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O Zhang
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Education

  • 2002-2004 MA Photography, Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • 2000-2001 MA Fine Art, Byam Shaw at Central St. Martins School of Art, London, UK
  • 1996-2000 BA Fine Art, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
  • 1992-1996 Guangzhou Academy of Art Affiliated Middle School, Guangzhou, China

Solo Exhibitions 

  • 2011 Vilcek Foundation, New York (forthcoming)
  • O Zhang Photography, Ooi Botos Gallery, Hong Kong, China
  • 2010 A Splendid Future for the Past, Forever & Today Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
  • O Zhang – Horizon, Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
  • The World is Yours (But Also Ours), The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
  • 2009 Cutting The Blaze To New Frontiers, Queen’s Museum, New York, U.S.A.
  • A Stream Bends For A Thousand Li, Asian Song Society, New York, U.S.A.
  • Horizon (Sky), public art project, Vancouver Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2008 The World is Yours (But Also Ours), CRG Gallery, New York, U.S.A
  • The World is Yours (But Also Ours), Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
  • 2007 Daddy & I, Pekin Fine Art Gallery, Beijing, China
  • 2005 My Little Girl, IMT Gallery, London, UK
  • Horizon, Chinese Art Center, Manchester, UK

Group Exhibitions

  • 2011  Mie Portrait, Freight + Volume, New York
  • 2010 The Fokus Lodz Art Biennale, Lodz, Poland
  •  Bumpy Ride, Fotografia Festival, Rome, Italy
  •  The Armory Show, Dirimart Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
  •  Playboy Redux: Contemporary Artists Interpret The Iconic Playboy Bunny, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Piccadilly Revisited-short film screening at the Royal Opera House, London, UK
  • Of Anna and Dreams –short film screening at The New Asian Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
  • Global/National – The Order Of Chaos, Exit Art, New York, U.S.A.
  • State of the Dao – Chinese Contemporary Art, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
  • 2009 Mahjong-Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Constant Stream, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • China Now: The Edge of Desire, Max Lang Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
  •  Ingenious Methodology, Chi Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, New York, U.S.A
  • The Borders, The Amelie A.Wallace Gallery, Old Westbury, NY, U.S.A.
  • Rave Forum, Li Space, Beijing, China
  • 798 Beijing Biennial, Beijing Tokyo Art Project, Beijing, China
  • Eye World, Triple Candy Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
  •  SHcontemporary Art Fair, Pekin Fine Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • 2008 Mahjong-Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, U.S.A.
  • Super-modern as part of In Transitions Russia 2008, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
  • Intrude366, Outdoor project for Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
  • Red Aside-Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Joan Miro Museum, Barcelona, Spain
  • The First Show-New Blood, Li Space, Beijing, China
  • Food and Shelter, Pekin Fine Art, Beijing, China
  • Future Was Then…So Now What, PAM at Scope Art Fair, New York, U.S.A.
  • The Volta 4 Show, fa project gallery, Basel, Switzerland
  • Out of the Spotlight, Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, New York, U.S.A
  • Art at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, The New School Kellen Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
  • Art Chicago, CRG Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
  • Tokyo Art Fair, Pekin Fine Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • Constant Stream, China Now-UK’s largest festival of Chinese culture, Helen Hamlyn Centre at Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • Dare to Struggle Dare to Win: Emerging Artists from the Chinese Diaspora, Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
