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    Zhang Beichen, “The Sun Rises, the Great Northern Telegraph Station Sinks into the Sea”，in Breathing Underneath, Modern Art Museum, Shanghai, 2023, Courtesy of the artist and MAM, Shanghai

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    Exhibition view, Marina Abramović: Transforming Energy, Modern Art Museum, Shanghai, 2024, Courtesy of the artist and MAM Shanghai.

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    a. Exhibition view, On Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, 2024, Courtesy of Three Shadows Photography Art Centre.

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    Han Qian, “Who, Passing Through The Void”, in Foggy Island, Modern Art Museum, Shanghai, 2023, Courtesy of the artist and MAM Shanghai.

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    Lebohang Kganye, “Dipina tsa Kganya”, in Foggy Island, Modern Art Museum, Shanghai, 2023, Courtesy of the artist and MAM Shanghai.

Zhejun Gao (China) is a curator whose work focuses on systems of categorization, archival research, and collective trauma in contemporary art. His recent curatorial practice explores the migration of artifacts, and models of knowledge production within institutions, examining how museums narrate objects and classify their collections. In 2022, he embarked on Exploring Traumas, Exploding Archives, a long-term project that calls for collaborative practices to explore alternative methods of historiography and document unspeakable histories in post-colonial Asia. 

During his residency at the Delfina Foundation, Gao plans to explore the dynamic relationship between museums and individual knowledge formation through in-depth visits to diverse London institutions, including the British Museum, SOAS, and the Courtauld Institution of Art. By closely examining relevant archival materials and exhibition display strategies, he seeks to investigate how museum narratives selectively highlight or overlook certain histories and, in turn, shape individuals’ perceptions of both the Other and the Self. 

Gao graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has been involved in different programs, such as On Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous (Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, 2024), Marina Abramović: Transforming Energy (MAM, Shanghai, 2024), Foggy Island (MAM, Shanghai, 2023), Breathing Underneath (MAM, Shanghai, 2023), and Next Act: Contemporary Art from Hong Kong (Asia Society Hong Kong, 2021), among others. 

Zhejun Gao was born in China and is currently based in Shanghai, China. 

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