I become a “dissident” for the sake of a more specific definition of “me”. The three works presented at the exhibition (V ART CENTER space2) probe into the paradoxical relations between “me” and “dissident”, turning the space into a site laden with compulsion, conflicts and turbulence. Phantom of power fostered by all the conflicts, suppression, contempt and arrogance constantly renews the definition of individual significance. 
- Zhou Ming 

Zhou Ming was born in 1978 in Harbin, and received his BA in oil painting from Shanghai University .Currently he is living in Shanghai as an independent artist. In the past few years, solo exhibitions - 2009 Introjection, BizArt Art Center, Shanghai, ChinaGROUP EXHIBITIONS－2013 The Garden of Forking Paths – Exploring Independent Animation, OCT, Shanghai.2012 APT7 Cinema Retrospective - Mountains and Waters: Chinese.Animation Since the 1930s, Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), Brisbane, Australia.Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale, OCT, Shenzhen.Independent China –Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, Holland.FCAC Video Project - The Jetlag Show: China-Germany Multimedia Contemporary Art Exhibition.N-Minutes Video Art Festival Ⅱ, Shanghai.2011      SPECTRUM: Chinese Independent Animation, A4 Cultural Arts Center, Chengdu.N-Minutes Video Art Festival, Shanghai.  Learning Method - Hands On No.4, V Art Center, Shanghai .Rotating Shanghai, SPAD, Oakland.2010. Reflection of Minds - MOCA Shanghai Envisage Ⅲ, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai.As we talk about art, what are we talking about? , BizArt Art Center, Shanghai.2009.Post 24 Independent Animation Exhibition, 1933, Shanghai。COLLECTION:2010 Migraine, DSL Collection

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© Zhou Ming
courtesy of the artist and V Art Center