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Naiyue Zhang, Born 1999, Chongqing, China

noemiz1005@gmail.com

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user148456569

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​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

EVENTS

2026

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
NOV            2025 Taipei Art Book Fair, Taipei

AUG            Fold, Echoes of Existance, Space Awakening Lab, Shanghai

JUL              Seeing you and me through the leaves: Collaborative Plant Drawing Workshop, Noiascape High Street House, London

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

DEC             Suboart Magazine December 2024

NOV            Echoes and Reflections: 1st Experimental Video Collection, Well Bean Co, London             

NOV            North London Makers Market-CHRISTMAS ART + DESIGN MARKET, London

NOV            UAL 3rd Intercultural Zine Fair, London

OCT             Nomadic Island, Fragments of Renewal, Handbag Factory Gallery, London

JUL-AUG     Summer Residency, Millbank Tower Podium, London
JUL               Nomadic Island, Postgraduate Show, Chelsea College of Arts, London

APR             The Breath of Pomegranates, Indigestion, Millbank Tower Podium: Studio 18, London
APR             Above the Dust, Dress Rehearsal Show, Triangle Space, Chelsea College of Arts, London
APR             The Flowing Moon, Sexual Dissidence(in Art Today), Millbank Tower Podium: Studio 18, London
FEB              Going Upstream in Slumber, Family Show: Haphazard, Cookhouse Gallery, London
FEB              How the Partridge and Insight Find Their Way, Everything Must Go, Cookhouse Gallery, London
JAN              Midnight Song, ARC 24: Art from Rebellion and Connection, Cookhouse Gallery, London

 

2023   
NOV             BANBAN, Family Show: ONE, Cookhouse Gallery, London
OCT              They Just Forgot Who They Are, Little Show, Cookhouse Gallery, London
SEP               Fold, Departure Lounge Show, ALG17, Chelsea College of Arts, London
JUN-JUL       And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool, Goldfish Never Forget, Zheguli Gallery, Nanchang, China
JUN               The 8th abC Art Book Fair, Beijing, China  

MAY             2023 Yes! Art Festival, Hangzhou, China   

MAR              The 5th Good! Art Fair, Shanghai, China

2022   
MAY              The 2nd Wuhan Art Book Fair, Hubei, China   

2021   
APR-MAY     Messages From Apresunday, UNNAMING, Ningbo Banshan·Yong Gallery, Zhejiang, China

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