Zhu Jingyi
Autumn Moonlight Stone
Zhu Jingyi
Overflowing 8
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Mountain With Streams
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Empty Stone
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Twin Pines
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Landscape On The Horizon IV
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Whirlpool
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Rock of Dawn
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Meeting of Wind and Clouds
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Watching The Waterfall
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Landscape On The Horizon III
Zhu Jingyi
Landscape On The Horizon II
Zhu Jingyi
Landscape On The Horizon I
Born 1975, China
Lives and works in Shanghai
Karin Weber Gallery artist Zhu Jingyi is a contemporary ink painter and abstract artist who takes traditional Chinese subject matter – trees, scholar rocks and landscapes- and transforms them into 3D works in resin.
Zhu Jingyi provocatively refers to his works as “ink,” even as gravity-defining acrylic is really at play. In so doing, the artist is deliberately challenging preconceived notions of ink painting (in the traditional sense) by questioning the very methods and materials that make up its DNA.
Zhu takes as his subject matter all that is familiar in the genre—forests, mountains, trees, and rocks—and lends fortification with the application of three-dimensional structure using modern-day technology. The resulting effect is akin to space trusses or lattice shells reminiscent of Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic designs, but in free form. The effect is mesmerizing—the viewer is pulled in close, held captive by the works’ allure.
Spiritually connected to ink traditions, but materially allied with contemporary art making, the artist has added yet another layer to contemplate in the great tradition of ink painting appreciation.
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Zhu JingyiBorn 1975, China Karin Weber Gallery artist Zhu Jingyi is a contemporary ink painter and abstract artist who takes traditional Chinese subject matter – trees, scholar rocks and landscapes- and transforms them into 3D works in resin. Zhu Jingyi provocatively refers to his works as “ink,” even as gravity-defining acrylic is really at play. In so doing, the artist is deliberately challenging preconceived notions of ink painting (in the traditional sense) by questioning the very methods and materials that make up its DNA. Zhu takes as his subject matter all that is familiar in the genre—forests, mountains, trees, and rocks—and lends fortification with the application of three-dimensional structure using modern-day technology. The resulting effect is akin to space trusses or lattice shells reminiscent of Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic designs, but in free form. The effect is mesmerizing—the viewer is pulled in close, held captive by the works’ allure. Spiritually connected to ink traditions, but materially allied with contemporary art making, the artist has added yet another layer to contemplate in the great tradition of ink painting appreciation.
Education and Professional Experience 1998 Graduated from the Department of Chinese Arts, Nanjing Normal University, China 2005 Academic Director, Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, China Art Director, Beicangmen Art Center, Wuxi City, China 2005-2006 Academic Director, Shanghai Duolun Museum Of Modern Art, Shanghai, China 2009-2011 Art Director, Zendai Art Supermarket, Shanghai, China
Selected Solo Exhibitions 2021 ‘Algorithm of Life’, Gallery Gallery, Shanghai, China 2019 ‘Reiwa’, MDP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2018 ‘“Come And Go Temple” of “Youyuanjingmeng” Series – Large plug-in art installations’, Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, China ‘Black Mountain’, Karin Weber Gallery. HK ‘Future Laboratory’, Tai Koo Hui, NIO house Shanghai, China ‘The Alley of Relieving’, JING AN KERRY CENTRE, Shanghai, China 2017 ‘City Bubble’,SM SKY WALK, Xiamen, China ‘Rhapsody in Yunnan’, South Asia Plaza Shopping Mall, Kunming, China ‘Kohler X Zhu Jingyi, Mashup lab’, Suzhou Eslite bookstore, China ‘It’s Not Broken’, NPC Changle Road space, Shanghai, China 2016 ‘Evolution and Ethics’, Spring Art Museum, Shanghai, China