NEW YORK / VISUAL STRUCTURE & INK
Zhenghui Lan蓝正辉
Structure, Expression, Heavy Ink.结构、表现、重水墨
An inquiry since 1985, from hand-drawn structures to monumental ink painting.自1985年持续探索,由结构推演延伸至重水墨实践。
Explore the research ↓ 了解结构研究
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Structure as a foundation.结构,是艺术实践的根基。
Visual structure studies since 1985.自1985年持续研究视觉结构。
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View sheet ↗ 查看选页Since 1985, I have investigated visual structure and symbolic systems, building an archive of approximately 100,000 hand-drawn structural studies. A three-level classification system, including levels I call Guma and Tair, organizes this work. My research asks how simple elements generate diverse structural relationships and visual qualities.
This inquiry underpins my artistic practice, with Heavy Ink painting as a major application. It remains open to further exploration in AI visual aesthetics, model training and structure generation, as well as architecture and design.
自1985年以来,我持续研究视觉结构与符号系统,积累了约十万个手绘结构单元,并逐步建立起包含 Guma、Tair 等层级的三级分类体系。我关注简单要素如何生成丰富的结构关系与视觉美感。
这项研究是我整个艺术实践的根基,重水墨是它在绘画中的重要应用。这一研究体系保持开放,具有向AI视觉审美、模型训练与结构生成,以及建筑、设计等领域拓展的应用潜力。
Two selected sheets from the research archive.本页仅公开两张研究手稿选页。
Explore Heavy Ink painting ↓ 观看结构的艺术实践Further research materials 进一步研究资料
The full research archive and methods are not publicly available. Further materials may be shared according to the scope of a collaboration and confidentiality arrangements.
完整研究档案与推演方法暂不公开;进一步资料可根据具体合作需求与保密约定提供。
Research enquiries ↗ 研究合作联系02 / STRUCTURE IN PRACTICE
Heavy Ink painting结构表现 · 重水墨
Visual structure explored through ink.视觉结构研究在绘画中的实践。
Structure organizes expression. Writing expands from line to plane.以结构组织表现。将书写从线拓展到面。
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Selected exhibitions & projects展览与项目
- 1989
China/Avant-Garde Exhibition
National Art Museum of China, Beijing
中国现代艺术展 · 中国美术馆,北京
- 2006
Heavy Ink Painting by Lan Zhenghui
Solo exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
东方欲晓——蓝正辉体量水墨展 · 中国美术馆个展,北京
View full image ↗ 查看全图Exhibition view · National Art Museum of China中国美术馆展览现场
View full image ↗ 查看全图Exhibition view · National Art Museum of China中国美术馆展览现场 - 2013
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Rubell Family Collection, Miami
Rubell Family Collection,迈阿密
- 2015
Creating Identities
Exhibition in Venice during the 56th Venice Biennale
第56届威尼斯双年展期间展览,威尼斯
- 2015
Mercedes-Maybach S-Class art presentation
Dadu Museum of Art, Guozijian, Beijing
迈巴赫S级专属品鉴艺术项目 · 国子监大都美术馆,北京
- 2018
China International Import Expo
Screen artwork for the guest reception, Shanghai
首届中国国际进口博览会 · 外宾接待屏风艺术项目,上海
- 2019
Ink Manifestation
Solo exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing
墨彰 · 今日美术馆个展,北京
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The Weight of Ink
Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room, Connecticut College
康涅狄格学院,Charles Chu亚洲艺术阅览室
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Selected CV简历
Visual structure researcher. Pioneer and advocate of Heavy Ink painting.视觉结构研究者、重水墨的倡导者与开拓者。
Zhenghui Lan (Lan Zhenghui) is a New York-based artist, visual structure researcher and a pioneer and advocate of Heavy Ink painting. His sustained study of visual structure and symbolic systems began in 1985. Active in China's experimental art movement of the 1980s, he participated in the 1989 China/Avant-Garde Exhibition. His practice connects structural inquiry with expressive freedom, extending from studies on paper to large-scale ink works and their presence in space.
