扎迪·车的创作涵盖广泛的媒介，主题涉及侨居身份、全球历史、家族遗产和物种间的交流。她通常结合绘画、雕塑、纺织品、声音和表演元素，通过沉浸式装置探索这些主题，激发观众的感官体验。扎迪出生于加拿大温哥华，现居伦敦，她结合自身的韩国文化传统，寻求提升被西方和占领国抹杀或压制的叙事的关注。对她而言，艺术是一种通过化装舞会、戏剧、服装和叙事的镜头来分析社会政治状况和文化行为的手段。她采用高度协作的工作模式，与舞蹈家和音乐家持续的交流，并自2006年起与艺术家贝尼托·马约尔·韦莱霍（Benito Mayor Vellejo）密切合作。
扎迪的创作以大量研究为基础，从全球不同的参考资料中汲取灵感：包括艺术和工艺的历史，以及推理小说、流行文化、音乐和时尚；尤其是韩国民间传说和神话，为其跨学科作品提供了丰富的视觉和叙事基础，成为她项目的“骨架或骨干”——她解释道，以此她能够“创造出将自己与其他艺术家和历史时间线联系起来的点”。她关注这些传统中的母系和以妇女为基础的实践，如韩国萨满教，以设想全新的社会习惯及与自然界联系的方式，将她的作品与当今紧迫的生态问题紧密结合。不同的参考资料通过一个自传式的框架被重新构想，以建立一个深刻的个人神话，而其投射在她的绘画、服装和雕塑中反复出现；她的狗被重新想象成獬豸（一种在韩国民间传说中辨别是非、公正不阿、善于进行道德评判的生物），而艺术家在一次研究旅行中从韩国济州岛收集的贝壳被构想成游牧民族身份的象征，被理解为容纳其他生物身体的有机结构。
经过多年实践，多样化的纺织品已成为扎迪作品的核心之一。在表演中被穿着的服装，亦作为独立的作品呈现。她参考韩国传统绗缝技术——例如“褓”（bojagi，一种韩国传统的包袱布）的多色拼布框架，经常出现在她的画作中。这些服装的灵感来自韩国的传统服饰和技艺，以及艺术家在加拿大成长阶段熟识的时尚潮流。她通过强调时尚在自我展示中的作用，将对侨居身份的探索具体化。扎迪说：“你可以透过时装改变自己。在某个特定的日子，它可以赋予你某个希望向世界展示的身份。”在制作服装时，她思考关于"魔法和变形的概念，作为一个侨居者的概念，或任何涉及身份政治的人：改变形式，即能改变你的身份。”
扎迪·车于2007年在知名的艾米丽卡尔艺术与设计学院 (Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design) 获得艺术学士学位，之后于2014年获得伦敦皇家艺术学院艺术硕士学位。2022年，白教堂画廊为扎迪在伦敦举办了迄今为止最大的个展“宅神、动物向导和五种宽恕的方式”（2022-23年）。艺术家的其他个展包括在英国普利茅斯艺术大学盒子博物馆（2022年）、英国利兹美术馆（2021年）、加拿大萨斯卡通的雷米现代艺术馆（2020年）、英国滨海贝克斯希尔的德拉沃尔宫（2019年）、英国格拉斯哥的电车轨道艺术中心（2019年）、阿塞拜疆巴库的雅拉特当代艺术空间（2019年）、墨西哥城的Galeria Agustina Ferreyra画廊（2018年）、英国伦敦的United Pacific画廊（2018年）和Pump House Gallery（2017年）举行。
2019 年，扎迪应邀参加第 58 届威尼斯双年展拉尔夫·鲁戈夫（Ralph Rugoff）与亚伦·塞扎尔（Aaron Cezar）共同策展的表演项目。扎迪的表演作品近期在众多知名美术馆和机构展出，包括因果伦敦国家美术馆（2021年，与贝尼托·马约尔·瓦莱霍（Benito Mayor Vallejo）合作、由普里耶什·米斯特（Priyesh Mistry） 策展）、加拿大多伦多安大略美术馆（2020年）、英国格拉斯哥电车轨道艺术中心（2019年）、英国伦敦南岸中心（2018年，由海沃德画廊委约创作）、法国巴黎东京宫（2018年）和英国伦敦蛇形画廊（2016年）。车的作品曾在众多国际群展中展出，包括丹麦哥本哈根当代艺术展（2023年）、美国洛杉矶当代艺术学院 (2022年)、意大利罗马当代艺术博物馆(2022)、德国慕尼黑艺术之家 (2021年)、加拿大北温哥华的多边形画廊 (2021年)、英国布里斯托的阿尔诺非尼艺术中心 (2019年)；和纽约PS1当代艺术中心(2018年)。她的作品参展2022年济州双年展和 2021年第13届上海双年展。扎迪的作品被英国艺术委员会、英国文化协会和美国CRC基金会收藏。
2026
Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain
Esker Foundation, Calgary, Canada
Powerplant, Toronto, Canada
2024
Rough hands weave a knife, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Marais, France
2023
Nine Tailed Tall Tales: Trickster, Mongrel, Beast, Space K Seoul, South Korea
2022
House Gods, Animal Guides and Five Ways 2 Forgiveness, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Long ago when tigers smoked, cur. by Nicoletta Lambertucci, The Box, Plymouth, UK
2021
Moon Poetics 4 Courageous Earth Critters and Dangerous Day Dreamers, Leeds Art Gallery, UK
2020
Moon Poetics 4 Courageous Earth Critters and Dangerous Day Dreamers, cur. by Rose Bouthiller, Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Canada
2019
Child Of Magohalmi and the Echos of Creatoin, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK
Child Of Magohalmi and the Echoes of Creation, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
Child Of Magohalmi and the Echoes of Creation, Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan
2018
Soju Sipping on a Sojourn to Saturn, Galeria Agustina Ferreyra, Mexico City, Mexico
HOMEBOY 3030: Return the Tiger 2 the Mountain, Union Pacific, London, UK
2017
The Conch, Sea Urchin and Brass Bell, organised by PS/Y for Hysteria 2017, Pump House Gallery, London, UK
2025
Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Turner Prize 2025, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, UK
2024
Make a Wish, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
ECCENTRIC: Aesthetics of Freedom, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
2023
Beautiful Repair: Mending in Art and Fashion, Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark
The New Bend, curated by Legacy Russell, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton, UK
Myths of Our Time, with Heemin Chung and Sun Woo, Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul, South Korea
2022
Flowing Moon, Embracing Land, Jeju Biennale 2022, South Korea
The Horror Show, co-curated by Claire Catterall with Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Somerset House Studios, London, UK
The New Bend, cur. by Legacy Russell, Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, USA
Soy Dreams of Milk, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
House Spirits, with Hernan Bas, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, USA
The Condition of Being Addressable, curated by Marcelle Joseph and Legacy Russell, ICA LA, USA
Wonder Woman, curated by Kathy Huang, Deitch Projects, New York City, USA; then travelling to Deitch Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Lee Scratch Perry The Orbzerver, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Roma (MACRO), Rome, Italy
The New Bend, curated by Legacy Russell, Hauser and Wirth, New York City, USA
2021
Painting in Person, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Marcella Beccaria, Castillo di Rivoli, Italy
Sweat, curated by Anna Schneider and Raphael Fonseca, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Bodies of Water, in collaboration with Benito Mayor Vallejo, 13th Shanghai Biennale 2021, curated by Andrés Jaque, You Mi, Marina Otero Verzier, Lucia Pietroiusti and Filipa Ramos, Shanghai, China
Wishbone Vision, Anthea Hamilton, Sofia Al Maria and Zadie Xa with Benito Mayor Vallejo, Project Native Informant, London, UK
Interior Infinite, The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
Diaspora Pavilion 2, curated by IFC, Campbelltown Arts Centre, New South Wales, Australia
2020
Bodies of Water, 13th Shanghai Biennale 2021, curated by Andrés Jaque, You Mi, Marina Otero Verzier, Lucia Pietroiusti and Filipa Ramos, Shanghai, China
Siembra, presented by Galeria Agustina Ferreyra, Kurimanzutto Mexico City, Mexico
2019
Feedback Loops, curated by Miriam Kelly, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne, Australia
STILL I RISE: FEMINISMS, GENDER, RESISTANCE, ACT 3, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
STILL I RISE: FEMINISMS, GENDER, RESISTANCE, ACT 2, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-upon-Sea, UK
2018
Body Armor, curated by Jocelyn Miller, MoMA PS1, Queens, New York, USA
Blessed Be: Spirituality, Mysticism, and the Occult in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, Arizona, USA
Four Pillars, with Hanna Hur, Laurie Kang and Maia Ruth Lee, L’INCONNUE, Montréal Canada
2016
The Rose is without a 'why'. It blooms because it blooms, curated by Sean Steadman, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York City, USA
