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)

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

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