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Jolie Zhilei Zhou
a multi-functional human being. Her practice spans photography, experimental writing, and publishing, often probing the intersections of daily life, ideology, and embodied perception.
She often interplays her works with spaces. 

1994 born in Canton, China.
Now lives and works in Cologne, Germany.

Contact
info@joliezhou.de

Education2023-
Diploma 2 in Media Arts, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, DE
2013-17Honor Bachelor of Arts in Visual Studies&Cinema Studies, University of Toronto, CA
Award
2023-25Postgraduate Study Scholarship for Fine Arts, DAAD, DE
Solo Exhibitions2024Pass by Me, Penetrate Me, Destroy Me-part 1, CASE-Projektraum der Fotografie, Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln, DE
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025I Vomited A Bird (work-in-progress) and Purple Thorn, annual exhibition, exMedia Lab@Filzengraben 8-10, Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln, DE
To Dwell in the Same Time and Space, Internationale Photoszene, Cologne, DE
Bergab? Erzählen in schwierigen Zeiten, Kölner Kongress,  Deustchlandradio, Cologne, DE
2024  Sotheby’s Presents: Group Show during DC-Open, Sotheby’s, Cologne, DE
Imitation of Life, annual exhibition, Filzengraben 8-10, Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln, DE
2023 Imageless Dummy Photobook Award Exhibition, Shanghai, CN
A Few Fruit Knives, Unicorn Image, Guangzhou, CN
City Disharmony Ensemble, Temporary Space, Guangzhou, CN
2017Subject:Post-, Visual Studies Undergraduate thesis exhibition, University of Toronto, CA
Curatorial Projects2021-23(inefficient) LOVE MANIFESTO, artist’s book project
-collected by Thomas J. Watson Library at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tai Kwun Artist’s Book Library, Asian Art Archive  
2023
Serendipity: Jin Qiaoer’s Exhibition, 33ml offspace, Shanghai, CN

Art Book Fairs
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Bring Your Own Books Art Book Fair, Amsterdam, NL
Between Books: Kunsthalle Düsseldorf Art Book Fair, Düsseldorf, DE
Outland Publishing Fair, London, UK
Rehearsal Art Book Fair, New York, US
A4 Art Book Fair, Chengdu, CN

Professional Side Paths
Editor @Coordinator
Project-based printing supervisor @Accent Society
Actively looking for part-time/full-time vacancies at Publishing Houses and Exhibition Teams
Publications see Texts Events check Dates

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