蓝正辉,现居纽约的艺术家、视觉结构研究者、重水墨的倡导者与开拓者。自1985年起持续研究视觉结构与符号系统,亲历中国“85新潮”,并参加1989年中国现代艺术展。其艺术实践将长期的结构推演与自由表现相结合,从纸上研究延伸至大尺幅水墨及空间呈现。
Education & teaching教育与任教
1978 · Graduated from Shenyang Metallurgy and Machinery College (later incorporated into Shenyang University)
1978 毕业于沈阳冶金机械专科学校(后并入沈阳大学)
1987 · Graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
1987 毕业于四川美术学院
1987–1993 · Taught at Chongqing University
1987–1993 任教于重庆大学
Research研究经历
1985–present · Visual structure and symbolic systems research, since 1985
1985至今 视觉结构与符号系统研究
2022 · Visiting Scholar, Vassar College (one year)
2022 瓦萨学院访问学者,为期一年
2025–2026 · Visiting Scholar, CAMLab, Harvard University
2025–2026 哈佛大学 CAMLab 访问学者
Selected public & institutional collections部分公共与机构收藏
- Princeton University Art Museum ↗普林斯顿大学艺术博物馆
- Rubell Museum / Rubell Family Collection ↗Rubell博物馆/家族收藏
- National Art Museum of China中国美术馆
- Guangdong Museum of Art广东美术馆
- Chu-Griffis Asian Art Collection, Connecticut College康涅狄格学院 Chu-Griffis 亚洲艺术收藏
Princeton: RO8, 2015, ink on paper, object no. 2016-555. Connecticut College: Song Style, acquired in 2025.
普林斯顿大学艺术博物馆:《RO8》,2015,纸本水墨,馆藏编号2016-555;康涅狄格学院:《宋式》,2025年入藏。
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Liu Xiaochun wrote The Meaning of Volume for the 2006 solo exhibition and included Lan's work in Structure First.
刘骁纯为2006年个展撰文《体量的意义》,并在《结构第一》中收入其作品。
2013 · Lan Zhenghui: Unrestrained Ink Splashing · Hebei Education Publishing House
2013 《蓝正辉——恣意的泼笔》,河北教育出版社
2017 · Oriental Art: Masters · Special issue on Lan Zhenghui
2017 《东方艺术·大家》蓝正辉专辑
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Mercedes-Maybach, BMW, Volkswagen Phaeton and KITON.
梅赛德斯-迈巴赫、宝马、辉腾、KITON。
Projects include art presentations and brand cultural events.
项目涉及艺术展示、作品呈现及品牌文化活动。
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2006 · Ontario Arts Council grant
2006 安大略艺术委员会资助
2013 · Crossover Art Person of the Year award
2013 跨界艺术人物年度奖
2018 · Academic award for art presentation, inaugural China International Import Expo
2018 首届中国国际进口博览会艺术陈设创新·学术奖
05 / ARTISTIC APPROACH

Making thought visible让思想可见
I seek a visual form through which thought and inner experience become perceptible. In Heavy Ink painting, broad brushwork, poured ink and pushed ink expand writing from line to plane. Weight concerns depth of thought, structural force and spatial presence.
我希望通过准确的视觉结构,让思想与精神获得可见、可感的表达。在重水墨中,以宽大的笔触、泼墨与推墨,将书写由线拓展到面。“重”关乎思想深度、结构力量与空间存在感。
Think deeply. Feel keenly.重思辨,好感觉。
06 / IMAGE ARCHIVE
Studio & exhibitions现场
Works, spaces and encounters.工作室、展览现场,以及人与作品的相遇。
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View image ↗ 查看全图Image numbers identify photographs in this archive.图像编号用于浏览与检索。
07 / CONTACT
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For visual structure research, exhibitions, art projects and interdisciplinary exchange.
视觉结构研究、展览、艺术项目与跨学科交流。