Zhang Dali
Born 1963 in Harbin, China. Lives and works in Beijing.
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Zhang Dali per Fondantico, Fondantico, Bologna, Italy (Jan 26 - Feb 5)
2018
Alter Ego, Annual Art Exhibition between China and Portuguese Speaking Countries, Old Courthouse, Macao (Jul 9 - Sept 9)
Beside City! Be Cityside!, Hefei Financial Harbor, Hefei, China (Oct19 – Mar19 2019)
AK-47 di Zhang Dali, Art City, S.Giorgio in Poggiale, Bologna, Italy (Feb 2 - 4)
Zhang Dali: Monumental Nature, Pékin Fine Arts, Beijing, Cina (Mar 10 - May 20)
Meta-morphosis, Palazzo Fava, Bologna, Italy (Mar 23 - Jun 24)
2017
Body and Soul, Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, Holland, (Jul 1 - Oct 8)
2016
Permanence and Impermanence, New Works by Zhang Dali, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China (Jul 2 - Aug 3)
2015
Zhang Dali: World's Shadows, Ludwisburg Kunstverein, Ludwisburg Germany (Feb 22 – Apr 19)
A Second History, Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires Argentina (Apr 18 – Jun 14)
A Second History, Red Brick Factory Art District, Guangzhou China (Apr 26 - Jun 29)
Under the Sky, Pékin Fine Arts Gallery, Hong Kong China (May 5 - Aug 23)
A Second History, Photomonth, Krakow Poland (May 15 – Jun 15)
From Reality to Extreme Reality Zhang Dali Retrospective Research Exhibitions, United Museum, Wuhan China (Sep 18 2015 – Mar 18 2016)
2014
A Second History, Singapore ArtScience Museum, Singapore
Square, Klein-Sun Fine Arts Gallery, New York, USA
Square, K Space, Chengdu, China
2013
Zhang Dali: Second History, Museum of the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Art, Shenyang, China
Zhang Dali: A Retrospective, Eli Klein Fine Arts, New York, USA
2012
Zhang Dali, Loft Gallery, Paris, France
AK-47, Stern Pissarro Gallery, London, UK
Zhang Dali Retrospective, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York, USA
Zhang Dali Permanent Exhibition, Automne Galerie, Bruxelles, Belgium
2011
Demolition: Second History, The Charles Shain
Library, Connecticut College, New London, Ct
New Slogan, Eli Klien Art, New York, NY
2010
Extreme Reality, Tank Loft, Chongqing Contemporary Art Centre, Chongqing, China
Zhang Dali Solo Show, Magda Danysz/ Bund 18 gallery, China
2009
Pervasion: Works by Zhang Dali (1995-2008), He Xianaing Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Il Sogno Proibito Della Nuova Cina, Palazzo
Inghilterra, Turin, Italy
2008
Slogans, Kiang gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Road To Freedom, Red Star Gallery, Beijing, China
2007
Chinese Offspring, Chinese Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Zhang Dali: Image and Revision in New Chinese Photography, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Centre, Macalester College, St.Paul, MN
A Second History, Ferst Center For The Arts, Georgia Institute Of Technology
Zhang Dali: A Second History, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Sublimation curated by Wu Hung, Beijing Commune, China
2004
Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London
2003
Galleria Gariboldi, Milan, Italy
2002
Base Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London
2000
AK-47, The Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
1999
Dialogue and Demolition, The Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
Dialogue, Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London, UK
1994
Rivoluzione e Violenza, Galleria Studio 5, Bologna, Italy
1993
Zhang Dali: Pitture a Inchiostro, Galleria Studio 5, Bologna, Italy
1989
Wash Painting Exhibition by Zhang Dali, Gallery of the National Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Group Exhibitions
2019
NordArt2019, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany (Jun 1 – Oct 13)
A Fairy Tale in Red Times, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne,Australia (May 3 – Oct 6)
Golden Panda Photography Awards, Chengdu Contemporary ImageMuseum, Chengdu, China (Apr 27 – Oct 27)
New Art History, Moca, Yinchuan, China (Mar 10 – May 22)
2018
New Ink Art in China 1978-2018, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China (Dec 18 - Feb 23)
HERBSTALON '18 – Brücken Fremder Flüsse, MDR TV Station, Magdeburg, Germany (Oct 22 – Dec 16)
Ambush on All Sides, An Alternative Intervention in Social Vision, Museum of Sichuan Fine Art Institute, Chongqing, China (Oct26 – Nov26)
Travelers: Stepping into the Unknown, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan (Jan 21- May 6)
