Made in China
Zengjie
Chai
contact: zengjiechai@gmail.com
biography
Zengjie Chai is an interdisciplinary artist from Hangzhou, China, currently based in Los Angeles.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from UCSD
and master of fine arts from California Institute of the Arts.
and master of fine arts from California Institute of the Arts.
Working autobiographically through queer autotheory,
he explores elements of his lived experience from multiple perspectives.
Through engaging with different mediums, including
performance, video, installations, and more,
his work addresses and examines the intersection between
his personal narrative and the sociological context
as a queer diasporic body.
gradient #1, silkscreen, 8.5x11”, 2025
gradient #2, silkscreen, 8.5x11”, 2025
gradient #3, silkscreen, 8.5x11”, 2025
gradient #4, silkscreen, 8.5x11”, 2025
gradient #5, silkscreen, 8.5x11”, 2025
gradient #5 silkscreen, 8.5x11”, 2025
gradient #7, silkscreen, 8.5x11”, 2025
gradient #8 silkscreen, 8.5x11”, 2025
gradient #9, silkscreen, 8.5x11”, 2025
gradient #10, silkscreen, 8.5x11”, 2025
HUFF!, ceramic, 1x1x2”, 2025
teendage dream, print on transparent film, 58x44”, 2025
becoming paris hilton (but daddy, i...), wigs and rocks, 2025
becoming paris hilton (but daddy i…), Installation View (right)
becoming paris hilton (but daddy i…),
close up #1
close up #1
becoming paris hilton (but daddy i…),
close up #2
close up #2
becoming paris hilton (but daddy i…),
close up #3
close up #3
becoming paris hilton (but daddy i…),
close up #4
close up #4
becoming paris hilton (but daddy i…),
close up #5
close up #5
kiss me in the fucking car, single channel video, 2023
kiss me in the fucking car, installation view (2025)
the game of life, ceramic mahjong pieces on table set,
size variable, 2025
size variable, 2025
the game of life, close up
let a thousand flowers bloom, screenprints, size variable, 2025
let a thousand flowers bloom, close up #1
let a thousand flowers bloom, close up #2
waipo, print on apron, 2024
waipo, close up
market child, screenprints on cardboard boxes, size variable, 2024 (installation view)
love letter, installation, 2024
love letter, close up #1
love letter, close up #2
love letter, close up #3
my final move, installation, fabirc and cotton, size variable, 2022
my final move,
quilt #1
quilt #1
my final move,
quilt #2
quilt #2
my final move,
quilt #3
quilt #3
browless, single channel video, 4’07”, 2022
Education
University of California, San Diego
Bachelor of Arts, Media
Minor in Interdisciplinary Computing and Arts
California Institute of The Arts
Master of Fine Arts, Art
Specialization in Integrated Media
Exhibition
Welcome to My Home, solo show
California Institute of The Arts
January, 2024
NOMAD, group show
Torrance Art Museum
August, 2024
EPIC FAIL, group show
California Institute of The Arts
October, 2024
The Great Dilemma, solo show
California Institute of The Arts
March, 2025
SoCAL MFA 2025, group show
Peggy Phelps & East Gallery
May, 2025