朱高灿月 Zhu Gaocanyue (b. Hubei, China)
Zhu Gaocanyue is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans photography, printmaking, installations, and artist books. Perceiving images as a form of vocabulary, Zhu Gao uses visual language to excavate the unseen dimensions of various subjects. Their work often begins with a question—one rooted in contradiction or similarity—and gradually distills into an essence that takes form as a book.
Unfolding stories with non-linear visual narratives, Zhu Gao’s work does not provide definitive answers; rather, it expands. Their projects are grounded in experimental approaches to materials and printing processes, often drawn directly from the photographic subjects themselves. Their recent research examines the shifting definitions of value and investigates how humans relate to non-functional objects, obsolete knowledge, and marginalized forms of labor.
Currently based in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. MFA Candidate for Photography at Rhode Island School of Design.
In 2024, Zhu co-founded zug press with Zuya Yang—
Zhu Gaocanyue is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans photography, printmaking, installations, and artist books. Perceiving images as a form of vocabulary, Zhu Gao uses visual language to excavate the unseen dimensions of various subjects. Their work often begins with a question—one rooted in contradiction or similarity—and gradually distills into an essence that takes form as a book.
Unfolding stories with non-linear visual narratives, Zhu Gao’s work does not provide definitive answers; rather, it expands. Their projects are grounded in experimental approaches to materials and printing processes, often drawn directly from the photographic subjects themselves. Their recent research examines the shifting definitions of value and investigates how humans relate to non-functional objects, obsolete knowledge, and marginalized forms of labor.
Currently based in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. MFA Candidate for Photography at Rhode Island School of Design.
In 2024, Zhu co-founded zug press with Zuya Yang—
an independent publishing house devoted to experimental approaches to fine art bookmaking.