Chen Zhou was born in Zhejiang in 1987 and graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. He now lives and works in Shanghai. His main creative media include painting, video and performance art. He has long been concerned with the existence experience of modern people. His early works mainly focused on video, highlighting the absurdity of contemporary life and the loneliness of the virtual world. In recent years, his practice has increasingly involved painting and performance art. The Buddhist thought he has long studied has gradually permeated his creations, and he pursues inner spiritual power and a sense of tranquility in his creations to form a unique personal style of oriental surrealism.
At this stage, Chen Zhou began to explore the relationships among the body, space, perception, spirit and energy. The core image in his recent works is the Guanyin vase, which symbolizes the state of meditation and stillness. At the same time, he also borrowed more primitive images, such as water, fire, earth, smoke and bones, and created a sensory critical space through the means of array formation, ritual and meditation to explore the more subtle existence experience of human beings. He has participated in many international exhibitions, and his performance work "Futile IV" (2024) was once exhibited at the Centre Pompidou.
At this stage, Chen Zhou began to explore the relationships among the body, space, perception, spirit and energy. The core image in his recent works is the Guanyin vase, which symbolizes the state of meditation and stillness. At the same time, he also borrowed more primitive images, such as water, fire, earth, smoke and bones, and created a sensory critical space through the means of array formation, ritual and meditation to explore the more subtle existence experience of human beings. He has participated in many international exhibitions, and his performance work "Futile IV" (2024) was once exhibited at the Centre Pompidou.
