Huakai Chen (陈华铠) is a multi-disciplinary artist from Fuzhou, China, currently living in San Antonio, TX. He received an MFA degree in painting from Boston University in 2024 and a BFA degree in studio art from Southwestern University in 2019. Chen considers art as a place where he reflects on social issues from an individual perspective, and he finds ways to imbed metaphors in the making process. In addition to oil painting, his studio practice involves calligraphy, printmaking, installations, and re-purposing found materials. Chen’s work has been shown in numerous galleries across China, New York, and Boston, and in 2024, he is enrolled in NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program.