Yi Zhou

Yi Zhou
周依
Yi Zhou in 2017
Born (1987-11-08) 8 November 1987 (age 36)
Shanghai, China
Education
Known forMultimedia art and short films
Websiteyizhouinc.com

Yi Zhou (周依) is a Chinese film director, writer, producer and multimedia artist who was born in Shanghai.[1] At the age of eight she moved to Rome, Italy, and later graduated from the London School of Economics. After leaving university, she embarked on a career in Paris, France as an artist.[2] Zhou has created 3D short art films shown at her solo exhibitions by the Venice Biennale,[3] and has also shown work at the Sundance Film Festival[4] and the Cannes Film Festival.[5] She has also created commissions for high-end brands such as Chanel, Hennessy and Bobbi Brown.[6][7]

Yi Zhou is represented by WME IMG Endeavor and Select Models.[8]

Artistic career

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In 2008, the Comité Vendôme asked Zhou to create a public project for Place Vendôme. She created an artwork based on the symbolic meaning of the Vendôme Column that gives its name to the square. Zhou created two 8 meter-high columns, located on a diagonal axis with the Vendôme Column as the central point.[9] Each of these two columns is composed of 1280 small towers that are placed on a circular.[10] This project was commissioned by art historian Diana Widmaier Picasso[11] and it was presented before the world expo in Shanghai.[12]

In 2010, Zhou relocated back to China and founded YiZhouStudio and production company in Shanghai. She has been compared Yoko Ono and Cindy Sherman by Vogue China as an active image maker switching in front and behind the camera.[13] In 2011, Zhou was also named Tudou.com's (Chinese would-be YouTube) art-director [14] and serves as art and fashion advisory member at Sina.com, which owns Chinese Twitter (Sina Weibo), she was also named Beauty ambassador of tencent beauty.[15]

From 2010 to 2011, Zhou was brand ambassador for Clarins[16] and sponsored by Clarins for her solo show in Venice during the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011.[17] Since 2012, she has collaborated with the Italian luxury eyewear brand, Persol[18] and Italian luxury brand, Hogan,[19] Pringle,[20] Chanel.[21]

In 2011, her artwork DVF 2011 premiered in Beijing at Pace Gallery commissioned by Diane Von Fustenberg for her exhibition Journey of a Dress. Instead of painting or photographing Diane for her portrait, she created an original video work, music by the Oscar-winning Ennio Morricone, as a moving 3D portrait featuring Diane as an iconic figure from whose mouth other icons escape.[22]

As a Chinese social media ambassador,[23] Yi Zhou also developed a series of online moving portraits of key international players from the movie/fashion/art industries, posted on Tudou.com and Weibo.com. This project introduced these celebrities to the Chinese Twitter users, and introduced Zhou's approach to her work as a multimedia artist by creating portraits for social media only.[24] In September 2011, Zhou created a short film featuring herself and Nicola Formichetti which gained international attention and showing emerging Chinese fashion designers' works.[25]

In 2013, she worked with the French couture jewelry house Gripoix designing their first artist-collection entitled Pineapple's Secret.[26] Her animations have inspired clothing collection by the French hip brand, Each x Other.[27] In the same year she was also hired by Iceberg brand to do a 360 degree clothing capsule collection.[28]

In 2013, Yi Zhou collaborated with Bryan Ferry[29] for a new animated work premiered at her solo exhibition at the Vladivostok Biennale and also showed at her solo exhibition in 2014–2015 at Le Cube in Paris.[30]

In November 2016 she held a solo exhibition at Macro Museum in Rome, since she has been taking a break from art to devote to entrepreneurial and entertainment projects.[31]

Zhou is focusing her endeavors in NFT creations since late 2021 and her feature film debut[32][33] since 2021.

Yi Zhou is currently finishing her docu feature In Between Stars and Scars: Masters of Cinema featuring Cameron Crowe, Robert Richardson, Dante Ferretti, Vittorio Storaro .

