Zhu Peihong (B. 1987)
Biography
Zhu Peihong was born in Shanghai in 1987 and graduated from the Printmaking Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2014 with a master’s degree.
Zhu is a representative and prominent abstract artist in the contemporary Chinese art scene. His major series include My Space, Growing, and Crystal. The artist stands out in the art world with his unique artistic language and aesthetics. In recent years, Zhu has expanded the language of abstract painting by utilising virtual reality technology, pioneering the concept of “pictorial sculpture”. He began the My Space series in 2010, which focuses on the dots, lines, and colour patches that flash in the picture in the process of creation as well as the traces left on the picture due to their convergence and dissolution. In this creative process, the strokes overlap and cover each other, and the paint slowly drips and spreads, solidifies and stops, repeatedly until these fragmented traces, reaching an internal order, organically connect with each other and construct the conscious cyberspace perceived by the artist’s mind.
Zhu’s works have been exhibited in important art museums and institutions, including China Art Museum, Shanghai, China; Today Art Museum, Beijing, China; Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, China; Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing, China; White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia; Sydney College of the Arts SCA Galleries, Australia; Kommunale Galerie, Berlin, Germany; and La Maison de la Culture à Diekirch, Diekirch, Luxembourg. His works have been collected by both private collectors and public institutions including White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia; Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing, China; and Today Art Museum, Beijing, China.
ZHU PEIHONG ART STUDIO
Zhu Peihong Art Studio is an interdisciplinary art studio founded by Zhu Peihong and Zhao Yilin Lilyo. Zhu is an abstract artist, while Zhao is an architect. Their work centres on the theme of light and space, reflecting on the infinite energy of the cosmos and creating art with an Eastern spirit through abstract forms. Space O is a key work; the series Space O 2021-2023 was shortlisted for the Tomorrow Sculpture Award in 2024 and invited to be part of the National Art Fund Project “Shanqian Baiye Land Art Exhibition” in 2023. It won Best Work in the Deep Sea Cultural Communication category at the inaugural China Deep Sea Innovation Design Exhibition in 2022. The studio’s installations have been showcased at notable art institutions such as the N Pavilion of the West Bund Art Centre, Shanghai; Qintai Art Museum, Wuhan; China Art Museum, Shanghai; Nantong Art Museum, Nantong; and Ceramic Art Avenue Art Gallery, Jingdezhen.
