Sihan Guo

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Sihan Guo, vertebrae of dormant monolith, collapse into thousands of chiseled folds, stirring up silver-throated murmurs, migrating over the far horizon; ashen blue-grey, pale olive, burnt umber, magenta, 2025, oil on wood panel, 130 x 120 cm (51.2 x 47.2 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Sihan Guo, kneeling barnacles, at the altar of erosion, copper faces conceived in succulent, giant vines—swollen, then torn, gasping, desublimating into mudras; oxidized metal, sienna, green ochre, dusky rose, 2025, oil on wood panel, 100 x 90 cm (39.4 x 35.4 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Sihan Guo, neural spurs, a faulty scan of cacti, fresh gills; olive green, verdigris, sienna, ultramarine, 2025, oil and craving on wood panel, 40 x 30 cm (15.7 x 11.8 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Sihan Guo, healing caught in between glitches and pickles, plectrum to the exquisite skull, to touch the edges of the neuron-falls, mossy green, damp brown, pale ochre, dusty pink, 80 x 70 cm (31.5 x 27.6 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Biography

Sihan Guo. Photo: Joey Xiaoyi Gao. Courtesy of the artist.

Dissolving, subtracting, and sculpting paint across wood panel surfaces, Sihan Guo’s (b. 2000, lives and works in Shanghai) practice investigates the complex interrelations between organic and technological life. Through a process of building up layers of vibrant pigment before smudging and, at times, carving into them, she creates compositions characterised by sharp, stem-like drips that evoke synaptic or neuron-like forms set against hazy, cloud-like colour fields. A key concept for Guo is philosopher Gilles Deleuze’s theory of the rhizomatic—which describes a network that allows any permutation of connections between its constituents in a non-hierarchical way—and deeply informs the development of her energetically charged, weblike compositions. Informed by her exploration of the inseparability of corporeality and virtuality, her works oscillate between anatomical interiors and infrastructural networks, forming ambiguous, shifting landscapes that invite reflection on the porous boundaries between the tangible and the digital.

Guo’s solo exhibitions include Cassina Projects, Milan (2025), and Commons Gallery at New York University, New York (2022). She has also participated in group exhibitions at Galeria Gato, Lima (2025); Public Gallery, London (2025); Alexander Berggruen, New York (2024); Galleria Pedro Cera, Lisbon (2024); Third Street Gallery, Shanghai (2024); and NARS Foundation, New York (2023), among others.

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Works

Sihan Guo
healing caught in between glitches and pickles, plectrum to the exquisite skull, to touch the edges of the neuron-falls, mossy green, damp brown, pale ochre, dusty pink
2024
Oil on wood panel
80 x 70 cm | 31.5 x 27.6 in

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Sihan Guo
neural spurs, a faulty scan of cacti, fresh gills; olive green, verdigris, sienna, ultramarine
2025
Oil on wood panel
40 x 30 cm | 15.7 x 11.8 in

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Sihan Guo
kneeling barnacles, at the altar of erosion, copper faces conceived in succulent, giant vines—swollen, then torn, gasping, desublimating into mudras; oxidized metal, sienna, green ochre, dusky rose
2025
Oil on wood panel
100 x 90 cm | 39.4 x 35.4 in

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Exhibitions
Aftershock
Artists: Ivana Bašić, Ittah Yoda, Sihan Guo, Yein Lee, Diane Severin Nguyen
Hong Kong
22 March—24 May 2025

News
Sihan Guo is selected for the 2023 Season III: International Artist Residency Program of NARS Foundation

30 June 2023

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