River Hongjie He (b.1998, Chongqing, China) is mainly engaged in photography and textile creation, drawing inspiration from nature, philosophy, multiculturalism, symbols, and personal experience.  In an era oversaturated with digital imagery, she finds herself retreating to the essence of tradition and craft—seeking resonance in the tactile, the organic, and the ancestral. The boundless flow of information does not liberate but instead urges her to return to origins, to nature, and to the animistic belief that all things possess a soul.

A still image is never truly still; it holds hidden emotions, unspoken messages, and layered narratives that extend beyond the visual. While imagery dominates perception, she is drawn to its unspoken dimensions—touch, texture, and materiality—where symbols in nature reveal themselves through form. A thread is never just a thread; a knot, never just a knot. Every woven fiber carries meaning, echoing the rhythm of landscapes, the breath of wind, the weight of silence.

Each textile piece becomes a verse, a fragment of an untold poem—hinting at memories, rituals, and unseen forces. Photography captures the fleeting, while textiles anchor the ephemeral, weaving together the intangible stories that exist between nature and human experience. In her practice, the raw and the spiritual intertwine, translating the silent language of the natural world into something to be seen, touched, and felt.

EDUCATION

2022-2024 MFA Fine Art, KMD, University of Bergen

2016-2020 BA Broadcasting and Television, Media and Communications Administration, CUZ              

PUBLICATIONS

2023       SKD: Collaborative poetry by KMD and literature faculty,

Bergen Art Book Fair

2022       Farewell: Photography Art Book

2024       I’m Not Sure I’m Ready to Play: Collaborative Art Book

SOLO EXHIBITION

2026       ‘How To Image A River’, Bounded Space, Beijing, CN

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025       ‘Her Way’, Gallery ArtN, Shanghai, CN

2025       ‘An image´s own room’, Gallery ArtN, Shanghai, CN

2024       ‘Moving Patterns’, Gallery 52, Osvegen 52, Bergen, NO

2024       ‘This is Personal’, Bergen Kunsthall, Rasmus Meyers allé 5,

Bergen, NO

2024       ‘Walk Each Other Home’, KulturX Gallery, Småstrandgaten 3,

Bergen, NO

2024       ‘Reverie’, KulturX Gallery, Småstrandgaten 3, Bergen, NO

2023       ‘I can carry people around’, Bergen Kjøtt, Stutevikstorget 1,

Bergen, NO

2023       ‘Eg har kome for å drepe deg/I came here to kill you’, Norwegian

Textile Industry Museum, Salhusvegen 201, Hordaland, NO

2023       ‘Map of obsession’, Strømgaten 1, Bergen, NO                 

2023       The Grand Spring Exhibition, KMD, Møllendalsveien, Bergen, NO

CURATING

2024       ‘Moving Patterns’, Gallery 52, Osvegen 52, Bergen, Norway

2024       ‘Reverie’, KulturX Gallery, Småstrandgaten 3, Bergen, Norway

2023       ‘Map of obsession’, Strømgaten 1, Bergen, Norway    

AWARDS

2017       Hangzhou Craftsman Micro video Excellent Work Award

2016       9th “Vision Cup” Chinese University TV Award

OTHER 

2023-2024       KulturX Gallery Exhibition Coordinator

2021-2022       VOGUE CHINA Producer assistant

2020-2022       Freelance Commercial Photographer