Zhang Jianglian

Zhang Jianglian, female, artist, born in Liaoning, works and resides in Beijing.

Member of the China Artists Association, Member of the Chinese Fine Arts Society, Visiting Scholar at the New York Academy of Art, Honorary Doctorate from the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, Mentor of the Advanced Research Class on Chinese Painting at Tsinghua University, Guest Professor at Northeastern University, Guest Professor at Hebei Academy of Fine Arts, National First-Class Artist, Council Member of the China Painting Art Research Association under the Ministry of Culture, Council Member of the Asian Art Alliance, Council Member of the China International Art Exchange Promotion Association, Signed Artist of the CCTV Painting and Calligraphy Channel, Special Appointed Artist of Rongbaozhai Academy of Painting, Special Appointed Artist of Beijing Shi Qi Academy of Painting, Artist at the Hudson Art Center in New York, USA, Director of Xinjing Art Museum.

Founder of Xinjing Chinese Painting. Her works integrate East and West, inherit and innovate, emphasize individuality, and focus on contemporary expression.

Artistic education includes studies at the China National Academy of Painting, Beijing Academy of Painting, and Peking University, specializing in Chinese painting. She was mentored by Shi Qi, Yuan Wu, and Hu Mingzhe.

She graduated successively from the Art Secondary School’s Fine Arts Department, the Sculpture Department of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, and the Graduate Program of the Oil Painting Department at the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

From 2006 to 2010, she resided at “Sujia Village International Art Camp” in Beijing’s contemporary art community. In the summer of 2010, she established the Zhang Jianglian Art Studio in Songzhuang, Beijing, and has since participated in numerous international group exhibitions with Chinese and global artists across the United States, Germany, Rome, the UK, Italy, France, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and other regions. Her works have been selected and awarded over a hundred times in national and international exhibitions, and have been exhibited or collected at the China National Art Museum, provincial art museums, the China National Museum, the 798 Contemporary Art Center, and by renowned international collectors such as Uli Sigg. Publications featuring her work include: Beijing Youth Weekly, Art Overview, Art Focus, Contemporary Chinese Art, and the Large-scale Documentary Commemorative Stamp Album of the New Era.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008   Zhang Jianglian 2008 Contemporary Art Solo Exhibition (Galerie Berlin, Germany)

2009   “Formless Form” Zhang Jianglian Solo Exhibition (Hudson Art Center, New York, USA)

2011   “Void and Wonder” Zhang Jianglian Solo Exhibition (China-German Securities, Beijing)

2022   Zhang Jianglian’s New Chinese Painting Solo Exhibition (Xinjing Art Museum, Beijing)

Selected Group Exhibitions  

2006   Outstanding Graduates Exhibition, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts (Shenyang)

2006   Huan Tie Artists Group Exhibition (Beijing)

2006   Qingzhou – International造型Art Exhibition (Shandong)

2006   Asian Emerging Artists Group Exhibition (Hong Kong)

2007   Sujia Village International Art Group Exhibition (Beijing)

2007   Deviation – Contemporary Artists Group Exhibition (Beijing)

2007   China-Korea Art Exchange Exhibition (Korea, Beijing)

2007   “In Progress” Contemporary Painting Exhibition (Beijing)

2007   Art Beijing 2007 Contemporary Art Fair (Beijing)

2007   Beijing Gallery Fair (Beijing)

2007   China-Germany Artists Joint Exhibition, Hamburg, Germany (Germany)

2007   3rd China Songzhuang Cultural Festival (Beijing)

2008   Sujia Village International Art Group Exhibition (Beijing)

2008   Shanghai Art Fair – International Contemporary Art Exhibition (Shanghai)

2008   Central Academy of Fine Arts Graduate Course Class Exhibition (Beijing)

2008   Beijing 798 International Art Festival (Beijing)

2008   Collection – Nomination Exhibition of Contemporary Sculptors (Beijing)

2008   Olympic Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary Art (Beijing)

2008   Entering New York – Invitation Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Artists (USA)

2009   Reconstructing Eastern Context – Artist Invitation Exhibition (Beijing)

2009   Sujia Village International Art Festival (Beijing)

2009   State – Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition (Nanjing)

2009   Florence Biennale (Italy)

2009   Beijing 798 International Art Festival (Beijing)

2009   5th China Songzhuang Cultural Festival (Beijing)

