Ge Ziyu 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.
2020 | “Two and a half acres”, Ge Ziyu & Ge Qiang Duo Exhibition, Wuxi, China |
2018 | Ge Ziyu Solo Exhibition, EGG Gallery, Beijing, China |
“Cold Media”, Ge Ziyu & Chen Danyang Duo Exhibition,TOKU Gallery, Nanjing, China | |
TOKU Gallery, Nanjing, China | |
Ge Ziyu &Yan Anqi Duo Exhibition, WOONG Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
2017 | Sino-Dutch Contemporary Art Duo Exhibition, Ying Art Center, Shanghai, China |
2016 | “1=∞”, Solo Exhibition, EGG Gallery, Beijing China |
2021 | “Visit You Through the Metaverse”, Monai Art Collection Center, Shanghai, China |
“Non-Figurative Research Exhibition”, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China | |
“Abstracting”, Haihan Art Space, Shenzhen, China | |
“Born by Heart” – Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai, China | |
2020 | Paris International Art Exhibition, Paris, France |
“Line Without Limiting Shape” – Abstract Works Exhibition, Beijing, China | |
2019 | “No Common Language”, No Same Space, Changsha, China |
“Traces of Intelligent & Mechanical Painting” – Sino-Austrian Art Duo Exhibition, EGG Gallery, Beijing, China | |
“Different Same – Non-figurative Art Exhibition”, Different Art Center, Beijing, China | |
2018 | “The Fourth State” Group Exhibition, Meike Art Museum, Jinan, China |
“No Show”, Himalaya Art Museum, Shanghai, China | |
“Frame of Reference”, Wang Space, Zhengzhou, China | |
Art Intervention in the Country | 2018 “Orange” Art Festival, Zhong’ao Village, Xiaotang Township, Xiangshan, Ningbo, China | |
Counter-Feit International Contemporary Art Biennale, Overseas Chinese Contemporary Art Gallery, Chongqing, China | |
“No Waste Type”, ADGY. International Cultural Center, Beijing, China | |
“Echo”, Cheng Ji Art Museum, Wuxi, China | |
“Huihua Group -Introduction to the “Exceptional State””, Horizon Art Space, Beijing, China | |
“2018 Russian State Museum Shanghai Art Fair”, Russian State Museum, Shanghai, China | |
Counter-Feit Guangdong International Contemporary Art Biennale, GuYuan Art Museum, Zhuhai, China | |
Counter-Feit Guangdong International Contemporary Art Biennale, Zhongshan Art Museum, Zhongshan, China | |
Counter-Feit Guangdong International Contemporary Art Biennale, Rainbow Box Art Museum, Zhengzhou, China | |
“Density Talisman Array” Contemporary Art Exhibition, Ying Space, Beijing, China | |
“New Painting: Between Image and Form”, Shanghai Baoshan International FolkArt Museum, Shanghai, China | |
“No Winter”, EGG Gallery, Beijing, China | |
2017 | “Huan Zhong – Nature Follows Abstraction”, KWMartcenter, Beijing, China |
“Unlimited” Group Exhibition, EGG Gallery, Beijing, China | |
“Degree Zero of Art – the Rational Expression of Abstract Art”, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China | |
“China-Korea Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition”, Korean Cultural Center Shanghai, Shanghai, China | |
“Different Dimensional Perspective”, Shanghai Peninsula Art Museum, Shanghai, China | |
“A Long Journey Accompanied – Shanghai Youth Art Fair Theme Exhibition”, Nuo Art Station, Shanghai, China | |
2016 | Linda Gallery 10th Anniversary “Special Invitation Exhibition”, Linda Gallery, Beijing, China |
“May Chaos”, iSGO gallery, Shanghai, China | |
“Alien Space”, Lin Gallery, Beijing, China | |
“Singapore Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Singapore Museum of Contemporary Art, Singapore | |
2015 | “Art Crackpot”, 798 Art Factory, Beijing, China |
“City Living Art Theme Exhibition”, K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, China | |
“O.C.D. 2.0”, EGG Gallery, Beijing, China | |
“Inward” The 8th China Abstract Art Exhibition, PIFO Gallery, Beijing, China | |
The 6th Exhibition of “Flaws” Drawings and Crafts, PIFO Gallery, Beijing, China | |
2008 | Group Exhibition of Chinese Young Contemporary Artists, Lotus Painting Room, Shanghai, China |
2007 | China Contemporary Art Tour Exhibition, Wuxi Station, BCM Life Arts Center, Wuxi, China |
2006 | “Virtual China Project”, Walker Art Center, Minnesota, United States |
2004 | “Works on Paper – Six Artists Exhibition”, Classic Gallery, Wuxi, China |