Xi Zhang EXIT: Childtown

About the Artist:

Born in 1984 in Kaifeng, China, Xi Zhang completed his studies in painting at China’s Beijing Institute of Art and Design. He moved to the United States to further his artistic training at Denver, Colorado’s Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from RMCAD in 2008, and that same year was recognized by then Denver Post art critic Kyle MacMillan as the Emerging Artist of the Year for his well-developed, surprisingly mature vision.

Zhang continued from there with his masters studies in painting at the University of Colorado, Boulder, receiving his MFA from the institution in 2011. Zhang’s work had notable shows including Song Zhuang Multimedia Art Exhibition at Song Zhuang Art Museum in Beijing (2006), URRA in Argentina (Buenos Aires 2012), Ornaments at White House (2012), and Biennale of America in U.S. (2013). His work was featured on media as CNN (2011), Art ltd Magazine(2012), PBS (2013), NPR (2013), and Juxtapoz Magazine (2014).

Zhang also was awarded Emerging Artist of Year (Denver Post 2008), The Pathmaker (Denver Post 2011), Top twelve artists under age 35 (Denver Post 2012), The John Moores Painting Prize (China, Finalist 2016), Gold Award Winner in painting from Art Forward Contest (Los Angeles 2016), Celeste Prize in Painting (Italy, Finalist 2017), and Grand Prize in Painting from See Me (New York 2020).

Zhang is represented by PLUS Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery in Denver and Marc Straus Gallery in New York.

Image: Goose Goose Duck, Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 72 inches, 2021

IMPORTANT DATES

Opening Event & Visiting Artists Lecture
April 6, 2023, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Visiting Artists & Critics Series (VACS) Lecture
Chapman Recital Hall, Ent Center for the Arts

REGISTER FOR VACS LECTURE

Gallery Talk with Ivar Zeile
Saturday, June 17, 2023, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery, Ent Center for the Arts

No registration required.