2010   Very Contact Contemporary Art Exhibition (Beijing)

2010   Between the Lines – First China-Korea Contemporary Art Small Format Exhibition (Beijing)

2010   6th China Songzhuang Cultural Festival (Beijing)

2011   World Chinese Abstract Art Grand Exhibition (Beijing)

2011   7th China Songzhuang Cultural Festival (Beijing)

2012   Beijing 798 International Art Festival (Beijing)

2012   8th China Songzhuang Cultural Festival (Beijing)

2015   Form and Spirit, Nature: Ink Figure Sketching Exhibition by Artists of Yuan Wu’s Studio (Beijing)

2015   “Silk Road, Splendid Gansu” 9th China Western Landscapes Chinese Painting and Oil Painting Exhibition (China Artists Association) (Gansu)

2016   “Beautiful Chinese Dream, Colorful Yunnan Sentiment” National Chinese Painting Exhibition (China Artists Association) (Yunnan)

2016   “Holding Hands in Clear Breeze” Chinese Painting Fan Exhibition (Beijing)

2016   Hanmo Qingzhou 2016 National Chinese Painting Exhibition {China Artists Association} (Shandong)

2016   “Era” China International Art Joint Exhibition (Beijing)

2016   “Promoting Tradition, Glorifying China” “Belt and Road” National Invitation Exhibition of Great Calligraphers and Painters (Beijing)

2016   2016 National Youth Artists Academic Banquet (Beijing)

2016   Commemoration of the 95th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China – Liaoning Artists Association Exhibition (Shenyang)

2017   Shangshang International Art Museum 10th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition (Beijing)

2017   “Promoting Tradition, Glorifying China” “Belt and Road” National Invitation Exhibition of Great Calligraphers and Painters (Hainan)

2017   13th PLA National Fine Art Exhibition {Ministry of Culture, China Artists Association, Central Military Commission} (Beijing)

2017   Special Appointed Artists Exhibition of Beijing Shi Qi Academy of Painting (Beijing)

2017   “Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Return” Hong Kong Contemporary Art Exhibition (Hong Kong)

2017   Art Grassland – National Chinese Painting Exhibition {China Artists Association} (Inner Mongolia)

2018   “Sacred Changbai” National Chinese Painting Exhibition (China Artists Association) (Jilin)

2018   Hanmo China – National Masters Exhibition (Beijing)

2018   “Century Ink, True to Colors” National Invitation Exhibition of Outstanding Painters (Tianjin)

2018   “Celebrating Mid-Autumn, Honoring National Day” Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting Masters Exhibition (Beijing)

2019   2nd Jianghai Gate Leading to the World National Chinese Painting Exhibition (China Artists Association) (Jiangsu)

2019   13th National Art Exhibition – Liaoning Zone {Liaoning Artists Association, China Artists Association} (Liaoning)

2019   1st Hainan Province Chinese Painting Society Master Invitation Exhibition (Hainan Artists Association) (Hainan)

2020   Tongyuan – 2nd Chinese Painting Exhibition (China Artists Association) (Shandong)

2020   Earth Art Museum Project Exhibition (Hunan)

2021   Spiritual Code – 2nd International Art Joint Exhibition (Beijing)

2021   “Era’s New Summit” 4th China 100 Artists Exhibition (Beijing)

2021   12th China Songzhuang Cultural Festival (Beijing)

2021   Invitation Exhibition of Chinese Art Masters (Beijing)

2022   Gaze – Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition (Rome)

2022   “Celebrating the 20th National Congress, Singing Praises of the Party through Painting and Calligraphy” National Master Exhibition (Beijing)

2022   National Recommended Art Masters Exhibition (Shandong)

2022   “Innovation” Global Contemporary Art Joint Exhibition (Beijing)

2022   Large-scale Documentary Commemorative Stamp Album Chinese Painting Exhibition (Macau)

2022   13th China Songzhuang Cultural Festival (Beijing)

2022   2022 Hong Kong Contemporary Art Exhibition (Hong Kong)

2022   “Year of the Rabbit Welcomes Spring, Ink and Color Celebrates the New Year” National Calligraphy and Painting Masters Exhibition (Beijing)