Tianyue Zhong

Born 1994, China

Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA

Moving from her hometown of Chengdu in southwest China to Los Angeles, Zhong merged fragments of presence and recollection into her abstract paintings. Her works are marinated by colors and light captured in her personal photographs, which led to a series of collages and drawings. The painting itself gains a living pulse; it works to hold onto those deep, intangible feelings and prevent moments in time from slipping away. The final outcomes appear to drift away from their original references, yet remain mysteriously suspended on the canvas. 

Zhong often spends hours painting while listening to the minimalist music composed by Philip Glass. The music effectively fills the gap between her imagination and her intention for the work, in turn inspiring the way she utilizes memory in her art. Through the rhythmic ostinato and evolving textures of Glass’s compositions, Zhong finds herself returning to the same photographs and themes to push the repetition to its limit. This investigative process leads directly to what her painting is truly about: embodiment. 

Zhong’s work is in the collection of AMOCA in Cardiff, Wales and the New Century Art Foundation (NCAF) in Shanghai, China.

EDUCATION

2020 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2018 BA Fine Art, School of Art Institute of Chicago, USA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025 ‘Between Earth and Tide,’ LBF Contemporary, London, UK (Solo)

2025 Modèle Vivant, Jack Siebert Projects, Los Angeles, USA (Group)

2024 ‘Pale Fires,’ LBF Contemporary, Paris, France (Group)

2024 ‘Blue Hour,’ PhillipsX, New York (Group)

2024 SUPERCROWDS/SUPERCOMMUNITY, TANK Shanghai, Shanghai (Group)

2024 And Still I May, Workplace, London (Group)

2024 Melting Mute, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm (Solo)

2024 Phantasmagoria, LBF Contemporary, London (Group)

2024 Loyal @ El Royale, Loyal Gallery, Los Angeles (Group)

2024 Metamorfosi, F2T Gallery, Milan (Group)

2023 Nouvelle Vague, LBF Contemporary, London (Group)

2023  Pause, Arise, Mou Projects, Hong Kong (Solo)

2023 The Consolation of Clinamen, Tabula Rasa, Beijing (Group)

2023 West Bund Art & Design presented by Mou Projects, Shanghai (Group)

2023 To Cut A Thread, Long Story Short, New York (Duo)

2023 Pressing the ear against the ground I could hear the far galloping coming near, curated by Samuele Visentin, London (Group)

2023 Sprout, Stems Gallery, Brussels (Group)

2022 A Momentary Playground, Long Story Short, Los Angeles (Duo)

2022 The Consolation of Clinamen, Tabula Rasa, Beijing (Group)

2022 Breaking News, Long Story Short, Paris (Group)

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