Biography

Junlin Zhu 朱俊林 he/him (b. Mianyang, Sichuan, China) is a visual artist working primarily with photography, video, and archives. The theme of his work centers upon his intersectional identities of being queer, Asian, and an immigrant, along with an inspection of the idea of the mainstream versus the other. Through his artistic practice, Junlin attempts to examine critically the notions of “conformity” and “belonging” in cross-cultural contexts.

Junlin is a 2021 Bronx Museum of the Arts Fellow and holds a BFA in Photography and Imaging from NYU Tisch. You can sometimes find Junlin wandering and pondering on the streets of New York City.