Contemporary Artist · Shanghai

Kangjun Zhong

Using discarded newspapers and traditional weaving techniques to create artworks that bridge physical labor and spiritual expression.

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Artworks

Selected Works

Behind the Texture I

Behind the Texture I

2025 · 90×60 cm

Behind the Texture II

Behind the Texture II

2025 · 90×60 cm

Silence

Silence

2024 · 200×200 cm

Three Tiger Backs

Three Tiger Backs

2024 · 155×225 cm

Sweet Words 3

Sweet Words 3

2024 · 245×155 cm

Stealing Light

Stealing Light

2020 · 275×155 cm

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新民晚报

New Pictures from Old Newspapers

Using discarded newspapers and magazines, the artist cuts recycled printed matter into strips and weaves them using traditional techniques...

2025.1.3
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Ancient Weaving Technique Gives New Life to Waste Paper

Each large piece takes over a month of repetitive handwork, leading the artist to call himself an "artistic laborer."

2024.12.31
Artsy

Featured on Artsy's Minimalism Collection

One of only three Chinese artists selected internationally for the Minimalism feature.

2024
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Kangjun Zhong

Artist

Artistic Laborer

I graduated from the Sculpture Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2007. I currently live and work in Shanghai.

Using discarded newspapers and magazines as my medium, I employ traditional grass-mat weaving techniques, cutting them into strips to create woven artworks. I describe myself as an "artistic laborer," elevating month-long repetitive manual processes into spiritual expression.

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