Wenshu Kan, born in 1992, graduated from the University of the Arts London with an MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography in 2025. She is a visual artist of Chinese origin currently based in Spain and the UK. Her work emerges from examining the complex and often contradictory relationship between identity and ideology. Drawing from her Chinese heritage and her experiences living in Europe, she navigates both ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ perspectives, allowing her to explore the hidden and unspoken pain stemming from power dynamics, identity fragmentation, cultural conflicts, and personal disconnection from dominant ideologies.Through themes such as political control, nostalgia, and faith, she highlights the profound and intangible struggles faced by individuals and communities. By blending documentary photography with abstract and conceptual methods, she creates narratives that interweave human stories and philosophical insights, evoking a shared resonance with these unrepresentable pains. Her work not only illustrates how ideology shapes emotions and identity but also seeks to uncover a universal humanity that transcends cultural, historical, and political boundaries.