P4 Theater
2015 to present
A long-running experimental theatre and public practice platform built through live projects, workshops, writing, and non-standard spaces.
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He Fa
Cross-media artist, theatre and moving-image creator, educator
He Fa, also written Fa He and 何发, is an artist, theatre and moving-image creator, educator, and the founder, artistic lead, and long-term organiser of P4 Theater.
Current role
P4 Theater founder, artistic lead, and long-term organiser
Education
CAFA Photography, CCA MFA Fine Arts
Practice
Photography, theatre, moving image, public art
Archive
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He Fa's work starts from photography and installation, then moves into theatre, film, education, and public art practice. He founded P4 Theater in Beijing in 2015. Its original space and early projects were developed with collaborators whose credits remain in the source archive. He later worked through P4 Theater in non-standard spaces such as former factories, offices, boxing gyms, bookstores, and temporary public rooms.
His projects ask how watching, relation, participation, and lived experience become visible in a live situation. This profile gathers public biographical material, selected projects, education, exhibitions, awards, and available contact channels.
Sources: original P4 Theater articles, public project records, CAFA Art Museum records, IMDb, and FilmFreeway.
Selected projects
Human Surrender / Shoot Self with You
2023 to 2024
A theatre and moving-image project directed and produced by He Fa, bringing rehearsal, documentary image, and second-person watching into one field.
Read project entryPurples / Purple Action
2021 to 2022
A social theatre experiment that placed combat space, mobile sound-light setups, game rules, and non-professional participation in the same live situation.
Open Chinese project recordIceberg
2021
A decentralized theatre production in a 16-square-meter office, using a compact honeycomb-like viewing structure and collaborative production model.
Read archiveLove Drama
2023
A co-produced meta-narrative experiment around intimacy, reality-show logic, documentary shooting, and immediate performance.
Read archiveHamlet Mirror / GIF Theater
2016
Early performance and online-image work connected with the 3rd CAFAM Biennale and the 11th Shanghai Biennale context.
Read archiveEducation and work
- MFA in Fine Arts California College of the Arts, 2016-2018
- BFA in Photography Central Academy of Fine Arts, 2008-2012
- Founder, artistic lead, and long-term organiser P4 Theater, 2015 to present
- Guest lecturer School of Jewelry and Art Design, Beijing Institute of Economic Management, 2023 to present
- Founder and artistic director Gewu 3D Printing Studio, 2011-2013
Selected public records
- Shoot Self with You Public title and filmmaker records on IMDb and FilmFreeway
- Shan Chong Shui Fu Graduate work collected by the CAFA Art Museum, 2012
- P4 Theater Original public-account archive documenting work from 2015 onward
Contact
- Email 563073224@qq.com
- WeChat hefahefa
Frequently asked questions
Who is He Fa?
He Fa, also written Fa He and 何发, is an artist, theatre and moving-image creator, educator, and the founder, artistic lead, and long-term organiser of P4 Theater.
How is He Fa related to P4 Theater?
He Fa founded P4 Theater in Beijing in 2015 and remains its artistic lead, long-term organiser, creator, writer, and public-archive editor.
What projects should I start with?
Start with P4 Theater, Human Surrender, Purple Action, Iceberg, Love Drama, and the later AGT method texts.
How can I contact He Fa?
Use email 563073224@qq.com or WeChat hefahefa.