Zhang Zixuan (b.1983) is a Chinese visual artist based in Beijing, China. She works mainly in painting, drawing and video. After a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Remin University of China, Zhang received Master of Studio Art in Painting in 2009 from The University of Sydney, Australia, where she also studied film editing and special effects. In 2008 Zhang won the “Life after Five” Art Competition in Australia with awarded scholarship. After graduation Zhang worked as an art writer for China’s national English-language newspaper China Daily and published more than 300 culture-themed articles during her five-year journalism. In 2014 Zhang turned into a professional artist. Her works have been featured both in China and abroad. In April 2015 Zhang attended the art residency in Vallauris of Southern France under invitation and held the conclude exhibition there. In April 2017 Zhang got in the 5th Exhibition for China’s New Talents of Oil Painting, and was invited to attend a three-month art residency program hosted by the Chinese Academy of Oil Painting. In July 2017 Zhang held her first solo exhibition at Shandong Art Museum in Jinan, China. In 2018 Zhang won the scholarship granted by the Art Foundation of Schloss Plüschow for a three-month residence fellowship in Germany. She is one of the five winners selected from hundreds of artist candidates worldwide after three rounds of assessment.
Solo Exhibition
2017 “The Art’s New Edge” Zhang Zixuan’s Solo Exhibition, Shandong Art Museum, Jinan, China
Group Exhibition
2018 Biennale (2016-2018) of the Expressive Painting Studio, Chinese Academy of Oil Painting, Beijing, China
2017 "New Edge" Annual Exhibition, Shandong Art Museum, Jinan, China
2017 Conclude Exhibition of Short-term Art Residency Program, Chinese Academy of Oil Painting, Beijing, China
2017 The 5th Exhibition for China’s New Talents of Oil Painting, Chinese Academy of Oil Painting, Beijing, China
2016 The 4th Exhibition for Nominated Young Artist in Asia, Bird’s Nest Culture Center, Beijing, China
2015 Invitation Exhibition of Outstanding Chinese Artists’ Works, Bird’s Nest Culture Center, Beijing, China
2015 “The Collision inside the Secret Garden at the Museum of Innocence”, Workjam Art Space, Beijing, China
2015 Conclude Exhibition of Artist in Residence of Vallauris, Le Cabanon Gallery, Vallauris, France
2014 "Art Shanghai", 1929 Art Space, Shanghai, China
2008 Postgraduate Degree Show, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2008 "Life after Five", Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia
2008 "Creative Madness", Orson & Blake Gallery, Sydney, Australia
