Yiming Zhu (b.1999) is a Chinese artist who works and lives in London. She graduated from the Royal College of Art in Photography, and received the Metro Imaging prize in the school of Arts and Humanities. Zhu's artistic practice stems from reality, probes into how life experiences and metaphors can be visualised. Through the integration of fiction and reality, she illustrates inexplicable subconsciousness and enigmatic cultural metaphors, to invite the audiences to immerse in her visual narratives. In recent years, she has continuously drawn on her personal life experiences in the context of Eastern and Western cultures. Focusing on various folklore and cultural heritage, she explores the relationship between humans and nonhumans, how the spirituality of material things flows between beliefs and emotions, and how it is reflected in human behaviour and daily life.
Her works have recently been featured at PhMuseum Days Photo Festival, Tate Modern, Gallery 46, London, Kommunale Galerie, Germany, Photometria Photo Festival, Rotlicht Photo Festival, Austria, among others. She is the recipient of the RBSA Photography Award, Verzasca Foto Award, Finalist, Charta Award, Shortlist, etc. In 2025, as one of the three selected individuals, she received project support from the Women Photography Foundation.
朱伊茗(b.1999), 视觉艺术家，工作生活在伦敦和广州。2023年毕业于皇家艺术学院摄影系，并获人文艺术学院Metro Imaging毕业生奖。朱伊茗的艺术实践来源于现实，如何将生活经历和隐喻可视化。她通过融合现实与虚构，描绘无法言说的潜意识和神秘的文化隐喻，邀请观众沉浸在她的视觉叙事中。近年来，她不断汲取自身在东西方文化背景下的生活经验，围绕不同民俗与文化遗产，探索人类和非人类物质的关系，以及物质精神如何在信仰与情感之间流动，如何映射于人类的行为与日常。
她的作品近年展出于意大利PhMuseum Days 国际摄影节，泰特现代美术馆，伦敦Gallery 46, 伦敦 Mall Galleries，柏林Kommunale 画廊, 希腊Photometria 国际摄影节, 奥地利Rotlicht 国际摄影节等地。她获得了英国RBSA摄影奖, 入围瑞士Verzasca摄影奖, 意大利Charta 摄影奖, GUP FRESH EYES Talent等奖项。2025年，作为三名入选者之一，她获得了女性摄影基金会的项目支持。
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Things Left Unsaid, Frevd Bar&Gallery, London, UK
Chez Moi, Gallery 46, London, UK
RBSA Photography Prize, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham, UK
Paralle Realities, Kommunale Galerie, EMOP, Berlin, Germany
2024 Abnormal: At the Edge of Reality 非常态：在交织之处, Yue+space 樾+space, Guangzhou, China
Outland Publishing Fair, London, UK
Photometria International Photography Festival, Ioannina, Greece
2023 Rotlicht Festival, Atelierhaus of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Tale of Chain, Greatorex Street, London, UK
PhMuseum Days 2023 Photo Festival, Collective Exhibition, Bologna, Italy
Through the Looking Glass, Mall Galleries, London, UK
Postgraduate Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Off-Print, Tate Morden, London, UK
2022 Sense X Art Festival 感官X艺术节, Hangzhou, China
Yes! Art Festival 野生青年艺术节, Hangzhou, China
Girls Are Good Photography Exhibition, 永庆坊, Guangzhou, China
2021 A Myriad of Rooms 无尽的房间, Group Exhibition, Shanghai/Chengdu, China
Jimei Arles International Photo Festival - Photobook 集美·阿尔勒摄影书展, Xiamen, China
Imageless Dummy Photobook Awards 无像摄影书奖, Shanghai, China
Unbounded Group Exhibition 无界艺术展, Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China
Honours and Awards
2025 Female Photography Foundation Support Program, UK & China
Verzasca Foto Festival Award, Finalist, Switzerland
RBSA Photography Prize, Second Prize, Birmingham, UK
2024 Charta Award 2024, Finalist, Italy
Belfast Photo Festival, Shortlist, UK
GUP FRESH EYES talent, GUP Magazine, Netherlands
2023 Rotlicht Festival, Winner, Atelierhaus of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Metro Imaging Award, RCA Photography and Metro Imaging, London, UK
Felix Schoeller Photo Award, Emerging Photographer, Shortlist, Germany
Feature / Interview / Publication
2025 Swanfall Art online magazine
2024 Artdoc Photography Magazine
Open See Gallery, Tuchong图虫
Hey Now Issue 1 (Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery)
GUP FRESH EYES 2024 (GUP Magazine)
2023 Source Magazine
2021 China Photo Press 中国摄影报