北京当代艺博会2026艺术作品海报｜陈耀光《剥落的生命》

陈耀光长期从事设计实践，在艺术和空间设计领域积累了丰富的材料经验。“木”作为最常见的设计材料，一直贯穿于他的创作。

在装置《剥落的生命》中，他有意识地将木材从熟悉的功能语境中抽离。原本服务于日常生活的材料，被重新竖立为近似纪念碑或图腾的结构，成为被观看与阅读的对象。

通过这种转化，设计语言被推进到更具观念性的艺术层面：木材不仅承载着时间与生长的痕迹，也成为在地文化符号的载体。由中式家具部件构成的意象符号，通过“剥离”的方式刻写于木板之上，使自然的遗存与人类的语言在同一表面相遇。这件作品也呈现了他创作方法和身份的转向——从“为生活创造美好”的设计师，到“以材料表达观念”的艺术家，两种路径并行而生。

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Chen Yaoguang’s long-standing design practice has endowed him with extensive experience in materials across both art and spatial design. Wood—one of the most ubiquitous materials used in design—has remained central to his work.

In the installation, The Layers of Life, Chen deliberately extracts wood from its conventional functional context. A material originally serving everyday use is reconfigured into a structure resembling a totemic monument, becoming an object to be viewed and interpreted.

Through this transformation, the language of design is elevated to a conceptual artistic level. Wood, while bearing traces of time and growth, becomes an icon for local culture. Motifs derived from components of traditional Chinese furniture are inscribed onto the wooden surface through a process of “peeling,” allowing remnants of nature and human language to converge on a shared surface. This work marks a pivotal shift in Chen’s creative methodology and identity—from a designer creating beauty for everyday life to an artist expressing ideas through materials, with both trajectories unfolding in parallel.

陈耀光，b.1962

艺术家、设计师，生活和工作于杭州。1987年毕业于中国美术学院，是中国较早一代接受学院系统训练的空间设计师之一，在中国设计界具有广泛影响力。长期的设计实践使他持续关注空间、材料与日常生活之间的关系，并逐渐将这一经验转化为更具观念性的艺术探索。

他的创作处于设计与当代艺术的交叉地带，作品常以现成器物、设计材料与建筑结构为媒介，在自然材料和文化记忆之间建立联系。通过具有空间性的装置，他试图构建观众的身体经验，并在当代城市语境中重新激活人与自然之间的感知关系。

除艺术创作之外，他也是设计艺术机构“光合机构”与“典尚设计”的创始人，长期从事文化机构、艺术馆和展览项目的空间实践。这些跨越设计与艺术的经验，也构成其艺术创作的重要背景。

他的艺术和设计实践曾被《AD》、《GQ》、《外滩TheBund》、《ELLEDECO》、《一条》、《Bazaar Art》、《Wallpaper》、《三联生活周刊》、《南方人物周刊》、《ANSA》等国内外重要媒体所报道。近期参与和策划的重要展览项目包括：“礼物”，米兰设计周，2025；“澄观·艺宿光合”，杭州光合院，2021；“光的时空屋”，上海BFC外滩金融中心当代艺术空间，2021；“光盒物仓”，上海西岸艺术与设计博览会，2020；“光合计划”，上海设计周，2019;“局”、“叠变”等，意大利米兰国际设计周，2016～2014;“穿越—关于抽屉的故事”，韩国光州设计双年展，2015……

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Chen Yaoguang (b. 1962) is an artist and designer based in Hangzhou. He graduated from the China Academy of Art in 1987 and is among the early generation of spatial designers in China to receive systematic academic training, exerting a wide influence in the field of design. Chen’s long-term engagement with design practice has led him to continuously reflect on the relationships between space, materials, and everyday life—an inquiry that has gradually evolved into a more conceptual artistic exploration.

Positioned at the intersection of design and contemporary art, Chen’s work often employs readymade objects, design materials, and architectural structures as media, forging connections between natural materials and cultural memory. Through spatial installations, he constructs embodied experiences for viewers, seeking to reactivate perceptual relationships between humans and nature within the context of the contemporary urban environment.

In addition to his artistic practice, Chen is the founder of the design institutions Light Mix and Dianshang Design, and has long been engaged in spatial design for cultural institutions, museums, and exhibition projects. These cross-disciplinary experiences between design and art form a crucial foundation for his artistic work.

Chen Yaoguang’s practice has been featured in major international and Chinese media, including AD, GQ, The Bund, ELLE DECO, Yitiao, Bazaar Art, Wallpaper, Sanlian Life Weekly, Southern People Weekly, and ANSA. His recent exhibitions and projects include: The Gift, Milan Design Week, 2025; “Chengguan · Art Residency Light Mix,” Light Mix Gallery, Hangzhou, 2021; “The House of Light in Time and Space,” BFC Bund Financial Center, Shanghai, 2021; “Light Box Warehouse,” Shanghai West Bund Art & Design Fair, 2020; “Light Mix Project,” Shanghai Design Week, 2019; “Ju” and “Metamorphosis,” Milan Design Week, 2014–2016; “Transcendence: Stories of Drawers,” Gwangju Design Biennale, 2015.