宋琨
简介Biography
宋琨（Song Kun），1977年生于内蒙古，现工作生活于北京。她毕业于中央美术学院油画系，先后获得学士（2002年）和硕士学位（2006年），并曾任中央美术学院油画系第三工作室客座教师。作为N12艺术团体的发起及组建人之一，以及“岛”艺术项目创始人，宋琨被视为中国当代艺术的杰出代表之一。她的创作以绘画为主，同时结合音乐现场、Music Video、装置等多种媒介。通过提炼、融合传统及各类亚文化元素，宋琨塑造了一系列各具性格的泛文化肉身，这些角色集性感、情感、未来科技感及东方美学于一身。作品中的透明属性源于佛法中“东方琉璃净土”的概念，指涉灵与肉的互为因果；嵌入身体的机械部件及机械化错位则提示当下人类被秩序控制、进而赛博格化的生存现状。近期，她创造了“泛灵族 Animist”作品系列，该族群来自东方“泛灵净界”，每个人有代号、性格、造型和装备，原型结合动漫、东方神话、宗教造像、赛博朋克、生物体等元素，生成一系列混合身份的“泛灵族”形象。重要个展包括：2006年“这就是我的生活”（Boers-Li画廊，北京）、2007年“Song Kun”（Hammer Museum，洛杉矶）、2008年“昔珈·忘川”（Boers-Li画廊，北京）、2009年“寻隐者不遇”（Walter Maciel Gallery，洛杉矶）、2012年“千吻之深”（尤伦斯当代艺术中心，北京）、2013年“视觉意识流”（民生当代美术馆，上海）。群展经历丰富，如2003年“N12第一回展”（中央美术学院美术馆）、2005年“坏孩子的天空”（星空间，北京）、2006年“N12第四回展”（C5画廊，北京）等。
Song Kun, born in Inner Mongolia in 1977, currently lives and works in Beijing. She graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, earning a bachelor’s degree in 2002 and a master’s degree in 2006, and has served as a visiting instructor in the No. 3 Studio of the Oil Painting Department at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. As one of the founders and members of the N12 art group, and the founder of the “Island” art project, Song Kun is regarded as one of the prominent representatives of Chinese contemporary art. Her practice centres on painting, while also incorporating live music, music videos, installation, and other media. By distilling and fusing traditional and various subcultural elements, Song Kun creates an array of pan-cultural bodies, each with distinct personalities—figures that embody sensuality, emotion, futuristic technological sensibility, and Eastern aesthetics in one. The quality of transparency in her works derives from the Buddhist concept of the “Eastern Lapis Lazuli Pure Land,” alluding to the mutual causation of spirit and flesh; the mechanical parts and mechanised dislocations embedded in the body point to the contemporary human condition of being controlled by order and thus becoming cyborgised. Recently, she has developed the “Animist” series: a clan originating from an Eastern “Animist Pure Land,” each member assigned a code name, personality, appearance, and gear. Their prototypes merge elements from anime, Eastern mythology, religious statuary, cyberpunk, and biological entities, generating a series of hybrid-identity “Animist” figures. Major solo exhibitions include: *This Is My Life* (Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing, 2006), *Song Kun* (Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2007), *Xijia · Forgotten River* (Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing, 2008), *Seeking the Recluse but Failing to Meet* (Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, 2009), *A Thousand Kisses Deep* (UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2012), and *Visual Stream of Consciousness* (Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, 2013). Her extensive group exhibition history includes *The First N12 Exhibition* (CAFA Art Museum, 2003), *Bad Kids’ Sky* (Star Gallery, Beijing, 2005), and *The Fourth N12 Exhibition* (C5 Gallery, Beijing, 2006), among others.
代表作Selected Works
展览履历Exhibitions
- 2026阿弥壳北京市朝阳区酒仙桥路4号798艺术区E06 蜂巢 | 北京 · 蜂巢当代艺术中心
艺见洞察ArtMatters Insights
代表作与创作Selected Works & Style
根据现有的艺术家档案，平台暂无宋琨的详细简历、生卒年、籍贯、展览经历、代表作及常用媒介等【事实类】档案信息，因此无法为您提供这些方面的准确数据。
不过，从平台记录的拍卖成交作品来看，可以观察到一些线索：
- 拍品中多次出现以“地藏六使者”为主题的大型布面油画（如《地藏六使者—焰摩使者》《地藏六使者—大力使者》），尺寸多为220×140cm，结合材料拼贴，成交价处于高位（如2,127,500 CNY），可能属于其代表性系列。
- 另一件高价作品《这就是我的生活》以90至92张小尺寸（27×35cm）组合形式出现，显示出对日常片段的持续关注，成交价高达4,370,000 CNY。
- 创作脉络上，宋琨的作品常涉及身体、欲望、神话与日常生活等主题，语言上融合具象与抽象、油彩与综合材料，注重手感和精神性表达，这在她不同时期的拍品中均有体现。
由于缺乏官方的艺术简历和展览记录，以上仅为从市场成交作品倒推的可能特点，更完整的创作论和学术评价仍需参照未来平台补充的艺术档案。
Song Kun's recent representative work is _琨兽_ (2022), executed in oil on canvas, wood panel, and acrylic. Her creative style is deeply interdisciplinary, combining painting with live music, music videos, and installation. She distills and fuses traditional and various subcultural elements to construct a series of pan-cultural bodies that embody sensuality, emotion, futuristic technology, and Eastern aesthetics. The translucent quality often seen in her works is derived from the Buddhist concept of the "Eastern Lapis Lazuli Pure Land," referencing the karmic interplay between spirit and flesh. Embedded mechanical parts and dislocated body segments hint at a cyborg-like existence shaped by contemporary systems of control. In recent years, Song has developed the "Animist" series, populating her works with hybrid beings from an Eastern "Animist Pure Land." Each figure carries a code name, personality, appearance, and equipment, drawing inspiration from anime, Eastern mythology, religious icons, cyberpunk, and biological organisms to forge a range of mixed-identity "Animist" personas.
展览与收藏Exhibitions & Collections
根据现有的“结构化艺术家档案数据”，平台中暂无名为“宋琨”的艺术家的档案资料。
因此，关于宋琨具体的机构展出经历和被机构收藏的情况，我目前无法提供相关信息。建议您通过其他专业艺术数据库或画廊、美术馆的公开档案进行进一步查询。
Song Kun has exhibited at the following venues, as recorded in the structured artist profile data:
**Solo exhibitions:**
- 2006 – “This is My Life”, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing
- 2007 – “Song Kun”, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
- 2008 – “Xijia · Wangchuan”, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing
- 2009 – “Seeking Hermit Not Met”, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2012 – “Deep of a Thousand Kisses”, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
- 2013 – “Visual Stream of Consciousness”, Minsheng Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai
- 2026 – “A Mi Ke”, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
**Group exhibitions:**
- 2003 – “N12 No.1 Exhibition”, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing
- 2005 – “Bad Kids’ Sky”, Star Gallery, Beijing
- 2006 – “N12 No.4 Exhibition”, C5 Gallery, Beijing
As for institutions that collect her work: the existing artist profile does not include details on permanent collections. Therefore, no collection institutions can be named from the provided data.
