Founder of Incense Trace Spatial Art

Song Junsheng is a contemporary Chinese artist and the founder of Incense Trace Spatial Art. Since 1998, he has developed a unique artistic language that combines incense traces, fire, smoke, light, shadow, and spatial installation. His major works include Landscape of Characters, The Art of War, Diamond Sutra, Pyramid, Tao Te Ching, and Light Space.

Song Junsheng

Founder of Incense Trace Spatial Art, creating a unique artistic language through traces, light, shadow, and space, transforming language into a perceptible experience of time.

Song Junsheng (Courtesy name: Yi Sheng. Art name: Yi Bai.)
 
Born in Henan, China in 1972, Song Junsheng is a contemporary Chinese artist and the founder of Incense Trace Spatial Art. He completed advanced studies at the Chinese Calligraphy Academy of the Chinese National Academy of Arts and holds the title of National First-Class Artist.
 
Since 1998, Song has developed an original artistic practice centered on incense-generated traces, establishing a distinctive system known as Incense Trace Spatial Art. In 2009, his creative method received national patent protection in China (Patent No. ZL2009 2 0278467.7).
 
Integrating incense, fire, smoke, light, shadow, and space, his works transcend conventional calligraphy and installation art, transforming written language into perceptible experiences of time and spiritual presence. Major works include Landscape of Characters, The Art of War, Diamond Sutra, Pyramid, Tao Te Ching, and Light Space.
 
His works have received numerous awards, including the Grand Prize of the Second Independent Spirit Nomination Exhibition, the Peace Art Award at the Asian Art Expo, and the International Peace Light Art Award. His achievements have also been documented in the Yearbook of Contemporary Chinese Art and featured by major Chinese media outlets.

Courtesy name: A Peng. Art name: Jianxi

His Art works

Large suspended Xuan-paper installation covered with incense-trace characters, animated ink imagery projected across its surface to create an immersive spatial landscape.

Landscape of Characters

Incense Trace Installation, Xuan Paper, Light

110×500㎝ | 2014

Eight suspended scrolls extending onto the floor, overlaid with a projected female portrait and incense-trace text.

The Art of War

Incense Trace Installation, Xuan Paper Scrolls and Projection

3800×45cm×８Scrolls | 2009

Diamond Sutra

Incense Trace Installation, Indigo Xuan Paper and Light

180×180㎝×4Panels | 2008

A pyramid-shaped installation composed of perforated incense-trace text glows from within as dense smoke rises from its summit, creating a powerful ritualistic atmosphere.

Pyramid

Incense Trace Installation with Fabric, Light, Shadow and Smoke

150×150×130cm | 2014

Tao Te Ching

Incense Trace Installation with Fabric, Light, Shadow and Smoke

150×150×45cm | 2014

A circular field of perforated characters radiates red light, while a square seal-like image emerges at its center, creating an immersive environment of light and atmosphere.

Luminous Space

Incense Trace Installation with Fabric and Projection

150×150×40cm | 2014

Founder of Incense Trace Spatial Art | Contemporary Installation Artist | Explorer of Language, Light, Shadow and Spatial Art

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