Calligraphic Graffiti Show, Epoch Art Museum, Wenzhou, China 2015 ‘The Great Compassion’, 2679 art space, Xiamen, China 2014 ‘Nearly Everything’, Pudong International Airport, Shanghai, China ‘When returning to the mountain, please chase fox back into clouds’, RNP Art Space, Shanghai, China 2013 ‘Exploration’, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong ‘Peach Blossom Spring’, Galerie Junger Gallery, Berlin, Germany ‘Chinese Zodiac’, Villach, Austria 2012 ‘ZEN Mountain View—Three Dimensional Ink’, PUSU Yan-Shan Study, Shanghai, China 2008 ‘Fantasy in the Barren Land’, Shanghai, China 2006 ‘The Alchemy in Black and White’, The Room With a View Gallery, Shanghai, China
Selected Group Exhibitions 2021 ‘hao hao xue xi tian tian xiang shang’, Shanghai, China YES! Art Festival 5.0, Shenzhen, China Art Field China, Jiangxi, China ‘Pride of China — Contemporary As A Method’, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, China 2020 ‘Paper To Paper Less’, Lin Ximing Paper-cutting Art Museum, Shanghai, China ‘ASHK x HKAGA Sculpture Exhibition’, Asia Society Hong Kong Centre & Hong Kong Art Gallery Association, Hong Kong 2019 ‘Walls Are Meant For Climbing’, Huaihai TheatreX , The North Face, Shanghai, China 2018 Art Central, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong 2017 ‘Anjuke“ideal city”Public art program’, Global Harbor, Shanghai, China ‘Window public art show’, Huijin Department Store, Shanghai, China ‘Amusement park for artists’, Pullman Hotel, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, China 2016 ‘Who? The New Shanghai Contemporary Art Exhibition’, Huangpu Qu, Shanghai, China ‘Reverberation of Nature’, Shanghai, China Art Central, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong 2015 ‘Ink Lodge’, Ink Asia, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong ‘Shanghai New Media Artists Group’, Emergent Media Center, United States Burlington ‘Dressage’ Contemporary Art Exhibition, La Gallery, Shanghai, China ‘”TA era” the second time exhibition’, the Beijing Times Art Museum, Beijing, China ‘Exhibition of Wild Boars Art Salon’, 523 Art Zone, Shanghai, China ‘Cooking a small fish such as Governing a large country straddling the year 2015’ Fang Tai Art Exhibition, Fang Tai Art Zone, Shanghai, China 2014 ‘To be continued –2014 Dongchang Movie Theater Art Project’, Shanghai, China ‘2014 China International Installation Art Exhibition’, Long Gallery, Shanghai, China ‘Lodge of Tranquility’, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong ‘In Its Place’, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China ‘Yuan Shi Tao: a case study of non-sociological research’, ZhengDa Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai, China ‘Three-Dimensional Ink’, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China 2013 ‘No Entanglement – Five Case Studies of Contemporary Painting’, Da Pu Tang Gallery, Shanghai, China Inaugural exhibition of Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai, China ‘Ce Gao Shen’, Contemporary Ink Painting Exhibition Space, Beijing Museum of Contemporary Art, China Hillwood Art Festival, Chavaniac-Lafayette, France 2012 ‘Line Again’, 798 Art Space, Beijing, China 2011 ‘Lineism’, WuWei Creativity Zone, Shanghai, China 2010 ‘Beyond the Vision, Zendai Zhujiajiao Art Museum, Shanghai, China ‘Slowly’, Shanghai, China ‘Picnic in Spring’, Shanghai Times Square, China 2009 ‘Reborn in Jiang Nan, Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China ‘Black and White’, Shanghai Xintiandi, China 2008 ‘Cactus’, Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China ‘CIAK Asian Tour’, Shanghai, China 2007 ‘2rd Lu Xiao Annual Exhibition’, Star Gallery, Beijing, China 2006 ‘Christmas is Coming’, Zendai Museum Of Modern Art, Shanghai, China 2005 ‘Kai Men Jian Xi’, Beicangmen Art Center, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China ‘Let Ideas Become Visible’, Hangzhou Modern Gallery, Zhejiang, China 2004 ‘Moving with the Shadows’, China Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China 2003 ‘Position’, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Publication 2018 ‘Slow Run, Faster’, Insight Media, Shanghai, CNS Publishing & Media, Hunan, China
Collections Today Art Museum, Beijing, China Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China Private collections worldwide
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