
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)
2023Neverfull, B1OCK GALLERY, Hangzhou, China
2021Tropical 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
2020Superstition, Blessing, Modernism, Cc Foundation, Shanghai, China
Q.S.K.T, Galerie Peterkilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
Yaolin wonderland, ROOM 6X8, Beijing, China
2019Stuck inside of mobile with the Memphis blues again, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
Ornament and Crime, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
2017Marie Montana, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China 2016The Monkey on Horse Back, Nicodim Gallery, Bucharest, Romania 2015GO■DFINDER- Zhou Yilun, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China 2013Who’s Taking Us Outer Space, Platform China Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, China 2012As there is Paradise in Heaven, Platform China Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2023Purple Fuzz, MANGROVEGALLERY, Shenzhen, China
Art in Elevation Vol. 05 Summer, Shanghai, China
2022Pro action 02 Diverging Paths, New Creations, Yuan Art Museum, Chongqing, China
ON|OFF 2021 Carousel of Progress, He Art Museum, Shunde, China
2021IT’S A JOKE, Arch Gallery, Changsha, China
2020Tank 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
2019The Force Temple, Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2018YA! BERSERK 2.0, DIPINC GROUP SHOW, Shenzhen, China
2017Stranger Objetcs, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Beijing, China
All Happens After Sunset…, MoCA, Shanghai, China
Parallel Times, Inna Art Space, Hangzhou, China
2015Small Is Beautiful III, Art Seasons Beijing, Beijing, China
2014My Generation, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, United States
2013Life Drawing, Platform China, Beijing, China
Jungle II, A Thriving Morphology, Platform China, Beijing, China
2012D For Drawing, Platform China, Hong Kong, China
Re: Painting, Platform China, Beijing, China
2011In a Perfect World, Meulensteen Gallery, New York, United States
19 Solo Shows about Paintings, Platform China, Beijing, China
2010Jungle: A Close-Up Focus on Chinese Contemporary Art Trends, Platform China, Beijing, China
2008Self-experience, Platform China, Beijing, China