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Dorothea Sing Zhang | Industry Art
With an artistic approach situated somewhere between the synthesised and the near documentary, Dorothea Sing Zhang draws from elements of photography, film and performance to create enigmatic visual tableaux which elicit a spectrum of emotional and psychological states. She obtained her Bachelor from the Slade School at University College London. She also pursued film studies in Denmark with Lars Von Trier, Jørgen Leth and Thomas Vinterberg. In 2024, she wrote and directed Masterpiece Mommy, a musical film that made its world premier in competition at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival. Her latest short, As a Cure (2026), will premier at Locarno Film Festival and San Sebastián 2026.Sing Zhang has shot and directed for publications including DAZED, NOWNESS, A Magazine Curated by, MARFAJOURNAL and Vogue. In 2023, she released her debut monograph, Like Someone Alive, which received coverage from publications including Wallpaper*, National Geographic, Photograph Magazine, Harpers Bazaar, Numéro.@dorotheasingzhang
Biography
With an artistic approach situated somewhere between the synthesised and the near documentary, Dorothea Sing Zhang draws from elements of photography, film and performance to create enigmatic visual tableaux which elicit a spectrum of emotional and psychological states. She obtained her Bachelor from the Slade School at University College London. She also pursued film studies in Denmark with Lars Von Trier, Jørgen Leth and Thomas Vinterberg. In 2024, she wrote and directed Masterpiece Mommy, a musical film that made its world premier in competition at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival. Her latest short, As a Cure (2026), will premier at Locarno Film Festival and San Sebastián 2026.Sing Zhang has shot and directed for publications including DAZED, NOWNESS, A Magazine Curated by, MARFAJOURNAL and Vogue. In 2023, she released her debut monograph, Like Someone Alive, which received coverage from publications including Wallpaper*, National Geographic, Photograph Magazine, Harpers Bazaar, Numéro.@dorotheasingzhang
Dorothea's latest limited edition book release, Masterpiece Mommy, offers an in-depth exploration of the film of the same name. Only 100 copies are available and is presented in two volumes, one including scores and screenplay the other film stills. Available to purchase from AYVAN.
Dorothea Sing Zhang unveils a compelling portrayal of humanity’s vulnerable state during sleep. The scene is set in the bedrooms of others. One is asked to be asleep, a squeeze cable release is placed under the pillow. The chance of one’s unconscious body rolling over and triggering the camera results in an exposure. Like Someone Alive expands these boundaries by withdrawing the traditional relationships between the photographer, the object and the camera. “About five years ago I was trying to realise a way where the approach towards the trigger would somehow be directly reflected in the image. How can the pressure craft the physicality upon the trigger that generates the exposure. I had this old exercise pull up bar. I would physically pull myself up while squeezing the cable release to make an image. A step further was to somehow dismiss the awareness of the approach, so sleep became the plot but photography is the story.”Published by Art Paper Editions.
