Talk with Artist Xu Zhe

Sat 16 Jan 2016, 4 – 6 pm
Nha San Collective

From Nha San Collective:

Nha San Collective warmly invites you to the talk with artist Xu Zhe from Shanghai, China. In this talk, he will share about his practice, as well as his recent projects.

Xu Zhe was born in Shanghai in 1976. He graduated from the School of Fine Art, Aix-en-Provence, France in 2006 and now lives in Shanghai.

Xu Zhe is a very diverse artist in his practice. He works making video, installations, sculpture and photography. He is a member of an artists’ group “Zuzhi” that supports different art-related projects and he is part of a jazz improvisation band and teaches new media at Shanghai Art School.

He describes himself as an artist, not particularly a photographer. Photography is a tool that he uses if he needs to express his intention.

His exhibitions include:

2015 “Essential Matters-Moving Images from China”, Borusan Contemporary Perili Kosk, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014 Between Calmness and Sedaction (SOLO), Antenna Space. Shanghai; Extender Play(SOLO), AM Space, Shanghai; 2014 Photo Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai; Aviff Cannes Art Film Festival Guest Program Basement6 Shanghaï, Cannes; PANDAMONIUM－Micro Exhibition, MOMENTUM, Berlin; 2013Drawing, Expression and Limit, AMNUA, Nanjing; ON | OFF: China’s young artistes in concept and practice, Ullens center for contemporary art, Beijing; 2012SEE/SAW: Collective Practice in China Now, Ullens center for contemporary art, Beijing; Fun Art—Open Studio Project, The Times Museum, Guangzhou; Wood works, V art center, Shanghai; Chinese Experimental Music Jamboree: Sally Can’t Dance 2012 , D22, Beijing; 2011 First issue-2011 SH Contemporary Art Exhibition，Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai.

Nhà Sàn COLLECTIVE is not a museum, a gallery or an international culture institute where completed work are presented by established artists. Just like Nhà Sàn Studio before, it is a working studio to nurture where artists can create, collaborate, be given advice, critiques, and have chances to meet with international artists, curators. Works that are presented at open studio every month could be finished or not, but the process of developing idea and working to improve the quality of the art work for local artists is what Nhà Sàn COLLECTIVE focuses on.

If you are interested and curious about experimental art, and want to have conversation with the working artists, please visit

Nha San COLLECTIVE 15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi Website: https://www.facebook.com/NhaSanCollective Email: [email protected]