Zhang Gong
Born 1959 in Beijing. Lives and works in Beijing.
EDUCATION
1993
M.F.A., Central Academy of Arts and Design, Beijing
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Zhang Gong: Advent, WHITE SPACE, Beijing
2020
Zhang Gong: Revelations, KWM Art Center, Beijing
2019
Beyond Description, Beyond Boundary - Paintings of Zhang Gong, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2018
Mushroom Mushroom: Zhang Gong’s Work, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
2016
Zhang Gong: The Watcher, Klein Sun Gallery, New York
2014
Zhang Gong: A Tale of Metropolis, Kwai Fung Hin Gallery, Hong Kong
2012
Zhang Gong: Where We Go, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York
Zhang Gong: Castle In The Sky, Eastation Gallery, Beijing
2011
Zhang Gong: Beijing - New York, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York
2010
Zhan Gong: Miss Panda, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York
2008
Zhang Gong: The Birth of Miss Panda, Gallery Artside, Beijing
2000
Zhang Gong, Palace Ridge Gallery, Tokyo
1996
Zhang Gong: A Boy with an Opened Heart, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
1994
Zhang Gong: Ideals and Idols of Beijing, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
unBinding Bodies Lotus Shoes and Corset, Tieranatomisches Theater, Berlin
The Surreal and The Real, W.H.Y. Gallery, Hong Kong
2021
The Cornerstone, Kwai Fung Salone, Hong Kong
2018
The Unscene, Klein Sun Gallery, New York
2017
Forms and Effects: Ukiyo-e to Anime, Kresge Foundation Gallery, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwha, New Jersey
2012
Castle in the Sky, Eastation Gallery, Beijing
2011
Scenes from Within: Contemporary Art from China, Blackbridge Hall Gallery, Georgia College, Milledgeville, Georgia
2008
Hypallage - The Post-Modern Mode of Chinese Contemporary Art, Hua Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2006
FICTION.LOVE - Ultra New Vision in Contemporary Art, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore; Bund 18 Creative Center and Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai
2001
New Works Exhibition of Yue Minjun and Zhang Gong, The CourtYard Gallery, Beijing
1998
Exhibition of Chinese Artists, Gallery Marash, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
8+8-1: Selected Paintings by 15 Contemporary Artists, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong [itinerary: Connaught Brown, London; Buschlen Mowatt Fine Art, Vancouver, Canada; Vierte Etage Galerie, Berlin]
China Now, Kulturprojekte, Basel, Switzerland
1996
China!, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany [itinerary: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Modern Art Museum, Singapore]
1995
New Anecdotes of Social Talk, Beijing International Art Palace Gallery, Beijing
Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition - From Realism to Post-Modernism, Galerie Theoremes, Brussels, Belgium
1993
Oil Paintings by Painters of China, Russia and Switzerland, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY - ANIMATED SHORT FILMS
Animated short film, Ms. RED, 2009
2013
Selected in the Delta Edges: The Pearl River Delta Indie-Animation Screening Tour, Hong Kong
2010
Selected in the 6th INDPANDA International Short Films Festival, Hong Kong
Selected in the 3rd Shadows Festival, Paris
Selected in the 29th Brussels Animation Films Festival, Brussels, Belgium
Selected in the Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund (CIFVF) in London, London
2009
Selected in the 3rd Chongqing Independent Film and Video Festival, Chongqing, China
Opening film at the 4th Beijing Independent Film Festival, Beijing
Animated short film, Spring Mood, 2006
2008
Selected in the Short Shorts Film Festival, Tokyo
2007
Selected in the Official Panorama, 15th International Animation Festival of Brazil - ANIMA MUNDI, Rio de Janeiro; São Paulo, Brazil
Animated short film, Black Pig White Pig (independent production), 2005
2017
Selected in the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Annecy, France
2008
Selected in the Cinémathèque Québécoise, showing of Chinese animated films, Montréal, Canada
Selected in the Without Borders Film Festival, Rome
Selected in the 2nd Chongqing Independent Film and Video Festival, Chongqing, China
2007
Selected in the 2nd Beijing Independent Film Festival, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing
Selected in the 8th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival, San Diego, Chile
2006
Selected in the London International Animation Festival, Curzon Cinema, London
Selected in the 14th International Animation Festival of Brazil- ANIMA MUNDI 2006, Rio de Janeiro; São Paulo, Brazil
Selected in the Melbourne International Animation Festival and the Australian International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Selected in the Official Panorama 30th Annecy Festival, Annecy, France
2005
Selected in the 11th Lyon Asian Film Festival, Lyon, France
Animated short film, Bird, 2004
2008
Selected in the Without Borders Film Festival, Rome, Italy
2006
Selected in the Mediterranean Environmental Award, Rome, Italy; Istanbul, Turkey
2005
Selected in the 11th International Short Film Festival in Drama, Athens, Greece
Selected in TINDIRINDIS 2005 - International Animated Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
Selected in the Short Shorts Film Festival EXPO, Tokyo
Selected in the 21st International Short Film Festival Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Selected in the 24th ANIMA - the Brussels Festival of Cartoon and Animated Films, Brussels, Belgium
2004
Awarded for “the Best Short Film” and “the Jury Award for Best Short Film” in the 10th Asian Film Culture Festival, Lyon, France
Nominated for “the Best Chinese Animated Film”, Huabiao Film Awards, Beijing
Awarded for “the Best 2-D Animated Short Art Film” in the 3rd CTVA Academy Awards, Beijing
Animated short film, Tree, 2003
2005
Selected in TINDIRINDIS 2005 - International Animated Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
Selected in the Short Shorts Film Festival EXPO, Tokyon
2004
Awarded for “the Best Short Film” in the 10th Asian Film Culture Festival, Lyon, France
Awarded for “the Excellent 2-D Animated Short Art Film” in the 3rd CTVA Academy Awards, Beijing
2003
Awarded for “the Most Popular Film” and Nominated for “the Best Produced Film” in the 3rd Animation Academy Awards, Animation School of Beijing Film Academy, Beijing
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
M+ Museum, Hong Kong
Asia Society Contemporary Art Collection, New York
Burger Collection, Berlin
The Saatchi Collection, London