Zhang XinYan

Zhang Xinyan puts post-expressionism in Western art history in dialogue with materials and themes such as Chinese painting and news real events.Her artistic practice uses fragmentation and hybrid techniques to explore the "vulnerability of human nature" and the "common state of human existence" under the influence of popular culture.Throughout her works, Xinyan offers up images of human nature in different states—through the "wounded" to insinuate the decay and pale of the spiritual world of modern people.The weak status of women and children in society is her focus.

Xinyan was born in 1991 in Shenzhen, China, move to Germany in 2018. She received her BFA from Shenzhen University (2014) and her MFA from Guangzhou Unversity (2018 ), She also studied at Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe in Germany (2019-2021) and Florence Academy of Fine Arts in Italy (2017).
Solo exhibitions of Xinyan’s work have been presented at venues such as the Women Museum
Bonn ,Germany (2022); Bauschaustelle Düsseldorf e.V , Düsseldorf (2022 ); the Radius Gallery, Xi’an (2021).Group exhibitions include the Artual Gallery , Lebanon (2022) ;the Beijing Weekend Gallery , Beijing (2022); Fangyuan Art Gallery, Beijing (2022); Galerie Bodenseekreis, Germany (2022) ; Art Factory HB 55, Berlin ( 2022 ) ;Galerie Schindler, Postdam,Germany (2022) ; the Ultramontane Gallery, Hangzhou (2022) ,and BBK Karlsruhe, Germany (2022) .In 2022 , Her Work nominate for the 7th Eb-Dietzsch Art Prize ,Germany ; Art Prize “Förderpreis Jung + Gegenständlich 2022” in Bodenseekreis , Germany ; Bottrop Art Award , Bottrop,Germany ; the V.Rothe and R.Hendricks Art award,
Bonn ,Germany; Baustelle Schaustelle Art Prize , Düsseldorf. 

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Xinyan Zhang, Dance Me to the End of the World No. 1, 2022. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 59 cm.

Xinyan Zhang, Long Travel, 2022. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 180 x 150 cm.

Xinyan Zhang, Out of the Time No. 2, 2022. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 180 cm.

Xinyan Zhang, Who is Lucy?, 2022. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 160 cm.

Installation view of Out of the Time at DE SARTHE, Hong Kong

Installation view of Out of the Time at DE SARTHE, Hong Kong

Installation view of Out of the Time at DE SARTHE, Hong Kong

Artist portrait of Xinyan Zhang at her studio in Berlin

Xinyan Zhang, Bauschau Art Award, Baustelle Schaustelle e.V, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2022

Xinyan Zhang, Bauschau Art Award, Baustelle Schaustelle e.V, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2022

Xinyan,Zhang, nominated for V.Rothe and R.Hendricks-Art award , women museum Bonn, Germany, 2022

Xinyan Zhang's The End of the World Nr.1/ Nr.2 (2022) nominated for "Art Award Mach dein Ding + Jung Gegenständlich” , Rotes Haus Galerie Bodenseekreis, Meersburg, Germany