Nervape CAMP · Work 04/10

MOUNTAIN MISTS

From Sichuan

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The artist

Junjie Hou

I am Hou Junjie, a painter from Ya'an, Sichuan. I live and work between the Blue Roof Art District in Chengdu and Mingshan in Ya'an, and I teach at Sichuan Vocational College of Art. I studied oil painting at Southwest Minzu University and graduated in 2008.

I paint with Western oils, but what I look for is Eastern: mountains, mist, water, and the quiet space between them. I do not want to simply mix two traditions. I want to find a way of painting that is rooted in the past and speaks to today.

My solo exhibitions, Cloud Wandering, Mountain Wind, and Like Water, have been shown in Chengdu, Chongqing, and Taiwan. My work is in the collections of the Sichuan Art Museum, Ya'an Museum, Wenxuan Art Museum, and Changjiang Contemporary Art Museum, among others.

ARTWORK DETAILS

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Made in: Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Medium: Glass paint, acrylic paint, mineral pigments, and gold paint on ABS, with TPR, brass, and stainless steel

Year: 2026

Dimensions: H 24 × W 24.3 × D 12.8 cm (9.4 × 9.6 × 5 in)

Edition: Unique

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Sichuan is a land of mountains and rivers. In its mountains lives an energy you cannot see: the mist that drifts through them. In Chinese, we call it shanlan. This mist is what I paint, and it speaks closely to the idea of disappearing.

For this Nervape 3x, I used the style of my oil painting series Mountain Mists. Flowing mist and open, empty space cover its whole body. I let go of painting any real landscape and used only texture and brushstrokes to show disappearing: things slowly fading into their surroundings. The traces stay, while the form fades. Together, they create the mood of Eastern painting, what we call yijing.

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