O Zhang

Page 1 | Biography

Born: China
Lives: New York

Education
2002-2004 MA Photography, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2000-2001 MA Fine Art, Byam Shaw at Central St. Martins School of Art, London, UK

1996-2000 BA Fine Art, Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China


Solo Exhibitions
2005
My Little Girl, IMT Gallery, London, UK
Horizon, Chinese Art Center, Manchester, UK




Group Exhibitions
2006
Mahjong Contemporary Chinese from the Sigg Collection, Kunsthalle Museum,
Hamburg, Germany
MoCA Shanghai Biennial � Entry Gate: Chinese Aestherics of Heterogeneity,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
Duolun Exhibition of Young Artist, Duolun Museum, Shanghai, China
Looking at the Other, ISE Foundation, New York, U.S.A
Cantonese Artists in the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland
Purity and Innocence, Neuhoff Gallery, New York, U.S.A
Metropolis Rise: New Art from London, temporarycomporary, Shanghai/Beijing, China
Art Rotterdam, Domobaal Gallery, Rotterdam, Holland

2005
Preview Berlin, Domobaal Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Chicago Contemporary Classic Art Fair, Museum Work, Chicago, U.S.A.
It's a Wrap, Photo Do Not Bend Gallery, Texas, U.S.A
Imagin a World, OXO Tower Wharf barge house, London, UK
Crime, Artist net work gallery, New York, U.S.A

2004
On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Photography and Video, Ethan Cohen Fine
Arts, New York, U.S.A.
XS - an invitational exhibition, fa project Gallery, London, UK
Who Am I, 456 Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Standing On the Edge, Hiscox Gallery, London, UK
Best of Royal College of Art Degree Show, Davis Langdon Gallery, London, UK
Summer Show, Hoopers Gallery, London, UK
The Progressive Development Plan, The Empire, London, UK
Portobello Film Festival, The Portobello Film Institute, London, UK
EMERGEANDSEE, tour show in Trafo Kortars Muveszetek Haza, Budapest, Hungary
and Kino International, Berlin, Germany
Vector, L'Espace des Blancs Manteaux, Paris, France

2003
Essen Art Festival, Folkwong Museum, Essen, Germany
Chinese Art Today, Millennium Monument Art Museum, Beijing, China
Detour, Neon Gallery, London, UK
The Art of Contemporary Asian Women: If The Shoe Fits, Fisher Art Studio, Bard College, New York, U.S.A.
Timeshare, OXO Tower Wharf barge house, London, UK
Umea Video/Performance/Music Festival, Umea, Gallery 60, Sweden
RCA Film Night, 291 Gallery, London, UK
Photography Open Competition, AOP Gallery, London, UK

2002
Vanishing, East73 Gallery, London, UK
Generator, L'Espace des Blancs Manteaux, Paris, France
Emerge and See - short film screening, Curzon Soho Cinema, London, UK
Orange/Dazed & Confused Big Break New Talent Awards Exhibition, Great Eastern Hotel, London, UK
Paris - San Francisco: One Exhibition Two Sites, Somarts Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A and Glaz'Art, Paris, France
48 Student Neukoelln Art and Culture Festival, Berlin, Germany
Behind the Closed Door, Seven Worcester Terrace Gallery, Bath, UK
Visual Art in Nunnery 2002, Nunnery Gallery, London UK

2001
The Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toal Gallery, Boston, U.S.A
Deal With It, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A
Synaesthesia Film Night, Chats Palace Art Center, London, UK
Challenge The Nail, Salon des Arts, London, UK
The 8th Annual Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A
Eel, The Rhythm Factory, London, UK

2000
Skin and Words, Artists Space, Hauts de Cagnes, France
Er-Chang Age, Wan Fung Gallery, Beijing, China
Contemporary Photography from The People's Republic of China, Cypress College and BC Space Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A
Winter Sunshine, Panorama Gallery, Beijing, China




Grants/Awards
2006
Winner of RCA Photography Graduate Award, London, UK
Nominated for Chinese Contemporary Art Awards( CCAA), Beijing, China
Art Residency of The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, U.S.A

2005
Nominated for Beck's Future, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London, UK

2004
Mathews Wrightson Awards 2004, Mathews Wrightson Educational Trust, London UK
Royal College of Art Fine Art Student Awards 2004, London, UK
Short listed for Design for Our Future Selves Awards 2004, The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, London, UK

2003
Wilson Centre for Photography Fellowship, Wilson Centre For Photography, London,
The Chinese Student Awards, The Great Britain-China Educational Trust, London, UK
Royal College of Art Fine Art Student Awards 2003, London, UK
The Sir Richard Stapley Awards 2003, The Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust, London, UK
Marthews Wrightson Award 2003, Marthews Wrightson Educational Trust, London, UK
2002
Fuji Film Student Awards 2002, London, UK
The Hackney Parochial Awards, Hackney Parochial Charities, London, UK
Eaton Fund for Artist, Eaton Charities, London, UK

2001
Top six for Orange/Dazed & Confused Big Break New Talent Awards, Dazed and Confused Fashion Magazine, London, UK
Art Award 2001, Ray Trust Charity, London, UK

1989
Young Artist Representative for China, Fukuoka, Japan