Jingze Du

Born in 1995 in Yantai, Shandong Province, China, Du Jingze immigrated with his family during middle school to Dublin, Ireland. After graduating and receiving his BFA at Ireland National College of Art and Design in 2017, Du continued his postgraduate coursework for the following two years and graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2019. Du Jingze has been supported by internationally influential awards and sponsorships such as the RHA Studio Programme residency (2020), NUI Art and Design Award (2017), NCAD Staff Prize, etc. In this age where conflicts are easily generated, Du Jingze embraces subjects that intrigue him in an extremely private and liberal manner. Classic, Pop, and even combined figures are treated equally, which hints at the artist’s disobedience to cultural identity and assumptions assigned by society and the outside world. Instead, there are more elements of autonomous decisions, editing, and selections derived from his interests, like the mentality of a new world citizen absorbed with independence.

Education

2019 MA, Royal College of Art, London

2017 BFA, National College of Art & Design, 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

Solo Exhibitions

2021 Elsewhere, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (upcoming)

          Steve Turner, Los Angeles (upcoming)

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, NCAD, Dublin

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020 Enter Art Fair, Steve Turner, Copenhagen

2019 College, House of Vans, London

          The Hidden Dimension, Coningsby Gallery, London

          All Good Things, Bellwood and Wright Fine Art, Lancaster

          Art Central, Maddox Gallery, Hong Kong

          Disruptors, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda

          Affordable Art Fair HK, Sol Art Gallery, Hong Kong

2018 Thumbnails, Hockney Gallery, RCA, London

          W.I.P. Show, Royal College of Art

2017 NCAD Degree Show, Dublin

2016 Is This the Right Time? Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin

          Collaborative show: 29th, Project Space, NCAD, Dublin

2015 Inside. A4 Art Project Space, Dublin

Press & Features

Floorr Magazine Issue 21, Interview by Simek Shropshire, August 2019

Jingze Du 杜京泽: The Road, The Smell And The Moist Soil, Art Verge July 2019

DISRUPTORS – OPENING FRIDAY 3RD MAY 2019, Highlanes Gallery, Ireland

ArtMaze Mag Winter Issue 11, editorial selection by ArtMaze January 2019

Du Jingze & Aoife Dunne – Creatives Catch Up by Adam Nolan-Horan, FAC Magazine September 2017

NUI Art and Design Prize 2017, July 2017

An Interview With Jingze – Young Irish Based Artist, Painter, and Photographer, H&G May 2017

In The Picture: Du Jingze, Painter, RTÉ Culture October 2016

Jingze Du—Nostalgia, Waves, Pallas Projects/Studios September 2016