Lives and works in Beijing
Zhang Yanzi (b. 1967) was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. She graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), earning MFAs in both Chinese Painting and Literature. She is currently based in Beijing, where she works as a Professor, PhD, and Postgraduate Supervisor at CAFA.
Her solo exhibitions have been held at the Shanghai Art Museum, Today Art Museum, PAN – Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Surgeons’ Hall Museums, and the Museum of East Asian Art (MEAA), among others.
Selected Works
Exhibitions at VillageOneArt
2025 — In The Mood For Love (group exhibition), March 8 – April 19, 2025
2020 — Wonderland and other works, included in A Tale Of Two Cities (group exhibition), November 3, 2020
News
2024 — Yanzi Zhang Reviewed by CAFA: Exploring Women and the World Beyond Identity
2022 — Zhang Yanzi Reviewed by FYI Paper
Education
MFA, Chinese Painting — Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)
MFA, Literature — Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)
Collections
National Art Museum of China · M+ Museum · CAFA Art Museum · Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet · the Sigg Collection · Museo Belliniano
Selected Exhibitions
2022 — Received the Cultural Reward from Premio Ponte Vecchio, Italy · Qi (Flow of Energy), included in “The Grand Canal As Epic On Earth — Contemporary Art Themed on the Grand Canal of China,” Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou · The Remedy and eight other works, included in “RESTART | UNLIMITED — Zhang Yanzi, Wang Xiao and Yu Yu Trio Exhibition,” Minerva Gallery, Hefei · 24 Solar Terms, included in “No Gender,” group exhibition of women artists, SEN Museum, Chengdu · Hormones and Impetus, included in the 14th Dakar Biennale of African Contemporary Art, Museum of Black Civilizations, Dakar, Senegal · Exhilaration, included in “Chinese Ink Yearbook Exhibition,” An Art Museum, New Everbright Center, Beijing · Medi-Chip and Sugar, included in “The Art of Life: Contemporary Art by Female Artists,” Shandong Art Museum, Jinan · Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, included in “The Way We Eat,” Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2021 — Vernal Equinox and Autumnal Equinox, included in “Story of Time: Art Exhibition of Twenty-Four Solar Terms,” Light Is Dust Museum, Wuxi · Zhang Yanzi: Where the Heart Is, solo exhibition, Galerie Ora-Ora (Tai Kwun), Hong Kong · Exhilaration, included in “Diversified Expression: Contemporary Chinese Ink Art,” Daqian Contemporary Art Center, Beijing · Painted Skin, included in “INK CITY” Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong · The Edge of the World at Close Quarters series, included in “Sur-Name,” Yuelai Art Museum, Chongqing
2020 — Wishing Capsules, included in “HARMO POWER: Jinan International Biennale,” Shandong Art Museum, Jinan · Painted Skin, Mask Diary, and The Edge of World at Close Quarters, included in the online global exhibition “Reflecting the Sharing Moment,” organized by CAFA ART INFO · The Breathable and Impetus, included in “New Dimensions: 2020 CAFA Chinese Painting Exhibition,” Shandong Art Museum, Jinan · Mask Diary, included in “Darkest Before Dawn, Art in a Time of Uncertainty,” organized by Ethan Cohen KuBe · Mustard Farming: Twenty-four Terms, included in “The Story of Time: Twenty-four Terms,” Big House Contemporary Art Center, Wuhan · Lost Again, included in “Breakout,” Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York · Hormones and Red Pistils, included in “HALO: A Group Exhibition of Chen Hui, Chen Xi, Zhang Yanzi and Wu Didi,” FEEFAN’S ART, Beijing
2019 — SECLUSION, solo exhibition, Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong · Medi-Chip and Sugar, included in “Reviewing Freehand Brushwork: First Academic Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Ink Painting,” Lingnan Museum of Fine Art, Dongguan · Hormones, solo exhibition, The Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne · Qi (Flow of Energy), included in “The Common Space: The Grand Canal Narrative of the Post Intangible-heritage Era,” Beijing Times Art Museum
2018 — 0000000, included in “New Ink Art in China 1978–2018,” Beijing Minsheng Art Museum · Medi-Chip and Prescriptions, included in “2018 Chinese Contemporary Ink Painting Exhibition: Ink and Wash Painting, A Cultural Gesture,” Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing · A Quest for Wellness, solo exhibition, Museum of East Asian Art (MEAA), Bath, UK · A Quest for Healing, solo exhibition, Surgeons’ Hall Museum, Edinburgh, UK
2017 — Sugar, in “Personal Structures,” biennale project organized by the European Cultural Centre, Venice · The Ecstasy, solo exhibition, Feefan’s Art, Beijing · The Remedy, included in the Florence Biennale, Italy, awarded the Grand Prize of Mixed Media · Infinite series, included in “Loom,” Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum (co-curator) · Excess, included in “The Silk Road and Celestial Clothes,” Art Gallery of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Beijing (co-curator) · Solo project included in VOLTA New York 2017, New York
2016 — The Breathable, included in the Third CAFAM Biennial, “Negotiating Space: I Never Thought You Were Like That,” Beijing · Essence, solo exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences (with Galerie Ora-Ora), Hong Kong
2015 — The Remedy — The Galaxy, included in “Painting the Present,” Certosa di San Giacomo, Capri, Italy · The Antidote, solo exhibition, 5art, Guangzhou · The Remedy, included in Insights, Art Basel Hong Kong (sponsored by Galerie Ora-Ora)
2014 — The Remedy, solo exhibition, PAN, Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, Italy
2013 — The Remedy awarded Best Artwork of the 2013 Lu Xun Culture Awards, Beijing · The Remedy, solo exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing · Qi (Flow of Energy), included in “The Grand Canal,” collateral event of the 55th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia, Italy
2010 — Walk While Stepping on the Gauze, solo exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
2008 — Solo exhibition, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2005 — Airs of the States, Courtly Songs, and Hymns, 2nd Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing
2004 — Red Rose and White Rose, 10th National Art Exhibition, Bronze Prize, Beijing · Slow, Slow Tune, 10th National Art Exhibition, Beijing
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