ZHU ZHIWEI | 朱志伟
- Lives in: Chongqing
A WORD FROM THE ARTIST
Industrialization is the main theme of my work; the background of which is like a jigsaw puzzle - an arrangement comprising all sorts of elements. I am interested in the people’s lifestyle and their feelings of nostalgia in the midst of large-scale industrialized production. Images of child-like figures living an ordinary life in giant factories epitomize the incongruities and absurdities of contemporary life amidst the high-speed development of China’s cities. The factories that we build with our own knowledge and sweat propel our economic progress, but In front of these factories, individual people appear insignificant and powerless. Each viewer brings his own complex associations and recollections into the world that I have constructed.
My works often contain simultaneously real and imaginary industrial elements, as well as rich scenes of everyday life. All of these the thoughts and images originate from my own ordinary life. Anxiety and uneasiness, absurdity and panic, confusion and grievance, hope and despair can all be found in my works.
With steel and concrete structures as homes, in an increasingly industrialized landscape, the whole world has become distorted beyond recognition.
CURRICULUM VITAE
1983 | Born in Chongqing |
2003 | Graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute High School |
2007 | Bachelor's Degree in Oil Painting from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute |
2010 | Master's Degree in Oil Painting from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute |
Exhibitions | |
2011 | "Look at the Future", The Winshare Museum Scholarship, Chengdu Biennale Special Invitational Exhibition, Chengdu |
"Evolution", 501 Artist Community Exhibition, Huangjueping 501 Center for Contemporary Art, Chongqing | |
"Shining Reality of the Dream", 21st Century Art Ecological Annual Invitational Exhibition, Huangjueping Art District, Chongqing | |
2010 | "Passing Through the Invisible Wall", Department of Oil Painting 2010 Graduate Exhibition, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing |
Chinese Art Week, Shanghai World Expo Theme Pavilion, Shanghai | |
"Language and Speech", 17th Annual Exhibition of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Awarded First Prize, Chongqing Fine Arts Museum, Chongqing | |
The 7th Annual Sichuan Fine Arts Academy Graduate Students Exhibition, Awarded First Prize, Chongqing Fine Art Museum, Chongqing | |
"Fusion", Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition, Chongqing | |
2009 | The Fourth Exhibition of Fine Arts in Chongqing and 11th National Fine Arts Exhibition, Chongqing Fine Art Museum, Chongqing |
"Reflect-Focus", Dun Gallery, Beijing | |
“We”, 2009 Huangjueping Annual Art Exhibition, Chongqing 501 Art Base, Chongqing | |
“Acculturation 2009”, Hangzhou Dahan Arts Gallery, Hangzhou | |
The 6th Annual Sichuan Fine Arts Academy Graduate Students Exhibition, Awarded First Prize, Chongqing Fine Art Museum, Chongqing | |
“Look to the Future”, 16th Annual Exhibition of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing Fine Arts Museum, Chongqing | |
2008 | “100 Tales in Animamix”, Linda Gallery, Beijing |
“The End of World ”, Dahan Arts Gallery, Hangzhou | |
Cross-Straits Art Exchange, Chongqing, Beijing, Hubei, Taipei | |
“I am Playing”, Cutting Edge Artists Exhibition, Deauville Art Gallery, Taipei | |
“Myself and My World”, Young Artists Oil Painting Exhibition, Hanmo Art Gallery, Beijing | |
2008 Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Cutting Edge Artists Exhibition, Dahan Arts Gallery, Hangzhou | |
Wusong Teacher-Student Exhibition, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Gallery, Chongqing | |
5th Annual Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Graduate Students Exhibition, Awarded First Prize, Chongqing Fine Art Museum, Chongqing | |
“Re-explain Contemporary” Group Exhibition for Guangzhou Fine Arts Academy and Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Graduate Students, Chongqing Fine Art Museum, Guangzhou Fine Arts Museum | |
“The Scene”, 15th Annual Exhibition of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing Fine Art Museum, Chongqing | |
2007 | Chongqing Exhibition of New Talent in Contemporary Art, Chongqing Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, Chongqing |
“Never Ending” Young Artists Group Exhibition, New Wave Gallery, Shanghai | |
Chinese Contemporary Art Experimental Education Exhibition, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai | |
2006 | Sino-British Education Exchange Exhibition, Chongqing Fine Art Museum, Chongqing |
“Big Image, My Form”, Tank Loft Contemporary Art Centre, Chongqing | |
The 13th Annual Exhibition of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing Fine Art Museum, Chongqing | |
2005 | The 12th Annual Exhibition of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Awarded Prize for Excellence, Chongqing Fine Art Museum, Chongqing |
National Touring Exhibition for Outstanding Works by Students, Chongqing, Beijing, Shanghai | |
2004 | The 11th Annual Exhibition of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Awarded Prize for Excellence, Chongqing Fine Art Museum, Chongqing |
The First Foundational Teaching Exhibition, Awarded Prize for Excellence, Chongqing Fine Art Museum, Chongqing |
ARTWORK
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- Paradise: The Peak
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- Paradise: Wrestling
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- Paradise: Chasing the Wind
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- Modern Behemoth No. 1
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