Zhou Song
About
Zhou Song (b. 1982, Jiangxi) is a Beijing-based artist who graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2006. He has held solo exhibitions at major institutions including the Aurora Museum and Powerlong Art Museum in Shanghai, Osthaus Museum Hagen and Kunstraum Villa Friede in Germany, Guardian Art Center and Today Art Museum in Beijing, among others.
His artworks have also been part of group exhibitions and art projects at various institutions, such as the Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, Grand Palais in France, Fortezza da Basso in Florence, Kunstraum Villa Friede in Bonn, University of Vienna, European Cultural Center in Venice, YBL Creative Arts Center in Budapest, Jorge Rando Museum in Spain, Sotheby's in Los Angeles, Toronto Art Center in Canada, Palacio Schacht in Santiago, Inca Garcilaso Culture Center in Peru, Museum of Contemporary Art in Panama, Panama Canal Museum, National Gallery of Costa Rica, National Art Museum of Venezuela, National Art Museum of China, Today Art Museum, Guangdong Art Museum, Chongqing Art Museum, Wuhan Art Museum, Chengdu Museum of Modern Art, Shenzhen Guanshanyue Art Museum, He Xiangning Art Museum, among others including NordArt 2023 & 2024, the 59th Venice Biennale parallel exhibition "Personal Structures", the 13th Havana Biennial, the 3rd International Biennial Conference on Robo-Philosophy, the 11th Florence Biennale in Italy, and more.
Significant awards include the "Lorenzo International Installation Art Award” at the 11th Florence Biennale (2017), the "Painting Award" at the 5th May 4th International Youth Art Festival (2012), as well as graduating with the first place BFA thesis from the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts (2006).
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Person
Both the philosophical tradition of Chinese painting and Western Surrealist artists such as Salvador Dalí and René Magritte have had a profound influence on my work. I am particularly drawn to the poetic, symbolic qualities of Chinese ink painting, as well as the dreamlike, uncanny imagery found in Surrealism. These influences have shaped my approach to visual storytelling, symbolism, and emotional resonance.
Place
The primeval forest has left a profound impact on me—especially when experienced in contrast to a vast city like Beijing. In the midst of concrete and steel, to suddenly encounter wild, ancient woods is to feel a force greater than ourselves. The forest doesn’t follow human logic or order; it operates by its own mysterious laws. This sense of sublime natural power—the collision between nature and the urban world—inspires me to explore themes of transformation, resistance, and the limits of human control.
Object
One of the most inspiring objects for my work is a thousand-year-old tree deep within a primeval forest. It stands as a silent witness to the rise and fall of dynasties, to generations of human lives, conflicts, and emotions—all of which seem fleeting and powerless in its presence. The tree transcends the human scale of time and emotion. Its form, texture, and quiet endurance remind me that nature contains a kind of wisdom and permanence far beyond our own.
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