Modeling career

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Zhou is also a model and has appeared in Vogue (Paris, Italy, Germany, China, Mexico, UK and USA), Uomo Vogue, Elle (US, France), Numéro (China), Marie-Claire (China), Bazaar (China), and i-D (UK and Italy).[34] She has appeared on the cover of Vogue China Beauty, Modern Weekly, South China Morning Post, and Vogue Italia Gioielli.

Zhou has worked with photographers including Karl Lagerfeld, Patrick Demarchelier, Inez and Vinoodh, Jen-Baptiste Mondino, and Raymond Meier.

She has appeared in global advertising campaigns for Persol, Levis, Conrad Hotel, T-Galleria by DFS, Iceberg and Hennessy.

She has been named Shiseido Make up global spokes person 2018–2020.[35]

Yi Zhou took part of Boss campaign in 2022.

Entrepreneurial initiatives

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In 2019 Yi Zhou has launched a fashion and lifestyle brand Global Intuition.[36][37]

In 2021 Yi Zhou has launched per entertainment companies: Into the Sun entertainment In USA and Into the Sun Films in Italy. Most Recently, She has partnered with Prince Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia with Royal House of Savoy Inc in 2021 to produce TV, features and fashion around the House of Savoy.

In 2024 she has created a joint venture with Augustus Group, Colors of the Sun Ventures.

Philanthropy

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Zhou has also actively participated to philanthropic works such as: UN World Climate Change in South Africa[38] UNDP rio+!,[39] for Unesco Marine heritage world[40] and Rush Philanthropics auction in 2015,[41] and most recently for Natalia Vodianova’s Naked Heart Foundation by participating with an artwork commissioned by Etam.[42]

In 2022 in collaboration with the United Nations Zhou has launched a campaign to promote peace.[43]

Speaking engagements and collaborations

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Zhou has been selected by the Sundance Film Festival on three consecutive occasions.[44] Since 2010, Yi Zhou has been appointed as art director of Tudou.com. It was her initiative to bridge The Sundance Institute members with the 2011 Tudou Video Festival in China.

Zhou currently develops her own screenplays and produces her upcoming feature films between LA and China[45] bridging the west and east culture in a dynamic dialogue by also giving public speeches at TEDx Paris Salon,[46] Tedx 798[47] and LVMH labour day[48] and Financial Times Luxury Talks.[49] Yi Zhou has been a frequent speaker of Digital Hollywood since 2018 in Los Angeles, and Montecarlo TV Festival in 2021.