At Home Salon: Double Acts, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Ascot, UK
With institutions like these, curated by Victor Wang and Alex Meurice, Averard Hotel, London, UK
2015
Living Room in the Tropics, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art, Singapore
Silent Barn, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Video Nacht Klub, Brussels Art Department, Belgium
Space Station 51, Area 51, London, UK
Faux Sho, Assembly House, Leeds, UK
Studio Voltaire Open: 2015, selected by Cory Archangel and Hanne Mugaas, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
2014
Frosted and Defrosted, Albion 44, London, UK
Inoperative Mythology, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London, UK
2011
Premio Ibercaja Pintura Joven 2010, Centro Ibercaja Guadalajara, Centro Cultural Ibercaja Huesca, Museo Camon Aznar, Zaragoza, Spain
2010
Premio Ibercaja Pintura Joven 2010, Fundación Fran Daurel de Barcelona, Museo Maeztu de Estella, Navarra, Spain
2021
Scorpion, in collaboration with Benito Mayor Vallejo, curated by Priyesh Mistry, The National Gallery, London, UK
2020
Dream Dangerous, in collaboration with Benito Mayor Vallejo, Jia-Yu Corti and Ophelia Liu, presented with Galeria Agustina Ferreyra, Frieze 2020: The Institute of Melodic Healing, curated by Victor Wang, No. 9 Cork Street, London, UK
2019
Child of Magohalmi and the Echoes of Creation, Dance International Glasgow, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
Child of Magohalmi and the Echoes of Creation, Art Night 2019, curated by Helen Nisbet, co-commissioned by Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan, Tramway, Glasgow, UK, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK and Walthamstow Library, London, UK
Grandmother Mago, performed in 58th Venice Biennale performance programme curated by Ralph Rugoff with Aaron Cezar and produced by Delfina Foundation, Venice, Italy
2018
Flooded with ICE/Hellfire Can't Scorch Me, commissioned by the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, UK
Iridezcent Interludez, performed as part of DO D!STURB performance art festival, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2017
Perfumed Purple Rice and Sateen Songs for Sadie, performed as part of GUEST, GHOST, HOST: MACHINE! Marathon, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
The Sea Child, Octopus and Brass Bell, performed in Rehearsals from the Korean Avant-Garde Performance Archive, Korean Cultural Centre UK
Crash Boom Hisssssss. Legend of the Liquid Sword, performed in Block Universe 2017, Somerset House Studios, London, UK
2016
Basic Instructions B4 Leaving, organised by PS/Y for Hysteria 2017, Cafe OTO, London, UK
Linguistic Legacies and Lunar Exploration, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
Word for Water is Whale, in Ways of Knowing: Imagining Other Futures, curated by Jane Scarth, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Moon Poetics 4 Courageous Earth Critters and Dangerous Day Dreamers 2020, for ASSEMBLY 2020: New Works, Somerset House Studios, London, UK
A Sojourn Through Saturn and Across the Southern Sea, commissioned sound work by Stella Bottai and Lucia Pietroiusti for Cold Protein podcast