Zen Lu
Zen Lu is an electronic musician, sound artist, and interdisciplinary art practitioner. As a pivotal figure in Shenzhen’s experimental music community, he founded the independent music label We Play! Records and the avant-garde art collective Neo Sound. He is also a co-initiator of the China-Poland cross-border music collaboration project ChoP and the co-founder of dze labs.
Zen Lu’s practice centers on advancing experimental music and interdisciplinary art collaborations, probing the convergence of sound, visual arts, spatial design, and new media. He has performed at global festivals and contributed to internationally acclaimed media art exhibitions.
Renowned for his minimalist compositions and ambient experimentation, Zen Lu crafts “sound ink-painting”—a sonic idiom blending dynamic tension with Eastern poetic sensibilities. His works are described as “electronic-frequency-infused mountain mistscapes.” Beyond solo projects, he actively expands cross-disciplinary practices, composing music for theater, film, and dance.
His professional footprint extends to prestigious platforms worldwide, including: New Vision Arts Festival(Hong Kong, 2006), SAND Festival(Hong Kong, 2006), Asia Europe Music Camp and Clandestino Festival(Sweden, 2007), Moving Closer International New Media Festival(Poland, 2007),Chinese Sound Art in Poland project(Poland, 2007), Get It Louder Exhibition(China, 2007) , Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture(China, 2005, 2007,2017), SoundReach(Canada, 2009), Architecture Is Art Festival(Hong Kong, 2009), Warsaw Electronic Festival(Poland, 2010), ChoP on tour in Poland(Poland, 2010), Expo Shanghai(Germany Pavilion, 2010), The 8th Shanghai Biennale(China, 2010), ChoP Tour in Europe(Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, 2011), ChoP Tour in China(2011), Beijing Design Week(2012), Jazz Improvise Meeting Festival(China, 2012, 2013), ChoP Festival(China, 2012, 2013,2016), ChoP +MOSS project Europe tour(2013), re:source festival(Poland, 2014), Polyphonia Festival(Poland, 2014， 2016) , BOK Festival(Macau, 2015), WRO Media Art Biennale(2017, 2019), Miscity in China(2019) , Shenzhen Contemporary Art Archive Exhibition(2020), Nantou City Music Festival(China, 2021, 2024)、Glow Shenzhen 2021, ROOF Sound Project(2022)，Sound Variation – Contemporary Chinese Sound Art Exhibition(China, 2023) , The Inquiry of Noise – Urban Sound Installation Exhibition(China, 2023) , Topologies of the Real: TECHNE(China, 2023), The 4th Mid – Mountain Dancer Week(China, 2024) , Sonic City Sound Art Exhibition(China, 2025), “Shenzhen Times” Contemporary Art Exhibition(2026) and more.
