Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Xi’an Art Academy with a Master Degree in Art, Zhang is currently teaching at the Art College of Xi’an University.

     Zhang’s works of art were highly honored at the 1st Xi’an Contemporary Art Exhibition in 2011. He was invited to participate in an art exchange tour with Montgomery College of the US in 2014. Zhang is regarded as vanguard of Chinese contemporary art and many of his works were published in prestigious art catalogues for nationwide distribution.

     “Although I love painting very much, I paint very slowly. Very often I cannot find the right mood or the right shape that I want to put in my picture. All the time, I am just thinking of my place in the painting. Later on, I would just paint anything which I can identify as a house or a person. It really doesn’t matter anymore. I just start painting without meditation and later on, I would find my way to finish it, that’s all,” said Zhang.

     “Zhang’s paintings are very special in a way they are inexplicable and murky. It’s a mystery which the artist has no explanation but to live with it,” said art critics.