The Fuck Off Generation: Chinese Art in the Post-Mao Era, Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York, USA (Jan 31 - Mar 20)
Art from the Streets, ArtScience Museum, Singapore (Jan 13 - Jun 3)
Nord Art 2018, Kunswerk Carlshuette, Buedelsdorf, Germany (Jun 9 - Oct 7)
2017
Street Generations(s) 40 Years of Urban Art, La Condition Publique, Lille, France (Mar 31 - Jun 18)
Working on History, Chinese Photography and the Cultural Revolution, Museum of Photography, Berlin, Germany (Aug 18 - Jan 2018)
2016
Audacious: Contemporary Artists Speak Out, Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA (Feb 18-29)
Utopias/Heterotopias, Wuzhen International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bei Shansi Factory Wuzhen, China (Mar 28 - Jun 26)
The Shadow Never Lies, Sheshan MOCA, Shanghai, China (Apr 30 - Jul 31)
An Exhibition About Exhibitions, OCAT Institute, Beijing, China (Jun 26 - Oct 30)
Art From The Streets, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China (July 1 - Aug 24）
Busan Biennale, Busan Art Museum, Busan, South Korea (Sep 3 - Nov 30)
Vile Bodies, White Rabbit Gallery, Sidney, Australia (Sep 9 - Feb 5 2017)
Enduring Magnetism, 1X3 Gallery, Beijing, China (Sep 17 - Nov 17)
2015
Paradise Bitch, White Rabbit Gallery, Sidney, Australia ( Sep 10 2015 – Jan 31 2016)
We are together, Taikoo Square, Chengdu, China (Jun 24 – Sep 20)
The Civil Power, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum，Beijing, China (Jun 25 – Oct 10, 2015)
Community Implant Plan, Chengdu Jinjiang Museum, Chengdu, China (Feb 14 – Mar 15)
Suddenly Enlightened, Chinese and German Conceptual Art Comparative Research Exhibition, United Museum, Wuhan China (Mar 13 – Jun 13)
2014
Lianzhou Photo Festival Photography in the Post Media Era
MIA Singapore Marina Bay Booth D-6
West Says East Says, Chinese Contemporary Art Research Exhibition
United Art Museum, Wuhan, China
Phnom Penh Photo Festival, Cambodia
Chinese Contemporary Photography，Mingsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
Aftermath, 21c Museum, Louisville, USA
De Heus-Zomers Collection of Chinese Contemporary
Art Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Holland
2013
Individual Growth-Momentum of Contemporary Art, Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin,China
Voice of the Unseen, Collateral Event at the 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Aura and Post Aura, The First Beijing International Photography Biennale, Millennium Museum, Beijing, China
Hot Pot: A Taste of Contemporary Chinese Art, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, USA
Incarnations, Institute Confucius des Pais de la Loire, Angers, France
Fuck Off 2, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Holland
Re-Ink, Invitational Exhibition, Hubei Museum of Art，Wuhan, China
The Nature of Things, Magda Gallery, Shanghai, China
Chinese Photography, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Brussels, Belgium
One Square Meter-Situation, Linda Gallery, Beijing, China
World’s Shadows, Photo Phnom Penh 2013, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Spectacle Reconstruction, Budapest Art Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2012
Raze, Peking Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop, MET, New York, USA
The Unseen at Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Art Museum Guangzhou, China
Body Double: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture, The Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, USA
Omen-2012, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai China
2011
Faking It: Manipulated Phototgraphy Before Photoshop, The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York
New Photography 2011, The Museum Of Modern Art, New York
Speech Matters, The 54th International Art Exhibition Of The Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Black And White, Zero Art Museum, Beijing China
The Life And Death Of Buildings, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
Relationship, Guangdong Museum Of Art, China, Guangzhou, China
Self Camera, Changwon Asia Art Festival, Seongsan Art Hall, South Korea
The Evolving Art, Academy Of Arts and Design at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2010
Is The World Real? 6th Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China
The Original Copy: Photography Of A Sculpture, 1839 to Today, MOMA, New York, NY
