BFA (2010) The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
MFA (2020) Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions:
Fragments (January 9 – February 6, 2021)
Los Angeles, CA
Maya and the Mycelial Network (2018)
The Range
Saguache, CO
Accumulations (2018)
Monica Cook & Ye Qin Zhu
New York, NY
Chimeras (2018)
Cheryl Bentley & Ye Qin Zhu
Los Angeles, CA
The Cosmos of Seeds (2017)
Brooklyn, NY
Ye Mandala (2016)
*Future Development Space
Brooklyn, NY
Curation and Projects:
A Universe (postponed till 2021)
Project details: beamcamp.cargo.site
Strafford, NH
I=N=T=E=R=F=A=C=E (2019)
New Haven, CT
Over the Rainbow (2017)
New York, NY
Live/Work Die Hard (2012)
Gowanus, Brooklyn NY
Co-curated and produced with Piotr Styk.
Select Group Exhibitions:
Redirecting (2021)
Tree Art Museum
Beijing, China
ELMNOP (2020)
Spring/Break Art Show
New York, NY
Death by Audio Arcade (Indie Games and Art Showcase, 2017)
Cloud City
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y.
What Can the Object Do? (2017)
The Hand
Brooklyn, NY
Now, Therefore (2016)
Valerina Gallerina
Ridgewood, Queens NY
Office Space (2016)
LMCC Residency Space
New York, NY
Cosmicomics (2015)
frosch&portman
New York, NY
Meownifesto (2014)
House of Tigre Gallery
Ridgewood, Queens NY
BRUCCENIAL 2012
New York, NY
BRUCCENIAL 2010
New York, NY
Red Barn (2010)
OxBow Gallery
Grand Rapids, MI
Sculpture Storage (2010)
La Mama Gallery
New York, NY
Contenpt (2009)
Houghton Gallery
Cooper Union,
New York, NY
My Way (2009)
Performa '09 Hub
New York, NY
Residencies and Awards:
Tsai CITY (Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale) Innovation Fellow (2020-present)
Critical Practice Research Grant (2020)
Yale CCAM (Center for Collaborative Arts and Media) Studio Fellow (2019-2020)
Blended Reality Researcher (2018-2019)
The Range, Saguache, C.O. Summer resident and exhibiting artist (2018)
Ox-Bow School of Arts, Saugatuck, M.I. Summer Fellowship Resident (2010)
Projects:
Yale Tsai CITY Innovation Fellow (2020 - present) Lead liaison between Tsai CITY (Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale) and Yale Schwarzman Center. Working with the directors of YSC to reopen early 2021 with engaging arts programming. Designing and developing programs, initiatives, and creative research opportunities, and helping to improve student engagement in and access to resources for innovative, artistic, and technology-based projects. Organizing a series of talks, workshops, and discussions led by artists who are also entrepreneurs, as well as forming interdisciplinary collaborative teams to address various issues within New Haven, CT. YaleNews interview regarding my role.
Design Brigade: On Memory (Summer 2020) Worked in a team of 6 to design a COVID-19 memorial through the lens of social justice in New Haven, CT. From conception to handoff of the project, we worked alongside the Department of Cultural Affairs and community leaders, conducted outreach and research, created designs, presented the project to stakeholders and the Mayor, and formed guides for the City to develop the project further. Our reflections on the project and process: medium.com/@hana.davis
Art Palestine International (2008 - 2012 and 2016 - 2017) Program Manager of a not-for-profit organization dedicated to exhibiting contemporary Palestinian art. Some exhibitions we have conducted include: The Thousand and One Nights at Postmasters Gallery, NY; How Green Was My Valley at Whitebox Art Center, NY; Over The Rainbow at Babycastles Gallery, NY.
Redwood Art Studio (2014 - 2016) an art school co-founded with my brother Qin Zhu. With an emphasis on exploration and personal growth, the school taught drawing and painting to the kids in the community we grew up in, Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Socotra Studio (2012) Co-created with Piotr Styk, the design and build studio is an ongoing collaborative project exploring material property, ritual, craft, and function in the objects we make.
Educator:
Visiting artist and artist talk presentation at College of Creative Studies. Detroit, MI (2020)
Teaching Assistant to Troy Michie's Basic Drawing class at Yale School of Art. New Haven, CT (2020)
Teaching Assistant to Justin Berry's 3D Rendering class at Yale School of Art. New Haven, CT (2019)
Instructor at Beam Center. Brooklyn, NY (2017 - 2018)
Lead instructor at Redwood Art Studio. Sunset Park, Brooklyn (2014 -2016)
Guest Educator at Russel Wright Design Center for Summer Nature & Design Camp. Manitoga, NY (2015)
Portfolio prep and conceptual design course at Yunhua Fang Studio. Cupertino, CA (Summer 2007)
Painting instructor at The Cooper Union Saturday Program. New York, NY (2007)
Bibliography:
YaleNews: Inaugural Innovation Fellow will help link the arts and entrepreneurship (2020)
Design Brigade: On Memory, New Haven memorial (2020) https://medium.com/@hana.davis;
https://www.metropolismag.com/design/arts-culture/covid-19-memorial-builds-a-community/
New York Times (2020) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/arts/design/art-schools-covid.html
New Haven Review, I=N=T=E=R=F=A=C=E (2019) http://www.newhavenreview.com/blog/tag/Interface
Art News (2018) https://news.artnet.com/art-world/editors-picks-june-18-1296680
Over The Rainbow (2017) view/download online catalogue here
Evergreen Review (2017) http://evergreenreview.com/read/the-memoirs-of-a-polar-bear/
NYC Creative Salon (2017) https://nyccreativesalon.squarespace.com/structure-1/
Internet-Yami-Ichi NYC, Zine and Web-zine (2016)
Hyperallergic (2015)
BKmag (2015)
E Flux (2011) qin zhu untitled/