Deconstruction and Reconstruction: Painter
of Expressionism in Painting.
Deconstruct the
material and reconstruct the spiritual.
Mr. Yi Zhu is an artist who has grown up
amidst the great social changes in China. Yi Zhu has a constantly evolving
mindset. He has witnessed the era of drastic changes in China's economic
structure, and such enormous changes have influenced Yi Zhu's worldview. In the
early days, he was engaged in printmaking and illustration creation, and
produced many works with unique visual compositions. During his work in the
field of commercial design, Yi Zhu led his own design company, designed for
China's offline advertising market, promoted the point-of-sale experience, and
was involved in the packaging design for international fast-moving consumer
goods companies in the Chinese market. The design company led by Yi Zhu has won
the Best Creative Award and the Best Supplier Award from the Chinese subsidiary
of an internationally renowned brand. Facing various social phenomena in the
business field and the struggles and aspirations of human nature in
competition, Yi Zhu has created many prints and oil paintings, positioning
himself as a creator of deconstructive and reconstructive paintings. During the
global pandemic, due to Yi Zhu's insights into life and some other reasons,
having witnessed the ups and downs of life during the pandemic, Yi Zhu began to
create a large number of oil paintings and prints. The underlying logic of life
is breathing. Due to social factors, this breathing has an attitude, and there
is the tension and contractile force of life. In this regard, Yi Zhu has a
strong desire to express this perception of life. Exhalation represents
tension, and inhalation represents contractile force. Life should not be
suppressed; the essence of life is freedom.
Many of Yi Zhu’s works have been collected by collectors in New York and in China.
Selected Exhibitions & Fairs：
1). 2025 Ad Lib Gallery
10 Church Road, Wimbledon Village Exhibition.
2). The work "My World and This World
No.02 in 2025" was released at Hyde Corner Station of the London
Underground in the United Kingdom.
3) In 2025, the works "My World
and This World No.01" and "My World and This World No.02" were
released at the Madrid Station in Spain.
4). In 2025, the works
"My World and This World No.01" and "My World and This World
No.02" were released at the Madrid Station in Spain.
5).2025：The work
participated in the TSLIQUID International Art Exhibition in Venice 2025 with
the theme of "Body Language".
6).2024 Chelsea Biennale (Group Exhibition), Amsterdam Whitney
Gallery, New York, USA
7).2024 Art Expo New York (Art Fair), New York, USA
8).2023 Art Plus (Art Fair), Shanghai, China
9).2023 Art Expo New York (Art Fair), New York, USA
10).2022 Art Expo New York (Art Fair), New York, USA
Awards：
1).2025 My World and This World No.02 have
won the Gold Award of the 2025 Future Art & Design Award UK.
2).2025 My World
and This World No.02 Received the Master Mind Award of the Annual
Artist Award in the 6th International CFA 2024 Annual Artist Competition hosted
by the Circle Foundation for the Arts on the Circle-Arts website.
3).2023 Winner –
Best Solo Exhibitor, Art Expo New York, New York, USA
4).2024
Certificate of Artistic Achievement, Luxembourg Art Prize, Pinacothèque
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
5).2023
Certificate of Artistic Achievement, Luxembourg Art Prize, Pinacothèque
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
6).2022
Certificate of Artistic Achievement, Luxembourg Art Prize, Pinacothèque
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Selected
Press：
1). Interview of AATONAU
in 2025 https://aatonau.com/yi-zhu-deconstructing-and-reconstructing-reality/
2). 2025 Award-winning
Interview https://www.wodacc.com/post/interview-with-yi-zhu-a-surrealist-dialogue-with-the-world.
3). Interview with Contemporary Art Curator (2024).
4). Interview with Contemporary Art Collectors (2024)
5). Interview with Al-Tiba9 Art Magazine (2024)
