Portrait

Hao lin

Haolin Huang (°1997, they/​them) is a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­na­ry Chinese artist based in Brussels, wor­king across pho­to­grap­hy, video, per­for­man­ce, the­a­tre, sculp­tu­re, and digi­tal media.

Their prac­ti­ce is groun­ded in explo­ra­ti­on and research, sha­ped by a psy­cho­lo­gi­cal inquiry into human dua­li­ty within soci­al and cul­tu­ral struc­tu­res. Haolin opens up con­ver­sa­ti­ons around memo­ry, iden­ti­ty, and hope, whi­le gui­ding the audien­ce through a lands­ca­pe of per­pe­tu­al loss and con­ti­nuous search. At the thres­hold bet­ween pri­va­te nar­ra­ti­ves and col­lec­ti­ve emo­ti­ons, they navi­ga­te an in-bet­ween spa­ce whe­re myth meets rea­li­ty, whe­re angels fall and demons rise. Through metap­ho­ri­cal objects, fic­ti­o­nal envi­ron­ments, and per­for­ma­ti­ve sta­ging, Haolin con­structs hybrid tem­po­ra­li­ties in which one drifts bet­ween yes­ter­day and today. By brin­ging trans­for­ma­ti­ve beings to life as they oscil­la­te bet­ween vul­ne­ra­bi­li­ty and reclai­med strength, the­se figu­res emer­ge as pro­ta­go­nists of their own evolution.