GE Ziyu|戈 子馀
Biography
Ge Ziyu (b. in Anhui Province, China) graduated from the Department of Art of Donghua University and Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA). He currently lives and works in Beijing and Wuxi. Ge Ziyu investigates materiality, abstraction, and perception through the subtle relation between light and space and precisely geometric paintings that he made.
Ge’s works have been featured in exhibitions at multiple galleries and art institutions including Walker Art Center, Singapore Contemporary Art Museum, Chi K11 Art Museum, Overseas Chinese Contemporary Art Gallery in Chongqing, Himalaya Art Museum, EGG Gallery, Linda Art Center, PIFO Gallery, Hive Art Center, etc. In 2018, the China Collectors Association-Contemporary Art Collection Committee conferred the artist the honorary award of “The Most Market Potential Contemporary Artist in China” in the Bird’s Nest in Beijing.
His works are collected by institutions and private collectors in the United States, Italy, Britain, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and other countries and regions: Cushman & Wakefield headquarters in China, Foster + Partners: Architectural Design and Engineering Firm, Wenheyou Art Museum, Jupiter Museum of Art, Major Shareholder of Max Mara, Director of Taipei Contemporary Art Association, K11 Shanghai Executive Director, Senior Chinese Art Collector Liu Gang, etc.