Tian Teng

Tian Teng

Born in 1996, Shanghai, China
Lives and works in Utrecht, Netherlands

Tian Teng is a painter who lives and works between Utrecht and Shanghai. She holds a BA in Fine Art from HKU University of the Arts Utrecht (2021) and an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London (2025).

Tian Teng’s work explores the psychological space between memory, place, and identity. Using her personal photographic archive as a starting point, she transforms images into painterly frames that function as metaphorical windows onto layered personal and collective histories.

Exhibitions featuring her work include Rembrandthuis Museum (Amsterdam, 2025), Prospects by Mondrian Fund at the Art Rotterdam (Rotterdam, 2025), Unfair Amsterdam (Amsterdam, 2024), 'Edges of Perception' at Namuso Gallery (The Hague, 2024),  ‘Through Timeless Spaces’ at Sense Gallery (Hong Kong, 2024),  ‘Jump In’ at Capital C (Amsterdam, 2024), ‘Inner Façade’ at Stichting Heden (The Hague, 2023), the ‘Young Collectors Circle Edition Opening’ (Amsterdam, 2023), ‘‘Lef!’ at Mondriaanhuis Museum (Amersfoort, 2022), Young Collectors Circle Festival (2022). ‘Best of Graduates 2021’ at Galerie Ron Mandos (Amsterdam, 2021), among others. Her works are part of public and corporate collections, including KPMG Art Collection, Stichting Heden and Channable.