Alexandre Zhu

Alexandre Zhu
Hadal (16)

Born 1993 in Shanghai, China. Lives and works in Paris, France.

Alexandre Zhu (1993), of Chinese origin, spent his childhood between Shanghai and Paris. He graduated from ENSAD in 2018 with an exchange at the School of Visual Art in New York.

His work draws its ideas from personal history, as part of the Chinese diaspora, and from the ever-changing environment he grew up in. Focusing on charcoal drawing, the different series navigate between observation of our standardized landscape and nostalgia feelings, questioning both personal and universal themes.

Laureate of the Pierre David-Weill drawing prize in 2021 and Prix Dauphine Contemporary in 2022, he was selected for the Artpress Biennale the same year. In 2024, he was nominated as a finalist for the K11 Art Foundation Prize, and participated in Paris Internationale with Gallery Vacancy. His work has been shown in several exhibitions in France and abroad (Zhi Art Museum, SWAB, MO.CO Panacée, Paris Internationale, NADA...), and pursues his work as a resident in the POUSH studios in Aubervilliers.

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