Jenwei
Huang

Jenwei Huang (b. 1992, Kaohsiung, Taiwan) received an MFA from National Kaohsiung Normal University. His practice explores the intersections of Chinese characters, systems, and visual form. Through the conceptual framework of “Meta-Hanzi” (元漢字), Huang investigates the self-referential nature and desemanticized abstraction inherent in the existing Chinese character system. Drawing on the structural logic of Chinese writing, he employs the layered deconstruction of a vast field of characters to defamiliarize language itself. At the critical threshold of visual density, his work reveals a paradox in which more becomes less, redirecting language away from reading and toward perception. In this process, writing systems are transformed into spatial, sensory, and cultural structures.