ZHANG YUNYAO
b. 1985, ChinaZhang Yunyao (b. 1985) graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, Academy of Fine Arts at Shanghai Normal University (2007). By incorporating felt as the support for the medium of painting, he attempts to explore the unfixed meaning of emotions and desires.
His works have been widely exhibited in different institutions, including chi K11 art museum (Shanghai, 2016), CAFA Art Museum (Beijing, 2015), Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai (Shanghai, 2013), etc. His solo exhibitions include Palace of Extasy (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2019), Skin Gesture Body (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2017), Nec Spe, Nec Metu (Perrotin, Hong Kong, 2017), After Evensong (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2015), Touch Point (01100001 Gallery, Beijing, 2013), Mirage (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2013), Paradbox (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2011), etc.
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