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ABOUT


ZHOU Yinglin is a video and new media artist with an MFA from the University of the Arts Berlin, a PhD candidacy at the University of the Arts Linz and studies under Hito Steyerl at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. She explores identity, digital space, and cultural equality. Her work, marked by satirical wit and political insight, addresses themes such as identity recognition, displacement, and post-colonial disparities through a futuristic lens. She was selected for the film exchange program Cultures d’Avenir by Centre Pompidou, Gaîté Lyrique Paris, HKW Berlin, CCCB Barcelona. Academically she was a visiting scholar at HKUST (GZ), Her papers have appeared in top conferences on media art such as ISEA.

Her works have been exhibited in major national and international art institutions and exhibitions, recently at Ars Electronica Center Linz; Art Basel Hong Kong's Film Program; CCCB Barcelona;Loop Festival; UCCA Lab at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art; A4 Art Museum; 13th National Art Exhibition, etc.

The artist has received awards such as "the Lumen Prize", Shortlist; "Future Artist" of the Today Art Museum X InArt, first prize; Lentos Freunde Art Award, Shortlist; "Ruptopia" iART Youth Art Program, third prize; "SAP Art Award", Emerging Artist prize; and "Upapāduka· the Prologue of Crypto Art", third prize.


︎Refering to the artist's CV for more detail.︎



ZHOU Yinglin


1994, Chengdu, CN

Residence: Berlin, Germany / Linz, Austria


EDUCATION

PhD          University of Arts Linz, Media Design (Prof. Alexis Dworsky)
Guest        Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Emergent Digital Media class (Prof. Hito Steyerl / Dr. Francis Hunger)
MFA         Berlin University of the Arts, Art in Context, honored with Outstanding Graduate
BA            Sichuan institute of Fine Arts, Graphic Art


AWARDS

2024        Shortlist, Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis, Lentos Museum
2023        Best Category Prize, Art Dream Fund, APENFT Foundation
2021        The Lumen Prize, London, was nominated for the Shortlist   
                Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis, Lentos Museum, Shortlist
                SAP Art Award, ARTCLOUD China SAP Art Award, won the emerging artist
                Upapāduka· the Prologue of Crypto Art Competition, third prize
2020        Elite Young Artist Program 2020, Elite Young Artist Program, Finalist
2019        Shortlist, Experimental Art Section of National Art Exhibition, 13th National Art Exhibition
                Ruptopia - 2019 iART Youth Art Project, third prize
                 Today Art Museum X InArt "Future Art", winning artist (first prize)


RESIDENCY

2024         Cultures d’Avenir, HKW(Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin), Germany (Phase I)
                 Cultures d‘Avenir, Centre Pompidou , Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France (Phase II)
                 Cultures d‘Avenir, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain (Phase III)


EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

SOLO  & PROJECTS

2023        Verbuchstabieren Trilogy: On the Dilemmas of Language, Identity and Culture, X Virtual, X Museum, Beijing, China
2022        Intercultural - Cultural Identity in Context, Art Nova 100, Online
2021        Verbuchstabieren, Centrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany




