin, Werkstudent / freelancer
06/2022~11/2024 PEELSPHERE, chief designer, project manager