DU

Du Zhenjun was born in 1961 in Shanghai. He graduated from the University of Shanghai’s School of Fine Arts in 1986, and graduated from the Regional School of Fine Art of Rennes, France in 1998. He currently lives in Shanghai and Paris. Du has a background in classical painting and sculpture, but now works primarily in digital media, as he believes it is the most relevant way of making art. He sees it as “a way of working on the dimension of power inherent to a society of information and new technologies”. Du’s interactive new media installations and digitally manipulated photographs have made him one of China’s most recognised digital artists. His work deals with tragedy and what he considers as the universal human condition. He sources some of his images from mass-media outlets, including television, magazines and newspapers.
His recent solo exhibitions include Babel-world/Du Zhenjun (2013), ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany; La Tour de Babel (2012), Maison de la Culture de Metz, Metz, France; and Interactivités (2010), L’institut franco-japonais de Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.