Dalion Huang
Artist/Researcher
Dalion Huang is an experimental artist and interdisciplinary researcher whose work bridges Continental philosophy, iconology, and game studies. With an academic foundation from Central Saint Martins, London College of Communication, and the Royal College of Art, his practice delves into the ways images, games, and rituals influence contemporary subjectivity.
Utilizing poetic research, autoethnography, folklore, and iconology, Dalion examines video game experiences as tools for self-exploration. His creative endeavors revolve around three central themes: dissociation, possibility, and impermanence. Influenced by Chinese folklore, Taoist philosophy, and personal narratives, he constructs speculative works where identities flow freely, realities emerge through myriad possibilities, and meaning arises from processes of transformation and dissolution. Eschewing the notion of tradition as static, his work perceives culture as an ever-evolving phenomenon, constantly reshaped through play, memory, and interaction.
Through game-driven experiences, visual storytelling, and speculative world-building, Dalion crafts immersive spaces that invite players to explore spiritual memory, cultural fluidity, and fragmented identity. His works critically investigate how Chinese cultural narratives endure amid forces of regulation, erasure, and displacement while reimagining digital play as a venue for introspection, self-discovery, and reconnection with ancestral heritage.
Exhibitions & Awards
- 2018
"Cigarette" selected for the exhibition NOWSHOWING, photography section - UK
- 2021
"Illusion&Limbo" selected for the 3rd Dunhuang International Design Week - China "Illusion&Limbo" selected for the exhibition Touch The Cloud That Sleeps, - Italy "Cloud Seal" and "Illusion&Limbo" selected for the exhibition Generation Z Art Planet -International Student Art - China
Young Blood Award, New Media category, Finalist - China
- 2022 "Cloud Seal" selected for the exhibition Desire in the Great Beyond exhibition - China
- 2023 "Dimensional Framework" selected for the exhibition Encounter - Italy Solo Exhibition of the same name "Dimensional Framework" - China "Dimensional Framework" selected for the exhibition Tide London New Youth Contemporary Art - UK "Dimensional Framework" selected for The 11" China(Wuhu)Popularized Science Products Exposition - China
Venice Masters Prize, Finalist - Italy
- 2024 "Dimensional Framework" selected for the "!Project""Wind" selected for the exhibition UNITY exhibiting at The Photography Show - UK "Dirty Image" and "Tentacles in Acceleration" selected for the exhibition Fragments for the Future exhibition, Hanger Space - UK "Hualin Zhaong" selected for the exhibition Research Journeys, Hanger Space - UK "Elsewhere to Nowhere" selected for the exhibition Offprint London, Tate Modern - U
Loneliness and Poetics – 2024 London Contemporary Art Review Exhibition, Excellence Award 99 Future Blue Chip Artists of 2024
- 2025 "Hualin Zhaong" selected for Al-Tiba9 Art Magazine ISSUE18, Al-Tiba9 - Spain
"Hualin Zhaong" selected for the exhibition Digital Ferment - UK "Mind-Craft" selected for Group Exhibition of Representative Photographs, Wuhan Photography Art Centre - China Participated in Strolling Theatre 1: Nagano Residency Project - China "Sounds Like Snowing" published in ArtEvol 2025: Voices from the Undefined exhibition catalogue, Saachi Gallery - UK
Anomalous Mathematical Patterns Sci-Art Contest, Longlist - UK
Aesthetica Art Prize 2025, Longlist - UK ArtEvol 2025, Shortlist - UKArticles
- Game Reviews The Alters : Rocks Roll Down the Mountain, Yet We Choose to Leap 《多重人生》：山岩滚石，而我们选择飞跃 WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers: Where countless paths converge, a new moon emerges 《明末：渊虚之羽》：千溪万水终归大海，照出一轮新月
Look Outside: A turn-based RPG free from gimmicks or over-engineered systems – a faithful return to the genre's roots 《Look Outside》：没有新机制，没有新概念，纯粹又对味儿的回合制RPGDune: Awakening : Arrakis Spins the Wheel of Fate Once More 《沙丘：觉醒》：厄拉科斯再次转动命运之轮 Mouthwashing : Bitterness in the Mouth, Impossible to Rinse Away 《缄默祸运》口中之苦，难以洗刷
Game of Sultans : A Radical Stage of Power Plays and Unbridled Desire 《苏丹的游戏》：激进的权谋场与自由欲望
Immortality : How Image-Based Games Shape the Body and Our Visions of Eternal Life 《Immortality》：影像游戏如何塑造身体与不朽的想象 Cellveilance : When Voyeurism Becomes an Algorithmic Parable 《监寓》：当偷窥成为算法寓言
MindsEye : Remnants of a Bygone Age 《心之眼》：上一个时代的遗民 The Rewinder 2 : The Dream Unbroken, the Journey Unended 《山海旅人2》：梦未醒，行未止
Fatal Fury- City of the Wolves : Twenty-Six Years On, the Hungry Wolves Are Back on the Prowl 《饿狼传说：群狼之城》二十六载，饿狼重出巡
Into the Dead- Our Darkest Days : In Walton City, Day After Day, the Setting Sun Hangs Low 《勇闯死人谷》：沃尔顿市日复一日，悬挂着夕阳
Promise Mascot Agency : Bring On a Bit More Brain-Bending Mayhem 《达愿福神社》再多来点可以搞坏脑子的东西 Urban Jungle : A Mirage of Green in the Concrete Jungle 《我的小绿屋》：都市绿洲的海市蜃楼