Joy (yue) ZHUO, 卓悦
Joy Yue Zhuo is a Shanghai-based object designer. After receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she continued her education and enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts program in the Furniture Design Department at the Rhode Island School of Design.
After graduating from RISD in 2020, Joy Yue Zhuo returned to Shanghai, focusing on creative endeavors in the realms of art and design. Her works have been showcased in numerous art exhibitions and design expos across the United States, including New York, Chicago, Providence, as well as internationally in cities such as Venice and Como in Italy, Mumbai and New Delhi in India, and various locations in China including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Fuzhou. In addition, Joy was the winner of a number of art and design contests, including the Winner award at Creative Quarterly Journal 70, the Face of Peace Art Prize award by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, and Italy A’ Design Award, Bronze Award. In the meantime, she works as a designer and has extensive experience from renowned industry giants like Starbucks, Stanley and the LEGO Group.
“I want the furniture to become functional when in use, also outstanding in space to bring visual delight to people. In my design, I would add the western classical elements and forms from nature into contemporary and minimalist works to make practical, artistic and even playful furniture.”
Since my English name is Joy, so I want to see when people recognize me from my works and go: “Oh, how joyful!”
Exhibition experience
“SEAriously-A very SEArious Exhibition” Joy Yue Zhuo Solo Exhibition_Shanghai, China 2024
“卡丘之域-Utopian Fantasy” Joy Yue Zhuo Solo Exhibition_Fuzhou, China 2024
-”D2M Lab, China International Furniture Fair” – Guangzhou, China 2023
-”ITSLIQUID Canvas Venice International Art Fair” – Venice, Italy 2023
-”A‘ Winner Designs 2022-2023 Exhibition”_ Como, Italy 2023
-"ICFF X Wanted Design-Launch Pad" Javis Center_ New York, NY, 2021
-“Offsite Online” Sight Unseen_Online, 2020
-"RISD Graduate Thesis Show" Water Fire Arts Center, 2020
-”RISD Furniture Design Triennial” 2019
-Sullivan Gallery: "Fashion Illustration" 2018
-Spertus Museum: "2017 SAIC Fashion Show"
-Sullivan 12th floor hallway gallery: "Altered Chair"
-Leroy Neiman Gallery: "the moveables"
-Sullivan 12th floor hallway gallery: "Designed Objects"
-Art Institute of Chicago: "Yuri Suzuki - AR music kit workshop exhibition"
-Sullivan Gallery: "SAIC 2018 BFA Show"
Awards and Honors
2024 MUSE Design Gold Winner
2024 Arte Laguna Prize Finalist
2023 Italy A’ Design Bronze Award
2023 Honorable Mention Award by ART SHOW INTERNATIONAL GALLERY
2022 The Faces of the Peace Art Prize
2022 Guangdong Sheng Zhang Bei Honorable Mention
2022 Creative Quarterly 70 Winner
2022 Creative Quarterly Runner-up
2020 The Jacob Riley-Wasserman Memorial Award Rhode Island School of Design
2019 Student Product design winner - 2019 NYCxDesign Awards, Interior design & ICFF