Rachel Hongxun Zhou (b. 1992 Yangzhou China, Australia from 2011)
Rachel Hongxun Zhou is a Chinese-Australian artist working with photography and other various media. She has particular interests in identity issues within migrant communities, the meaning of diaspora and a multicultural society. The international relations, geopolitical conflicts and history of colonization affect people’s opinions towards different races, hence the formation of prejudice. To tell the stories of minorities and help strengthen their voices reduces misunderstanding and reform the connection between human beings. Culture is the breaking point of understanding, but it can also be detrimental by evoking hatred towards people that are different. Zhou’s work aims at reducing people’s bias and constructing a dialogue bridge. Growing up with the asian society’s influence of having a prestigious job, Zhou becomes a dentist thinking that is what she wants to do, now she is pursuing her artistic career, recollecting all her memories of being trained in painting as a teenager.
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She is currently undertaking the Masters of Contemporary Art course at the University of Melbourne.
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Education
2024-2025 Master of Contemporary Art, Victorian College of the Arts, the University of Melbourne, VIC
2021-2022 Graduate Certificate in Visual Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, the University of Melbourne, VIC
2015-2018 Doctor of Dental Medicine, the University of Western Australia, WA
2012-2014 Bachelor of Biomedicine, the University of Melbourne, VIC
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Group Exhibitions
2024 GOLDGOLDGOLD, ACAE Gallery, Collingwood, VIC
2022 SMALL, Fortyfive Downstairs, Melbourne, VIC
2022 CCP Summer Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, VIC
2022 GCVA Grad Show, VCA Artspace, Southbank, VIC
2022 Branching Out, collaborative project with screenwriters and composers, Grant Street Theatre, Southbank, VIC
2022 ShuaÌ„ng Cóng, VCA Artspace, Southbank, VIC
2022 When you think about feminism, what do you think? George Paton Gallery: Feminisms 1975-2022, George Paton Gallery, Carlton, VIC
2022 Dora McRae exhibition, Octagon Stables, VCA, Southbank, VIC
2021 Co-operative video exhibited at Sea Lake Visitor Information Centre, Sea Lake, VIC
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Professional Experience
2019-2023 General dentist, private clinics in WA and VIC
2019 Illustrator for a renowned Chinese language blogger regarding political
critics
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