Vivien Zhang

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One Point Point One, oil on canvas, 56 x 46 cm, 2015

Fruitility, oil, ink, and acrylic on canvas, 46 x 51 cm, 2015

Deeper Bite, mixed media on canvas, 180 x 210 cm, 2015

Wind Collector, mixed media on canvas, 190 x 220 cm, 2015

Cocooning, oil, ink, and acrylic on canvas, 46 x 56 cm, 2015

Prawn Sour, oil, ink, and acrylic on canvas, 46 x 51 cm, 2015

Point One Variation, mixed media on canvas, 46 x 51 cm, 2015

Twofold, 2014, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 51 x 56 cm

 

Six Stencils, 2014, Oil and ink on canvas, 170 x 210 cm

 

Pergamon Foil, 2014, Oil on birch plywood, approximately 10 x 25 cm each (ongoing project)

 

Okinawa Lions, 2014, Oil and ink on canvas, 51 x 46 cm

 

Stencil Negative, 2013, Oil on canvas, 180 x 150 cm

 

Folded Stencil (Generosity), 2013, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 55 x 46 cm

Vivien Zhang
Born 1990, Beijing; grew up in Beijing, Nairobi and Bangkok.
Lives and works in London

Education
2012-2014	MA in Painting Royal College of Art, London
2008-2012	BA in Fine Art – First Class Honours Slade School of Fine Art (University College London), London
2006-2008	International Baccalaureate Bilingual Diploma New International School of Thailand, Bangkok
Solo And Duo Exhibitions
2016	South of Meaning: Travis Jeppesen and Vivien Zhang; accompanying interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist, House of Egorn (Berlin) Cavity Drift: Vivien Zhang, Galerie Huit (Hong Kong)
2015	Surf the Anodyne, Chadwell Award Exhibition, PSW, London Deeper Bite, Teresita Dennis | Vivien Zhang, Lychee One, London Booth presentation, Art Central, Hong Kong
2014	Laurence Owen | Vivien Zhang, Rook & Raven, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016	December Mostra 2016, British School at Rome, Rome Sunny Side Up!, Rook & Raven, London Beyond Borders, Blain|Southern, London Paper.Publication.Performance, Lychee One, London
2015	REPEAT/SPIRAL, Renke Art Gallery, Hangzhou Visions from a New Generation (in collaboration with Swarovski), Lane Crawford, Shanghai East London Painting Prize: Shortlist Exhibition, The Rum Factory, London Mapping in Memory, House of Egorn, Berlin
2014	A New Circle, Forbidden City Gallery, Shanghai Saatchi New Sensations 2014, Victoria House, London Laurence Owen | Vivien Zhang, Rook & Raven, London RCA Show 2014, Royal College of Art, London RCA Secret, 2014, Royal College of Art, London Saatchi Showdown in Glorious Colour, Griffin Gallery, London May Occur, The Rag Factory, London
2013	PNTG NOV., Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London Scratch, It’s Easy, Camden Collective, London Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Museum, Wells ASYAAF (Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival), Cultural Station 284, Seoul RCA Secret 2013, Royal College of Art, London Work-In-Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London Notes to Self – Thinking aloud and making moves, Royal College of Art, London
2012	Cabinet Exhibition, Islington Arts Factory, London World Event Young Artists 2012 (representing UK Young Artists), Surface Gallery, Nottingham The Boat of 2012 – Annual Nomination Exhibition for Students of Contemporary Art Academies, Today Art Museum, Beijing Slade School of Fine Art BA Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London
2011	Moreover, UCL Art Museum, UCL, London
2010	Transfer, UCL Art Museum, UCL, London
Residencies
2016–17	The British School at Rome (Rome)
2014-15	Chadwell Award, London
2013	Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
Awards and Scholarships
2016	Awardee, Abbey Scholarship for the British School at Rome, Abbey Council
2015	Shortlisted, East London Painting Prize
2014	Shortlisted, Saatchi New Sensations
2014	Winner, Chadwell Award artist residency
2014	Winner, Riverlight Award: commission artwork for Riverlight development at Nine Elms, in association with St James, the Royal College of Art and Futurecity
2014	Finalist, Drakes fashion house collaboration: silk square design
2014	2nd Place Winner, Saatchi Showdown In Glorious Colour
2014	Shortlisted, 3rd International Emerging Artist Award, Dubai
2013	Shortlisted, Wells Art Contemporary (judges: Bruce McLean, Dan Hays and Prof Richard Wentworth CBE)
2009	Andor Scholarship, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL

Press and Publications
2016 “House of Egorn: Vivien Zhang and Travis Jeppesen”, Randian, November 2016.
2016 “Cue Collision at House of Egorn London Lounge, Herald Street”, ELEPHANT magazine, September 2016.
2016 “Cue Collision”, ART.ZIP, September 2016.
2016 Alan Chan, “Exhibition Review: Vivien Zhang”, AM Post (Issue 119, March/April 2016):34-35.
2016 “Her Orchestra: Vivien Zhang, an interview with Monica Chung”, ART.ZIP (Issue 15,2016): 153-156.
2016 “Artist Spotlight: Vivien Zhang”, Booooooom, 22 March 2016.
2016 Manying Ho, Feature article, Master-Insight Weekly (founder: Man Cheuk Fei), 29 January 2016.
2016 Anny Wu and Giorgia Papaleo, “YCCA – Vivien Zhang”, Web of Modern Art, 10 February 2016.
2015 Yana Peel, “Changing Faces”, Porter Magazine (Winter 2015, Issue 21): 81.
2015 Juliet Fang,”into the studio of VIVIEN ZHANG” THE POLYSH,
2015 “Two Emerging Painters at Hong Kong’s Art Central Put Pattern in the Crosshairs”, Artsy Editorial, March 2015.
2015 Chyzhykova, Stas, “Emerging Asian Artists to Discover at Art Central”, Artsy, March 2015.
2014 “Two Young London Artists Explore the Depths of Transparency and Space”, Artsy Editorial, August 2014.
2014 Martian Sunsets are Blue: Royal College of Art Painting Catalogue 2014, Kenilworth: Emmerson Press, June 2013.
2014 “Vivien Zhang 张月薇”, Si/肆 Magazine,Issue 13, Apr 2014.
2014 Aesthetica Anthology 2014, Aesthetica Magazine, York: 2014.
2014 “Interview with Vivien Zhang”, (NDKS) (Indechs.org), Jan 2014.
2013 ARC 17.3: Adaptation, Journal of the Royal College of Art, London: Autumn 2013.
2013 Asian Students and Young Artists Festival 2013, ASYAAF Catalogue, Seoul: 2013.
2012 “From the Studio of Yuewei Vivien Zhang”, Saatchi Art Magazine, Nov 2012.
2012 1000 Artists, 100 Nations, 10 Days, World Event Young Artists Catalogue, UK: 2012.
2012 “Yuewei Vivien Zhang – Recent Works”, Undercoat, Jul 2012.
2009 Publication of illustrations in The Global Times, Beijing

Collections
Swarovski Archive, Shanghai
Aspen Art Collection, London
Royal College of Art, London
St James, Berkeley Group, UK
Private collections Europe, USA, Asia, and Brazil.