At the age of five, Yuge Zhou 周雨歌 became a household name in China as the singer for Little Dragon Boy (小龙人), one of the most popular children’s series in Chinese TV history. Growing up in the second stage of China’s economic reform, Yuge witnessed a massive influx of migration, expansion and globalization. Yuge came to the US almost two decades ago to earn a degree in computer science and subsequently moved into video art and installations.
As she has moved between continents and from the East coast to the Midwest, she become deeply intrigued with the social interactions and transient encounters across constructed or natural spaces - the sites of our shared dreams. She documents personal and geopolitical relationships embedded within metaphorical territories and borders. Her recent projects explore the geographical, historical and emotional distance between her homeland and America—her adopted country—and broader challenges of transcending separation.
Yuge has exhibited nationally and internationally in prominent art and public venues. Her work has been featured in the New York Magazine, Hyperallergic and The Atlantic, and recently acquired by the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago and the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation. Yuge is the recipient of the 2024 Joyce Foundation Artadia Award and a 2021 Artist Fellowship Award in Media Arts from Illinois Arts Council.
In addition to her art practice, she also directs and curates the 3300-square foot 150 Media Stream, a uniquely-structured public digital art installation in Chicago. In this capacity, she has worked with over fifty media artists and cultural institutions to create innovative programming each month that engages a cross section of diverse communities.
周雨歌儿时是家喻户晓的电视剧主题曲《小龙人》的主唱歌手。她现在是一位居住在美国芝加哥的艺术家，她的影像和装置作品探讨自然和城市空间中人与人的邂逅时刻、孤立、渴望，以及共同梦想的场所。雨歌曾在国内外著名的艺术和公共场所展出，并被《纽约杂志》，《Hyperallergic》, 和《大西洋月刊》专题报道。目前她是纽约新博物馆艺术和技术孵化器的一名艺术家。她的作品近期被芝加哥当代摄影博物馆和卡尔&玛丽莲·托马艺术基金会收藏。2024年，雨歌获得了乔伊斯基金会Artadia奖。她同时拥有芝加哥艺术学院的艺术硕士以及雪城大学的理学硕士。