Zhang Haiying
Born in Beijing, Zhang Haiying (Chinese, b.1972), is a painter known for his recent Anti-Vice Campaign, a series of socio-political pieces referencing the Chinese government’s efforts to stifle sex trafficking and pornography. By recreating images found on the Internet on the canvas in a distinct, painterly style, he wishes to raise awareness of the inequalities women face in Chinese society. He marks the canvas with his recognizable broad and swooping brushstrokes and gray, muted color palettes. His figures blend in with dark, murky backgrounds, evoking movement, as if caught on a film camera with a slow shutter speed. Like Degas’ brothel monotypes from the late 19th century, Haiying’s Action figure series from 2007, which features anonymous, beautiful women shamefully obscuring themselves from the onlooker’s gaze, explores a fascination with the modern female body and calls to question the gender hierarchy in Beijing. He graduated from Shang Dong Academy of Fine Arts in 1997, and since then, his work has been shown extensively in exhibitions around the globe, including at the 2008 Art Basel art fair in Switzerland, at the Scope London Art Fair, and at the Pan Art Fair in Amsterdam.
1972 Born in Beijing, China
Lives in Songzhuang, China
■ Solo Exhibitions
2009 Zhang Haiying Solo Show, Amsterdam, Holland
2008 Anti-Vice,Zhang Haiying Solo Show, Willem Kerseboom Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
2005 2005 Dancing In The Soul, Zhang Haiying oil painting exhibition, Beijing
■ Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Excited Changes, New Spirit Artworks, Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China
2012 Anti-vice Scene,Zhang Haiying Solo Exhibition at China
International Gallery Expo (CIGE), Soemo Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2011 SH Contemporary Art Fair 2011, by Soemo Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2010 Beyond The Broken Skin, Soemo Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2009 Red Man Meet Sinful Ladies of the night, Soemo Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2008 Anti-Vice,Zhang Haiying Solo Show, Willem Kerseboom Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Empty, Soemo Fine Arts, Beijing, China
The Revolution Continues, New Chinese Art, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Art Amsterdam 2008, Willem Kerseboom Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Art Asia Miami, FL
Go China, Amsterdam and Groningen-Chinese Contemporary Art, Richard Ter Borg Gallery, Groningen, Holland
Scope London, Willem Kerseboom Gallery, London, UK
2007 2007 ARTOUR-O art exhibition In Italy, Florence
View point – contemporary art exhibition Simo Gallery, Beijing
Move Away From Songzhuang art circuit exhibition Beijing-shanghai-jinan-shenyang
Artbeijing 2007 Contemporary Art Exposition, Beijing
2006 2006 1st Songzhuang multimedia exhibition Beijing
Out Of The Heaven, 3rd Songzhuang artists visual art exhibition, Beijing
2005 Out Of The Heaven, 2nd Songzhuang Artist Visual Art exhibition, Beijing
Sovereign Asia Art Foundation art exhibition, Hong-Kong
Chinese symbol, Chinese artist group exhibition Nice, France
Destruction, contemporary art exhibition Beijing
Splendid China, Beijing
1st Songzhuang art festival Beijing
Hearsay, contemporary art show Beijing (curator)
2004 Out of the heaven (1st songzhuang artists visual art exhibition) Beijing
Chinese copy art exhibition, Beijing
Contemporary Oil Painting of Songzhuang nine painters, Beijing
2003 100 Artists (group exhibition of china contemporary), Beijing
Six artists exhibition, Beijing Today Museum
2002 Time and Space contemporary art, Beijing
Heart of Clip, Songzhuang artist group show. Beijing
2001 Youth Contemporary Art, Beijing
1997 Solo Oil Exhibition, Ming Ren Gallery, Shang Dong Province, Ji Nan