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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
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)
