zug press is an artist collective focused on independent publishing founded by Zhu Gaocanyue and Zuya Yang and based in Brooklyn, NY and Hong Kong.
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Past Events
June 29, 2026 | Berlin
✾ Counterflows: Diaspora, Desire, and Publishing
June 26-28, 2026 | Berlin
✾ MISS READ: The Berlin Art Book Fair & Festival 2026
2-2:45PM, June 28, 2026 | Berlin
✾ Book Talk / Follow the Tidal: Independent Photobook Publishing Across Asia and Beyond
May 7-10, 2026 | Los Angeles
✾ Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair
May 6, 2026 | Los Angeles
✾ Plot 田
April 25-26, 2026 | Brooklyn
✾ Other islands Book Fair
April 10, 2026 | Providence
✾ 𝙏𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚 1: 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 Photography as Engagement
March 21, 2026 | Boston
✾ Multiple Formats Art Book Fair
March 7, 2026 | New York
✾ Tidal Issue 1: Shoreline Book Launch
December 13-15, 2025 | New York
✾ Press Play, Pioneer Works
November 14-16, 2025 | Seoul, Korea
✾ Unlimited Edition 17 - Seoul Art Book Fair 2025
October 11, 2025 | New York
✾ New York Queer Zine Fair
October 2-5, 2025 | New York
✾ ICP Photo Book Fest 2025
April 26-27, 2025 | New York
✾ Other Islands Book Fair (Pratt)
April 5, 2025
✾ Unbound Art Book Fair (RISD) | Rhode Island
Feb 21—23, 2025 ✾ Jersey Art Book Fair 2025 | New Jersey
February 1-2, 2025
✾ Land to Sea, Lunar New Year Market | New York
December 19, 2024 ✾ The International Center of Photography, Free Third Thursday x Late Night ICP Holiday Market, at Chinatown Basketball Club’s table | New York
December 7–8, 2024
✾ Pioneer Works, Press Play | New York
October 19, 2024
✾ The International Center of Photography (ICP), Nifty Fifty , at Chinatown Basketball Club’s table | New York
October 19–20, 2024
✾ 9th Singapore International Photography Festival, Photo Market | New York
October 13, 2024 ✾ CBC 3x3 Autumn Classic Tournament Mini Market | New York
zug press is an artist collective focused on independent publishing. Driven by passion, experimentation, multidisciplinarity, and collaboration, zug press approaches publishing as a site of care, craft, and play, extending its practice into forms of community engagement, editorial work and curatorial research. zug press is founded by Zhu Gaocanyue and Zuya Yang and based in Brooklyn, NY and Hong Kong.
For orders, please contact us via email or visit our upcoming events.
Contact
zugpress@gmail.com
We take on select commercial collaborations and commissioned projects. For inquiries and portfolio requests, please contact us via email .
Instagram @zug.press
Stockist
US
New York: Accent Sisters 重音社 New York: dear friend books
San Francisco: Now place 此:间
Los Angeles: Heavy Manners
Asia
Hong Kong: DEVEDO 顯影堂
Bangkok: Vacilado Bookshop
Taipei: Moom Bookshop
Taipei: NMHW at Taipei Art Book Fair
Europe
Berlin: Encounter Bookspace
Berlin: shushushushu books
Collections
US
New York: Asia Art Archive in America
Providence: Rhode Island School of Design, Photography Department
Los Angeles: Heavy Manners
Asia
Hong Kong: Asia Art Archive
Collaboration GRID Gallery , Providence, RI
Accent Sisters , New York, NY
Plot 田 , Los Angeles, CA
Book Fairs US
The LA Art Book Fair, Printed Matter
Press Play, Pioneer Works ICP
Book Festival, International Photography Center
Unbound Art Book Fair, Rhode Island School of Design
Multiple Formats, Boston University
Other Islands Book Fair, Pratt Institute
New Jersey Art Book Fair
New York Queer Zine Fair
Asia
Singapore International Photography Festival, Photo Market
Unlimited Edition, Seoul Art Book FairArtists Zhu Gaocanyue Zuya YangJingwen Cao Lily LeiNatasha Du Sydney Howard Sha Luo
Anqi Gu
Allie Tsubota
Ching-Wei Wang
Aghigh Afkhami
Kannetha Brown
Tif Ng
Contributers
Xinyuan Qu (Design)
Zoe Li (Design)
Bin Yu (Book Fair Support ) Qiuyu Wu (Production)
Yuhan Shen (Production)Yuchen Wang (Production)Yuanhui Li (Production)Tam Stockton (Editorial Support ) Lily Wong (Editorial Support)Jiani Wang (Editorial Support )
Ash Ma (Book Fair Support )
Leah(Yutong) Liu (Book Fair Support )
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