朱高灿月 Zhu Gaocanyue (b. Yichang, Hubei, China) is a multidisciplinary artist and educator whose research-driven practice focuses on printed matter, installations, and artist books. Their practice uses images as a visual vocabulary, probing beneath surfaces to engage with layered realities of people, objects, and histories.
In 2024, Zhu Gao co-founded zug press with Zuya Yang—an artist-led collective working across publishing, design, curation, and art direction.
Education
2025, MFA, Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, USA.
2022, BFA, Industrial Design, Jiangnan University, China.
Rewards, Fellowship, Residency
2025 Shortlisted, Dear Dave Fellowship, DEAR DAVE Magazine, USA.
Shortlisted, Charta Award 2025, Yogurt, Rome, Italy.
The Studios at MASS MoCA Residency (full fellowship), MA, USA. (November 2025)
Education Program Fellowship, 2025 Photography Grant, PhMuseum, Bologna, Italy.
2024 Vermont Studio Center Residency (full fellowship), Johnson, VT, USA. (October 2025)
Juror’s Pick, Emerging Talent Photography Awards, LensCulture.
Shortlisted, Artist’s Book Award
2025 Shortlisted, Dear Dave Fellowship, DEAR DAVE Magazine, USA.
Shortlisted, Charta Award 2025, Yogurt, Rome, Italy.
The Studios at MASS MoCA Residency (full fellowship), MA, USA. (November 2025)
Education Program Fellowship, 2025 Photography Grant, PhMuseum, Bologna, Italy.
2024 Vermont Studio Center Residency (full fellowship), Johnson, VT, USA. (October 2025)
Juror’s Pick, Emerging Talent Photography Awards, LensCulture.
Shortlisted, Artist’s Book Award
, Studio Boîte, Italy.
2023 Fellowship Award, Rhode Island School of Design, USA.
2023 Fellowship Award, Rhode Island School of Design, USA.
Selected Exhibitions
2025
Within the Flood of Images, two-person exhibition, Project Wútopia, Shanghai, China.
Lucid Dream, Penumbra Foundation, New York, NY, USA.
New Contemporaries, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI.
A Scientific Approach: Visual Documents and Creative Investigation Methods, curated by LoosenArt Gallery, Millepiani, Rome, Italy.
Young Power, Yichang Mass Art Gallery, Yichang, Hubei, China.
Photo London, Somerset House, Strand, London, UK.
2024
Symbio/Split, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI, USA.
Outside the lines, GRID Gallery, Providence, RI, USA.
Ulises: Assembly, Grossman & Anderson Galleries, Boston, MA, USA.
Baker & Whitehall Artists’ Book Contest, Fleet Library, Providence, RI, USA.
The String of Terra, three-person exhibition, GAP Gallery, Chengdu, China.
World/Home, curated by Protyasha Pandey, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI, USA.
2023
Dreamed, I Dream, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI, USA.
Palimpsest, Redeye Gallery, Providence, RI, USA.
Bookfairs
2025
Press Play 2025, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Taipei Art Book Fair, Taipei, Taiwan.
Seoul Art Book, Seoul, Korea.
ICP Photobook Fest, New York, NY, USA.
Other Islands Book Fair, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Jersey Art Book Fair, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
2024
Press Play 2024, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore.
CBC Mini Market, Chinatown, Manhattan, NY, USA.
Unbound Art Book Fair, Providence, RI, USA.