Work experience
2015-present
Sculpture teacher undergraduate sculpture courses at Sculpture
Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
2015-2017
Freelance writer for the following Chinese magazines,
< Chinese Sculpture>, < Sculpture Magazine>.
2015-2016
Chinese Translator for < The language of sculpture> by William Tucker.
June 2016
Substitute teacher for the sculpture marathon at New York Studio School, USA.
2014-2015
Sculptor-in-Residence, New York Studio School Dumbo Studio,
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
2013-2014
Freelance writer for Chinese art magazine < Oriental Art Master> Beijing, China.
2008-2012
Drawing teacher at Xinyixinxiang School of Arts, Beijing, China.
Exhibition
Solo Exhibition
2016
Yi Zhang Sculpture, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY, US
2014
Yi Zhang, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY, US
2013
Yi Zhang: Object, NYSS, New York, US
2008
Self-portrait, CAFA Channel Gallery, Beijing, China
Group Exhibition
2017
The secret of human soul, Freud Museum London, London, UK.
2016
Decentralization, Jiujiang Art Museum, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
Decathlon, 正观 Art Museum, Beijing, China
2014
DAM Prize Contemporary Art Contest, DAMarte Contemporary
Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
Small Works, Limner Gallery, Hudson, New York, US
2013
Generation IX, AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, US
Asian Experimental Film & Video Art Forum, Nanjing, China
2012
The Speech: Artist’s freedom, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2010
798 Art Festival, 798 Art Center, Beijing, China
2009
This Is Not The Sculpture, Linda Gallery, Beijing, China
2008
Do It, Alliance Francaise Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
2007
Refresh: Emerging Young Chinese Artists, Shanghai Zendai Museum of
Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China
Is It OK To Have Fun In An Art Gallery?, Tokyo Art Project, Beijing, China.
2010 - present
2010 - present
Education
2016-present
MFA Sculpture, UCL, The Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK.
2012-2014
MFA Sculpture, New York Studio School, New York, US.
2003-2008
BA Fine Art, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
1999-2003
High School of Fine Arts Affiliated to CAFA, Beijing, China.