Born in 1965, Jilin province, China
Lives and works in Shanghai, China
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, etching, aquatint, dry-point, 2RC Essence Technique on 2 copper plates, printed in 3 colours, 45 x 75 cm, Magnani paper 77.5 x 115.7 cm, ed of 48.jpg)
Education
1989
Graduated from Arts & Design Institute of Wuxi Technical University, Jiangsu, China
Currently teaching at the Arts & Design Institute of Donghua University, Shanghai, China
Solo Exhibitions
2015
Hauser & Wirth Somerset, ‘Four Seasons’, Somerset, United Kingdom
2014
Hauser & Wirth, ‘The Box’, London, United Kingdom
K11 Art Foundation Pop- Up Space, ‘Space Painting by Zhang Enli’, Hong Kong
Shanghai Night Club, ‘Hair’, Shanghai, China
2013
Museo d’Arte contemporanea di Villa Croce, ‘Landscape’, Genova, Italy
ICA, ‘Space Painting’, London, United Kingdom
2012
Hauser & Wirth, ‘Topology’, Zurich, Switzerland
2011
Hauser & Wirth, ‘Zhang Enli’, New York, USA
Shanghai Art Museum, ‘Zhang Enli’, Shanghai, China
2010
Minsheng Art Museum, ‘Zhang Enli’, Shanghai, China
Hauser & Wirth London, ‘Zhang Enli’, London, United Kingdom
2009
Kunsthalle Bern, ‘Zhang Enli’, Berne, Switzerland (Travelling Exhibition)
Ikon Gallery, ‘Zhang Enli’, Birmingham, United Kingdom (Travelling Exhibition)
2008
ShanghART H-Space, ‘Zhang Enli’, Shanghai, China
2007
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Zhang Enli’, Zurich, Switzerland
2005
W&B House / Buero Friedrich, ‘Zhang Enli’, Berlin, Germany
2004
BizArt, ‘Human, Too Human’, Shanghai, China
2000
ShanghART, ‘Dancing’, Shanghai, China
Group Exhibitions
2015
ShanghART Beijing, ‘Comfort’, Beijing, China
PAC Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, ‘Jing Shen, The Act of Painting in Contemporary China’, Milan, Italy
SPSI Art Museum, ‘My House Is Your House’, Shanghai, China
Jinji Lake Art Museum, ‘Garden Splendors’, Suzhou, China
ShanghART Singapore, ‘Paper’, Singapore
Minsheng Art Museum, ‘The System of Objects’, Shanghai, China
Lehmbruck Museum, ‘China 8, Contemporary Art from China at the Rhine and Ruhr’, Duisburg, Germany
San Antonio Museum of Art, ’28 Chinese’, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Aurora Museum, ‘Nobody Knows Where, Zhang Enli and Christopher Doyle’, Shanghai, China
Villa Reale’s Galleria d’Arte Moderna, ‘Don’t Shoot the Painter – UBS Art Collection’, Milan, Italy
YUZ Museum, ‘Myth/History II: Shanghai Galaxy’, Shanghai, China
Changjiang Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Blow-UP—Chinese New Painting at Post Financial Crisis Era’, Changjiang, China
Overbeck-Gesellschaft, ‘Die Beiläufigkeit der Dinge’ (‘The Incidental Nature of Things’), Lübeck, Germany
Chongqing Changjiang River Contemporary Art Museum, ‘Within Sight – Chinese New Painting at Post Financial Crisis Era’, Chongqing, China
2014
Long Museum West Bund, ‘Re-View’, Shanghai, China
Vancouver Art Gallery, ‘Unscrolled: Reframing Tradition in Chinese Contemporary Art’, Vancouver, Canada
Yokohama Museum of Art, ‘Yokohama Triennale 2014’, Yokohama, Japan
Long Museum, ‘Broken. Stand, The New Painting to Order’, Shanghai, China
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Aura of Poetry’, Shanghai, China
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art / Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, ‘Hans van Dijk: 5000 Names’, Beijing, China / Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Yuz Museum, ‘Myth/History: Yuz Collection of Contemporary Art’, Shanghai, China
2013
Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Arts Foundation, ’28 Chinese’, Miami, Florida, USA
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, ‘Metropolis: Reflections on the Modern City’, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Cafa Art Museum, ‘O’Clock - Time design - Design Time’, Beijing, China
ShangART Gallery, ‘Foundational Work’, Shanghai, China
2012
Kochi-Muziris Biennial 2012, Kochi, India
ShanghART, ‘Place of residence’, Shanghai, China
The National Art Museum of China, ‘On Contemporary Era – The First Chinese Oil Painting Biennial’, Beijing, China
SSCAC Suzhou, ‘People and Object – Across Memory’, Suzhou, China
OCAT Shenzhen, ‘The Seventh Shenzhen Sculpture Biennial – Accidental Message: Art is Not a System’, Shenzhen, China
Minsheng Art Museum, ‘Face’, Shanghai, China
