• Bruno Zhu_1. A Maior, Public Service Announcement, 2023. Image courtesy of A Maior, Viseu, and Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam_Web res

    A Maior, Public Service Announcement, 2023. Image courtesy of A Maior, Viseu, and Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam.

  • Bruno Zhu_2. True!, 2024. Image courtesy of Veronica, Seattle. Photo- Jueqian Fang_Web res

    True!, 2024. Image courtesy of Veronica, Seattle. Photo: Jueqian Fang.

  • Bruno Zhu_3. ‘Divorced, father of two…’, c.2022-2023. Image courtesy of What Pipeline, Detroit. Photo- Alivia Zivich_Web res

    ‘Divorced, father of two…’, c.2022-2023. Image courtesy of What Pipeline, Detroit. Photo: Alivia Zivich.

  • Bruno Zhu_4. Hug O’Clock, 2023. Image courtesy of What Pipeline, Detroit. Photo- Alivia Zivich_Web res

    Hug O’Clock, 2023. Image courtesy of What Pipeline, Detroit. Photo: Alivia Zivich.

  • Bruno Zhu_5. ‘I am not afraid’, 2022. Image courtesy of Cordova, Barcelona. Photo- Roberto Ruiz_Web res

    ‘I am not afraid’, 2022. Image courtesy of Cordova, Barcelona. Photo: Roberto Ruiz.

Bruno Zhu (Portugal/Netherlands) is an artist whose practice cuts across, stitches through, and writes against normative alignments of knowledge production and social reproduction. He is a member of A Maior, a curatorial program set in a home furnishings and clothing store in Viseu, Portugal.

At Delfina Foundation, Bruno will trace a comparative map of 17th to early 20th century global mercantilism through Asian diaspora archives. His research aims to provoke a reading of the diaspora as a political aesthetic born out of reduction and ruptures. The resulting bibliography will inform an upcoming volume of ‘Fiction Non-Fiction’, a series of readers exploring postcolonial literature and material history.

His work has been featured in exhibitions at Veronica in Seattle, What Pipeline in Detroit, Kunstinstituut Melly in Rotterdam, Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, Centre d’Art Contemporain in Geneva, Cordova in Barcelona, Tai Kwun Contemporary in Hong Kong, and HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark in Graz.

Bruno was born in Portugal and is based between Portugal and the Netherlands.

With support from:

Mondriaan Fund

Artist’s website

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