Biography

Hu Zi (b. 1981) graduated from The Department of Comprehensive Painting at China Academy of Art with M.F.A. (2007), once stayed in Cité internationale des arts Paris for residency during her exchange at École des Beaux-Arts de Paris(2006) and was selected for Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Programme (2014), currently living and working in Shanghai. She works most often in gouache, but also in oil paint, both invested with translucency. In her long-term practice of making portraits, she collates individual experiences for the construction of a self-image by fabricating the very unique touch of body boundaries, also brings together her understanding of exotic culture and her misaligned gaze on the opposite sex. The subjects addressed include rock gods, literary giants, great artists and those who have or had an impact on her. Hu Zi’s solo exhibitions include “Stone Flesh” (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2018), “Mozart” (Studio D’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy, 2017), “Lover” (Fab-Union Space, Shanghai, 2016), “Flesh” (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2014), “Kids” (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2014), etc. She was also featured in “Infantization” organized by Shanghai Art Museum (2007), later toured to Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, France and Basel Dreispitzhalle, Switerland (2010).

Education :

2004 - 2007    Department of Comprehensive Painting at China Academy of Art

 

Works
  • David Gilmour II
    HU Zi 胡子
    David Gilmour II, 2018
    Oil on canvas 布面油画
    100 x 80 cm
  • Sunsetting II
    HU Zi 胡子
    Sunsetting II, 2020
    Gouache on paper 纸上水粉
    55 x 37 cm
  • Amour II
    HU Zi 胡子
    Amour II, 2017
    Oil on canvas 布面油画
    60 x 50 cm
  • Don Carlos (after Velázquez) 摹委拉斯开兹的唐·卡洛
    HU Zi 胡子
    Don Carlos (after Velázquez) 摹委拉斯开兹的唐·卡洛, 2019
    Oil on canvas 布面油画
    50 x 40 cm
  • Elizabeth I of England 英格兰伊丽莎白一世
    HU Zi 胡子
    Elizabeth I of England 英格兰伊丽莎白一世, 2019
    Gouache on paper 纸上水粉
    75 x 55.5 cm
  • Frida Kahlo
    HU Zi 胡子
    Frida Kahlo, 2018
    Gouache on paper 纸上水粉
    75 x 55.4 cm
  • Giacomo Totti
    HU Zi 胡子
    Giacomo Totti, 2019
    Oil on board 木板油画
    80 x 70 cm
  • Marie Antoinette in Versailles 玛丽·安托瓦内特在凡尔赛宫
    HU Zi 胡子
    Marie Antoinette in Versailles 玛丽·安托瓦内特在凡尔赛宫, 2019
    Gouache on paper 纸上水粉
    74.7 x 54.7 cm
  • Oscar Wilde
    HU Zi 胡子
    Oscar Wilde, 2016
    Oil on board 木板油画
    60 x 55 cm
  • Red Mozart
    HU Zi 胡子
    Red Mozart, 2017
    Oil on canvas 布面油画
    65 x 60 cm
  • Rembrandt 1633 (after Rembrandt) 摹伦勃朗的伦勃朗1633
    HU Zi 胡子
    Rembrandt 1633 (after Rembrandt) 摹伦勃朗的伦勃朗1633, 2019
    Oil on canvas 布面油画
    50 x 40 cm
  • Robert Rauschenberg 罗伯特·劳森伯格
    HU Zi 胡子
    Robert Rauschenberg 罗伯特·劳森伯格, 2018
    Gouache on paper 纸上水粉
    96 x 64.3 cm
  • Wrestler IV
    HU Zi 胡子
    Wrestler IV, 2017
    Gouache on paper 纸上水粉
    76 x 56 cm
  • Florence Neptune V
    HU Zi 胡子
    Florence Neptune V, 2018
    Gouache on paper 纸上水粉
    76 x 56 cm 227 x 112 cm(76.5 x 56 cm x 6)
  • Elizabeth I
    HU Zi 胡子
    Elizabeth I, 2014
    Gouache on paper 纸上水粉
    29.7 x 38.6 cm
  • Agony of Laocoon
    HU Zi 胡子
    Agony of Laocoon, 2017
    Gouache on paper 纸上水粉
    56.5 x 39 cm
  • Palio di Siena
    HU Zi 胡子
    Palio di Siena, 2016
    Gouache on paper 纸上水粉
    61 x 45.7 cm
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