Zhang Ding (; born 1980) is a Chinese artist. Zhang was born in 1980 in

Zhangye Zhangye (), formerly romanized as Changyeh or known as Kanchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It borders Inner Mongolia on the north and Qinghai on the south. Its central district is Ga ...

Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...

, China, and is based in Shanghai. He graduated from Oil Painting department of

Northwest Minzu University Northwest Minzu University (), formerly known as Northwest University for Nationalities, is the first minority institution of higher learning founded in China after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, directly under the State Ethn ...

in 2003. During 2003–2004, he studied at the

China Academy of Art China Academy of Art (), also translated as China National Academy of Fine Arts, was founded in Hangzhou in 1928 by the government of the Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China and the renowned educator Cai Yuanpei. It was the first a ...

. In 2016, Zhang Ding founded the art label CON TROL CLUB. Zhang Ding's exhibitions and projects often include videos,

sculptures Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

, installations, paintings, real time renderings and live performances.

Solo exhibitions

* 2019 High-Speed Forms, OCAT Shanghai, Shanghai *2018 Safe House, Beijing * 2017 Vortex, ShanghART, Shanghai * 2016 Zhang Ding: Devouring Time, RAM HIGHLIGHT 2016, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai Enter the Dragon II, K11 Art Museum, Shanghai ZHANG Ding- 18 Cubes, Solo Project in Art Basel HK 2016 Encounter Section, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong * 2015 Enter the Dragon, ICA, London, UK Black Substance, Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai * 2014 Zhang Ding: Orbit of Rock, ShanghART, Beijing Orbit, The Armory Show, Focus Section, New York, U.S.A. * 2013 Gold & Silver, Galerie Krinzinger, Austria * 2012 Buddha Jumps over the Wall, Top Contemporary Art Centre, Shanghai * 2011 Opening, ShanghART H- Space, Shanghai * 2009 Law, ShanghART, Beijing * 2008 ZhangDing, Wind, Krinzinger Projecte, Vienna, Austria * 2007 Tools, ShanghART, Shanghai N Kilometers Towards the West, 2006, ShanghART F- Space, Shanghai * 2006 My Photographs Exhibition, Shanghai * 2005 Big City, BizArt, Shanghai

Prizes

* 2015 TANC Asia Prize Winner; * 2017 Porsche Young Chinese Artist of the Year Prize Winner.

Collection

*Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia *Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway *DSL Collection, Beijing *Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation, Switzerland

References

External links

Zhang Ding Studio

CON TROL CLUB
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Ding 1980 births Living people People from Zhangye Artists from Gansu China Academy of Art alumni