Zhou Xiaohu was one of the first contemporary artists in China to work experimentally with sculptural ideas of video and animation. With a background in sculpture, oil painting and graphic design, Zhou's work is a dynamic combination of these mediums, reflecting a world in which technology rules and the media is the pinnacle of propaganda and public influence.
Read MoreBest known are Zhou Xiaohu's clay-mation sculptural installations that showcase meticulously worked video dramas taken from news stories and fictional events, enclosed inside sculptural sets composed of clay figurines (the 'characters' used in each clay-mation). Referencing scenes of war, terrorism, international summit meetings, and natural disasters, Zhou satirizes the level of media-control in a digital age, in which public opinion can be manipulated through documented news, and where scenes of war, torture and famine have become commonplace and cease to shock.
The work of Zhou Xiaohu was included in the historically significant exhibitions Shanghai Biennale 2000 and Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China in 2004. His work has been exhibited at Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Kunst Museum, Bern, Switzerland; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China; and the International Center of Photography, New York, USA and the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, Austria. He has also participated in such art expositions as the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia in 2006; the Sevilla International Art Biennale, Seville, Spain, in 2004; and the Shanghai Biennale in 2000.
