You See, But Do You?

In an age defined by constant exposure and fragmented attention, You See Me, But Do You? 所见非所是 brings together five young artists—Zengyi Zhao, Shuai Xu, Camille Siyan Ji, Sigrid Qian, and Alice XiangMing Zhou—to explore the slippages between how we present ourselves and how we are perceived. Working across photography, painting, and mixed media, these artists question the reliability of the image and the act of seeing itself.

This exhibition resists fixed interpretations. Rather than offering neatly resolved identities or narratives, the artists invite viewers to dwell in ambiguity. They build and dismantle illusions: layering thousands of images into a single surreal frame, capturing the ever-shifting forms of water to reflect on time and transience, reimagining blind box culture as a metaphor for dual realities, transcribing dream fragments into waking symbols, and fusing pop culture with art historical references to bridge generational gaps.

Collectively, their work blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction, authorship and appropriation, presence and performance. These practices reflect a generation attuned to the instability of meaning in the digital age—where what is seen is often filtered, fractured, and incomplete.

You See Me, But Do You? 所见非所是 asks: in a world of mirrors, screens, and projections, do we ever really see each other—or only the versions we choose to construct?