Zheng Hong Xiang
Born in 1983, Zheng Hongxiang grew up in Gaizhou, Liaoning Province, and graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 2006. Prior to this debut exhibition in the U.S., Zheng has exhibited at prestigious museums in China and other reputable venues in Asia and Europe. Zheng currently lives and works in Beijing.


 
Biography

Biography

Born in 1983, Zheng Hongxiang grew up in Gaizhou, Liaoning Province, and graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 2006. Prior to this debut exhibition in the U.S., Zheng has exhibited at prestigious museums in China and other reputable venues in Asia and Europe. Zheng currently lives and works in Beijing.

As an artist, Zheng takes an intellectual and imaginative model for understanding and interpreting the contemporary society in all its aspects. His works offer an in-depth dissection of the existential paradox and explore the dichotomy and dynamics between the individual and society. “As a Chinese artist born in the 1980’s, when interacting with the contemporary society, a mixed sense of enclosure and confinement arises in me. Yet the enclosure does not feel entirely safe while the confinement seems self-contradictory....It is rooted in our social constructs, the hierarchy, more specifically, the Superstructure.” Zheng said in his statement.

A renewed theatrical Baroquesque quality can be found in Zheng’s works, which present a myriad of epic sceneries and captivating spectacles recalling the dream state in the Freudian analysis. Developing this theme since 2007, Zheng conceives and repeatedly constructs this cryptic realm in a series of paintings with an array of symbolic imagies and motifs, among which, constantly recurring are the red stage, a gray endless sky and the protagonist, a disrobed muscular faceless human figure with a red box covering his head, seeking, exploring, or confronting the outside world yet with their vision blocked. The overall color palette is based on scarlet red and various greys, exuding a mixed sense of both tension and passion.


Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions

2019
Zheng Hongxiang - Scratch the Surface, Gome Art Foundation, Hong Kong

2017
Le Printemps de Pekin, Ying Space, Beijing, China
Gentlemen's Bearing, Hong Kong

2016
Zheng Hongxiang Solo Exhibition - Dissimilation, Triumph Art Space, Beijing, China

2015
A105 - Zheng Hongxiang, Pa Ta Gallery, Shanghai, China
Sovrapposizioni Di Immagini, Caceres Museum, Italy

2014
Dual Program, Pa Ta Gallery, Shanghai, China

2013
Pa Ta Gallery @Art021, Rockbund, Shanghai, China
Mo luo - Zheng Hongxiang Solo Exhibition, Pa Ta Gallery, Shanghai, China

2012
Arte Fiera Bologna, Italy
"Fables & Theatreality" ASIAN ART PIERS Gallery, New York
"Young Bones - New Generation from the North East" PaTa Gallery, Shanghai, China
Emerging Artists from North II, Pa Ta Gallery, Shanghai, China
Art Beijing, Beijing, China

2011
The Inaugural Exhibition, PaTa Gallery
Art Revolution Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
"Scam - Zheng Hong Xiang" PaTa Gallery, Shanghai, China (solo)
"An Absurd Icon - Zheng Hong Xiang" ShContemporary (solo)

2010
Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition at Fifth Element Gallery, Beijing,
China Young Art Taipei 2010, Taipei
Arte Fiera Bologna, Italy
The Third Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair, Hong Kong
SH Contemporary 2010, Shanghai, China

2009
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA
SH Contemporary 2009, Shanghai, China
Ten Year-Luxun Art Academy Oil Painting Department New Generation Exhibitions, Luxun Art Museum, China

2008
“The Lost“ City Exhibition, Beijing, China

2007
“The Voice – 6 New Artist Show”, Nine Cube Gallery, Beijing, China

2006
National Elite Fine Art Graduate Exhibition, Beijing Today Art Museum, Beijing, China







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