Work by Zejun Yao

Installation, performance

Installation, performance, 2018Presented as a part of the RUN RUN RUN Biennale 2018, University of Kent’s Paris School of Arts and Culture (PSAC).

Installation, 2018Presented as a part of the Theorem Symposium/Exhibition 2018, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge, UK.

Silent video, FHD 10 min 24 sec, 2018An essay film demonstrates how the work ‘Board Game Mark 1’ has been performed through its process cycle of making. Presented as the 'slow-pace' side of

Silent video, FHD 4 min, 2018Series text ‘The Elephants Fountain’ (from the artists’ book ‘Nowhere Nowhere Nomad’) automated in mode ‘speed reading’. Presented as a part of the Theorem Symposium/Exhibition 2018, Ruskin

Artists’ book, 148 x 210 mm in paperback, 2018. Edition of 5.A book consisting in reflecting writing and endurance running visualisation speaks individual body-based research experiences on identity and mobility between France

Sound installation, 2015Materials: suitcase, sound creation, fishing lines.Luggage is a mobile camp for someone who keeps travelling in a contemporary urban context. It is always a choice of what we carry with

Artists’ book, 2015Let Jun Run is made as a ‘carnet de voyage’ of Zejun Yao’s living and working experiences over a six month period. It is based on his combined practices of

Performance-based video installation, 2015Materials: 8 channel video projections, 1 screen printing mesh, 1 speaker.In research of determination and motivation, there is always a turning point for each individual to define and communicate

Collective artists’ films, 2015In curating this collaborative project, invited artists from different countries and with varying practices, (conceptual, installation, contemporary dance, street dancing, athletics, photography, illustration, animation, filmmaking, etc.) to each make a

Serigraphy/Screen-printing with various paper textures, 13cmx9cm, Limited Edition of 21. 2015The original BREAK CLUB is a series of photographs depicting a group of teenagers from a small city in China at the

Collective exhibition, 2014Artists’ book, photo, poems.Galerie Boltanski, Le Forum du Blanc-Mesnil, France.Organised by the residence of contemporary art centre Le Forum du Blanc-Mesnil, ‘La Traversée des images’ is a curated project

SCOPE 02 - Becoming Paris. Magazine CUE Mook SeriesText, photo, interview, Taipei, 2013SCOPE is a Taiwanese ‘mook’ series focus on cinema culture from around the world. Usually it works as a curated project

Théâtre "Mon ami, Louis" - Fest'Yves Arts2013 Étel, France

2012

2009Cette série de photographies met en scène des adolescents d'une ville chinoise de taille modeste, à l'aube de l'âge adulte et de leur départ pour l'université dans une ville plus importante. C'est un

Photo series, 2007, 2009From the film-shooting of 'Vivre!'. In Memory of Yvon Marciano (1953 - 2011)

Théâtre "Oh My God ! Mes Hommages au Cinéma" - Fest'Yves Arts 2012 Étel, France

2009Dance improvisationInterpreted by Marine Greusard Montrouge, France

Solo exhibition, 2008 - 2009, France/China"Programme culturel français de Chine" 2009 - French Cultural Centre, Beijing, China.160 photographs with various formats, 22 texts.Exhibition opening film: Un baiji dans la

Film Soundtrack. A collaboration with Marie-Eléonore de Poulpiquet and Park Min Woo, France/South Korea, 2007.

“Nobody’s Girlfriend” Tan Chui Mei (Malaysia) / 30 min / Drama 2007 Paris

Photo series, 2007La Flèche, France