张培力 ZHANG Peili

Zhang Peili (b. 1957, Hangzhou), currently works and lives in Hangzhou. He is an artist and professor at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department at the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now the China Academy of Art) in 1984. The following year, he helped organise the exhibition ‘New Space’ in which his oil paintings, including Midsummer Swimmers, Please Enjoy Some Jazz and Interval, were shown. He also created 30 × 30, a video work now generally recognised as the first video art piece in the history of Chinese contemporary art. In the early 2000s, He founded the New Media Department at the China Academy of Art, the first of its kind in China’s art academy system. His work has been shown in numerous international exhibitions, like the Museum of Modern Art, New York Centre National des Arts Plastiques, France Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.

His works have been the subject of solo exhibitions including, “Uplifting” S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium (2018); “Record. Repeat”, at The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA  (2017);  “Zhang Peili: From Painting to Video, CIW Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (2016); “Because…Therefore”, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing, China (2014); “Eating”, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (1998); “Zhang Peili”, Maison des Cultures du Monde, Galerie Rond Point, Paris (1993) and etc.

In 2018, His works have been presented in countless group exhibition at public and private institutions including, “Art in Motion: 100 Masterpieces with and through Media”, ZKM, Karlsruhe (2018); “The Flickering Uncertain: Jim Campell – Zhang Peili”, CAC, Shanghai (2018); “This is Shanghai: Chinese Contemporary Art”, Cunard Building, Liverpool, UK (2018), etc.

Zhang Peili’s works have been the subject of renowned international biennials and triennials including, Divided We Stand: 2018 Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea (2018); The Venice Biennale (1993, 1999 & 2003); The Shanghai Biennale (2012 & 2004); The Guangzhou Triennale (2003); The Gwangju Biennial (2002); The Sydney Biennial (1998); La Biennale de Lyon (1997) among many others.

His works have been acquired into private and public collections internationally, including, Art Institute of Chicago, US; Annie Leung Art Foundation, Hong Kong; Asia Society, New York;  Centre National des Arts Plastiques, France; Centre; Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA; Guggenheim Museum, Abu Dhabi; Georges Pompidou, Paris; DSL Collection, Paris; Daimler Art ColleArt Museum, Japan; Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation, Switzerland; La Fudación Helga de Alvear, Spain; Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China; M+, Hongkong, China; Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai, China; Queensland Art; Gallery, Brisbane, Australia; Singapore Art Museum, Singapore; Sammlung Goetz, Germany; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate, UK; Ullens Center for the Arts; Uli Sigg Collection, Switzerland; White Rabbit Gallery, Australia, etc.