Moving from her hometown of Chengdu to Los Angeles, Tianyue Zhong (b. 1994) merges fragments of presence and recollection into her abstract paintings. Her work draws from the energy captured in personal photographs—a process that evolves into a series of collages and drawings. Here, the practice develops its own pulse, becoming a fixation on a singular image that reveals her intuitive decision-making over time. While the final outcomes drift from their original references, they remain mysteriously suspended. By returning to the same images and themes, Zhong pushes repetition to its limit—an investigative process that reveals the true core of her work: embodiment.
Zhong received an MA in painting from Royal College of Art in 2020 and a BA in Fine Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018.