JIŪ Society

Jiū Society considers themselves an experimental product of “Reform and Opening Up”, and also sons of the “dispersed culture”. In the name of nonsensical hedonism, despite occasional anxieties and doubts, Jiū feels very good. So they tried to make themselves heard by making an uncertain and small sound, Jiū. In 2015, Fang Di, Ji Hao, and Jin Haofan co-founded Jiū Society, a young artist group rooted in the forefront of Chinese Reform and Opening-Up. The three young artists were all born and raised as a new generation of Shenzhen citizens in this city of migrants. Shenzhen, to them, is no longer what it was to their parents—a place to make money. They gather in Shenzhen, this city of their own, and to observe it from their own perspective.

With the changes of times and the emergence of new regional forms, the Greater Bay Area (Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area) has gradually become a new regional concept. Conforming to the times, Jiū Society has also made some adaptations. In 2021, Jiū Society officially announced to absorb a new member, Zhang Yin, who lives in Guangzhou. As a result, the expressing foundation of Jiū Society has become broader, extending from a city to a region, though the voice remains slight, but more powerful.

 

2015  Founded in Shenzhen, China

  • Selected Solo/Duo Exhibitions

    2023
    H2B, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2022
    Snow White & Her Seven Friends, Studio Concrete, Seoul, Korea

    2021
    Lost in Shanghai, SYSTEM, Shanghai, China

    2020
    Your Life, My Dream, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai
    Your Life, My Dream, OCT Boxes Art Museum, Foshan, China

    2019
    Lost in Shenzhen, the Center for Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester, UK

    2017
    GAS STATION Ⅸ: DÀ QǏ DÀ LUÒ, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai

    2016
    Lost in Shenzhen, 33 Artspace, Shenzhen, China

  • Selected Group Exhibitions

    2024
    A Constellation of Cities: Contemporary Art and Experiment in Southern China and Beyond， Guangdong Museum of Art (BAIETAN)，Guangzhou, China
    Vanguard Onwards, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
    The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary of China (Macao) 2022, Exhibitions at the Venetian Macao, Macao, China

    2023
    Nomads in the South: Rivers, Tunnels, Dampness and Constellations, Pingshan Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
    Louis XIII Heritage Project The New Legend, Start Museum, Shanghai, China
    You Spin Me Around Like a Record, Cloud Art Museum, Huizhou, China
    Art Within Reach I, APSMUSEUM, Shanghai, China
    Nián Nián: The Power and Agency of Animal Forms, Deji Art Museum, Nanjing, China

    2022
    Warehouse Story VIII — On Your Mark!, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2021
    The Perfect Flaw, Huayu Youth Award Finalist Exhibition 2021, Sanya Art Center, Sanya, China
    Cantonese Consumerism, Duende Art Museum, Shunde, China

    2020
    The Curation Workshop II – Sampled Cases by OCAT, OCAT Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
    The North is not an Island, OCAT Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
    How do we begin, X Museum, Beijing, China

    2019
    HOT FLOWS – Pearl River Delta Arts Retrospective in Macau, Post – Ox Warehouse Experimental Site, Macau, China
    Not for the faint of heart, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2018
    12th Shanghai Biennale: Proregress, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China

    2017
    Bi-City Biennial of Urbanism/Architecture, Shenzhen, China

    2016
    SHENZHENMAF 2016 – SOUTH ::CHAMBERS ::PHENOMENA, Center Gateway One, Shenzhen, China
    The 2nd (Yantian) Young Artist Week – The Floating Scenes, Shenzhen, China
    Vertical Scence, Guangdian Cultural Creative Town, Shenzhen, China

    2015
    Carpe Diem Xmas pop up, T-park, Shenzhen, China

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