Appeal to the Infinite Within
2022.7.23-2022.8.23
HBP XXXVII Kundalini: Zhang Ji
2020.8.29-2020.10.8
Zhang Ji
Zhang Ji
Born in Beijing in 1993, Zhang Ji graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art and School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a BFA and an MFA degree. In Zhang Ji’s work, there are often shifting compositions, bizarre shapes of light areas, and lines, which usually partition and compress the human body (deformed body parts, exposed organs, peculiar exposure, worship of genitalia, and totem-like torsos). The artist prefers curved lines, diagonal or vertical, over horizontal framing. The division by brushstrokes, traces, and lines presents Zhang Ji’s version of bodies or his whole world of painting as restless and unstable. Additionally, Zhang Ji has his metaphysical understanding of the body, and most viewers find it hard to expound on his highly personal style. We can only summarize that the body is a public medium of sociality, and the package of modern civilization has shadowed the social properties of its structure. Thanks to the magic of painting, we can unravel everything and make public every unspeakable secret about the body.
2013 School of Art Institute of Chicago, BFA Advance Painting
2018 Maryland Institute College of Art, MFA
Solo Exhibition
2020 Zhang Ji: Kundalini, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Group Exhibition
2021 I & the ME, THE SHOPHOUSE, Hong Kong
Salon de Peinture, Almine Rech, New York, US
2019 Summer Fling, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2018 PROVISIONAL, COMMON PLACE GALLERY, Beijing, China
2017 We don’t like each other, Fred Lazarus Gallery, Baltimore, US
2016 BFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, US
A Suspended Relic of a Moment
Long Museum Exhibition | Zhang Ji: Manas
2023/2/25 – 5/3
Long Museum
2022 Art Basel Hong Kong
2022.5.25-5.29
Zhang Ji Solo Exhibition | Bardo | 2021 West Bund
2021.11.11-2021.11.14
JINGART 2021 | Hive Center for Contemporary Art | Booth: A11
2021.6.10-2021.6.13
Beijing
Spotlight on Aranya | When and Only When, the Strong Wind Rolled up the Surge
2021.5.28 – 2021.9.12
Aranya
Art Basel Hong Kong 2021
2021.5.19-2021.5.23
Hong Kong