Exhibition Exhibition, Castello di Rivoli Museo De Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
Four Dimensions, Hong Kong Photo Festival, Hong Kong, China
Zhang Dali: A Second History 41st Edition Of Les Recontres d’arles, Espace Van Gogh, Arles France
A Decade-Long Exposure, central Academy Of Arts Museum, Beijing, China
Dimensionality, Red Star Gallery, Beijing, China
Great Performance, Pace Beijing, China
Ame de Chine, Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris, France
From New York To Beijing: Graffiti-Blogging In The Street-Blade and Zhang Dali, C-Space, Beijing, China
Re-Visioning History, OV gallery, Shanghai, China
Reshaping History: China Art from 2000-2009, National Conference Centre, Beijing, China
China’s Soul, Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris, France
2009
Chasing Flames, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York
Calligraffiti: “‘Writing’ in Contemporary Chinese and Chicano Art," Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
Re-imaging Asia, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK
Stairway to Heaven:From Chinese Streets to Monuments and Skyscrappers, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Chinese Prints, Pace Prints, New York, NY
The Very Condition, Wall Art Museum, Beijing, China
Images From History, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzen, China
Collision, Central Academy Of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing China
Transforming Traditions, Victoria H. Myhren gallery, University Of Denver, CO
From Style Writing To Art- Street Art Group Show, 18 Gallery Shanghai, China
2008
Five Years Of Duolun, Shanghai Duolun Museum Of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
The Revolution Continues: New Art From China, Saatchi Gallery, London
Logan Collection, San Francisco MOMA, CA
China Gold, Musee Maillol, Paris, France
Zhang Dali and Shen Shaomin, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York, NY
The Avant Garde in the 80’s and 90’s of the last Century in China, Groningen Museum, Netherlands
Re-Imaging Asia:Asian Coordinates, House Of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany
2007
Unexpected: Out Of Control, Ku Art Center , Beijing, China
All of our Tomorrows: The Culture of Camouflage, Kunstraum der Universität, Lünenburg, Germany
China Now, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Red Hot, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Three Unitary, DDM, Shanghai, China
La Cina e’ vicina, Mediterranea Gallery, Palermo, Italy Past Forward, Oriental Vista Art Collections, Shanghai, China
2006
China Now, Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria
Radar: Selections from the Collection of Kent and Vicki Logan, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Fever Variations, 6th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
Red Star, 798 Factory Red Star Gallery, Beijing, China
Great Performance, Max Protetch, New York, NY
2005
Mayfly, Beijing Commune, China
The Game of Realism, Beijing Commune, China
2004
Between Past and Future, International Center for Photography, New York
Regeneration, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, USA
Me!Me!Me! CourtYard Gallery, Beijing, China
2003
Festival Internazionale di Roma, L’Officina-Arte del Borghetto, Rome, Italy
The Logan Collection, Denver Art Museum, Denver
2002
New Photography From China, The CourtYard Gallery, Beijing, China
The First Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Asia in the World, ARCO, Madrid, Spain
2001
China Art Now, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Contemporary Chinese Photography, Finland Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
HOT POT, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo Norway
2000
Dialogue, ShangHai, CourtYard Gallery, Beijing, China
AK-47, CourtYard Gallery, Beijing, China
FUCK OFF, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China
Artistes Contemporains Chinois, Museedes Tapisseries, Aix-en-Provence, France
1999
Transparence Opacite? Valle d’Aosta, Italy
Food for Thought, Eindhoven, Holland
Beijing in London ICA, London
1998
Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London
Lehman College, New York
11th Tallinn Triannual, Tallinn Estonia
1997
Academy of Fine Arts, Gallery of the National
Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
1995
Goethe Institute Gallery, Torino, Italy
1994
Graphic Arts Experimentation Laboratory, Bologna, Italy