Shanghai, China
Zhang Lehua’s artistic practice is largely based on what he sees and hears in daily life. In his “Teens Social Science” Series, Zhang Lehua is inspired by the 1980s and 1990s Chinese government youth education propaganda that he grew up with, utilizing the similar style of comics, and applying his unique sense of humor and sarcasm as a way of commenting on the contemporary issues that the 1980 generation, including artist himself, has to confront in their daily life.
Besides his independent artistic practice, he is also a member of the “Double Fly Art Center”, whose main practice is performance recorded by videos. Their seemingly senseless and bizarre performances challenge the boundary of different media and provoke the relationship between public, art, and politics. Their performances attempt to avoid seriousness and careful planning, the lacking sense of discipline allows spontaneity as well as exciting collision.
1985 in Shanghai, China
2008
MFA, New Media art, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
2004
Shanghai Huashan Art School
2016
Cinema Scene Project, Zeyi Movie Theater, Hangzhou
Trust Exist Void, Leo Gallery, Hong Kong
2015
Gazing Bolus, Lyceum MEM, Shanghai
The Interpreter who Interrupts, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris
2013
The World’s Longing for Lushan, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai
How to Collect Works of Contemporary Art, Li Zhenhua’s Collection
Exhibition at Zhang Lehua Studio, Shanghai
Love in a Golden Bowl, Art + Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai
2009
Black-bone Chicken, C5 Art Center, Beijing
2016
Expectation, SVA-NYC Art Platform, Shanghai
New Force Group Exhibition, Art Stage Singapore, Leo Gallery, Singapore
2015
Urban Living Room, City Pavilions of The 10th Shanghai Biennale, Jingan Kerry Center, Shanghai
2014
ANDAMONIUM, MOMENTUM: Kunstquartier Bethanien Mariannenlatz 2, Berlin
2013
The Sun, V Art Center, Shanghai
2012
Why Don’t You Love Me Anymore, Back Stage, Shanghai
Virtual Voices: Social Media Art from China, Charles H. Gallery, Vancouver
2011 Economics Shell, SWFC, Shanghai
Utopia Nowhere, Art + Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai
Fiction, Vanguard Gallery, M50, Shanghai
2010
Get it Louder: Sharism, Beijing and Shanghai
789 Art Festival, 798 Art District, Beijing
2009
Vanishing, DDM Warehouse, Shanghai
Art Economies, Osage Gallery, Shanghai
2008
If You Love, Soka Art Center, 798 Art District, Beijing
Pierre Huber Creation Prize Nomination Exhibition, T Space, Beijing
2007
Future is in Future, ShanghART Gallery H Space, M50, Shanghai
Refresh, Zendai MoMA, Shanghai
Arario Gallery, Beijing
