1993年出生于云南，现工作生活于重庆。分别于2020年和2017年在四川美术学院油画系取得了硕士以及学士学位。赵宇的作品倚重图像及其内在的语义。一方面，这些图像脱离了原有语境，图像与图像之间出现了一种错位感、断裂感，于是，一种分散的、非线性的叙事开始出现。另一方面，图像的形状成为画面视觉结构的重要因素，因为并置、解构手法的使用，使其打破单一的视觉与空间关系。赵宇曾入选多个绘画奖项以及艺术家驻留项目，包括2018年参加荷兰阿姆斯特丹 “记忆三角洲”青年艺术家驻留项目，2020年四川美术学院驻留项目，2023年华泰青年艺术家驻留项目等。
近期展览包括：新动能展，四川美术学院美术馆，重庆，2024；四川美术学院油画系年展30周年文献展，四川美术学院美术馆，重庆，2023；百川归海—海南疍家博物馆开馆展，疍家博物馆，海南，2023；中国表现，泰艺术中心，上海，2023；向墙壁发问，颂艺术中心，北京，2023；宇宙为你闪烁，泰艺术中心，上海，2023；白天的房子，协力空间，北京，2023；骄阳之下，Fir Gallery，北京，2022；冬季失眠症，索卡艺术中心，北京，2022；莫涅莫辛涅，屿庐青年，十点睡觉艺术中心，北京，2022；美术馆之眼，成都美术馆，成都，2022；罗中立奖学金获奖作品展，四川美术学院美术馆，重庆，2021；光鲜世界，时代美术馆，重庆，2021；釜山青年艺术节，釜山，韩国，2020；重置，CAEA美术馆，重庆，2020；BE-CAUSE OF PAINTING, 首届之江国际青年艺术周，象山艺术公社，杭州，2019；特别质感， CAEA美术馆，重庆，2019；The Delta of Memory，记忆三角洲，SVB艺术中心，阿姆斯特丹，荷兰，2019；杭州东方来信，Inter Youth国际青年绘画巡展，罗中立美术馆，重庆，2019；在地与间离，首届重庆油画双年展，重庆美术馆，重庆，2018；年轻的潮，学院本色历届获奖者个案展，中国美术学院美术馆，杭州，2018；思想的形式，第八届新星星艺术奖，德基美术馆，南京，2017；杏林撷英，中华艺术宫，上海，2017；中国新现实艺术欧洲巡展，瑞士卢塞恩大学美术馆，瑞士，2017；抗体—新视觉艺术节，华美术馆，深圳，2017；获得重要奖项包括：罗中立奖学金，2020；国家奖学金，2019；在地与间离，首届重庆油画双年展优秀奖，2018
Born in 1993, Yunnan, received MFA and BFA degrees in 2020 and in 2017 both at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, department of painting. He was nominated and awarded in global and national honours and also selected for many residencies including the Young Artists Residency Program “The Delta of Memory” in 2018, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, SCFAI Museum Young Artist Residency 2020, Huatai Young Artist Residency Program, etc.
Painting as Zhao Yu’s main form of use, the pictures on the canvas are always constructed as specific, spatial scenes, the images are “placed into” them afterwards. Through the accumulation of pigments, overlapping images, and the strange shapes arranged in the picture, he carries out his visual practice and exploration and also describes his observation and imagination of reality.
He was awarded the Luo Zhongli Scholarship, 2020; National Scholarship, 2019; The first prize of the first Chongqing Oil Painting Biennale, 2018, etc.
Selected exhibitions: Inquiry to The Wall, Soul Art Center, Beijing, 2023; The universe shines for you, Tai Art Center, Shanghai, 2023;Glimps of Daylight, Double Double Gallery, 2023; A Place in the Sun, Fir Gallery, Beijing, 2023; A Place in the Sun, Fir Gallery, Beijing, 2022; Winter Insomnia, Soka Art, Beijing, 2022; Mnemosyne, Click Ten Art Space, Beijing, 2022; Art, Gallery Eyes, Chengdu Art Museum, Chengdu, 2022; Interface, PAC Art Center, Tianjin,2021; Luo Zhongli Scholarship, Art Museum of SCFAI, Chongqing, 2021; Nothing Invisible, Times Art Museum, Chongqing, 2021; Busan International Art Festival, Busan, Korea, 2020; Resetting, CAEA Museum, Chongqing, 2020; BE-CAUSE OF PAINTING, Xiangshan Art Commune, Hangzhou, 2019; Unique Texture, CAEA Museum, Chongqing, 2019; The Delta of Memory, SVB Art Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2019; Original, Inter Youth, Art Museum of SCFAI, Chongqing, 2019; Original, Inter Youth, Art Museum of SCFAI, Chongqing, 2018 ; Young Thought, CAA Art Museum, Hangzhou, 2018; Forms as Thoughts, New Star Art Award, Deji Art Museum, Nanjing, 2017; Considerable Elites, China Art Palace, Shanghai, 2017; Zoom-in Chongqing, Art Museum of Lucerne-Design & Art, Switzerland, 2017; Antibody — Fresh Vision, OCT Art & Design Museum, Shenzhen, 2017