BIOGRAPHY
Zhang Moliu is a contemporary artist whose unique style is both direct and enigmatic. Born in 1984 and currently living in Beijing, she received her MFA from the School of Art and Design at Alfred University, NYS, and her BA from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Over the past 10 years, she has focused on exploring different forms of painting. Her artworks are highly regarded for their exceptional use of color and distinctive portrayals of two recurring girl characters. Through imaginative, narrative images, she skillfully unveils the inherent absurdity and contradictory nature of the self, showcasing its disorder and uncertainty.
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Education
2007–2009 MFA in Electronic Integrated Art, School of Art and Design at Alfred University, New York
State, USA
2002–2006 BA in Digital Media, Digital Media Studio of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Schoo of Design, Beijing, China
Award
2021/2022 Excellence Prize, the 36th Chelsea International Fine Arts Competition
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Say Cheese, OFOTO Gallery & AN ART Space, Shanghai
2021 The Bubble of Soul, MOU Art, 798 Art District, Beijing
2020 Arachne, OFOTO Gallery & AN ART Space, Shanghai
2016 Cold Memory, OFOTO Gallery & AN ART Space, Shanghai
Exhibitions & Projects
2023 Soft Light, Aimer Art Museum, Beijing
2022 My! About me—Women’s Theme Art Exhibition, Enjoy Art Museum, Beijing
2022 Group show of Award-winning works of the 36th Chelsea International Fine Arts Competition,
Agora Gallery, NYC, USA
2022 The 1st Annual METAVERSE@VENICE, Venice
2022 Fresh Spring, MOUart, 798 Art District, Beijing
2021 M3 Art Camping Festival, M WOODS Museum, 798 Art District, Beijing
2021 100m Above The Ground, CHAO Sanlitun, Beijing
2021 The Yellow Box Open Exhibition, Yellow Box Museum, Qingdao
2021 BonJour Art Book Fair, Himalayas Museum, Shanghai
2020 Zhang Moliu & Zhaohong Dual Exhibition, Easyart, Shimao Building, Shanghai
2019 LuHan Wish Season, Mood Museum, 798 Art District, Beijing
2018 The Fool’s Art Project, Will Space, 798 Art District, Beijing
2017 The Memory of 40 Degrees, Shanghai Dream Center
2017 Art Nova 100, Beijing
2017 Chasing light, Will Space, Beijing
2015 As Boundless as the Sea and the Sky, Hi21 Young Art Fair, Beijing
2015 Image, OFOTO Gallery & AN ART Space, Shanghai
2015 Water, OFOTO Gallery & AN ART Space, Shanghai
2014 12 Artists, 76 Pieces of Works on Paper, Art Season Gallery, Beijing
STATEMENT
I wish to unleash upon the canvas the fears, desires, and ineffable subtleties trapped within my heart. Though my paintings often take the form of portraiture, I am less interested in reproducing the literal likeness of a figure than in placing her within a particular context so that she might undergo an experience on my behalf. At times, I find it both perilous and thrilling to lay bare my innermost workings in this way, as though standing naked before the viewer. Yet I yearn deeply for such an exchange.
