Curator(s):

Exhibition Curator: Mianbu – Poet, Founder of Being 3 Gallery

Artist(s):

Zhu Xiaodi
Born in Beijing in 1964, Zhu Xiaodi graduated from the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University. As a renowned architect and artist, he has long been engaged in the exploration and creation of contemporary art, standing out as one of China’s most prominent artists with a dual cultural identity. His representative achievement lies in his "architectural installation" series, which has evolved into a distinguished intellectual experiment and paradigm in Chinese public art.
Fang Er & Meng Jin
Fang Er and Meng Jin are a multi-disciplinary artist couple whose practice spans urban public art, installation art, digital art, photography, painting, and urban graffiti, among other fields. Fang Er holds a master’s degree from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, UK; Meng Jin completed her master’s degree at Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, UK. Their works have been collected and exhibited by prestigious art institutions worldwide, including the Shanghai Art Museum, MoMA PS1 (New York), the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), the Photoquai Photography Biennale (Paris), and M+ Museum (Hong Kong).
Fang Er and Meng Jin’s creations explore the expression and semiotic language of urban space. Integrating urban landscapes, architectural elements, and abstract symbols, their works re-interpret and reconstruct urban spaces to examine the relationships between urban culture, social changes, and individual identity, prompting viewers to reflect on urban life and culture. The duo also actively participates in public art projects, intervening in urban spaces through art and creating large-scale sculptures and installations. These endeavors have infused cities with greater artistic vitality and made positive contributions to the development of urban culture.
In addition, they published China’s first Chinese-language book on street graffiti in 2005, which was named one of Eslite Bookstore’s "Books of the Year" in 2006. In the same year, they curated the graffiti exhibition Start Making Sense, featuring leading international graffiti artists such as Banksy (UK) and Blek Le Rat (France). As observers, explorers, and writers, their multi-faceted roles endow their artistic practice with profound reflections on and expressions of urban culture—works that are not only aesthetically striking and visually engaging but also construct unique and imaginative "urban candy maps."