About

hello,

I'm Yuqing Zhu,

a.k.a. 朱禹清,

24 years old,

based in Chicago,

training to become a neuroscientist

and practicing at being an artist.

I come to you from Inner Mongolia

and Chinatowns across America.

Statement

As a neuroscientist, I study the computations involved in perception of the visual world. Perception is an active process – in every moment, what we see is an imposition of what we wish to see. It is also heavily shaped by past experiences. I create self portrait collages as a means of constructing a personal mythology based upon my past, my present vision, and my hopes for the future. In the absence of forthright dialogue with one’s heritage, personal history takes on a myth-building quality. Chinese and Mongolian folklore, ornamentation, and other facets of the past are cut-and-pasted together into sometimes surreal, sometimes hyperreal scenes in my artwork.

Contact

yqzhu@uchicago.edu

Instagram

@papriqa_

just add paprika

Upcoming Shows

Solo installation

[THE PERSONAL MYTH]

[個人神話] [хувийн домог]

May 2020

Harold Washington Library

400 S State St, Chicago, IL