1962 Born in Hengyang, Hunan, China
1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts of the No.4 Studio, Department of Oil Printing, China Central Academy of Fine Arts
1991-1995 Teaching in Hengyang Normal University
1995-2001 Teaching in Oil Department of Tianjin Academic of Fine Arts
2001- Now Living in Beijing and teaching in the Department of Artistic and Design, Beijing Youth Politics College
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 Standpoint— Zhang Fangbai Solo Exhibition, Meilun Art Gallery, Changsha, China
2013 Zhang Fangbai Oil Painting Exhibition, GALERIE PHILINE CREMER, Dusseldorf, Germany
2011 Standing Alone—2011 Zhang Fangbai Solo Exhibition, Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
2010 Zhang Fangbai Ink Painting and Printmaking Exhibition, East West Gallery, Beijing, China
2008 Zhang Fangbai Art Exhibition, J. Bastien Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2007 China – The World of Zhang Fangbai, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
2005 Image of the Eagle – Zhang Fangbai Oil Painting Exhibition, Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden
2004 Horizon – Zhang Fangbai’s Oil Painting Exhibition, Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China
1991 Zhang Fangbai Oil Painting Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Culture‧Mind‧Becoming, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy
Forms of Formless: Contemporary Art from China, SiShang ART MUSEUM, Beijing, China
Infinity: NEO Expressionism—Contemporary Art Zhanzhou International Art Park, Beijing, China
2012 Starting from Modern, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
In Time-2012 Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Forms of the Formless, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany
Context China, San Chuan Art Museum, Nanjing, China
2011 Context China - ‘Super-Impressionistic Easel Art’ 10+10, Museum of Contemporary Art Beijing, China
Chinese Volition, Museum of Contemporary Art Beijing, China
History·New Songzhuang Sunshine International Art Museum, Beijing, China
Abstract Art Tour Show of China, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Changsha, Beijing, China
Vigor of Style·Chinese Contemporary Art Group Exhibition, Dubai Art Center, United Arb Emirates
2010 Performance in China, Museum of Contemporary Art Beijing, China
Bridging - The Spirit of the East II, Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
New Wave of Chinese Contemporary Art, University of California Art Museum, USA
China Today, Modern Art Museum of Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Trends in Hubei and Hunan – Chinese Contemporary Art, Guangzhou Art Museum, China
Past – Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, SZ Art Center, Beijing, China
Spirit of Culture Tradition·China Version-2009 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Nanjing Qinghe Current Art Center, China
24th Exhibition of Asian Contemporary Art, National Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2008 The Grit Between the Stones – A Meeting Between Swedish and Chinese Contemporary Painting, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China; Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities ,Stockholm, Sweden
Expand & Fusion – Chinese Oil Painting Study and Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Thirty Years of Contemporary Chinese Art, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China
Nobility·Contemporary Art Exhibition, Xin Beijing Gallery, Beijing, China
2007 Contemporary Cultural Venation • China Edition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Post-Avant-garde Chinese New Art Exhibition, Hong Kong, China
Integration and Creation – Exhibition of Invitation to Noted Oil Painters, Capital Museum, Beijing, China
Everloving Shuimo - The 2ed Invite Exhibition of The Shuimo Union of Songzhuang China, Beijing, China
Chinese Contemporary Art Document Exhibition, Beijing Art Centre (Previously Yonghe Art Museum), Beijing, China
2006 Contemporary Vision - The 1st Annals Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, The China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
TRANS FORMING SOCIALISM, 798 Space, Beijing, China
China Today Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Chinese Contemporary Art Document Exhibition, Beijing World Art Museum, Beijing, China
The Node of Art, Tan Guobin Contemporary Art Museum, Changsha, China
2005 China Version-2005 Invite Exhibition of Beijing, Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China
The Strength of Image, Tang Contemporary Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2004 Asia Modern Art Exhibition, Kwangju, Korea
2003 Create landscape, X-ray Art Center, Beijing, China
1999 Dialogue Art Exhibition, Beijing International Art Museum, Beijing, China
1996 Reality, Today and Tomorrow – Chinese Contemporary Art in 1996, International Art Gallery, Beijing, China
The 1st Exhibition of Chinese Oil Painting Society, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1995 Existent and Expression, Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin, China
1993 The 1st Biennale of Chinese Oil Painting, Winner of the Academy Award, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1991 China Annual Oil Paintings Exhibition 1991, National Museum of China, Beijing, China
1989 April Snow Behavioral Art, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
1988 Red Fifties Behavioral Art, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
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- Markus Lüpertz
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- Pascal Dombis
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- On Kawara
- Nam June Paik
- Xu Bing
- Tan Ping
- Yin Zhaoyang
- Alex Katz
- Julian Schnabel
- Dang Chaoyang
- Richard Pettibone
- Chong Gon Byun
- Ron Arad
- Zhang Fangbai
- Marcel Broodthaers
- Choi Myoung Young
- Kim Tschoon Su
- Na Jeom Soo
- Yu Kuk IL
- Lee Kyo Jun