东子 Dongzi

Photo: Courtesy of Leo Gallery

本名王东,出生于北京,1988年毕业于北京市工艺美术学校并留校工作五年,1994年获法国国家奖学金赴法,现工作生活于瑞士。

东子的创作广泛涉及绘画、装置与影像,其陶瓷创作学习并继承了中国传统民间青花技法,推动了中国陶艺的发展,影响了人们对自由生活方式的探索。东子的创作随性由心、天马行空,往往从日常生活中出发,与环境共鸣,把对生活的感悟凝结成哲学的露珠,施落在纸上化成淡淡的禅意。由于对旅行的热爱,她往往将创作与旅途融为一体,在童话与神话交织的世界里自探灵苗。

东子于 1996年受邀于巴塞罗那艺术创作中心创作并参加国际艺术邀请展,其艺术作品广泛地于世界各地的美术馆和画廊展出,其中包括深圳何香凝美术馆、上海狮語画廊、瑞士蒙特勒画廊、瑞典天鹅堡画廊等。其影像作品《时间之轮》入围多个电影节,斩获德鲁克国际电影节、索菲亚电影奖等五项大奖。此外,亦出版《烟盒》、《艺术花园—作陶的法国女人》和《大理小事》等著作。


Originally named Wang Dong, was born in Beijing, graduated from the Beijing Arts and Crafts School in 1988 and stayed at the university for five years. In 1994, she was awarded a French national scholarship to France and now lives and works in Switzerland. 

Dongzi's works cover a wide range of painting, installation and video. Her ceramic creations have inherited the traditional blue and white ceramic technique, which has pushed the development of Chinese ceramics and influenced people's exploration of a free way of life. Dongzi's creations are spontaneous and free-spirited, often originate from daily life, resonate with the environment, and crystallize her insights into life, forming philosophical dewdrops that she gently places on paper, turning them into a subtle Zen mood. Due to her love of travelling, she often integrates her creations with her journeys and explores spiritual sprouts in the world of fairy tales and myths. 

In 1996, Dongzi was invited to artists' residences in Barcelona and was part of the invitation exhibitions. Her works have been widely exhibited in art museums and galleries worldwide, including the He Xiangning Art Museum in Shenzhen, Leo Gallery in Shanghai, Montreux Gallery in Switzerland, and Swan Stone Castle Gallery in Sweden etc. Her video work, The Wheel of Time, was selected by many film festivals and won five awards, including the Druk International Film Festival and the Sofia Art Film Awards. In addition, she has also published books such as The Cigarette Case, The French Lady and Her Ceramics, and Life in Dali.



教育 Education:

1994   获法国国家奖学金赴法

1988   毕业于北京市工艺美术学校并留校工作五年,



个展 Solo Exhibitions:

2024   游轮诗人,狮語画廊,上海,中国

2016   瓷·水墨,三圣花乡三姑民俗,成都,中国

2015   独酌 独坐,瑞吉盛世艺术中心,北京,中国

2008   冬天发烧了——个人作品综合展,汾阳路110号,上海,中国

1990   陶趣,中国



群展 Group Exhibitions:

2015   女艺术家联展,狮語画廊,上海

2011   东西南北——四女子画展,狮語画廊,上海,中国

2011   西部陶艺精品展,成都,中国

2009   穿越时空的诗集——青花装置作品展,狮語画廊,上海,中国

2009   东游记——水墨陶瓷装置展,钱粮胡同树美术馆,北京,中国

2000   中国当代雕塑邀请展,青岛雕塑博物馆,青岛,中国

1999   第二届中国雕塑邀请展,何香凝美术馆,深圳,中国



出版物 Publications:

2015   《⼤王今天很⾼兴》,中国⻘年出版社出版

2014   《⼤理⼩事》,中国⻘年出版社出版

2007   《写给上帝的情书》,中国⻘年出版社出版

2005   《在⼤理的星空下接吻》,中国⻘年出版社出版

2003   《烟盒》,中国⻘年出版社出版

2003   《在⼤理的星空下接吻》,中国⻘年出版社出版

2000   《艺术花园—作陶的法国⼥⼈》,湖南美术出版社出版

东子:游轮诗人

Dongzi: A Poet on the Cruise

2024.3.9—2024.3.31
狮語画廊 Leo Gallery 上海