Born in 1988, Beijing, China
Lives and works between Beijing, Shanghai, China and New York, USA
EDUCATION
2013
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Fine Arts
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA
2010
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Studio Art, minor in Art History
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
A Journey of Unbound Mind to the Worldly Wanderings (乘物以遊心), curated by Zhaoqi Yu, Golden Alchemist Gallery, Yuyao, Ningbo City, Zhejiang, China
Ritual of Repeating Insubstantiality (循環末微的儀式), curated by Ivy Haoying Huang, Chinese American Arts Council Gallery 456, New York, NY, USA
2023
Mirror Portal, NARS Foundation Residency 2023 Season IV Exhibition, NARS Foundation Main Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2017
New Sound — SFK International Art Education Faculty Exhibition, Li Peak Modern MOMA, Beijing, China
2016
Between Senses, curated by Grace Noh, Gallery House, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2015
Shou Qi — Make Object (守器 — 造物), Shijiazhuang Art Museum, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
MiA: Beijing Station:: First Chapter, DDC Space, Beijing, China
5 en Sync, Shi Yu Tang Art Space, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
GoArt Festival, Zhonghai Plaza, Beijing, China
2014
Group Velocity, curated by Summer Guthery, Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY, USA
330 Bond Street Art Show, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2013
WE OBJECT, curated by Wallace Whitney, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2012
Summer Residency Exhibition, Pantocrator Gallery, M50 Art District, Shanghai, China
2010
Printmaking Exhibition, Tabler Art Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY, USA
2009
ARS 351 PAINTING SHOW, Tabler Art Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY, USA
AWARD / RESIDENCY
2025
June Artist-in-Residence, Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan (forthcoming)
2024
Fourth Quarter (October - December) Artist-in-Residence, GlogauAIR Artist in Residence, Berlin, Germany
April Artist-in-Residence, SÍM Residency (Association of Icelandic Visual Artists AiR Program), Reykjavik, Iceland
2023
Season IV (October - December) Artist-in-Residence, NARS Foundation International Artists Residency, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2012
Summer (July - August) Artist-in-Residence, Pantocrator Gallery, M50 Art District, Shanghai, China
2010
Mural Artist Award, Stony Brook University Melville Library Mural Project, Stony Brook, NY, USA
PUBLICATION / PRESS
2024
GAG Artist Conversation x Chi Zhang, interview by Golden Alchemist Gallery, Chinese, September 24, 2024
STORIES & INSIGHTS: Meet Chi Zhang, interview by CanvasRebel Magazine, Digital Art Magazine, English, April 8, 2024
2015
Shou Qi — Make Object (守器 — 造物), Exhibition Catalogue, Hebei Art Press, China, Chinese, November, 2015
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 - 2023
Director of Fine Arts and Illustration Department, Art Educator, Artist Lecturer, and Art Curriculum Consultant @ Maxsine International Art Education, Beijing, China
2019
Educator @ Connecting Collections: Integrating Modern and Contemporary Art into the Classroom, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA
2018 - 2020
Founder, Art Educator, Artist Lecturer, and Art Curriculum Consultant @ UNIC Art Center, Inc., Beijing, China
2016 - 2018
Art Educator and Artist Lecturer @ SFK International Art Education, Beijing, China
2014 - 2016
Artist, Writer and Curator @ MiA Collective Art, New York, NY, USA
2013 - 2014
Studio Assistant and Project Assistant @ Xu Bing Studio, Inc., Brooklyn, NY, USA
2012
Digital Archivist and Benefit Auction Coordinator @ White Box, New York, NY, USA
2011
Gallery Assistant @ Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
2010
Gallery Assistant @ Stony Brook University Art Gallery, Stony Brook, NY, USA
2010
Gallery Assistant @ Lawrence Alloway Memorial Art Gallery, Stony Brook, NY, USA