朱高灿月 Zhu Gaocanyue (b. Hubei, China)
Zhu Gaocanyue is a multidisciplinary artist working across photography, printmaking, installation, and artist books. Viewing images as a form of visual vocabulary, Zhu Gao uses photographic language to excavate the unseen—probing beneath surfaces to engage with the layered realities of people, objects, and histories. Their recent research explores shifting definitions of value and investigates how humans relate to non-functional objects, obsolete knowledge systems, and marginalized forms of labor.
Zhu Gao earned an MFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design and has since expanded their practice through fellowships, exhibitions, and international book fairs. They received full fellowships at the Vermont Studio Center and The Studios at MASS MoCA, where they developed projects that integrated experimental image-making with archival research and expanded print-based practices. Their work has been exhibited internationally in China, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Italy, and has been featured in platforms and publications including PhMuseum, LensCulture, and The New York Times.
In 2024, Zhu Gao co-founded zug press with Zuya Yang—an independent publishing house dedicated to experimental approaches to fine art bookmaking and the expanded field of printed matter. zug press has participated in numerous book fairs, including ICP Photobook Fest, the Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF), Press Play, Unbound Art Book Fair, Other Islands Book Fair, and Jersey Art Book Fair. Upcoming events include the Seoul Art Book Fair, Taipei Art Book Fair, etc.
Zhu Gaocanyue is a multidisciplinary artist working across photography, printmaking, installation, and artist books. Viewing images as a form of visual vocabulary, Zhu Gao uses photographic language to excavate the unseen—probing beneath surfaces to engage with the layered realities of people, objects, and histories. Their recent research explores shifting definitions of value and investigates how humans relate to non-functional objects, obsolete knowledge systems, and marginalized forms of labor.
Zhu Gao earned an MFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design and has since expanded their practice through fellowships, exhibitions, and international book fairs. They received full fellowships at the Vermont Studio Center and The Studios at MASS MoCA, where they developed projects that integrated experimental image-making with archival research and expanded print-based practices. Their work has been exhibited internationally in China, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Italy, and has been featured in platforms and publications including PhMuseum, LensCulture, and The New York Times.
In 2024, Zhu Gao co-founded zug press with Zuya Yang—an independent publishing house dedicated to experimental approaches to fine art bookmaking and the expanded field of printed matter. zug press has participated in numerous book fairs, including ICP Photobook Fest, the Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF), Press Play, Unbound Art Book Fair, Other Islands Book Fair, and Jersey Art Book Fair. Upcoming events include the Seoul Art Book Fair, Taipei Art Book Fair, etc.