Born in 1985 in Fuxin, China
Lives and works in Paris, France
Qi Zhuo was born in 1985 in Fuxin, Liaoning, China, and now lives and works between Paris, France and Jingdezhen, China. Qi Zhuo graduated with honors from the Le Mans School of Art and Design (with a DNSEP diploma), before completing the KAOLIN postgraduate program at ENSA Limoges in France and the Geneva University of Art and Design in Switzerland. Zhuo's practice contains reflections on multiculturalism and cultural misunderstandings. He deploys various materials such as ceramics, glass, metal, and paper, exploring their history, cultural significance, and internal traditions. By transforming these materials, he establishes a delicate balance and creates a comprehensive artistic language.
On the surface, Qi Zhuo's works are humorous and poetic but they are also full of contradictions and uncertainty. As a Chinese person in a foreign country, he tries to interpret the social environment from the perspective of the "other", while examining his own culture from a foreign perspective. The differences and misunderstandings generated by the collision of different cultures and languages become a way of communication. Qi Zhuo’s works use this context to set up a variety of "mistakes" for the audience.
education
2014-2015
Post graduate Program KAOLIN of ENSA Limoges, France
2013-2014
Post graduate DAS – REALisation , Geneva University of Art and Design, Geneva , Switzerland
2008-2013
Le Mans Higher School of Fine Arts (the DNSEP Diploma ), Le Mans, France
solo shows
2022
History never really says goodbye, Galerie Paris-B, Paris, France
2021
Étrangement beau, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris, France
2019
Le service de table chaleureux, CCP, Genève, Suisse
Jarstice, Galerie Galerie Untilthen, Paris, France
Y’a des jours comme ça, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
2018
Méditation, Centre céramique contemporaine, La Borne, France
2017
I BURNED ANGELS, Edmond Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2016
Firecrackers allow the neighbours to live in peace and harmony, untilthen Gallery, Paris, France
2015
Working in progress, OÙ Gallery, Marseille, France
‘Fragile’, Chenaux Gallery, Paris, France
group shows
2021
Towards a New Land: Tales of the Ancient Pavilion, The contemporary art exhibition of the first Suzhou Garden Art Festival, Suzhou, China
Quand la matière devient art, Maison Guerlain, Paris, France
2020
Spécial Art & Craft, Eleven Steens, Bruxelles, Belgium
As time goes by…, Suzhou, China
2019
All we have is what our childhood gave us, Galerie Untilthen, Paris, France
Boîte à outils, Musée le Carroi, Chinon, France
2018
Bestiaire, Porte avion Gallery, Marseille, France
2017
Métamorphose de l’ordinaire, Galerie Les les filles du calvaire, Paris, France
Matière Première, Galerie Laure Roynette,Paris, France
La comédie du langage, galerie hôtel de ville Chinon, Chinon, France
Les archives du feu, HEAD Geneva, Switzerland
2016
Détournements et distorsions, 6 Mandel, Paris, France
Choséité, Épisodique Gallery, Paris, France
Matieres grises et noirs desseins, Porte avion Gallery, Marseille, France
Salon de Montrouge 16, Montrouge, France
Contemporary Ceramics, Art Beijing, Beijing, China
Confronting Anitya in Gasometer, Liechtenstein and KunstPalais Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
WANT TO COME OVER, Montparnasse,Paris,France
KAO EXPORT LTD, the National Museum Adrien Dubouché, Limoges, France
2015
Private Choice15, FIAC, Paris, France
Confronting Anitya, Musée de Salagon, Mane, France
Remarquer la porcelaine, Wroclaw, Poland
2014
Transit, Bazaar Compatible Program, Shanghai, China
1320°, JCI exhibition space, Jingdezhen, China
2013
INSIDE OUT, Geneva, Switzerland
Grande Image Lab., Nuit Blanche, Paris, France
Sous Conditions, Centre d’art Ile Moulins’ art, Pays de la Loire, France
2012
Ecce homo Ludens, season Switzerland “le jeu dans l’art contemporain”, Musée Suisse du Jeu, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland
awards
Residencies
2021
Porcelain Academy Messen 2021 – an artist in residence program with support of ELZER Fondation, Stuttgar
IDE(International design expeditions ) to Poland,Warsaw
2020
Fondation d’Entreprise Martell, Cognac, France
2018
Centre Céramique Contemporaine, La Borne, France
2017
Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Résidences La Borne, Centre céramique contemporaine La Borne, La Borne, France
2015
OÙ lieu d’exposition pour l’art actuel, Marseille, France
2014
JCI (Jingdezhen ceramic institute) in Jingdezhen, China
2013
Centre d'art Ile Moulinsart, Pays de la Loire, France
Articles or publications
Yvonne Manfrini and Jean Stern, « Sans le socle », Geneva, HEAD-Geneva, 2015, 270 p.(ISBN 978-2-940377-76-3)
Dominique Poiret, « Qi Zhuo, fragile », Revue de la céramique et du verre, n 202, May 2015, p. 73 (ISSN 0294-202X)
Phaidon, Wallpaper City Guide, London, Phaidon, 2016, p. 58-59
Dominique Poiret, « Zhuo Qi, expérimentations extrêmes », Revue de la céramique et du verre, n208, May 2016, p. 74 (ISSN 0294-202X)
Aude Lavigne, « Entretien avec Zhuo Qi » ,franceculture, 16 June 2015
Gaya Goldcymer and Johnatan Taïeb, L'art & ses objets, Paris, 120 p.(ISBN 978-2-9532972-3-2), p. 23,107
Qi Zhuo: Lose Mental Burden,《艺术世界》(Art World)n 321, 2017
ZHUO QI — GALERIE LES FILLES DU CALVAIRE By Guillaume Benoit slash-paris.com February 14, 2019
Interview de Zhuo Qi, francefineart.com , by Anne-Frédérique Fer, January 2021
Interview de Zhuo Qi, aca-project.fr by Camille Despré , February 2021
Zhuo Qi : L’art du feu » by Jean-Marc Dimanche, Revue de la céramique et du verre, n236, January 2021, p. 32-35 (ISSN 0294-202X)
ZHUO QI — GALERIE PARIS-BEIJING — By Guillaume Benoit slash-paris.com February 10, 2021
Le Monde Diplomatique, p1, August 2022
