Jingze Du (born 1995, Yantai, China; lives Dublin, Ireland) has a multi-faceted painting practice that encompasses a range of styles, from precisely rendered works in black and white oil applied with brushes to loose, gestural works in acrylic color emitted from spray cans. His works often relate to American popular culture and celebrity as perceived by Du, someone who spent the first thirteen years of his life in Yantai, China and most of the next fourteen in Dublin, Ireland. Du’s vantage point is an interesting one, for though he only visited the United States for the first time in February 2023, he has intensely admired its culture from afar and has made it a subject in his work for the last five years.

Born 1995, Yantai, China
Lives and works in Dublin

Education
2019
MA, Royal College of Art, London

2017
BFA, National College of Art & Design, Dublin

Solo Exhibitions
2024
True Colors, Steve Turner, Los Angeles (upcoming)
Iconic Paintings, Art Düsseldorf (with Steve Turner)

2023
Du Jingze: Grey Area, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Shanghai
Metropolis, Steve Turner, New York
American Gothic, Steve Turner, Los Angeles

2022
Reflections in the Water, Sifang Museum, Shanghai

2021
Midnight, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Night Shade, L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca
Elsewhere, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing

2020
Magic Kingdom, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
In Between, Steve Turner, Los Angeles

2019
A City of Glass Crystal After Dark, Sol Art Gallery, Dublin

2016
Nostalgia, Waves, Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin

2014
Contagious, Project Space, National College of Art & Design, Dublin

Group Exhibitions
2024
Supercrowds / Supercommunity, TANK Shanghai

2023
Untitled, Miami Beach (with Steve Turner)
ART021 SHANGHAI (with Steve Turner)
Polireality, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, curated by Sasha Bogojev, Beijing
Holographic Realm, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Shanghai
ENTER, Copenhagen (with Steve Turner)

2021
Untitled, Miami Beach (with Steve Turner)
Our World Two, Steve Turner, Los Angeles

2019
Show 2019, Royal College of Art, London
Disruptors, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland
Art Central (with Maddox Gallery), Hong Kong
All Good Things, Bellwood and Wright Fine Art, Lancaster, England
The Hidden Dimension, Coningsby Gallery, London
College, House of Vans, London

2018
Thumbnails, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
W.I.P. Show, Royal College of Art, London

2017
NCAD Degree Show, National College of Art & Design, Dublin

2016
Is This the Right Time? Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
29th, Project Space, National College of Art & Design, Dublin

2015
Inside, A4 Art Project Space, Dublin

Residencies and Awards
2020
RHA Studio Programme (residency)

2017
NUI Art and Design Prize

2016
NCAD Staff Prize Nominee

2015
Canon Young Fashion Photographer of the Year Finalist

Bibliography
2023
Cheung, Ben. “Hypeart Visits: Du Jingze,” Hypeart, November 2

2020
“Interview with Jingze Du,” Saint Maison, November 21
Angelos, Ayla. “Introducing the monochromatic and spooky portraits of Chinese artist Jingze Du,” It’s Nice That, May 5

2019
Shropshire, Simek. “DU JINGZE,” Floorr Magazine, August 21
“Jingze Du: The Road, The Smell And The Moist Soil, Art Verge, July
Winter Issue 11 (editorial selection), ArtMaze Mag, January

2017
Nolan-Horan, Adam. “Creatives Catch Up – Du Jingze & Aoife Dunne,” FAC Magazine, September 15
“NUI Art and Design Prize 2017 awarded to NCAD student Jingze Du,” NUI News and Events, July 7
“An Interview With Jingze – Young Irish Based Artist, Painter, and Photographer,” H&G, May 4

2016
“In The Picture: Du Jingze, Painter,” RTÉ, October 10

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