Zhejun Gao is an art researcher and curator, whose work focuses on systems of categorisation, archival studies and collective trauma in contemporary art. His recent curatorial practice explores the displacement of artefacts and knowledge production modes, examining how museums narrate objects and classify collections. Alongside his curatorial work, Zhejun maintains an interest in Hip-hop and experimental music in China. He has contributed to programmes at institutions across China and internationally, including recent projects in collaboration with museums and art centres in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong.
Zhejun Gao is currently the 2025 Asymmetry Curatorial Research Fellow at Chisenhale Gallery.
Beichen Zhang received his MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2019. Focused on unveiling hidden histories through photography’s narrative structures, his artistic works often manifest in the form of photographs, essay films, mixed media installations and institutional research. Recently, he worked with a broad range of media to query and investigate the relationship of cultural heritage and Asian colonial history, archives and geopolitical vicissitude, and the identity’s fluidity within the post-colonialism context. His work unfolds as a series of granular materials and historical exposures, while also unfolding as a metaphorical experience shaped through personal narratives. Through sustained research into the interstices between archaeology, anthropology, history, and other disciplines, he examines and constructs a visual language driven by subtle perturbations.