GROUP

2025         The Wrong Biennale, The Wrong Pavilion, online
                 EVA 21, National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
                  Territory of emptiness, Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
                 Beyond the Soil - Art on Ecology, 3723 Art Museum, Shanghai, China
                  Launch, Firefighting, and Ignition, Media Design, University of Arts Linz, Linz, Austria
2024         Cultures d‘Avenir (by Centre Pompidou, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, CCCB and Gaîté Lyrique), CCCB Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
                 HOPE – who will turn the tide - Ars Electronica Festival 2024, PostCity, Linz, Austria
                 AI+ Artificial Intelligence and Art, splace am Hauptplatz, Linz, Austria
                 EVA 21 , School of Fine and Applied Arts, Bangkok university, Bangkok, Thailand; College of Fine Arts Ladkabang, Bangkok, Thailand;    
                 Faculty of Architecture art and design, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand; Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts Faculty, Burapha 
                 University, Chon Buri, Thailand; Fine Arts Department, Architechture Faculty, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkabang,
                  Bangkok, Thailand
2023         Art Basel 2023, Film Program, Art Basel, Hong Kong
                 In Search of Identity at Loop Festival, Loop Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
                 The Wrong Biennale, The Wrong Pavilion, online
                 Localize - Von Amts Wegen, Potsdam City all, Potsdam, Germany
                 From the Other Hill, Guardian Art Center, Beijing, China
                 Quadrants In Ecology, Shanghai Urban Space Art Season 2023, Ash Gallery, Shanghai, China
                 BYoUSB, rhizome + dnr, New York, USA
                 Days of Contemporary Art 2023, The Institute for the Humanities and Information Technologies, Moscow, Russia
                 BORDERLINE, Art Nova 100, Guardian Art Center, Beijing, China
2022          Ars Electronica Festival 2022, Linz, Austria
                  Digitale Düsseldorf, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany
                  The BOLOHO Series (curated by BOLOHO), Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands
                  Cosmicus Ephemeroptera, Space Art Dao, online / outer space
                  Are You Sure You Want To Leave?, OSTRALE Biennale, Budapest, Hungary
                  Under Construction, GEH8 – Kunstraum, Dresden, Germany
                  Pool Party, Microscope Gallery, New York, USA
                  SEEN, Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden
                  SIMULTAN Festival XVII, Comenduirea Garnizoanei, Timișoara, Romania
                  Crypto Shanghai, Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China
                  The 1st Annual METAVERSE Art @ VENICE, Arsenal, Venice, Italy
                  #Post RE:SET@New Future, goes :art, Vienna, Austria / online
                  Home|Away: Narratives of Dislocation and Estrangement, The Bhavan, London
                  YAF, M Woods Museum, Beijing, China
2021          Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Festival 2021, Online
                  Virtual Niche, UCCA Lab, Beijing, China
                  OSTRALE Biennale, Dresden, Germany
                  Rundgang Preview, Haus der Statistik, Berlin, Germany
                  CCI Lab, Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria / online
                  Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis Exhibition, Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
                  The Secret Code of Satellite City, Enjoy·Art Museum, Beijing, China
                  YAF, Beijing Times Museum, Beijing, China
                  Art Nova 100, Guardian Art Center, Beijing, China
                  D-Normal, JCCAC, Hongkong, China
                  It’s time to reduce the backlog, LATITUDE Gallery, New York, USA
                  SAP Emerging Artists Special Exhibition, iADC Design Museum, Shenzhen
                  Yanjiao Biennial, Yanjiao, China
2020          Flash Point, LUXELAKES· A4· Art Museum, ARIE, Chengdu, China
                  Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Festival 2020, Online
                  The New Art Fest 2020, Lisbon, Portugal
                  NOW & AFTER 2020, Contemporary Art Center Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
                  Days of Contemporary Art 2020, The Institute for the Humanities and Information Technologies, Moscow
                  HOT STEAM III, MIT Museum, Cambridge, USA
                  Young Dreams – Discover Young Talent, Wanying Art Museum, Shijiazhuang, China
                  Cyberfeminism, No Space, London, England/ Beijing, China
2019          The 13th National Art Exhibition, Experimental Art Exhibition Area, Langfang / Beijing, China
                  Today Art Museum x InArt | "Future Art", Today Art Museum & InArt, Beijing, China
                  The 2019 iART Youth Art Project, Yuan Art Museum, Chongqing, China
2018          Continuity and Far-reaching: Print Art Exhibition of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China Printmaking Museum,
                  Shenzhen

LECTURE, TALK& INTERVIEW

2025         Video Games and, Artistic Intervention, Media Design, University of Arts Linz, Linz, Austria
2024         The Cultural Narratives in Video Games, CMA Lab, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China
2023         Good Prospect!, artist talk with Videotage, Art Basel, Hongkong
2022         The BOLOHO Series, artist talk with BOLOHO Collective, online
2021         CCI Lab, exhibition interview, Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria

PUBLICATION AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUE

2025         30th ISEA International Symposium on Electronic Art Proceedings, published by ISEA International Association, Nabi Art Center, Seoul
                 National University College of Culture and Arts, and Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
2024         Catalogue of Ars Electronica 2024, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin, Germany
                 Catalogue of Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis, Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
2022         Catalogue of Ars Electronica 2022, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin, Germany
2021         BREATHTURN – Catalogue of Exhibitions for the OSTRALE Biennale, OSTRALE Center for Contemporary Art, Dresden, Germany
                 Catalogue of Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis, Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
                 Institute für Kunst im Kontext - Masterarbeiten im postgradualen Studiengang , "Art in Context" 2020/2021
2020         D-Normal/V-Essay Video-Zine Issue #02, Hong Kong, China
                 Eigenart, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
2019         The 13th National Art Exhibition Experimental Art Exhibition Section Portfolio, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, China