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1961 |
Born in Shanghai, China. Presently lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. |
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EDUCATION |
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1991 |
MFA San Francisco Art Institute, U.S.A. |
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1984
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BFA Chinese Painting Department, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Art), Hangzhou, China |
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Teaching EXPERIENCE |
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1984-88 |
Taught in the Chinese Painting Department, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China |
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AWARDS & HONORS |
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2010-11
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Artist Excellence Exhibition Series Grant, San Francisco Chinese Cultural Foundation, CA, U.S.A. |
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2008-10
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Rising Forest (site-specific installation, Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort, Singapore, Moshe Safdie and Associates, U.S.A. |
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1989-91 |
First International Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute, CA, U.S.A. |
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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2018 |
Zheng Chongbin: Walking Penumbra, Ink Studio, Beijing, China |
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2017 |
Zheng Chongbin：Clusters of Memory, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, U.S.A. |
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Zheng Chongbin：Asymmetric Emergence, Sundaram Tagore Gallery，New York, U.S.A. |
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2016
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The Pacific Project: Zheng Chongbin, Orange County Museum of Art, California, U.S.A. Structures, Sotheby’s S|2, Hongkong S.A.R, China |
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2015 |
Zheng Chongbin: Wall of Skies, Ink Studio, Beijing, China |
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2014
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Reconstruction Zone, Microsoft China Center One, Beijing, China The Matter Becomes Form: Zheng Chongbin and His Ink Media, Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan |
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2013 |
Zheng Chongbin: Impulse, Matter, Form, Ink Studio, Beijing, China |
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2012
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Negotiating between Light and Ink, Asian Art Center, Beijing, China Amorphous Geometry, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore Ink Phenomenon: Objects of Perception, Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg, Germany |
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Black Wall / White Space, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong S.A.R., China |
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2011
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White Ink: Fresharp Artists' Series, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, CA, U.S.A. INKquiry: Zheng Chongbin, Ooi Botos, Hong Kong S.A.R., China Obtrusive / Elusive: Recent Ink Work of Zheng Chongbin, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A. |
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2010 |
ZHENG CHONGBIN: Emergent, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore |
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2005 |
Ink and Wash Paintings, Michael Martin Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A. |
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1997 |
East Meets East in the West, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A. |
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1990 |
Humanism in the Arts, Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A. |
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1989
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Introduction Show, Bruce Velick Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A. New Stone Color Ink Paintings, Riskin-Sinow Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A. |
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1988 |
Chongbin Zheng, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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2018 |
Chimeric Landscape displayed at Art on theMART (Chicago's city public art project), Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. |
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Post-Brushwork Era: Chinese Landscapes, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China; Zhejiang Museum of Art, Hangzhou, China |
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Ink Worlds: Contemporary Chinese Painting from the Collection of Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, CA, U.S.A. |
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Ink Painting as a Cultural Gesture, Cre8tive Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China |
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2017 |
The Weight of Lightness, M+ Museum, Hong Kong S.A.R., China |
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Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Traditions of China, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, U.S.A. Chinese Contemporary Art: New Acquisitions for the Daimler Art Collection, Daimler Art Collection, Stuttgart-Möhringen, Germany Boundless: On Going Chinese Ink Art, Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China |
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2016
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Turbulence exhibited in Chinese art galleries, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, U.S.A. |
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Why Not Ask Again, 11th Shanghai Biennale, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China Shan Shui Within, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China |
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2015
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Personal Structures: Crossing Borders, European Cultural Centre/Palazzo Bembo and Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy From a Poem to the Sunset：Daimler Art Collection, Daimler Contemporary Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
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2014
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Rendering the Future: Chinese Contemporary Ink Painting Exhibition, Asia Art Center, Beijing, China A Fragment in the Course of Time: Landscape of Chinese Ink Art in 1980s, Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China |
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2013
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Ink Painting in the United States, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China |
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Personal Structures: Culture, Mind, Becoming, a collateral event of the 55th Venice Biennale, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy Beyond Tradition: Chinese Contemporary Ink, Christie's New York, New York, U.S.A. The Moment for Ink, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, U.S.A. |
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2012
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Ink: The Art of China, Saatchi Gallery, London, U.K. China's Imperial Modern: The Painter's Craft, University of Alberta Museums, Edmonton, Canada Ink Limit, DADE Art Center M50, Shanghai, China |
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2011
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N Minutes Video Art Festival: Urban Skin, organized by March Art Production, venues throughout Shanghai, China Qi Yun Sheng Dong, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China XUAN, ETC.: Zheng Chongbin, Qiu Zhijie and You Si, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China |
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2010
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Inaugural Exhibition of Zendai Contemporary Art Exhibition Hall, Shanghai, China Contemporary Ink Painting, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A. The Third Taipei International Modern Ink Painting Biennial, Taipei, Taiwan Shanghai: Art of the City, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.A. |
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2009
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Point & Crosses: Exhibition of Contemporary Painting in China, Shanghai 2010 Art Center, Shanghai, China Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, U.S.A. IN SITU, River South Art Center, Shanghai, China Contemporary Ink Painting: Shanghai New Ink Painting Art Exhibition, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China |
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2008
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21st Century Contemporary Ink, China National Art Institute, Beijing, China International Contemporary Ink Art Show, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, South Korea Contemporary Brush and Ink: Nomination Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Figure Painting Artist, Mingyuan Art Center, Shanghai, China |
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2007 |
Reboot: The Third Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China |
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2005 |
Dialogue, Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, U.S.A. |
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2003 |
Together, Michael Martin Galleries, Dallas, U.S.A. |
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1999
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From Chinese Ink to Abstraction, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, Francisco, U.S.A. |
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1996 |
Rice / Snails / Pigeons, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A. |
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1995 |
Perception / Reflection, Gallery Concord, Concord, U.S.A. |
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1994
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Asian / American American / Asian, Belcher Studios Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A. Cultural Identities and Immigration: Changing Images of America in the 90's, Oliver Arts Center, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, U.S.A. |
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1993
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Beyond the Written Word, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, CA, U.S.A. Group Six Show, Belcher Studios Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A. |
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1992
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The Object Is Bound (The Book As Metaphor), Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A. Art from Hangzhou, China, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, Germany |
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1991 |
A Grave Silence (Mixed Media Installation), Ghia Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A. |
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1988 |
Chinese Painting Exhibition, Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, Germany |
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1987 |
Contemporary Chinese Painting, Japan Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
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1985 |
National Young Artists Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China |
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SELECTED COLLECTIONS |
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British Museum, London Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Asian Art Museum, San Francisco Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Brooklyn Museum, New York Orange County Museum of Art, California Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Daimler Art Collection, Berlin DSL Collection, Paris, France M+ Museum, Hong Kong S.A.R. |
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Last Updated: August 2018
