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
- 2026 ‘UNTIL,’ Loyal Gallery, Lund, Sweden (Solo)
- 2026 ‘Between Matter & Illumination’, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, USA (Group)
- 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, USA (Group)
- 2024 SUPERCROWDS/SUPERCOMMUNITY, TANK Shanghai, China (Group)
- 2024 'And Still I May,' Workplace, London, UK (Group)
- 2024 'Melting Mute,' Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (Solo)
- 2024 'Phantasmagoria,' LBF Contemporary, London, UK (Group)
- 2024 'Loyal @ El Royale,' Loyal Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (Group)
- 2024 'Metamorfosi,' F2T Gallery, Milan, Italy (Group)
- 2023 'Nouvelle Vague,' LBF Contemporary, London, UK (Group)
- 2023 'Pause, Arise,' Mou Projects, Hong Kong (Solo)
- 2023 'The Consolation of Clinamen,' Tabula Rasa, Beijing, China (Group)
- 2023 'To Cut A Thread,' Long Story Short, New York, USA (Duo)
- 2023 'Pressing the ear against the ground I could hear the far galloping coming near,' Samuele Visentin Projects, London, UK (Group)
- 2023 'Sprout,' Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (Group)
- 2022 'A Momentary Playground,' Long Story Short, Los Angeles, USA (Duo)
- 2022 'The Consolation of Clinamen,' Tabula Rasa, Beijing, China (Group)
- 2022 'Breaking News,' Long Story Short, Paris, France (Group)
Selected Works
