Lan Chung-Hsuan, born 1991 in Taipei, Taiwan, MFA from Pratt Institute, New York. He remakes readymade images, historical documents, vintage and contemporary objects about war and disaster to explore the possibility of the absence of identity and the universality of life. Lan’s recent exhibitions include solo ‘αβγθ’ at AKI Gallery, double solo show ‘The Ocean is Romantic because it does not drown You to Death’ at YAO, Taichung, ‘Residual Heat’ at AKI Gallery Leipzig Prospect, Leipzig, Germany；group show ‘Covered Reality: Archival Orientation and Identity in Taiwanese Contemporary Photography’ at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, ‘Suwon International Art Festival’ in Suwon, South Korea. Recent curatorial projects include group show ‘IMAGRATION’ at Gallery COMMON, Tokyo, Japan, ‘PROVOKE - Opposing Centrism’ at Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei. Selected awards: Arte Laguna Prize, TDCC Contemporary Arts Awards. His works could be found in the collections of Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation, Taiwan Art Bank, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Cultural & Educational Foundation. The painting "Buried in the Sea" depicts the wreckage of a sunken ship, with the white hull suggesting the German rescue ship Wilhelm Gustloff sunk during the war, revealing the forgotten and omitted aspects of this sinking incident (the deadliest maritime disaster in human history). Individuals become part of the whole under the weight of disaster data, and this painting expresses the emotional state of witnessing the passage of life.