Zhang Yirong China, b. 1979
Zhang Yirong was born in 1979 in Shaanxi, China. She first received her training in classical Chinese ink painting at a young age from her father, Zhang Xiubiao. In 2001 she obtained her BA from Communication University of China, Beijing and an MA from Peking University in 2008. Upon graduation, she practiced ink painting and has created meticulous works that display her ability to capture painted subjects in exquisite and analytical details.
Her art, which often feature a feminine sensitivity and natural style, is swept up in a wide range of classical influences and inspirations from the Song and Yuan Dynasties, particularly the Song Dynasty artistic tradition of direct observation. Zhang’s elegantly wrought compositions avoid hackneyed themes and instead focus on an organic source of perfected beauty.
She is known for her quietly sophisticated butterfly and flower painting. Her work is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States.
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Born in Shaanxi |
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Recevieved training in classical ink panting at a young age from father, Zhang Xiubiao |
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| 2001 |
BA from Communication University of China, Beijing, China |
| 2008 |
MA from Peking University |
| Present |
Lives in Beijing |
Selected Exhibitions
| 2022 |
She/Her/Hers: Women in the Arts of China，Harn Museum of Art, |
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University of Florida，USA |
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2021 |
Ink Dreams ,Selections from the Fondation INK Collection, |
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Los Angekes County Museum of Art, USA |
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| 2020 |
Dreaming Together: New-York Historical Society and Asia Society， |
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New York, USA |
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ART021 SHANGHAI, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong |
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| 2019 | Song ceramics and Paintings, Art Institute of Chicago, USA |
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Buddha and Flower, GAWA Gallery, New York, USA |
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Woman＋Ink/China＋Hongkong ,Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong |
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| 2018 | Flower and Butterfly, GAWA Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2017 |
Buddha and Flower, U Space,SuZhou, China |
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One with the Universe, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong |
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Shanxi Gaoping Kaihua Temple Wall Painting Exhibition, Arthur M.Sackler Museum of Art and Arthaeology at Peking University ,Beijing ,China |
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Ink painting of Zhang Yirong, Moscow, Russia |
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| 2016 |
The Chinese Porcelain Company, Asia Week New York, USA |
| 2015 |
SHUIMO/Water Ink, A Selling Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary |
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Ink Paintings at Sotheby’s, S2 GALLERY, New York, USA |
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Art basel HongKong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong |
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| 2014 |
Beyond the Jade, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong |
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As Above So Below, Lucie Chang Fine Arts, Hong Kong |
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Meditations in Nature, Ben Brown Fine Arts Hong Kong |
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Asia Week New York 2014, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, USA |
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| 2013 |
Ink paintings by Constance Fong and Yirong Zhang: The Chinese Porcelain |
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Company, New York, USA |
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Asia Week New York 2013, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, USA |
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| 2012 |
Ink paintings by Constance Fong and Yirong Zhang, |
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The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, USA |
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Asia Week New York 2012, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, USA |
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| 2011 |
Asia Week New York 2011, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, USA |
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Another Landscape, Edge Gallery , Hong Kong |
Public collections and Exhibitions
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, USA
Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
