Stella Zhang (b. 1965, Beijing, China) received her BFA at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and MFA at Tokyo Art University. She has been living in the US since 2003. Zhang’s art expresses hidden conflicts that challenge our ability to connect to our shared struggles with power, inequality, and identity. Her starting point is the human body and all aspects of human nature—the most basic truths. She chooses familiar and ordinary materials that activate our memories and connect us with universal fears and desires. Zhang’s work subtly engages viewers and challenges us to question the boundaries and rules we accept.
Zhang’s work has been exhibited in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and the US; and is in the collections of the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, the Xinxiang Museum in Henan, Tan Shin Fine Arts Museum in Tokyo, and numerous public and private collections. Zhang has been an Artist in Residence at Stanford University and is a guest lecturer at Stanford and UC Berkeley. She continues to teach at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.
