Zhou Yilun

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

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Selected works

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