Cat King Print

I was born in Zhenglan Banner, Inner Mongolia, and raised in Shangdu—the legendary site of Xanadu from The Travels of Marco Polo. This place, where nomadic grassland culture meets ancient agricultural traditions, shaped my early experiences and continues to echo in my art. Now based in Tokyo, Japan, I work as an independent artist, drawing inspiration from this vibrant international metropolis. In my work, I seek to create paintings that move both the eye and the soul. From a distance, I want the image to speak clearly and beautifully. Up close, I hope the viewer discovers rich layers of texture, movement, and feeling. My paintings live on a flat surface, but within that surface, I aim to open a space—an emotional world where line, color, and touch lead the viewer inward. I work primarily with oil on canvas. I often blend powdered pigments with oil to achieve a deeply rooted and lasting luminosity. My artistic language stands at the border between abstraction and figuration, where concept and intuition meet. Lately, I have been fascinated by the towering forms of high-voltage power line towers—symbols of our industrial era. In their complex steel structures, I see something human, even spiritual. These works carry a strong expressionist force. They reflect my search for presence, fragility, and strength in the modern world. My roots in Mongolian culture guide me, even as I explore new visual languages. I have been deeply inspired by artists like Cézanne and Munch, who showed me that painting can be both physical and metaphysical—about form, and also about life. The “Power Tower” series brings all of these ideas together: connection between body and spirit, tradition and the contemporary, the visible world and the unseen. It would be my deepest honor for my work to live in the spaces of those who feel a connection to it. If one of my paintings finds a home in your world, it means my art has fulfilled its purpose.