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Zhuo QI

Born in 1985 in Fuxin, Liaoning Province, Zhuo Qi is a Chinese visual artist who is interested in traditional craft techniques and uses them to create works that resonate like visual metaphors—phrases with shaky grammar, yet whose words are the objects and materialities that belong to our shared imagination.

At the root of his creativity lies the unshakable belief that beauty emanates from what is rejected and from the rebirth that follows destruction; in his view, poetry embodies a force that acts upon the world.

This is precisely the strategy he employs in his “Bubble Games” series, which consists of “real fake” icons produced in Quyang, a village in Hebei that specializes in the production of counterfeits. With a touch of mischief, he carries out a deceptive restoration by complementing them with blown-glass bubbles that evoke both a soft, protective shell and a misunderstanding that isolates.

From this dichotomous juxtaposition of two materials and two forms emerges a range of symbolic meanings that vary according to each viewer’s perspective and sensibility.

For the artist, these works crystallize the essential lessons he has drawn from his experience as a foreigner in Paris. In his view, the colorful and alluring bubble that perfectly envelops these fallen Buddhas embodies the ancestral and fundamental coexistence of the world’s various cultures. Indeed, the technique of glassblowing evokes both the Mesopotamian cradle of civilization and the lesser-known one in China, where Buddhist legends about offerings of pearls have been archaeologically confirmed, while the icons of the early Buddhist centuries conceal the story of a migration of artisans from the Greco-Roman world.

Biography

Zhuo Qi was born in 1985 in Fuxin, Liaoning, China. He has lived and worked between Paris and Limoges since 2008.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

  • 2008-11 / DNSEP at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts du Mans
  • 2011-13 / DNAP at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts du Mans
  • 2013-14 / Post-graduate DAS at the Geneva University of Art and Design
  • 2014-15 / Post-graduate of the KAOLIN Program at ENSA Limoges.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2026 / There Is a Crack in Everything, That’s How the Light Gets In, HDM Gallery, Beijing, China
  • 2023 / Lost in the Bubble, Perrotin Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • 2023 / Qi Zhuo: Yes & No, Aranya – Youyi Bay, Qinghuangdao, China
  • 2022 / History Never Really Says Goodbye, Galerie Paris-B, Paris, France
  • 2021 / Strangely beautiful, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris, France
  • 2019 / Y’a des jours comme ça, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris
  • 2018 / Méditation, Centre céramique contemporaine, La Borne, France

GROUP EXHIBITIONS           

  • 2026 / Glasstress, Fondazione Berengo, Palazzo Ca’tron, Venice, Italy
  • 2026 / The Earth's Energies, Keramis, La Louvière, Belgium
  • 2025 / The Earth's Energies, Adrien Dubouch National Museum, Limoges, France.
  • 2025 / We, the World,Being Art Museum, Shanghai, China.
  • 2025 / Maijishan Grottoes, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, China
  • 2024 /Variations: Time and Space, Shanxi Museum Exhibition Center, Taiyuan, China
  • 2023 / Power of Color, Jinhua Cultural Center, Jinhua, China    
  • 2023 / Matignon – October + group exhibition, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
  • 2023 / Xun Yi: Datong Contemporary Art, Datong, China
  • 2021 /“Towards a New Land: Tales of the Ancient Pavilion,”the contemporary art exhibition ofthe first Suzhou Garden Art Festival, Suzhou, China
  • 2021 / When Matter Becomes Art, Maison Guerlain, Paris, France
  • 2020 / As time goes by…, Suzhou, China
  • 2019 / Toolbox, Musée le Carroi, Chinon, France
  • 2019 / Private Choice, Paris, France
  • 2016 / Salon de Montrouge 16, Montrouge, France Contemporary Ceramics, Art Beijing, Beijing, China
  • 2016 / KAO EXPORT LTD, Musée national Adrien Dubouché, Limoges, France
  • 2015 / Private Choice, Paris, France
  • 2015 / Confronting Anitya, Musée de Salagon, Mane, France
  • 2015 / Noticing porcelain, Wroclaw, Poland
  • 2014 / Transit, Bazaar Compatible Program, Shanghai, China 1320°, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
  • 2013 / INSIDE OUT, Municipality of Bardonnex and Geneva, Switzerland
  • 2013 / Grande Image Lab, Nuit Blanche, Paris, France Under Conditions, Ile Moulins’ art art center, Pays de la Loire, France
  • 2013 / Ecce homo Ludens, Swiss season “play in contemporary art”, Swiss Games Museum, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland

RESIDENCIES

  • 2025 /FondazioneBerengo, Venice, Italy
  • 2024 /AtelierB, Maison Bernardaud, Limoges, France
  • 2022 / Taoxichuan Art Center, Jingdezhen, China
  • 2021 /IDE(International Design Expeditions) to Poland, Warsaw, Poland
  • 2021 / MeissenPorcelainAcademy, ELZER Foundation, Stuttgart, Meissen, Germany
  • 2020 / Martell Foundation, Cognac
  • 2018 / Contemporary Ceramics Center, La Borne, France
  • 2017 / Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, France
  • 2017 / Residencies La Borne, Contemporary Ceramics Center La Borne, La Borne, France
  • 2015 / OÙ exhibition space for contemporary art, Marseille, France
  • 2014 / JCI (Jingdezhen ceramic institute) of Jingdezhen, China
  • 2013 / Ile Moulins’art art center, Pays de la Loire, France
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