Natural Imaging

自然成像

策展人｜Curator：潘晟熹 | Mason Pan

展览顾问｜EExhibition Consultant： 尤洋｜Yang You

开幕时间｜Exhibition Opening：2026.6.12 15:30

展览时间｜Duration：2026.6.12 - 2026.6.25

展览地点：北京市朝阳区798艺术区创意广场B01

Location: Creative Square B01, 798 Art District,Chaoyang District, Beijing

自然成像

自然史即自然的成像。

山川、河流、森林与荒野并非静止的背景。水流改变河床的方向，植物沿着光线生长，风与尘土在岩石表面留下纹理，身体在空间之中移动，也不断改变周围的环境。景观由无数缓慢、细微而持续的力量共同塑造。因此，成像不只发生在摄影机、画布或屏幕之中。一处地貌是时间的成像。一株植物是光线、水分与土壤共同作用的成像。物质表面的痕迹，是温度、压力与使用方式的成像。

自然并不等待人类为它赋予形状。它始终在生成自身的图像。

Natural Imaging

Natural history is the imaging of nature.

Mountains, rivers, forests, and wilderness are not static backdrops. Water reshapes the course of riverbeds, plants grow toward light, wind and dust leave traces upon the surfaces of rocks, and bodies move through space, continually altering the environments around them. Landscapes are formed through the accumulation of countless slow, subtle, and persistent forces.

Imaging, therefore, does not occur only through cameras, canvases, or screens. A landform is an image shaped by time. A plant is an image produced through the interaction of light, water, and soil. The marks left upon the surface of matter are images created by temperature, pressure, and patterns of use.

Nature does not wait for humans to give it form. It is constantly generating its own images.

展览现场

潘晟熹（Mason Pan）

独立策展人 | 艺术研究者

潘晟熹（Mason Pan）是一位活跃于北京与纽约之间的独立策展人，现任X美术馆理事，目前就读于美国南加州大学。其研究与策展实践聚焦于全球化语境下的艺术生产，致力于推动中国当代艺术的国际交流与跨文化对话。他的工作涵盖公共艺术、社区参与及跨文化交流等多个领域。曾参与纽约华埠及布鲁克林地区的壁画修复项目，并策划《讲故事的人》（Storytellers）等展览，探讨艺术与社会空间之间的互动关系。目前，潘晟熹的研究主要关注数字时代艺术传播的方式与路径，思考当代艺术如何连接不同文化语境，并促进更具意义的跨文化交流。

2025年7月，他于北京798艺术区策划了个人首个群展《临界之地》（Land of Limits）。同年10月，他于纽约策划了中美艺术家联展《雨告诉我们什么》（RAIN）。其策展实践持续关注艺术、空间与社会经验之间的关系，并尝试在不同文化语境之间建立新的观看方式与对话可能。

Pan Shengxi (Mason Pan)

Independent Curator | Art Researcher

Mason Pan is an independent curator working between Beijing and New York. He serves as a Board Member of X Museum and is currently pursuing a degree at the University of Southern California. His research and curatorial practice focus on artistic production within global contexts, with a particular interest in fostering international dialogue surrounding Chinese contemporary art. His work spans public art, community engagement, and cross-cultural exchange. He has participated in mural restoration projects in New York’s Chinatown and Brooklyn neighborhoods and has curated exhibitions such as Storytellers, which explore the relationship between art and social space. Currently, Mason’s research focuses on the dissemination of art in the digital age, examining how contemporary art can connect diverse cultural contexts and facilitate meaningful cross-cultural dialogue.

In July 2025, he curated Land of Limits, his first group exhibition, in Beijing’s 798 Art District. In October of the same year, he curated RAIN, a group exhibition featuring Chinese and American artists in New York. His curatorial practice continues to explore the relationship between art, space, and social experience, while seeking to create new modes of engagement and dialogue across different cultural contexts.