  • 2007 You Can’t Touch This: The New Asian Art, Zone: Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York, USA
  • SHcontemporary Art Fair, CRG Gallery, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
  • Chinese Eroticism, 456 Gallery, New York, USA
  • Surge, tour show in 798 Festival, Dashanzi, Beijing, China
  • Dream Place, A-Space, Beijing, China
  • Rejected Collection Art Exhibition, Ke Center for Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China
  • 2006 Mahjong Contemporary Chinese from the Sigg Collection, Kunsthalle Museum, Hamburg, Germany
  • MoCA Shanghai Envisagel– Entry Gate: Chinese Aestherics of Heterogeneity, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
  • Duolun Exhibition of Young Artist, Duolun Museum, Shanghai, China
  • Looking at the Other, ISE Foundation, New York, U.S.A
  • Cantonese Artists in the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland
  • Purity and Innocence, Neuhoff Gallery, New York, U.S.A
  • Metropolis Rise: New Art from London, temporarycomporary, Dashanzi Festival, Beijing, China
  • Art Rotterdam, Domobaal Gallery, Rotterdam, Holland
  • 2005 Preview Berlin, Domobaal Gallery, Berlin, Germany
  • Chicago Contemporary Classic Art Fair, Museum Work, Chicago, U.S.A.
  • It’s a Wrap, Photo Do Not Bend Gallery, Texas, U.S.A
  • Imagin a World, OXO Tower Wharf barge house, London, UK
  • Crime, Artist net work gallery, New York, U.S.A
  • 2004 On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Photography and Video, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, U.S.A.
  • XS – an invitational exhibition, fa project Gallery, London, UK
  • Who Am I, 456 Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
  • Standing On the Edge, Hiscox Gallery, London, UK
  • Best of Royal College of Art Degree Show, Davis Langdon Gallery, London, UK
  • Summer Show, Hoopers Gallery, London, UK
  • The Progressive Development Plan, The Empire, London, UK
  • Portobello Film Festival, The Portobello Film Institute, London, UK
  • EMERGEANDSEE, tour show in Trafo Kortars Muveszetek Haza, Budapest, Hungary and Kino international, Berlin, Germany
  • Vector, L’Espace des Blancs Manteaux, Paris, France
  • 2003 Essen Art Festival, Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
  • Chinese Art Today, Millennium Monument Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • Detour, Neon Gallery, London, UK
  • The Art of Contemporary Asian Women: If The Shoe Fits, Fisher Art Studio, Bard College, New York
  • Timeshare, OXO Tower Wharf barge house, London, UK
  • Umea Video/Performance/Music Festival, Umea, Gallery 60, Sweden
  • RCA Film Night, 291 Gallery, London, UK
  • Photography Open Competition, AOP Gallery, London, UK
  • 2002 Vanishing, East73 Gallery, London, UK
  • Generator, L’Espace des Blancs Manteaux, Paris, France
  • Emerge and See – short film screening, Curzon Soho Cinema, London, UK
  • Orange/Dazed & Confused Big Break New Talent Awards Exhibition, Great Eastern Hotel, London,UK
  • Paris-San Francisco: One Exhibition Two Sites, Somarts Gallery, San Francisco and Glaz’Art, Paris, France
  • 48 Student Neukoelln Art and Culture Festival, Berlin, Germany
  • Behind the Closed Door, Seven Worcester Terrace Gallery, Bath, UK
  • Visual Art in Nunnery 2002, Nunnery Gallery, London UK
  • 2001 The Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toal Gallery, Boston, U.S.A
  • Deal With It, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A
  • Synaesthesia Film Night, Chats Palace Art Center, London, UK
  • Challenge The Nail, Salon des Arts, London, UK
  • The 8th Annual Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A
  • Eel, The Rhythm Factory, London, UK
  • 2000 Skin and Words, Artists Space, Hauts de Cagnes, France
  • Er-Chang Age, Wan Fung Gallery, Beijing, China
  • Contemporary Photography from China, Cypress College and BC Space Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
  • Winter Sunshine, Panorama Gallery, Beijing, China

