Vivien Zhang

Vivien Zhang (b.1990) lives and works in London. She received her BA in Fine Art from the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL (London) and her MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art (London). Vivien Zhang's paintings take inspiration from subjects as diverse as modern architecture, mathematics, and geology. Examining how our digital lives inform and mirror our experience of the material world, Zhang looks at how painting can function as a 'site for assemblage'. In Zhang's words "...motifs taken from different contexts assemble, converge, and collide in the space of the canvases, creating new 'open networks' (Umberto Eco). I see this as a reflection of our reality - being digital natives we are constantly overloaded with visual stimuli".
 
Selected solo exhibitions include: Vivien Zhang curated by Sarah McCrory, Monteverdi, Castiglioncello del Trinoro, Italy (2022); Lorem Ipsum, Long March Space, Beijing, China (2021); Undo Undo Undo, Pilar Corrias, London, UK (2022) and among others; Selected group shows include The Disconnected Generation, Song Art Museum, Beijing, China (2022); BE:YOND, PLUS-ONE Gallery Antwerp, Belgium (2018); December Mostra", British School at Rome, Rome, Italy(2016) and among others.