1 Man Zun
Photography and unconscious
Man Zhu, fine art photographer, member of China Women Photographers Association, a scholarship winner and a representative of excellent student works of Savannah School of art and design in the MFA degree of photography and School of Visual Arts in the MPS degree of digital photography. The representative works, UnFrame: Relationship, have participated in art exhibitions in New York, Savannah, Cincinnati, and Minneapolis, and has made outstanding achievements in some international photography awards, such as IPA 2021, Chromatic Awards 2021, New York Fine Art Competition, etc.
Relationship
is a body of photo-based works through which I explore my subconscious behavior by showing my relationships with people around me. My creative process draws on the principles of semiotics, finding the representative elements of the different subjects, appropriating and retaining each subject’s past, and integrating them into self-portraiture. It is significance for this body of works to use the expired film of a specific year for imaging. The year of my parents, lovers and self birth have become my symbols, bearing an indelible trace of years on the negative. Due to the uncontrollable samples and media of the subject matter, the final images and initial ideas are often dissimilar. This phenomenon can be mapped to the expectation and reality of human relationships.
Major Award:
2021 INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS™ 3rd Place / Book/Fine Art
Juror’s Choice Award in Letters Numbers & Symbols International Juried Photography Exhibition of Praxis Gallery
2021 Chromatic Awards International Color Photography Contest - Honorable Mention in Fine Art/Professional Category
Solo Exhibition
UnFrame | Relationship MAN ZHU M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
2021, Savannah, GA, U.S
Group Exhibition
UnFrame | Relationship MAN ZHU M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
2021, Savannah, GA, U.S
UnFrame | Relationship MAN ZHU M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
2021, Savannah, GA, U.S
Group Exhibition
UnFrame | Relationship MAN ZHU M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
2021, Savannah, GA, U.S
Group Exhibition
CADA Design Memo Art&Fashion Crossover POP-UP
2019, New York, U.S
SCAD Small Works, The Art of Gifting
2019, Savannah, GA, U.S
SCAD Open Studio 2020
2020, Online
Portals: Windows, Mirrors, and Doors
PhotoPlace Online Gallery & Vermont Gallery
2020, Middlebury, VT, U.S
International Juried Photography Exhibition:
Letters, Numbers & Symbols
Praxis Gallery and Photographic Arts Center (PPAC)
2021, Minneapolis, MN, U.S
Alexander Ink
2021, Savannah, GA, U.S
CHERISHED Things Most Loved
Manifest Central Gallery
2021, Cincinnati, OH, U.S
SCAD Open Studio 2021
2021, Online
Lens Based Art
ARTDOC Photography Magazine
2021, Online
So Real - Surreal
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Nov. 2021 - Jan. 2022, Online
Sell @ 100 Galleries - 2021
BIAFARIN
2021, Ontario, Canada & Online
Portraiture Photography Exhibition
Decode Gallery
2021, Tucson, AZ, U.S
Portals 2021
NYC4PA
2021, Online
Light and Shadow 2021
Maryland Federation of Art
2021, Online
December 2021 ALL Photography/Digital Art Exhibition
Contemporary Art Gallery Online
2021-2022, Online
Emotions - 2021 online Exhibition and Publication
Gallerium Art Exhibitions
2022, Online
17th National Photography Competition
Fotofoto Gallery 2022, New York, U.S