Biography
Zhou Yilun was born in 1983 in Hangzhou, China. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of China Academy of Art in 2006. He currently lives and works in Hangzhou. Zhou’s practice often includes the remake of everyday objects that seem to have become superfluous – from internet pictures to decorative gadgets and furniture. In a lighthearted and unrestricted manner, his work is often a parody of symbols and images in which the artist critically explores the potency of medium. Through dismissing, upsetting, and improvising the relationships between forms and contents, he reexamines forms of production overarched by the monolith of modernism.
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2023
Neverfull, B1OCK GALLERY, Hangzhou, China
2021
Tropical Park-Zhou Yilun (R3PM3), Sea World Culture & Arts Center, Shenzhen, China
Pink is the new black, ROOM 6X8, Beijing, China
Holy Mark, Riverside, Hangzhou, China
2020
Superstition, Blessing, Modernism, Cc Foundation, Shanghai, China
Q.S.K.T, Galerie Peterkilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
Yaolin wonderland, ROOM 6X8, Beijing, China
2019
Stuck inside of mobile with the Memphis blues again, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
Ornament and Crime, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2017
Marie Montana, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
2016
The Monkey on Horse Back, Nicodim Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2015
GO■DFINDER- Zhou Yilun, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China
2013
Who’s Taking Us Outer Space, Platform China Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, China
2012
As there is Paradise in Heaven, Platform China Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2023
Purple Fuzz, MANGROVEGALLERY, Shenzhen, China
Art in Elevation Vol. 05 Summer, Shanghai, China
2022
Pro action 02 Diverging Paths, New Creations, Yuan Art Museum, Chongqing, China
ON|OFF 2021 Carousel of Progress, He Art Museum, Shunde, China
2021
IT‘S A JOKE, Arch Gallery, Changsha, China
2020
Tank Art Festival, Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Must Dream About Blue Tonight, Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China
Those who see and know all, are all and can do all, Gallery Weekend Beijing 2020 Upcoming Sector, 798 Art Center, Beijing, China
2019
The Force Temple, Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2018
YA! BERSERK 2.0, DIPINC GROUP SHOW, Shenzhen, China
2017
Stranger Objetcs, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Beijing, China
All Happens After Sunset…, MoCA, Shanghai, China
Parallel Times, Inna Art Space, Hangzhou, China
2015
Small Is Beautiful III, Art Seasons Beijing, Beijing, China
2014
My Generation, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, USA
2013
Life Drawing, Platform China, Beijing, China
Jungle II, A Thriving Morphology, Platform China, Beijing, China
2012
D For Drawing, Platform China, Hong Kong, China
Re: Painting, Platform China, Beijing, China
2011
In a Perfect World, Meulensteen Gallery, New York, USA
19 Solo Shows about Paintings, Platform China, Beijing, China
2010
Jungle: A Close-Up Focus on Chinese Contemporary Art Trends, Platform China, Beijing, China
2008
Self-experience, Platform China, Beijing, China