Eilo Zou (b. 2002) is a London-based artist whose work explores the complex intersections of masculinity, power, and identity through sculpture and installation. His practice draws from the visual language of gay pornography, particularly moments in which men willingly relinquish power. In these consensual acts of submission, vulnerability, desire, and expression become newly visible, destabilising traditional masculine narratives and revealing a fluid, multi-layered male identity.

In his ongoing series boys so confused and Some Kind of Harmony, the male body becomes abstracted, compressed, and fragmented into lines of force shaped by shifting power relations. Through faceless figures, distorted postures, broken contours, and entangled silhouettes, these works expose the instability, confusion, and inner tension embedded within masculinity. boys so confused presents the body as a site of uncertainty and emotional volatility, while Some Kind of Harmony searches for a fragile, temporary equilibrium—a negotiation of coexistence formed through pressure, resistance, and surrender.

Across sculpture, installation, and material experimentation, Zou examines how the body is shaped, constrained, or dissolved under the pressures of external gaze, social expectation, and internal desire. His works often reside at the threshold where power is suspended—present yet failing, asserted yet surrendered—inviting viewers to confront the intertwined dynamics of vulnerability, control, submission, and transformation.

Eilo Zou graduated with an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London.