Shenzhen is a city that has engraved the gene of innovation into its very blood. Here, every emergence of art resonates with the city’s pulse; every free growth of creativity reshapes the possibilities of the future. When the power of young artists meets this pioneering city, the curtain of Art Ignites Shenzhen rises—this is not only an in-depth dialogue between art and the city, but also a grand launch of the future creative ecosystem.
In the southern land’s Liyuan Campus, phoenix flowers are in full bloom. In this promising midsummer, the Division of Arts SZU grandly kicks off the 2025 Graduation Season series of activities under the theme Art Ignites Shenzhen. This theme symbolizes the vitality of the symbiosis between art and the city, and carries the mission of young artists to empower the city with creativity and engage in dialogue with the times through art.
Adhering to the school motto of Shenzhen University—Self-reliance, Self-discipline, Self-improvement—the Division of Arts SZU is rooted in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and embraces the global new trend of integration of culture, art and technology. Guided by the educational philosophy of Virtue, Artistry, Diligence, Innovation, and aiming to serve Shenzhen’s construction as a City of Design, it emphasizes cross-border integration and practical capabilities, and is committed to cultivating compound artistic talents with humanistic feelings, international vision and innovative capabilities. This Graduation Season will fully present the fruitful achievements of this educational philosophy: from the in-depth exploration of traditional media to the breakthroughs in digital art, from personal emotional experience to the construction of urban memory, graduates inject infinite possibilities into this grand event with their unique artistic language and cutting-edge exploratory spirit, demonstrating the thinking and responsibility of a new generation of artistic creators.
This Graduation Season marks an important step for graduates to step out of the campus and move towards the future. They will take art as a bridge to dialogue with the city and connect with the world. In this grand event, we hope to show through these works how graduates use art to envision the future, how they seek inspiration at the intersection of technology and humanity, and how they construct a unique creative perspective in the context of globalization. We expect these works to be seen, perceived, discussed and remembered, becoming a vibrant new force in Shenzhen’s artistic ecosystem. We aspire to stimulate more dialogues about art, the city and the future through these activities, and jointly explore the boundaries of innovation.
We sincerely invite you to witness this youth grand event where innovation and dreams interweave, to see the 2025 graduates carry the expectations and missions of the Division, take art as ink and the city as a scroll, decode the propositions of the times with creativity, and bravely write their own chapters of the era. Let art inspire thinking, spark creation and initiate the future on the innovative soil of Shenzhen; let the sparkle of youth light up the bridge to the future. We believe that with open minds, keen insights and boundless creativity, the graduates will inject more artistic possibilities into this forever young land, and become the vanguard of the times for Art Ignites Shenzhen.