Awards, Honors and Lectures

  • 2010 Visual Art Academy, Abrons Arts Center, New York, U.S.A.
  • Nominated for the Prix Picet Photography Awards, London, UK
  • Five times Guest Lecturer for New York University, New York, U.S.A.
  • Three times Visiting Artist, public program and artist workshop, Queens Museum of Art, New York, U.S.A.
  • 2009 First selected artist for the Artist in Residency program at the Queen’s Museum of Art, New York, U.S.A.
  • Guest Lecturer for Queens Library, New York, U.S.A.
  • Guest Lecturer for University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
  • Guest Lecturer for Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Shanghai, China
  • Guest Lecturer for Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China
  • Guest Lecturer for Beijing Fashion Institute, Beijing, China
  • Guest Lecturer for Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, Guangzhou, China
  • Nominated for the KLM Paul Huf Photography Award, Amsterdam, Netherland
  • O Zhang’s autobiography: “An Empire Where The Moon Light Never Fades (published by Shanghai Art and Literature Publishing House)”was on Best Seller List for four weeks, Guangzhou, China
  • Guest of “Feng Yan Feng Yu” Evening Talk Show, Shanghai TV Station, Shanghai, China
  • Guest of “Guangzhou Today” Evening Talk Show, Guangzhou TV Station, Guangzhou, China
  • 2008 Bellagio Center Artist Fellowship, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, U.S.A.
  • Featured in a feature-length documentary: “The Rising Tide”, screened at Max protetch Gallery and Hirshhorn Museum among other locations, NY/Washington DC, U.S.A.
  • Invited artist for the Tribeca Film Festival Art Award, Tribeca Film Festival, New York, U.S.A.
  • Nominated for Art Matters Spring Grant, Art Matters Foundation, New York, USA
  • Invited Lecturer for “Places at the Table” symposium, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, U.S.A.
  • Artist talk at Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Organized by Asia Society and Museum, Asian Contemporary Art Week, New York, U.S.A.
  • 2007 Nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award, New York, USA
  • Final short-listed for Creative Capital Awards, New York, USA
  • Nominated for the 2007 Visual Art Grant, The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York, USA
  • Selected artist for a feature-length documentary: “Seasons of MacDowell”, to celebrate the MacDowell Centennial, screened at the Museum of Modern Art among other locations, New York, U.S.A.
  • Guest Lecturer and Visiting Tutor at Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
  • 2006 Nominated for Chinese Contemporary Art Awards( CCAA), Beijing, China
  • Winner of RCA Photography Graduate Award, Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • Art Residency of The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, U.S.A
  • 2005 Nominated for Beck’s Future, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London, UK
  • 2004 Mathews Wrightson Awards 2004, Mathews Wrightson Educational Trust, London UK
  • Royal College of Art Fine Art Student Awards 2004, London, UK
  • Short-listed for Design for Our Future Selves Awards 2004, The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, London, UK
  • 2003 Wilson Centre for Photography Fellowship, Wilson Centre For Photography, London, UK
  • The Chinese Student Awards, The Great Britain-China Educational Trust, London, UK
  • Royal College of Art Fine Art Student Awards 2003, London, UK
  • The Sir Richard Stapley Awards 2003, The Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust, London, UK
  • Marthews Wrightson Award 2003, Marthews Wrightson Educational Trust, London, UK
  • Guest Lecturer and Visiting Tutor at Derby School of Art and Design, Derby, UK.
  • 2002 Fuji Film Student Awards 2002, London, UK
  • The Hackney Parochial Awards, Hackney Parochial Charities, London, UK
  • Eaton Fund for Artist, Eaton Charities, London, UK
  • 2001 Top six for Orange/Dazed & Confused Big Break New Talent Awards, Dazed and Confused Fashion Magazine, London
  • Art Award 2001, Ray Trust Charity, London, UK
  • 1989 Young Artist Representative for China, Asian-Pacific Children’s Convention (APCC), Fukuoka, Japan

Public and Private Collections

  • Guggenheim Museum art collection, NY
  • Santa Barbara Museum art collection, CA
  • Vancouver Art Gallery art collection, Vancouver, Canada
  • Clifford Chance art collection, London
  • Millennium Monument Art Museum art collection, Beijing
  • Uli Sigg art collection, Mauensee, Switzerland

