Biography

Hu Zi (b. 1981) graduated from The Department of Comprehensive Painting at China Academy of Art with M.F.A. (2007), once stayed in Cité internationale des arts Paris for residency during her exchange at École des Beaux-Arts de Paris(2006) and was selected for Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Programme (2014), currently living and working in Shanghai. She works most often in gouache, but also in oil paint, both invested with translucency. In her long-term practice of making portraits, she collates individual experiences for the construction of a self-image by fabricating the very unique touch of body boundaries, also brings together her understanding of exotic culture and her misaligned gaze on the opposite sex. The subjects addressed include rock gods, literary giants, great artists and those who have or had an impact on her. Hu Zi’s solo exhibitions include “Stone Flesh” (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2018), “Mozart” (Studio D’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy, 2017), “Lover” (Fab-Union Space, Shanghai, 2016), “Flesh” (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2014), “Kids” (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2014), etc. She was also featured in “Infantization” organized by Shanghai Art Museum (2007), later toured to Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, France and Basel Dreispitzhalle, Switerland (2010).

Education :

2004 - 2007    Department of Comprehensive Painting at China Academy of Art

 

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