-- Artist statement
Habitat 21 features images of indoor tropical plants, a Black Arrow R4 rocket engine, interior of the Westminster Underground Station in London, garden of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, a replica of BepiColombo Mercury orbiter, and a screen. Habitat 22 features seven images of the decommissioned Capital Steel and Iron Corporation in Beijing.
Born in Beijing, Wang Juyan is an image artist currently based in London. Wang earned his BA in London College of Communication and has exhibited widely between China and Europe, including Foam Museum (Amsterdam), Beaconsfield Gallery (London), Base Milano (Milan), Singapore International Photography Festival (Singapore) etc. and was selected as Foam Talent in 2017. The unique visual language of Wang’s work heightens the ambiguities and the historical sublime in his large-scale landscape.