
Changing Cultures:
Zhen Guo, A Retrospective
文化变迁:郭桢回顾展
“My life has been—and continues to be—split between two worlds. I grew up, was educated, and learned how to paint in China; however, I would say that I came into my own in the United States—as an individual and an artist. In other words: I learned about the world in China, and I confronted it in the United States.”
“我的生活一直,也将继续地游走在两个世界之间。我在中国长大、接受教育并学习绘画。但我认为,正是在美国,我真正找到了自我——无论是作为一个人,还是作为一名艺术家。换句话说:我在中国认识了这个世界,而在美国,我直面了这个世界。”
—— 郭桢(Zhen Guo), 2018

郭桢 ZHEN GUO
藝術家,策展人。出生於中國山東日照, 1976 畢業於山東藝術學校美術系,1982年畢業於中國美術學院國畫系並留校執教於中國畫系,是改革開放後水墨藝術最早的探索者之一。1986赴美國舊金山藝術學院留學,1987年赴加拿大約克大學藝術學院訪問學者,1988年在紐約設立郭楨工作室,是活躍在國際藝術界的女性水墨藝術家,美國亞裔當代女性水墨藝術開拓者,參加過多個國際藝術展,並長期致力於國際當代女性藝術的研究和探索。近幾年先後策劃和參加了:中國長沙的《存在》國際女性藝術展、美國莫納當代美術館的《請觸摸,身體邊界》大型展覽。韓國全北道立美術館“亞洲女性藝術家展覽”等。國際華人女性藝術家聯盟創始人。 現工作和生活在紐約。

Duration 展期:2026年3月12日至6月11日
Location 地点:Minshkin Gallery,NY
PRESS 媒体报道:
The Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College is proud to present Changing Cultures: Zhen Guo, A Retrospective, the first major New York survey of artist Zhen Guo
(b. 1955, Shandong Province, China).
巴鲁克学院的米什金画廊荣幸地推出《文化变迁:郭震回顾展》,这是艺术家郭桢(1955 年出生于中国山东省)在纽约的首次大型回顾展。
The works on display span nearly sixty years, from Zhen Guo’s first embroidery (Chairman Mao, 1966) to her large-scale papier-mâché and sewn fabric breast sculptures and handmade tufted tapestries of 2012-2025. The show explores an artist’s journey from China to New York; themes include an immigrant’s identity, motherhood, and the violence embedded in patriarchal cultures. Guo’s large-scale “muted landscape” paintings protest environmental injustice. The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated brochure with a new essay on Guo by curator Gail Levin.
本次展览展出了郭桢近六十年的创作历程,从她1966年的第一幅刺绣作品《毛主席像》,到2012年至2025年间的大型纸浆及缝制布料乳房雕塑,与手工植绒挂毯。展览探索了一位艺术家从中国到纽约的艺术之旅,主题涵盖移民身份、母性以及父权文化中根深蒂固的暴力。郭桢的大型《静谧风景》绘画作品表达了对环境不公的抗议。展览同时配有一本图文并茂的小册子,其中收录了策展人盖尔·莱文撰写的关于郭桢的新文章。
Zhen Guo’s education was cut short by the Chinese Cultural Revolution at age twelve, when she was assigned to work in a clothing factory. She later studied, then taught, at Zhejiang Academy in Hangzhou, and immigrated to the United States in 1986. Recent solo exhibitions include “Zhen Guo: Embracing Kali” at Ethan Cohen Gallery, NY (2026), “Unfolding her Life” at Bard College (2024), and “What is My Name” at Connecticut College (2023). Guo has organized numerous exhibitions of feminist art and is the founder and president of the Chinese Feminist Art Alliance, NY. She lives and works in New York, NY.
郭桢的学业因中国文化大革命而中断,12岁时她被送往服装厂做工。在这之后,她曾在杭州的浙江学院学习,并在那里任教,于1986年移民美国。近期举办的个展包括在纽约伊桑·科恩画廊举办的《郭桢:拥抱卡莉》(2026年)、在巴德学院举办的《展开她的人生》(2024年)以及在康涅狄格学院举办的《我的名字是什么》(2023年)。郭桢策划了众多女性主义艺术展览,并创立了纽约华人女性主义艺术联盟,担任主席。她目前在纽约生活和工作。
Changing Cultures: Zhen Guo, A Retrospective, is curated by Gail Levin, Distinguished Professor in Fine & Performing Arts at Baruch College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. Guo’s retrospective follows Dr. Levin’s eponymous exhibition Changing Cultures: Immigrant Artists from China, 1991, on Chinese immigrant artists navigating worlds to express evolving identities.
《文化变迁:郭桢回顾展》由纽约市立大学巴鲁克学院及研究生中心美术与表演艺术系杰出教授盖尔·莱文(Gail Levin)策展。此次郭震回顾展是继莱文博士1991年举办的同名展览《文化变迁:来自中国的移民艺术家》之后的又一次展览。该展览探讨了中国移民艺术家如何在不同的世界中探索,并表达其不断演变的身份认同。
This exhibition is made possible by the Edith B. Stein Symposium Fund, Friends of the Mishkin Gallery, and the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences at Baruch College (CUNY). An opening reception will be held for the artist on Thursday, March 12 from 4 – 6 pm.
本次展览由伊迪丝·B·斯坦研讨会基金、米什金画廊之友以及纽约市立大学巴鲁克学院魏斯曼艺术与科学学院赞助。将于3月12日星期四下午4点至6点为该艺术家举办开幕招待会。