Selected Bibliography

  • 2010 Fokus Lodz Biennial, by Richard Unwin, Frieze Magazine, Dec 2010, London, UKO Zhang’s show at Forever & Today, interview by Tian Tian, Sino TV News, Dec 9th, 2010, New York, U.S.A.
  • Young Artist O Zhang’s solo show in Chinatown, by Lin Jing, The China Press, Dec 5th 2010, New York, U.S.A.
  • O My! O Zhang’s Provocative Photos, by Peter Davis, Paper Magazine, July 19, 2010, New York, USA
  • O Zhang’s Art, Safari, interviewed by Marit C. Lie for The National Broadcasting of Norway TV Station, May 8th 2010, Norway
  • The 3rd New Asia Film Festival, Dawa News, May 17, 2010, Vancouver, Canada
  • It Gets Personal at The 3rd New Asia Film Festival, Philippine Asian News Today, May 15, 2010, Vancouver, Canada
  • O Zhang, Perception & Reality, by John Millichap, p84-91, issue 20, Spring 2010, OjodePez Photo Magazine, Madrid, Spain
  • Piccadilly Revisited at the Linbury Royal Opera House, by Donald Hutera, The Times, April 5th, 2010, London, U.K.
  • Queens Museum Voices Project, WNYC, National Public Radio, April 20, 2010, New York, USA
  • O Zhang — The Fairytale of a Cinderella, by Chen Xianfa, Xinmin Newspaper, March 13th, Shanghai, China
  • March 7th Evening News, Sino TV Station, New York, U.S.A.
  • O Zhang’s Art, by Rubin Chen, China Press Newspaper, March 8th, New York, U.S.A.
  • For Former World’s Fair Ice Rink, Fragments of an Afterlife, by Karen Rosenberg, The New York Times, Jan 18, 2010, New York, U.S.A.
  • 2009 Super Sized for the First Time, by Leah Sandals, National Post Newspaper, August 6th 2009, Toronto, Canada
  • New Public Art Installation Is Child’s Play, by Kevin Griffin, The Vancouver Sun, August 5th, 2009, Vancouver, Canada
  • O Zhang: New World Order, Summer issue 2009, Canadian Art Magazine, Vancouver, Canada
  • Hair, Book written by Meredith Jones, May 2009, Trunk Books Publishing House, Sydney, Australia
  • My Art Dream, Yu Yue Fashion Magazine, issue 58, July 20, 2009, Beijing, China
  • On The Horizon, Artist pick, by Su Shi, iLook Fashion Magazine, issue 131, May 2009, Beijing , China
  • Glowing in the Shadow, Surface Fashion Magazine, issue 4, spring, 2009, Beijing, China
  • My Home, The Moon Light Never Fades, Southern Daily Newspaper, by Xiao Yang, April 23, 2009, Guangzhou China
  • International Adoption: Love Beyond Borders, Elegance Fashion Magazine, by Lisa, March 15, 2009, issue 46, Beijing, China
  • The Edge of Desire, Asian Art News, March/April, 2009, U.S.A.
  • Moon Light Princess, From Central Academy to Royal College of Art, Ming Pai Magazine, by Lin En, March 13, 2009, Guangzhou, China
  • O Zhang’s Lecture at Central Academy of Arts, Concierge (Japanese Magazine in China), March 2009, Beijing, China
  • Love For Art Never Fades, by Li Jing, Beijing Today Newspaper, Feb 13 2009, issue 402, Beijing, China
  • Zhang O’s Art, Guangzhou TV News Channel, Feb 3 2009, Guangzhou, China
  • A Chinese Doll on the Horizon, by Wu Huiwen, Bund Magazine, Feb 12 2009 issue 321, Shanghai, China
  • Zhang O: A Betrayer to Painting, by Du Zheng, The First Newspaper, Jan 15 2009, Beijing, China
  • A Balance of Politics and Art—— O Zhang’s critique of the state, with just the right amount of humor, by Joe Bendik, Chelsea Clinton Newspaper, January 1, 2009, New York, U.S.A.
  • The Art of Interpreting Doublespeak World Capitals Art Calling on Chelsea in Three Shows, by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Chelsea Now Newspaper, New York, U.S.A.
  • 2008 O Zhang Shoots her Own Cultural Revolution, by Daniel Kunitz, Village Voice, Dec 23rd, 2008,New York
  • Will The Party Soon Be Over For The Frieze Crowd?—— O Zhang: 10 of the best in Frieze Art Fair, by Ben Lewis, Evening Standard, Oct 17 2008, London, UK
  • New China New Art, book written by Richard Vine (managing editor of Art in America magazine), Prestel Publishing House, Sep 2008, New York, U.S.A.
  • Mahjong exhibition catalogue, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Sep 2008, California, U.S.A.
  • “Beijing Competes with New York for Art Glory” New York Public Radio interview on Xu Bing and O Zhang, August 9th, 2008, New York, U.S.A.
  • Daddy & I, BH Magazino, August 17th 2008, issue 409, Athens, Greece
  • Chineseness: Collecting Contemporary Art, Uli Sigg and Guy Ullens, International Photo Magazine, Issue Number Six, P18, P28 & P29, Ivory Press, UK and Spain, July, 2008
  • China Mania: Multiple Images of a Rising Power, Urban China magazine, 29th issue July 2008, Beijing, China
