Hanshun Zhou

Born and raised in Singapore, Zhou HanShun is a Photographic Artist and Art Director.

After graduating from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Singapore and RMIT University, he went on to make a living as an art director, and continues to pursue his passion as a visual storyteller and photographer.

He uses photography as a way to explore, investigate and document the culture and people in the cities he has lived in. Apart from discovering the aspects of everyday life, his work also seeks to explore the notion of spirituality and humanity in the urban environment. HanShun often photographs with intuition and creates work with a sense of spontaneity.

HanShun has exhibited at the Lishui Photography Festival (2019), Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival (2019), KG+ Kyotographie Satellite Event (2018), Tumbas Cultural Center in Thessaloniki, Greece for Photoeidolo (2017), the Molekyl Gallery in Sweden, for the Malmo Fotobiennal (2017), the Gallery under Theater in Bratislava, Slovakia for The Month of Photography Bratislava(2017), the Czech China Contemporary Museum in Beijing for the SongZhuang International Photo Biennale(2017), the PhotoMetria "Parallel Voices" exhibition in Greece (2016), the Addis FotoFest in Ethiopia (20...

1993 – 1996 / Diploma in Graphic Design (Photography Major)
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
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1998 – 1999 / Bachelor of Design with Distinction
RMIT University, Australia
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2009 – 2010 / Certificate in Printmaking
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore

2020 / February - March / The Fence, Century Gardens, Calgary, USA

2019 / December - March 2020 / The Fence, Memorial Park, Houston, USA

2019 / November / Lishui Photography Festival, Wanxiang Photography Base, Lishui, Zhejiang, China

2019 / November - February 2020/ The Fence, Nathan Benderson Park, Sarasota, USA

2019 / October - June 2020 / The Fence, Atlanta Beltline Westside Trail, USA

2019 / October - December / The Fence, Cherry Creek Park, Denver, USA

2019 / August - September / Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival, Kobe, Japan

2019 / June - September / The Fence, Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, USA

2019 / March - April / #photographer, Parallel Space Gallery, Hong Kong

2018 / October / PhotoVisa Festival Contest "The Silence" Exhibition, Russia

2018 / September - October / Kaunas Photo Projection Nights, Lithuania

2018 / September / Tbilisi Photo Festival "Night of Photography", Old Tbilisi/Betlemi District, Georgia

2018 / May / Reclaim Photography Festival, The Black Country Living Museum, Dudley, United Kingdom

2017 / November / "Something Black Something White", Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival

2017 / November - December / "Show Your World" Exhibition, Gallery MC, New Y...