O ZhangBorn in 1976
Lives and works in Beijing and New York
Education
2002 - 2004 MA Photography, Royal College of Art, London
2000 - 2001 MA Fine Art, Byam Shaw at Central St. Martins School of Art, London
1996 - 2000 BA Fine Art, Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing
1992 - 1996 Guangzhou Academy of Art Affiliated Middle School, Guangzhou
Solo Exhibitions
2008
O Zhang, CRG Gallery (to be held), New York
2007
Daddy & I, Pekin Fine Art Gallery, Beijing
2005
My Little Girl, IMT Gallery, London
Horizon, Chinese Art Center, Manchester
Group Exhibitions
2008
Aside : Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Joan Miro Museum, BarcelonaDare to Struggle Dare to Win: Emerging Artists from the Chinese Diaspora, Deutsche
Bank Gallery, New York
Future Was Then...So Now What, PAM at Scope Art Fair, New York
Out of the Spotlight, Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, New York
Art Chicago, booth of CRG Gallery, Chicago
Tokyo Art Fair, booth of Pekin Fine Art Gallery, Tokyo
Constant Stream, China Now-UK’s largest festival of Chinese culture, Helen Hamlyn Centre at Royal College of Art, London
2007
Mahjong, Contemporary Chinese art from the Sigg collection, Museum der Moderne,Salzburg
Shcontemporary art fair, CRG gallery, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai
Chinese Eroticism, 456 Gallery, New York
Surge, tour show in 798 Festival, Dashanzi, Beijing and He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen
Dream Place, A-Space, Beijing
You can’t Touch Dis: The New Asian Art, Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York
Rejected Collection, Ke Center for Contemporary Arts, Shanghai
2006
Mahjong Contemporary Chinese art from the Sigg Collection, Kunsthalle Museum, Hamburg
MoCA Envisage– Entry Gate: Chinese Aestherics of Heterogeneity, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Shanghai
Duolun Exhibition of Young Artist, Duolun Museum, Shanghai
Looking at the Other, ISE Foundation, New York
Cantonese Artists in the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum, Bern
Purity and Innocence, Neuhoff Gallery, New York
Metropolis Rise: New Art from London, temporarycomporary, Shanghai/Beijing
Art Rotterdam, Domobaal Gallery, Rotterdam
2005
Preview Berlin, Domobaal Gallery, Berlin
Chicago Contemporary Classic Art Fair, Museum Work, Chicago
It's a Wrap, Photo Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas
Imagine a World, OXO Tower Wharf barge house, London
Crime, Artist net work gallery, New York
2004
On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Photography and Video, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York
XS - an invitational exhibition, fa projects, London
Who Am I, 456 Gallery, New York
Standing On the Edge, Hiscox Gallery, London
Best of Royal College of Art Degree Show, Davis Langdon Gallery, London
Summer Show, Hoopers Gallery, London
The Progressive Development Plan, The Empire, London
Portobello Film Festival, The Portobello Film Institute, London
EMERGEANDSEE, tour show in Trafo Kortars Muveszetek Haza, Budapest
Hungary and Kino International, Berlin
Vector, L'Espace des Blancs Manteaux, Paris
2003
Essen Art Festival, Folkwong Museum, Essen
Chinese Art Today, Millennium Monument Art Museum, Beijing
Detour, Neon Gallery, London
The Art of Contemporary Asian Women: If The Shoe Fits, Fisher Art Studio, Bard College,
New York
Timeshare, OXO Tower Wharf barge house, London
Umea Video/Performance/Music Festival, Umea, Gallery 60, Umeå
RCA Film Night, 291 Gallery, London
Photography Open Competition, AOP Gallery, London
Vanishing, East73 Gallery, London
Generator, L'Espace des Blancs Manteaux, Paris
Emerge and See - short film screening, Curzon Soho Cinema, London
Orange/Dazed & Confused Big Break New Talent Awards Exhibition, Great Eastern Hotel,
London
Paris - San Francisco: One Exhibition Two Sites, Somarts Gallery, San Francisco / Glaz’Art,
Paris
48 Student Neukoelln Art and Culture Festival, Berlin
Behind the Closed Door, Seven Worcester Terrace Gallery, Bath
Visual Art in Nunnery 2002, Nunnery Gallery, London
2001
The Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toal Gallery, Boston
Deal With It, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
Synaesthesia Film Night, Chats Palace Art Center, London
Challenge The Nail, Salon des Arts, London
The 8th Annual Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
Eel, The Rhythm Factory, London
2000
Skin and Words, Artists Space, Hauts de Cagnes
Er-Chang Age, Wan Fung Gallery, Beijing
Contemporary Photography from The People's Republic of China, Cypress College and BC
Space Gallery, Los Angeles
Winter Sunshine, Panorama Gallery, Beijing, China
Publications
2008
New China New Art, written by Richard Vine, Prestel Publishing House, New York
Red Aside, Joan Miro Foundation Art Catalogue, Barcelona
2006
Guangzhou, Kunstmuseum Bern catalogue, Bern
2003
Essen Art Festival, Folkwang Museum Catalogue, Essen
Chinese Art Today , Beijing Publishing House and Beijing Photographic Art
Publishig House Beijing
2002
Chinese Art Today , Beijing Publishing House and Beijing Photographic Art
Publishig House Beijing
100 Review book -- 100 reviews of contemporary art exhibitions in London, Edited by
Matthew Arnatt, Alberta Press, Cornerhouse, London
2000
Support to Chinese New Art, Beijing Publishing House, Beijing
1999
A Visible Spirit -- Contemporary Photography from the People's Republic of China, B.C.