  • O Zhang, Tips and Picks directory, July-August issue, NY Arts Magazine, New York, U.S.A
  • Olympics ban cannot break Beijing’s love for Chinglish, Reuters News, July 15th 2008, Beijing, China
  • 2008 Asian Contemporary Art Week Report, Art Investment Magazine, April 2008, Taiwan
  • Art’s Forum, Fashion Week Daily, April 29, 2008, New York, U.S.A.
  • Tribeca Film Festival catalogue, Art Award, March 2008, New York, USA
  • Red Aside, Joan Miro Foundation Art Catalogue, March 2008, Barcelona, Spain
  • The Rising Tide Documentary by Robert Adanto-interview with Zhang O, Saatchi online TV, March 2008
  • O Zhang artist talk at Chi’I contemporary fine art, WPS1 Art Radio (internet station of P.S.1 contemporary Art Center), March 27, 2008, New York, U.S.A
  • 2007 O Zhang, cover and text for Chinese Photographer Magazine, issue 138, Nov 2007, Beijing, China
  • O Zhang at Pekin Fine Art, Exhibition of the Week, Bitesize Beijing Time Out, July 26, 2007, Beijing, China
  • O Zhang, Art Review, artkrush.com, issue 62, 2007.7, New York, USA
  • Stacey Duff on Zhang O at Pekin Fine Art, Saatchi Gallery online daily magazine, June 27, 2007
  • Barbara Pollack on Zhang O at Pekin Fine Art, Saatchi Gallery online daily magazine, June, 2007
  • Facing Face, The Meaning of Faces in Chinese Contemporary Photography, by Yang Xiao Yan, Chinese Photography Magazine, issue 6, 2007, Beijing, China
  • O Zhang’s Work is a Must See, The Modern & Contemporary Design Blog, Mocoloco.com, June 8, 2007
  • Reflection In a Chinese Mirror, by Richard Vine, Art in America Magazine, May 2007, New York, USA
  • Interview of O Zhang, UK Art Education website, May 2007, London, UK
  • 2006 Interview with three Mahjong artists-Xue Minjun, Zhou Xiaohu and O Zhang, Szene Magazine, Fall Issue, 2006, Hamburg, Germany
  • MoCA Shanghai Envisagel– Entry Gate: Chinese Aestherics of Heterogeneity catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
  • Duolun Exhibition of Young Artist catalogue, Duolun Museum, Shanghai, China
  • Kunstmuseum Bern exhibition review, ART iT magazine, Issue 11, April 2006, Tokyo, Japan
  • Guangzhou, Kunstmuseum Bern catalogue, Feb 2006, Bern, Switzerland
  • 2005 Imagine A World, Art Review, Metro, 1st December, 2005, London, UK Imagine A World, Guardian.co.uk/Art, 28th November, 2005, London, UK
  • Imagine A World, Art Review, The Guide-Guardian, 25th Nov 2005, London, UK
  • Hackney Gazette, 22nd September, 2005, London, UK
  • Daddy & I, Flux 50th issue special Sept/Oct, 2005, London, UK
  • Daddy & I, The Big Issue magazine, September 19-25, 2005, No. 660, London, UK
  • 2004 Exhibitions in Manhattan, The World Daily, 9th Nov 2004, New York, U.S.A.
  • Shows in Manhattan, The China Press, 9th Nov 2004, New York, U.S.A.
  • Art & Culture, Sing Tao Daily, 9th Nov 2004, New York, U.S.A.
  • 10:00pm News-Who Am I exhibition, Sino TV Channel, 8th Nov 2004, New York, U.S.A.
  • Art Review XS Exhibition, Time Out London, July 2004, Issue No.1768, London, UKRoyal College of Art Show 2004 – fresh perspectives on contemporary photography, Hot Shoe Magazine, June/July 2004, Issue No. 130, London, UK
  • Zhang O – in transit, Yishu Magazine- journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Sep 2004, Fall issue, Vancouver, Canada
  • Contemporary Photography 2004, Guardian Saturday colour supplement, Saturday 29th May 2004, Guardian, London, UK
  • 2003 Essen Art Festival, Folkwang Museum Catalogue, Nov 2003, Essen, Germany
  • Chinese Art Today – exhibition, Beijing Publishing House and Beijing Photographic Art Publishig House, May 2003, Beijing, China
  • 2002 Artist O Zhang, Ms Chen Di An broadcast interview, BBC News World Service Chinese Section, May 2002, London, UK
  • 100 Review book — 100 reviews of contemporary art exhibitions in London, Edited by Matthew Arnatt, Alberta Press, Cornerhouse, April 2002, London, UK
  • Angel Magazine, Arts Focus, Issue 56, March 2002, London, UK
  • Create, Art, Monday 19, March 2002, no. 19, London, UK
  • Chinese Art Today, Beijing Publishing House and Beijing Photographic Art Publishing House, Feb 2002, Beijing, China
  • 2000 Support to Chinese New Art, Beijing Publishing House, Jun 2000, Beijing, China
  • Dream & Reality, Chinese Photography Magazine Issue 247, Jan 2000, Beijing, China
  • 1999 A Visible Spirit — Contemporary Photography from the People’s Republic of China, B.C. Space Gallery Catalogue, July 1999, Los Angeles, U.S.A.