Zhang Hongtu     张宏图

Born 1943 in Pingliang, Gansu province and grew up in Beijing
1964-69 studied at the Central Academy of Applied Arts, Beijing
1982 moved to New York
works and lives in New York, USA as an independent artist
 

2007
Barcelona - Paris - Pekin, Espace Cultural Ample, Barcelona
2006
On the Edge - Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Indianapolis Museum of Art - IMA, Indianapolis, IN
On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Davis Museum and Cultural Center - Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Dragon Veins,University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
2005
Paintings by Zhang Hongtu, Goedhuis Contemporary - New York, New York City, NY (Solo)
Trading Place - Contemporary Art Museum, MOCA Taipei, Taipei
Collection Remixed, Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), New York City, NY  2004
Reinventing Tradition in a New World: The Arts of Gu Wenda, Wang Mansheng, Xu Bing, and Zhang Hongtu, Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg, USA
Out of Time, Out of Place, Out of China : Reinventing Chinese Tradition in a New Century, Art Gallery of the University of Pittsburgh, USA
Recreation of Chinese Shanshui, Drury Gallery of Malboro College, USA
Recreation of Chinese Shanshui - Dialogue with the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2003
A Brush with Tradition: Chinese Tradition and Contemporary Art., Newark Museum, USA
Shuffling the Deck: The Collection Reconsidered, Princeton University Art Museum, USA
Icons & Innovations: the Cross-Culture Art of Zhang Hongtu, Gibson Gallery, The State University of New York, Potsdam, USA
2002
The 1st Guangzhou Triennal - Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1900 - 2000), Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Paris-Pékin, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
Queens International, Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA
Ajita, The Station, Houston, USA
2001
Cross+ Overs, Market Gallery, Johannesburg, Africa
2000
New Paintings, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, USA
Crossing the Line, CSPS, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Word and Meaning, University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
1999
Transcience - Chinese Experimental Art at the End of th Twentieth Century, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA; University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, USA; The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, Germany
Repaints Chinese Shan Shui Painting, Yale-China Association, Yale University, New Haven, USA
1998
Global Roots: Chinese Artists Working in New York, Purdue University, USA
Kunming, New York, Montreal, Observatoire 4, Montreal, Canada
1997
Kimchi Xtravaganza!, Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, USA
1996
Reflections Abroad: The Journey of Zhang Hongtu 1982 - 1996, Anthony Giordano Gallery, Oakdale, USA
Icons of Power, Eighth Floor Gallery, New York, USA
1995
Zhang Hongtu Material Mao, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA (solo)
Other Choices / Other Voices, Islip Art Museum, Islip, USA
1994
Beyond the Borders: Art by Recent Immigrants, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA
Small World - Small Works, Galerie + Edition Caoc, Berlin, Germany
The Fifth Biennial Of Havana, Havana, Cuba
Ad-Vance, Pfizer Corporation, New York, USA
1993
Teddy Bear, Potato, Lipstick and Mao Art in General, New York, USA
1992
Four Artists from China, American Museum of National History, New York, USA
1991
Syncretism, Alternative Museum, New York, USA
1985
Roots to Reality I and II, Henry Street Settlement, New York, USA
1984
The New Generation, Hammerquist Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
1983
Painting the Chinese Dream, Brooklyn Museum of Art, USA (solo)