Explore Artists in Shanghai

Qu Fengguo is a Chinese artist known for his minimalist abstract paintings. His work explores the subtle interplay of color, light, and geometric forms, characterized by a refined aesthetic and a meditative approach that focuses on pure visual experience and optical perception.

Wang Ningde is a Chinese artist known for his distinctive photographic series that often reconstruct historical scenes or personal memories. His work uses unique lighting and staging, blurring reality and fiction to explore themes of nostalgia, collective memory, and the photographic medium itself.

Zhang Ruyi is a Chinese artist known for her sculptural and installation works that often incorporate industrial materials and natural elements. Her practice explores themes of urban alienation, fragility, and the tension between organic forms and artificial structures, creating compelling, often minimalist, pieces.

Zhang Yunyao is a Chinese artist known for his intimate and emotive figurative drawings and paintings, often depicting male subjects. His work explores themes of desire, vulnerability, and the complexities of human relationships, characterized by a distinctive, sensitive touch and nuanced emotional depth.

Yu Ji is a Chinese artist known for her evocative sculptures and installations that explore the human body, materiality, and the ephemeral. Her work often utilizes unconventional materials, blurring the boundaries between organic forms and industrial elements, creating a delicate tension between strength and fragility.

Youyu Ni is a Chinese artist known for his conceptually driven, often humorous, installations and mixed media works. His practice frequently employs everyday objects and references to both traditional Chinese culture and global consumerism, creating witty interventions that comment on contemporary society and value systems.

Xu Zhen (b. 1977) is a provocative Chinese artist and founder of MadeIn Company, known for his multidisciplinary, often satirical, works. His practice critiques globalized culture, consumerism, and the art market through conceptual installations, photography, and performances that often mimic or subvert cultural artifacts and artistic gestures.

Wu’s video installations and performances explore themes of identity, technology, and cultural exchange. Her work often incorporates digital media and performative elements.