Artist Statement
Borderland is an ongoing project deeply rooted in my personal history. The images comprise my obsession with the boundaries between reality and imaginary, present experience and memory, isolation and belonging. I use both fiction and nonfiction as themes in my work to rebuild my self-awareness by trying to represent a version of homeland, as well as finding comfort through reconnection to the past. In this sense, Borderland is an intimate work of remembrance, tenderness and self-consolation.
Jiehao Su was born in 1988 and raised in Southern China. He travelled extensively in China and Asia before he studied photography at Beijing Film Academy. His work is deeply rooted in his own history, especially his early memories. In between reality and imagination, he mainly deals with the notions of homeland, memory, identity and belonging. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including The Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins, 2014) Actual Size LA (Los Angeles, 2014), Lishui Photo Festival (Lishui, 2013), Jinan Photo Biennial (Jinan, 2012), Alliance France (Shanghai, 2011). His work have been featured in numerous publications such as Lenscratch, Droste Effect Magazine, Wulun Whatever, Landscape Stories Blog, Aura Magazine, Homeland Magazine.
In 2012 Jiehao was awarded the Excellent Photographer Prize and received a two-year working grant from the Jinan Photo Biennial. He was nominated for the 4th Houdengke Documentary Photography Award in 2013. Recently he has been selected to attend the Review Santa Fe 100 (2014). He now lives and works in Beijing.
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