Space Gallery Catalogue, Los Angeles
Selected Bibliography
2007
Richard Vine, ‘reflection In a Chinese Mirror, Art in America, May
Barbara Pollock, ‘Barbara Pollock on Zhang O'. China Photo Magazine, May
Yang Xiao Yan, ‘O Zhang, Daddy & I, The Meaning of Faces in Chinese Contemporary
Photography, Chinese Photography Magazine, June
‘O Zhang at Pekin Fine Art, Exhibition of the Week’, Bitesize Beijing Time Out, July 26
Stacey Duff, ‘O Zhang at Pekin Fine Art’, Saatchi Gallery Online Daily Magazine, June 27
Stacey Duff, ‘O Zhang at Pekin Fine Art’, Time Out Beijing Magazine, June 27
2006
Kunstmuseum Bern exhibition review, ART iT magazine, Issue 11, April
2005
‘Imagine A World’, Guardian.co.uk/Art, November 28
‘Imagine A World’, Art Review, Metro, December 1st
‘Imagine A World’, Art Review, The Guide-Guardian, November 25
Frieze, Issue 94, October
‘Daddy & I’, Flux 50th issue special, September/October
Hackney Gazette, September 22
‘Daddy & I’, The Big Issue magazine, September 19-25
2004
‘Exhibitions in Manhattan’, The World Daily, November 9
‘Art Review XS Exhibition’, Time Out London, July
‘Contemporary Photography 2004’, Guardian Saturday, Saturday May 29
‘Zhang O - in transit’, Yishu Magazine- journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, September
‘Royal College of Art Show 2004 - fresh perspectives on contemporary photography’, Hot
Shoe Magazine, June/July
2002
‘Arts Focus’, Angel Magazine, March
Chen Di An , ‘Artist O Zhang broadcast interview’, BBC News World Service Chinese Section, May
2000
‘Dream & Reality’, Chinese Photography Magazine, January
Awards and Honors
2008
Bellagio Center Artist Fellowship, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York
Artist talk at Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Organized by Asia Society andMuseum, Asian Contemporary Art Week, New York
Featured in: “The Rising Tide”, a feature-length documentary introducing China’s leading photographers and video artists, screened at Max Protetch Gallery, Hirshhorn
Museum among other locations
Invited artist for the Tribeca Film Festival Art Award, Tribeca Film Festival, New York
2007
Guest Artist Lecture at Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, England
Featured in “Seasons of MacDowell”, a feature-length documentary celebrating the MacDowell Artist Colony Centennial, screened at Museum of Modern Art among other locations
2006
Winner of RCA Photography Graduate Award, Royal College of Art, London, UK Art
Residency of The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough
2004
Mathews Wrightson Awards 2004, Wrightson Educational Trust, London
Royal College of Art Fine Art Student Awards 2004, London
2003
Wilson Centre for Photography Fellowship, Wilson Centre For Photography, London
The Chinese Student Awards, The Great Britain-China Educational Trust, London
Royal College of Art Fine Art Student Awards 2003, London
The Sir Richard Stapley Awards 2003, The Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust, London
Marthews Wrightson Award 2003, Wrightson Educational Trust, London
2002
Fuji Film Student Awards 2002, London
The Hackney Parochial Awards, Hackney Parochial Charities, London
Eaton Fund for Artist, Eaton Charities, London
2001
Art Award 2001, Ray Trust Charity, London
1989 Young Artist Representative for China, Fukuoka