
(Beijing, 1970)
Ji Zhou studied engraving at the Central Academy of Fine Arts of Beijing (1994). Later on, he earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne (2005). His work is characterized for being contemplative, formulating questions through diverse photographic techniques that question common ideas around objectivity and photographic certainty.
Through images of urban development, greenhouses, and miniature models that allude to city spaces and undefined landscapes, the artist’s production philosophically expands as a way to rethink relationships between perspective, senses, rationality, and reality. In his “Building” series, for example, the documentary quality of cityscape photography is questioned due to a montage that mixes different times in the same place; the unitary space becomes impossible when considerations of time are introduced.
Currently, Ji Zhou lives and works in Beijing, China.
Ji Zhou
No. 2 Building No. 2, 2017
Ultra Giclee
120h x 234w cm
47 10/41h x 92 16/127w in
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Ji Zhou
No. 3 Building No. 3, 2017
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150h x 210w cm
59 1/18h x 82 21/31w in
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Ji Zhou
Greenhouse 1, 2017
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120h x 180w x 7d cm
47 10/41h x 70 13/15w x 2 96/127d in
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Ji Zhou
3 Maquette 3, 2014
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110h x 177w cm
43 39/127h x 69 37/54w in
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Ji Zhou
4 Maquette 4, 2014
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110h x 190w x 7d cm
43 39/127h x 74 49/61w x 2 96/127d in
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Ji Zhou
5 Maquette 5, 2015
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138.50h x 110w cm
54 19/36h x 43 39/127w in
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Ji Zhou
2 The Map 2, 2013
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111h x 150w cm
43 89/127h x 59 1/18w in
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