Naiyue Zhang, Born 1999, Chongqing, China
Instagram: @noe_noom
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user148456569
My artistic practice revolves around narratives and intangible entities, constructing fictional stories outside the patriarchal discourse within the interstices of time and space. Rooted in anti-anthropocentrism and animism, I place moving images, photographs, sounds, poems, and sculptures outside the confines of the white cube, seeking connections with distant ecologies, mysticism, and healing amidst deep forests and flowing rivers.
By constantly treading the outdoors, I delve into the history, customs, and myths of specific regions, presenting the stories through poetry. Sound becomes a key element in this process. I make field recordings to capture the sounds of nature and the environment. Sensory experience, symbols and the development of sensuality are important features of my work. By capturing fragments of emotional and physical experiences, I build specific symbols and metaphors to integrate them into my narrative universe.
The themes I focus on relate to pre-patriarchal myths, plant decolonisation, and post-human perspectives. I am keen to deconstruct and reinterpret traditional mythological stories, explore their hidden meanings, and relate them to contemporary social and environmental issues. The concept of plant decolonialism leads me to think about the relationship between plants and humans and our predatory use of natural resources. At the same time, I seek to return to the notion of de-anthropocentrism and re-examine our perception of the world by exploring the perspectives and feelings of non-human entities.
EDUCATION
2023-2024 MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, UK
2019-2023 BA Painting, Southwest University, CN
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026
AUG FOLDS, Hyperobjects: Archipelagic Memories, Der Greif Guest Room, online, Germany
JUL FOLDS, ECHOES, Cambridge Photography Gallery, online, UK
JUL FOLDS, Landscape, Carlotta Gallery, online, UK
APR A Fleeting Pause, Postcards: Images and Whispers, Melina Mercouri Cultural Centre, Athens
2025
DEC Duo Show: Jump into the swimming pool, Space One & Half, Shanghai
AUG Fold, Echoes of Existance, Space Awakening Lab, Shanghai
JUL The Breath of Pomegranates, Some Kind of Home, Noiascape High Street House, London
2024
DEC And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool, Kapitel #1, Studio Tabac, Stockholm, Sweden
NOV Echoes and Reflections: 1st Experimental Video Collection, Well Bean Co, London(as co-founder and artist)
OCT-NOV Nomadic Island, Fragments of Renewal, Handbag Factory Gallery, London
APR The Breath of Pomegranates, Indigestion, Millbank Tower Podium: Studio 18, London
JAN Midnight Song, ARC 24: Art from Rebellion and Connection, Cookhouse Gallery, Chelsea College of Arts, London, https://thequeermuseum.art/arc-2024/
2023
JUN-JUL And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool, Goldfish Never Forget, Zheguli Gallery, Nanchang, China
JUN Floating, Root, Hair, Embracing Change, Champochic Gallery, Xiamen, China
2021
APR-MAY Messages From Apresunday, UNNAMING, Ningbo Banshan·Yong Gallery, Zhejiang, China
EVENTS
2026
AUG Bookery Art Book Fair, Macau
2025
NOV 2025 Taipei Art Book Fair, Taipei
2024
NOV North London Makers Market-CHRISTMAS ART + DESIGN MARKET, London
NOV UAL 3rd Intercultural Zine Fair, London
MAR Camberwell Arts Spring Market, London
2023
DEC SEA Art Fair, Shanghai
JUN The 8th abC Art Book Fair, Beijing, China
MAY 2023 Yes! Art Festival, Zhejiang, China
MAR The 5th Good! Art Fair, Shanghai, China
2022
MAY The 2nd Wuhan Art Book Fair, Hubei, China
PUBLICATIONS
2024
DEC Suboart Magazine December 2024, #33, Artist Feature
RESIDENCY
2024
JUL-AUG Summer Residency, Millbank Tower Podium, London
WORKSHOPS
2025
JUL Seeing you and me through the leaves: Collaborative Plant Drawing Workshop, Noiascape High Street House, London