References

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  4. ^ "Sundance Institute Film Series Presents Animation Spotlight Thursday, April 1 at Salt Lake City's Tower Theatre". www.sundance.org. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  5. ^ "艺术家周依戛纳电影节《Hollowness空》展映会 _生活_嘉人网|Marie Claire". www.mcchina.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  6. ^ "'Culture Chanel' exhibition seen by Yi Zhou", Chanel News, 2011-01-21.
  7. ^ "Global Intuition: il brand di Hollywood che conquista la GenZ", Vogue Italia, 2020-10-27.
  8. ^ Sun, Rebecca (10 September 2018). "Rep Sheet Roundup: WME's Jennifer Rudolph Walsh Joins SeeHer Advisory Board". Hollywood Reporter.
  9. ^ "Sculpture place Vendome Paris Yi Zhou 1280 Tower". 2009.
  10. ^ Arte, Rai. "I mondi surreali di Yi Zhou". Il portale di RAI Cultura dedicato all'arte e al design. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  11. ^ Staff, WWD (30 November 2016). "W Magazine and YSL Celebrate 'Desire' With Art World". WWD. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  12. ^ "TV5 Monde, Yi Zhou Interview, November 1st Video by Yi Zhou on Myspace". Myspace. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
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  14. ^ Nancy Zhang (11 May 2011). "Zhou Yi: China's video artist comes home". CNNgo.
  15. ^ "美丽宝盒VOL.176：艺术家另类美妆圣诞节_时尚_腾讯网". fashion.qq.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
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  17. ^ Celia Ellenberg (10 June 2011). "Meet Clarins' Ambassador Artist". Style.com.
  18. ^ "Beauty is in the details-Murmur Woods". Wmagazine.com. April 2012.
  19. ^ "Hogan Taps Artist Yi Zhou For "Interactive Lives" Short Film". Jing Daily. November 2012.
  20. ^ Au, Desiree (1 December 2014). "In Shanghai, Yi Zhou's Multitasking Produces Rewards". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  21. ^ "On The Scene: Artist Yi Zhou, Chanel Little Black Jacket Exhibition | Jing Daily". Jing Daily. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  22. ^ "Diane Von Furstenberg's Dispatch From China". Vogue. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  23. ^ "Yi Zhou – Les réseaux sociaux en Chine | TEDxParis". TEDxParis. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  24. ^ "周依制作"名人肖像视频"之十三：邓文迪_土豆_高清视频在线观看". www.tudou.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  25. ^ Petty, Felix (19 January 2015). "speaking to multi-disciplinary chinese art star yi zhou". i-D. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  26. ^ "Fruit Forward: Artist Yi Zhou's Nature-Inspired Jewelry Collaboration with Gripoix". Vogue.com. September 2012.
  27. ^ "Each x Other Screens Short Film at Cannes". WWD. 24 May 2013.
  28. ^ "Designer rebel with applause|Life|chinadaily.com.cn". usa.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  29. ^ "This Week In Pictures - 07/10/2013". British Vogue. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  30. ^ "LE CUBE - Yi Zhou / Etrange poésie". Le Site du Cube. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  31. ^ Petty, Felix (21 October 2016). "chinese multimedia artist yi zhou discusses her roman adventure". 1-D.
  32. ^ "Chinese Multimedia Artist Yi Zhou Set to Shoot Sci-Fi 'Stars and Scars' in Italy (EXCLUSIVE)". 9 December 2020.
  33. ^ "Chinese Filmmaker Yi Zhou Teams with Prince Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia for Biopic of His Grandmother, the Last Queen of Italy". 15 April 2021.
  34. ^ Au, Desiree (1 December 2014). "In Shanghai, Yi Zhou's Multitasking Produces Rewards". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  35. ^ Tietjen, Alexa (30 July 2018). "Shiseido Relaunches Makeup by Imagining New Texture Language". WWD.
  36. ^ "Intervista a Yi Zhou, fondatrice di Global Intuition". Vogue. 1 October 2019.
  37. ^ Roche, Eddie (18 July 2019). "YiZhou, Founder of Global Intuition, Is Ready To Take Over the Fashion World".
  38. ^ "月光-Clair de Lune by 周依Yi Zhou_土豆_高清视频在线观看". www.tudou.com. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  39. ^ "Yi Zhou's Seven Critical Issues". Le Figaro.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  40. ^ "The multimedia artist Yi Zhou just released a new short movie called "Freedom"". Facebook.
  41. ^ "TheMakerMagazine". www.themakermagazine.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  42. ^ "Artist Yi Zhou Opens Exhibition in Rome - Hashtag Legend". hashtaglegend.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  43. ^ "Filmmaker Yi Zhou to Sell 4 Short Films as NFTS to Raise Money for Ukraine". 4 March 2022.
  44. ^ Holgate, Mark. "Yi Zhou Goes From Shanghai to London to Sundance, with a 3-D Pharrell". Vogue. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  45. ^ "Yi-Zhou in Celebrities at a Special Event for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon - Red Carpet". Zimbio. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  46. ^ "Yi Zhou – Les réseaux sociaux en Chine | TEDxParis". TEDxParis. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  47. ^ "Watch "Yi Zhou at TEDxFactory798" Video at TEDxTalks". TEDxTalks. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
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