About
hello,
I'm Yuqing Zhu,
a.k.a. 朱禹清,
25 years old,
based in Chicago,
training to become a neuroscientist
and practicing at being an artist.
I come to you from Southern 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
I am open for commissions.
Upcoming Shows
Solo installation
[THE PERSONAL MYTH]
[個人神話] [хувийн домог]
Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL
Part of the Chicago Public Library's AAPI Heritage Month exhibits.
POSTPONED
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Group show
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL
POSTPONED
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Past Shows
QUEER & TRANS ARTIST SHOWCASE
Experimental Station
May 19, 2018
POP-UP SHOW: ZION RODMAN & YUQING ZHU
Dearborn Denim in Hyde Park
April 7, 2018
Press
UChicago News profile of my artwork
Science and Feelings Podcast: "The Hotel with Infinite Rooms"
Neocha Magazine: "Searching for the Self"
Shop
NOTICE: My online store (the Neon Fruit Supermarket) is currently NOT accepting new orders due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.