ABOUT XY :)
BIO:
XY Zhou (b. 2002) is a visual artist based in New York City. Their work dabbles in writing, painting, ceramics, textiles, and sculpture– using various mediums to thoroughly interrogate and investigate their ideas and their relationships. They graduated from NYU Gallatin with a concentration in “Translations Between Mediums,” exploring the intersection of aesthetics, philosophy, law, and languages as different mediums of thought. XY’s work has been published and shown in lower Manhattan as well as internationally through digital fellowships.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
XY’s current preoccupation with heritage leads them to explore its duality: the honor and unbearable burden of cultural tradition. They are curious about the historical/mythological relationship between the body and the earth. They locate our contemporary experiences as the most recent product of the great machine of history, bridging past and present through the construction of personal mythology. Alongside artmaking, conversations with their friends, walking briskly between two places, and late nights at work are essential aspects of their studio practice which seeks to understand and represent the “truth,” in all its seriousness and its whimsy.
studio :)
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