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PAYNE ZHU

b. 1990, China
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Payne Zhu Biography

Payne Zhu (b.1990), graduated from Shanghai University of International Business and Economics. He currently lives and works in Shanghai. Autodidact, he turns individuals into creation materials. He borrows various identities to explore social relations behind entities or find blind spots. Through the adjustment of internal relations between religion, network, or consumption system, he produces results on self-reflection.

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Payne Zhu Thinks That the Ocean Can Teach Us About AI
Conversation / Palette Cleanser Payne Zhu Thinks That the Ocean Can Teach Us About AI Zian Chen The Shanghai‑based artist discusses the 16th‑century Chinese novel that inspires him, painting with “shrimp waste” and digestion as a metaphor.
14th Shanghai Biennale In Photos
Spotlight / Photolog 14th Shanghai Biennale: In Photos Titled Cosmos Cinema, the 14th Shanghai Biennale at the Power Station of Art considers how humankind’s relationship with the cosmos conditions all life on earth. The voices of over 80 artists ask: how do we live together, as a species and with nonhuman others, on earth and beyond?

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