Zhang Xin (artist)
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Zhang Xin is a contemporary Chinese
romanticism
and abstract
painter
. She has made a Dream of Flight series of paintings, which are often monochromatic, stylized soul
s of abstract flora, usually with cracked subjects, high contrast colors, to express her understanding of abstract romanticism dream world.
in China's Jilin province
in 1953. She came of age during the 1960s and 70s political upheavals known as the Cultural Revolution
, which exerted a certain influence on her early painting. In 1979, she graduated from the [China Academy of Arts[www.chinaacademyofart.com]] in the city of Hangzhou
in Zhejiang province
, then started her career as an art editor of [Shandong Pictural|http://www.sdhbs.com.cn] and a painted traditional Chinese painting. Like Wang Guangyi, Xu Beihong and Wu Guanzhong, Zhang Xiaogang is becoming to the best-selling contemporary Chinese artists and is a favorite of European collectors.
He is represented in Beijing
and Paris
, Boston
, New York
and Blossom Art Collection in Los Angeles.
and Dali
are influences. Zhang said: "I read in a book once a few words by British experimental artist Eduardo Paolozzi, which were very influential for me: 'a person can very easily have the right idea, but choose the wrong means to express it. Or he can have the right means, but lack a clear idea.'"
China
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romanticism
Romanticism
Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
and abstract
Abstract art
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
. She has made a Dream of Flight series of paintings, which are often monochromatic, stylized soul
Soul
A soul in certain spiritual, philosophical, and psychological traditions is the incorporeal essence of a person or living thing or object. Many philosophical and spiritual systems teach that humans have souls, and others teach that all living things and even inanimate objects have souls. The...
s of abstract flora, usually with cracked subjects, high contrast colors, to express her understanding of abstract romanticism dream world.
Life and career
Zhang was born in the city of JilinJilin
Jilin , is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. Jilin borders North Korea and Russia to the east, Heilongjiang to the north, Liaoning to the south, and Inner Mongolia to the west...
in China's Jilin province
Jilin
Jilin , is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. Jilin borders North Korea and Russia to the east, Heilongjiang to the north, Liaoning to the south, and Inner Mongolia to the west...
in 1953. She came of age during the 1960s and 70s political upheavals known as the Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...
, which exerted a certain influence on her early painting. In 1979, she graduated from the [China Academy of Arts[www.chinaacademyofart.com]] in the city of Hangzhou
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
in Zhejiang province
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
, then started her career as an art editor of [Shandong Pictural|http://www.sdhbs.com.cn] and a painted traditional Chinese painting. Like Wang Guangyi, Xu Beihong and Wu Guanzhong, Zhang Xiaogang is becoming to the best-selling contemporary Chinese artists and is a favorite of European collectors.
He is represented in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
and Paris
Paris
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, Boston
Boston
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, New York
New York
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and Blossom Art Collection in Los Angeles.
Influences
Western painters including PicassoPablo Picasso
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
and Dali
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain....
are influences. Zhang said: "I read in a book once a few words by British experimental artist Eduardo Paolozzi, which were very influential for me: 'a person can very easily have the right idea, but choose the wrong means to express it. Or he can have the right means, but lack a clear idea.'"
Solo Exhibitions
- 2005 – LA. Web Culture Center, CA
- 2005- America Asia Exhibition Center, San Francisco CA
- 2005 – LA Art Connection Holly Wood, CA
- 2003 – ASSUNTA FOX Gallery Santa Ana, CA
- 2003 – SANDSTONE Gallery Laguna Beach, CA
- 2002 – Flight of Dreams, Lao Dong Fang Gallery, Alhambra, CA
- 2001 - Flight of Dreams (After the Trip to West), Shangdong Press Center, China
- 2000 - Flower’s World, Oriental Gallery, New York
- 2000 - Flower’s World, Boston, Massachusetts & Los Angeles, California
- 1998 - Galerie Cathay, Paris
- 1994 - Dialogue between flowers & Souls, Yiyuan Gallery International, Beijing
- 1993 - Dialogue between flowers & Souls, Shangdong Art Museum, China
Group Exhibitions
- 1999 - Chinese & Korean Art Exposition, Shandong Art Museum, China.
- 1998 - Art Exposition for the Centenary, Beijing University, Beijing
- 1997 - Chinese and French Art Exposition, Shandong Art Museum, China
- 1997 - Chinese Women Artists’ Exposition, Hong Kong
- 1996 - Chinese Buddhist Cultural Art Exposition, China Art Gallery, Beijing
- 1995 - Nanjing Art Museum, China
- 1990 - The 2nd National Sports Art Exposition, China Art Gallery, Beijing
- 1979 - Zhejiang Exhibition Hall, Hangzhou, China
- 1974 - Chinese Painting Exposition, Tokyo
Prizes and awards
- 1998 - Winner, World Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Competition, China Art Gallery, Beijing
- 1997 - Winner, Australian Prix Competition of Wengzhenru Cup, Sidney
- 1997 - Honored Artist, the 1st National Exposition of Elaborate Works of Chinese Painting, China Art Gallery, Beijing
- 1988 - Winner, Grant Prix Award of Chinese Paintings, Hong Kong