Yunyi Zhu is a Chinese artist whose practice questions memory and perception. He graduated from Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts in sculpture and Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, he works based on the combination of a series of personal experiences relating to the uses of some of our underestimated senses in the field of art, such as touch, and the questions of memory. He transforms these experiences and memories into works by various approaches of mediums.
EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS
2024
· 6th Le Festival du Cinéma d’auteur chinois, Paris, France
· London Short Film Festival - NOWNESS UK PROJECTIN, London, United Kingdom
· DOC凹凸, Chengdu, China
2023
· 5th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, China
· 5th Hishorts film festival, Xiamen, China
· Macao Films & Videos Panorama, Macao, China
· 20th GZDOC Competition, Guangzhou, China
· 41th Festival Tous Courts, Aix-en-Provence, France
· 6th Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing, China
· 60th Golden Horse Awards, Taiwan
· 45th Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Films, Taiwan
· 2th Berlin NEW GEN Chinese Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
· Kaohsiung Film Festival, Children's Jury Award, Taiwan
· Kuan-Du Film Festival, Taiwan
· DOC NYC, New York, American
· 16th Filem'On - International Film Festival For Young Audiences, Brussels, Belgium
· 64th Festival dei Popoli, Florence, Itlay
· 40th Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel, Germany
· 17th FIRST International Film Festival, Competition, Xining, China
· Vienna Shorts, Special Screening, Vienna, Austria
· 39th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
· Let's Doc Pitching, Poland
· 20th Documenta Madrid, Competition, Spain
· Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra - Official Selection, Navarra, Spain
· 45th Cinéma du Réel, Séance Spéciale, Paris, France
· 73th Berlinale Generation, Berlin, Germany
2022
· 4th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, China
· Après l’école, biennale artpress des jeunes artistes, Musée Fabre et MO.CO, Montpellier, France
· Panorama 24 - L'autre côté, le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France
· 4th Hishorts film festival, Xiamen, China
· 5th Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing
· FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina
· 1th Berlin NEW GEN Chinese Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
· Global University Film Awards, Hong Kong, China
· Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, American
· Festival Allers-Retours Cinéma d'Auteur Chinois, Paris, France
· Image Forum Festival, Tokyo, Japan
· ARFF Paris // International Awards, Paris, France
· Nice international film festival, Nice, France
· 44th Cinéma du réel, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2021
· Panorama23 ...par la rêve..., le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France
2020
· Co-existence.s, Galerie Commune, Tourcoing, France
· Corps Sonores, Anciens Abattoirs Mons, Mons, Belgium
· Decentralism in the center, National Taiwan University of Arts International Exhibition Hall, Taiwan
PRIZES AND REWARDS
· Best Director, 5th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, 2023
· Festival Tous Courts, Prix Martitima TV "PRIMO / MED IN DOC", 2023
· Hishorts film festival, Special Mentioned, 2023
· 17th FIRST International Film Festival - Award of Pioneering - Special Mentioned, 2023
· Beijing International Film Festival ReelFocus, Best Documentary, 2023
· Best short film, 4th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, 2022
· Environement Award, 4th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, 2022
· Révélation Art video Art numérique ADAGP, Special Mentioned, 2022
· Honorable Mention, ARFF Paris // International Awards, Paris, 2022
· China Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship, 2018
· 3rd place at the Ninth Sculpture Exhibition of China's Excellent Students, Beijing, 2014
· 6th Le Festival du Cinéma d’auteur chinois, Paris, France
· London Short Film Festival - NOWNESS UK PROJECTIN, London, United Kingdom
· DOC凹凸, Chengdu, China
2023
· 5th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, China
· 5th Hishorts film festival, Xiamen, China
· Macao Films & Videos Panorama, Macao, China
· 20th GZDOC Competition, Guangzhou, China
· 41th Festival Tous Courts, Aix-en-Provence, France
· 6th Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing, China
· 60th Golden Horse Awards, Taiwan
· 45th Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Films, Taiwan
· 2th Berlin NEW GEN Chinese Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
· Kaohsiung Film Festival, Children's Jury Award, Taiwan
· Kuan-Du Film Festival, Taiwan
· DOC NYC, New York, American
· 16th Filem'On - International Film Festival For Young Audiences, Brussels, Belgium
· 64th Festival dei Popoli, Florence, Itlay
· 40th Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel, Germany
· 17th FIRST International Film Festival, Competition, Xining, China
· Vienna Shorts, Special Screening, Vienna, Austria
· 39th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
· Let's Doc Pitching, Poland
· 20th Documenta Madrid, Competition, Spain
· Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra - Official Selection, Navarra, Spain
· 45th Cinéma du Réel, Séance Spéciale, Paris, France
· 73th Berlinale Generation, Berlin, Germany
2022
· 4th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, China
· Après l’école, biennale artpress des jeunes artistes, Musée Fabre et MO.CO, Montpellier, France
· Panorama 24 - L'autre côté, le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France
· 4th Hishorts film festival, Xiamen, China
· 5th Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing
· FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina
· 1th Berlin NEW GEN Chinese Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
· Global University Film Awards, Hong Kong, China
· Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, American
· Festival Allers-Retours Cinéma d'Auteur Chinois, Paris, France
· Image Forum Festival, Tokyo, Japan
· ARFF Paris // International Awards, Paris, France
· Nice international film festival, Nice, France
· 44th Cinéma du réel, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2021
· Panorama23 ...par la rêve..., le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France
2020
· Co-existence.s, Galerie Commune, Tourcoing, France
· Corps Sonores, Anciens Abattoirs Mons, Mons, Belgium
· Decentralism in the center, National Taiwan University of Arts International Exhibition Hall, Taiwan
PRIZES AND REWARDS
· Best Director, 5th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, 2023
· Festival Tous Courts, Prix Martitima TV "PRIMO / MED IN DOC", 2023
· Hishorts film festival, Special Mentioned, 2023
· 17th FIRST International Film Festival - Award of Pioneering - Special Mentioned, 2023
· Beijing International Film Festival ReelFocus, Best Documentary, 2023
· Best short film, 4th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, 2022
· Environement Award, 4th NOWNESS Short Film Awards, Shanghai, 2022
· Révélation Art video Art numérique ADAGP, Special Mentioned, 2022
· Honorable Mention, ARFF Paris // International Awards, Paris, 2022
· China Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship, 2018
· 3rd place at the Ninth Sculpture Exhibition of China's Excellent Students, Beijing, 2014