Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Zhang Jianjun 张健君

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Zhang Jianjun

 
 

张健君

 
     
 

 Zhang Jianjun 张健君 - portrait - chinesenewart

 
     
 
 

 

 

1955

Zhang Jianjun  张健君 was born in Shanghai, China.

   

 

He studied at the Shanghai Academy of Drama.

1978

Graduated (Fine Arts department), he started working at the Shanghai Art Museum.

   
 

An active member of the Shanghai Avant-garde scene, he embarked on abstract

 

painting, and used various materials (sand, rock, pottery) .

1983

He participated in the experimental painting exhibition at Fudan University, Shanghai.

   

1986

He won the First Prize at the First Exhibition of Young Artists at the Shanghai Art Museum.

   

1986- 1989

He was Director of the artistic research department of the Shanghai Art Museum.

   

1987

He was awarded the Asian Cultural Council's Visual Arts Scholarship.

   

1989

He moved to the United States and turned to Conceptual Art: installation

 

and Performance.

   

1994

He performed in California at Djerassi Sculpture Park, the performance To Fuse.

   

1997/2013

He was Professor at the University of New York ( Fine Arts Department ) United States  

   

2019

He was artist in residence for two months at the Royal Academy of Arts in London

 

and created Human traces an installation in mixed media.

   
 

Currently he is Professor at the University of New York, Shanghai China.

 

He lives and works in Shanghai China and New York United States

   
 

Danièle Sicard

   

   
 

Collections  selection

 

China

 

Guangzhou

Guangdong Museum

Hong Kong

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Shanghai

Shanghai Art Museum  - Yuz Museum

   

United States

 
New York

The Brooklyn Museum

San Francisco

San Francisco Art Museum

Woodside  California

The Djerassi Sculpture Park

   

   
  Exhibitions  selection

2002

Chinese Ink Garden of Re-Creation Solo exhibition He Xiangning Art Museum Shenzhen Chine

2002

Urban Creation  Shanghai Biennial  Shanghai  China

2005

Vestiges of a Process Solo exhibition Asian American Art Centre  New York   United States

2005

Flowing River: 30 years of chine oil paintings  National Art Museum  Beijing   China

2007

Alternative Landscape Solo exhibition  140 sqm Gallery Shanghai  China

2008

Turn To Abstract :Retrospective Of Shanghai Expenmental Art From 1976 To 1985                 

  Modern Art Museum  Zendai  Shanghai  China

2009

Yi Pai  Today Art Museum  Beiing  China

2010

Shanghai Art of the City  Asian Art Museum  San Francisco   United States

2010

7th International Biennial Shenzhen  China

2011

The Great Celestial Abstraction Contemporary Art Museum Rome  Italy

2011

25.08 13.09 Water Solo exhibition  99 M50, Shanghai China

2012

Water Anacostia Art Museum Smithsonian Institute Washington  United States

2012

Shanghai! La Tentation de l’occident  Bernard Magrez Cultural Institute Bordeaux  France

2012

Water/Ink Biennial DaFen Art Museum Shenzhen China

2013

Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China Metropolitan Museum of Art New York  

2014

The 12th China National Art Exhibition Today Art Museum Beijing  China

2014

Nature Art Projects International New York   United States

2015

Nature and Beyond Art Basel Hong Kong Hong Kong Convention

2015

13.03 11.04 Jian-Jun Zhang  Pace Prints  New York  États-Unis

2015

20.05 10.07 Jade Mountain & Ink River Christian Duvernois Gallery New York  United States

2016

Water & Ink: Tradition in the Contemporary Art Cultural Center of China Brussels Belgium

2016

1980s:  Zhang Jian-Jun’s Early Artwork (1978-1988)  Solo exhibition Yuz Museum

 

Shanghai  China

2017

20.11 10.01 Avant-Garde ∙ Shanghai: 1979-2010 Documenta of Shanghai Contemporary Art

 

Ming Yuan Art  Museum Shanghai China

2017

23.09 28.01 Between Then and Now Solo exhibitionOCAT Xi'an China

2018

Romantic Abstraction of Shanghai SPSI Art Museum, Shanghai  China

2018

10.11 10.02 Ink painting  experience II Duolun Museum  Shanghai  China

2019

05.09 14.09 Human Traces Solo exhibition Royal Academy Schools London

 

United Kingdom

2019

30 Years of Contemporary Chinese Art  Waigaoqiao Cultural Art Centre Shanghai  China

2020

Contemporary Forms of Ink Painting Alisan Fine Arts Hong Kong China

 


 
 

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catalogue of the exhibition Vestiges of Process

 
 

iPRECIATION  Singapour

 
 

text  Robert C. Morgan

 
 

in chinese in english

 
 

isbn  9810564740

 
       
       
       

 
 

 Zhang Jianjun 张健君 - An Instant in the Process 09.03 2008  Shanghai Shikumen Scheme

Zhang Jianjun 张健君 - An Instant in the Process
09.03 2008   Shanghai Shikumen Scheme

 

 Zhang Jianjun 张健君 - Water 25.08 13.09 2011 Fine Arts College of Shanghai 99 Creative Center

Zhang Jianjun  -张健君 - Water
25.08 13.09 2011 Fine Arts College of Shanghai 99 Creative Center

 

  Zhang Jianjun 张健君 - Flowing Landscape 01.07 01.08 2012  99 Qiyi Gallery  Beijing

Zhang Jianjun 张健君 - Flowing Landscape
01.07 01.08 2012  99 Qiyi Gallery  Beijing

 

 
 

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