ShanghART Gallery, ‘Revitalising – A Gathering Upon Awakening of Insects’, Shanghai, China
2011
Today Art Museum, ‘Guanxi’, Beijing, China
Instituto Paranaense de Arte, ‘The 6th Curitiba Biennial: Beyond the Crisis’, Curitiba, Brazil
Guangdong Museum, ‘Relation’, Guangdong, China
Boers-Li Gallery, ‘Breaking Away, An Abstract Art Exhibition’, Beijing, China
2010
Minsheng Art Museum, ‘Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art’, Shanghai, China
Shanghart, ‘Beds’, Shanghai, China
Gwangju Biennial Hall, Gwangju Museum of Art, ’10,000 Lives. The Eight Gwangju Biennale’, Gwangju, Korea
2009
EACC – Espai d’art contemporani de Castelló, ‘5×5 Castello’, Castello, Spain
2008
7th Shanghai Biennial, ‘Translocalmotion’, Shanghai, China
ShanghART H-Space, ‘Selected’, Shanghai, China
Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, ‘Art Multiple 2008’, Shanghai, China
Hall B ArtGallery Blackbridge, ‘Blackbridge 08’ Contemporary Art Exhibition’, Beijing, China
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘The World of Other’s: A Contemporary Art Exhibition’, Shanghai, China
La Spezia Contemporary Art Museum, ‘China New Vivison – The Contemporary Collection of Shanghai Art Museum’, La Spezia, Italy
2007
Shanghai Contemporary (special artist presentation), Shanghai, China
ShanghART Gallery, ‘Individual Positions 1’, Shanghai, China
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, ‘Size Matters – XXL – Recent Large-scale paintings’, Peekskill, New York, USA
Royal Academy of Art, ‘Summer Exhibition 2007’, London, United Kingdom
Objectif_exhibitions, ‘Circulez! Il n’y a rien à voir’ (with Moshekwa Langa), Antwerp, Belgium
Shanghai Art Museum, ‘China’s Neo Painting’, Shanghai, China
2006
Galerie Patrick Seguin, ‘Galerie Patrick Seguin invites Hauser & Wirth’, Paris, France
Kunsthalle Bern, ‘Pre-Emptive’, Berne, Switzerland
Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, ‘Infinite Painting and Global Realism’, Udine, Italy
Satellite, Contemporary Art Pavilion, Shanghai, China
2005
Creek Art Center, ‘Open Road’, Shanghai, China
Hangart 7, ‘YCCA – Young Chinese Contemporary Art’, Salzburg, Austria
ShanghART H-Space, ‘In their 40’s’, Shanghai, China
2004
Irish Museum of Modern Art, ‘Dreaming of the Dragon’s Nation: Contemporary Art from China’, Dublin, Ireland
EastLink Gallery, ‘Matchmaking at Suzhou Creek’, Shanghai, China
Fabric and Accessories Museum, ‘Made in China’, Lyon, France
Original Impress Gallery, ‘Of One’s Own Accord’, Shanghai, China
2003
Silpakorn University Gallery, ‘Overseas’, Bangkok, Thailand
Pingyao International Photography Festival, ‘It Is I’, Pingyao, China
Lijiang Triangle International Workshop, Lijiang, China
Bandao Gallery, ‘Different Choice. Joint Exhibition of Shanghai Artists Born in the Sixties’, Shanghai, China
Shenzhen Sculpture Institute, ‘China Edition’, Shenzhen, China
2002
BizArt, ’24.30 Contemporary Art Exhibition’, Shanghai, China
Kunsthaus Wien, ‘Ost + West: Chinese Contemporary Art’, Vienna, Austria
General Consulate of Switzerland, ‘Quick Look! – Shanghai Zhejiang Jiangsu Anhui Contemporary Art Exhibition’, Shanghai, China
2001
Shanghai, Belgiumijing / Off Triennial, ‘Poster Exhibition of Chinese Avant-Garde’, Yokohama, Japan
Shanghai Normal University, ‘Zero Point – Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition’, Shanghai, China
China Art Archives & Warehouse, Opening Exhibition, Beijing, China
1999
Art Institute of Nanjing Normal University, ’99 Nanjing Modern Oil Painting Research Exchange Exhibition’, Nanjing, China
Pudong World Trade Tower, ‘Global Forum – Contemporary Art’, Shanghai, China
1997
Canvas World Art Gallery, ‘Four Men’s Work’, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Changning District Culture Centre, ‘Figuration and Abstraction’, Shanghai, China
Changning District Culture Centre, ‘Contemporary Chinese Art’, Shanghai, China
Contemporary Art Gallery, ’97 Shanghai Oil Painting Exhibition’, Shanghai, China
1995
Konsthallen Götaplatsen, ‘Change: China Contemporary Art’, Gothenburg, Sweden
1993
Yokohama Art Museum, ‘Shanghai Modern Art Exhibition’, Yokohama, Japan
1992
Shanghai Artists Gallery, ’92 ShaNghai Oil Painting Exhibition’, Shanghai, China
1990
Shanghai Art Museum, ‘3rd Exhibition of Young Shanghai Artists’ Works’, Shanghai, China
China Textile University, ‘Two Artists’ Contemporary Art’, Shanghai, China