Wingshan is an artist/curator/witch based in Nottingham, UK with Hong Kong Chinese and Celtic British heritage. Her work explores how our bodies can inhabit characters within worlds of our own making, re-enchanting the ways in which we tell stories and envision our futures. Rooted in ritual and community, her curatorial and artistic practice seeks to uncover forgotten histories and reimagine identities, creating spaces for collective healing and new understandings.

Blending magical, decolonial, and feminist methodologies, Wingshan crafts immersive experiences that bridge theory and practice, encouraging participants to step into alternate realities that open up new ways of being and relating.

Wingshan leads Chaos Magic, an artist-led project space in Nottingham and a peer-to-peer learning network that organises a public arts community programme, including a diverse range of events, exhibitions, and workshops.

Previously, she has worked as Artist Development Curator at Freelands Foundation, where she supported emerging artists and regional arts ecosystems across the UK. She has also held roles at Nottingham Contemporary, Delphian Gallery, and Amnesty International UK.

Wingshan has exhibited and delivered projects with Backlit Gallery, 180 The Strand, Supernormal Festival, Huck Gallery, Raven Row, Primary, National Justice Museum, Nottingham Contemporary, ESEA Futures, Nottingham & Southwell Workhouse, and Mansions of the Future. In 2022, she received the Near Now Ideas Fund Award for her research on weatherlore, summoning rituals, Anthropocene geopolitics, and predictive data.

Wingshan holds a BA and MA in History of Art, specialising in photography, film, and video in global contemporary art from The Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

Image: Light after Dark Festival, Nottingham Contemporary. Photo by Julian Hughes.