Artist Bio and Statement
【Although the wind is strong, it bypasses my soul.】
I never realized that this is the landing of my soul.
I always doubt the road I have been walking.
Until a certain moment, the fragments were carried by the win——— Searching, staring, floating…free…
“I ”was standing far away, almost out of sight of the outline.
My work explores the deep emotional and psychological impacts of patriarchy, symbolized through the "broken limbs" that appear throughout my pieces. These fragmented forms represent not only the visible struggles women endure but also the silent, internal battles fought daily under the weight of societal expectations. My art is both a scream of defiance and a testament to resilience—an embodiment of the will to survive in a world where liberation often feels unreachable.
2025,Now Trending: 9th Annual Alpay Scholarship Exhibition,Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275.
2025,Relive,MFA mid residency show at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2025, Florabunda,MFA Cohort Group Show, Annex 11 at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2025, MFA Cohort Group Show, Annex 11 at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2024,artworks published in Women artist on the rise book 2024,women artist on the rise
2024,Echoes of Identity【镜·心】, Solo show in Jiacang Art Gallery in Ningbo,Zhejiang,China
2023,SAIC undergraduate exhibition,SAIC Galleries, 33 E. Washington St. IL
2023,Jade gallery group exhibition,280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL
painter, printer, multimedia artist
Qiqi Zhou, 2002
A native of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China
BFA-painting & drawing department at School of the Art Institute in Chicago, 2023
MFA - California Institute of the Art, 2025