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she/they

transsexual marxist

I am a visual artist and researcher based in London.

My primary research areas are trans and queer studies, feminist philosophy, and social and political philosophy, with a particular emphasis on the intersection between them and their entanglement and imbrication with language, visual culture and socio-cultural transformation.

My artistic practices are rooted in the investigation and reflection on a heterogeneous class of phenomena apropos of deviant sex/gender/sexuality, through the prism of trans scholarship, utilising various media such as writing, photography, film, and performance to manifest the antagonistic position towards hegemonic societal discourse and knowledge production.

Contact: zhuanxu.xu.20@ucl.ac.uk

Social Media: Instagram


Education

2021-Present

MPhil/PhD Culture, Communication and Media, University College London

2018-2020

MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London (pass with distinction)

 

Awards

2021

New Contemporaries 2021

 

Exhibitions

2022

Tour de Moon, Leicester 13–16 May, Newcastle 27–30 May, and Southampton 10–13 June (all linked by a touring sustainable Tour de Moon Convoy, 11 May-16 June), United Kingdom, 2022

Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2021, South London Gallery, 10 December 2021 – 20 February 2022

2021

Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2021, Firstsite, Colchester, 25 September 2021 – 28 November 2021

2020

Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show 2020, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, United Kingdom

 2019

DISIDENTIFICATION, A/part, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Solo)
Imagined Communities, Crypt Gallery, London, United Kingdom 
A Better Tomorrow, The Artworks Creekside, London, United Kingdom
Interim+, MFA Fine Art Studios, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, United Kingdom

 

Hosted Reading Groups & Educational Practices

2024

Teaching Assistant: Gender and Digital Media (Critical Studies), Digital Media: Critical Studies MA, IOE, University College London

2023

Teaching Assistant: Digital Media Theory (Production), Digital Media: Production MA, IOE, University College London

2022

Visual Culture and Transness Roundtable Discussion (Feminist Gender Equality Network Conference: Living Gender in Diverse Times)

2019-2020

Gender Politics in China (Mandarin, Cantonese, English), 4-day reading group, A/part, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Imaging Trans liberation and Its Practicability in China (Mandarin, Cantonese, English), 5-day workshop, A/part, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Gender Studies in China (Mandarin), Online Teaching Programme (10 lectures)