
Zhong Zhuang
"I am what I paint.”
Born 1972 in Nanjing, China.
Lives and works in Beijing.
EDUCATION
2000-2003 Post-Graduate Study, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
1991-1995 B.A., Nanjing Art Institute
Explore artwork
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 “Zhong Zhuang: Echoes of Light,” Art of the World Gallery, Houston
2019 “Landscape of the Mind: Zhong Zhuang,” Beijing
2017 “Image of East Europe: Zhong Zhuang,” Beijing
2014 “Sky Cloud Water Shadow: Zhong Zhuang,” Beijing
2004 “Zhong Zhuang,” Taipei
1999 “Zhong Zhuang,” Taipei
1995 “Zhong Zhuang,” Nanjing
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “In the Mood for Love: New Academicism Small Oil Painting Invitational,” Ningbo
“The Birth of a Painting Series,” Taicang
“Comments and Paintings,” Beijing
2023 “The 8th National Painting Academy Exhibition,” Jinan
“Broad Realism: Contemporary Oil Painting of China and Spain,” Hangzhou, Beijing, Madrid.
2022 “Soul of Mountains and Rivers: Research Exhibition of Landscape Paintings in Southern China,” Haikou
2020 “Hundred Years of Dreams: Jinling Painting Exhibition of 100 Chinese Artists,” Nanjing
“Picturesque Jiangnan: Chinese Oil Painting,” Suzhou
“The 12th China Art Festival National Excellent Artworks,” Shanghai
2019 “Westward Journey: Chinese Oil Painting,” Lanzhou
2018 “The Third Visible Poetry: Chinese Oil Painting,” Suzhou
2017 “Pictures in the South of the Yangtze River: Chinese Oil Painting,” Suzhou
“Jinling Painting Exhibition of 100 Chinese Artists,” Nanjing
2016 “The Second Visible Poetry: Chinese Oil Painting,” Weifang
“The Eleventh China Art Festival,” Xian
2015 “Pictures in the South of the Yangtze River: Chinese Oil Painting,” Suzhou
“Footprints of the Times: Jinling Exhibition of 100 Chinese Artists,” Nanjing
“The First Jiangsu Provincial Youth Art Exhibition,” Nanjing
2014 “Visible Poetry: Chinese Landscape Oil Painting,” Weifang
“The Twelfth National Art Exhibition,” Wuhan
2013. “The First Jiangsu Provincial Youth Art Exhibition,” Nanjing
“The Tenth China Art Festival,” Jinan Nanjing
“The Character of Painting: Chinese Oil Painting,” Beijing
2012. “Visible Poetry: National Oil Painting Sketch Exhibition,” Weifang
“China Youth Oil Painting,” Weifang
“The Elegance of the Times: Jinling Exhibition of a Hundred Chinese Artists,” Nanjing
2011. “China in the Eyes of Artists: Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting,” Shenzhen
“The 4th National Youth Fine Arts Exhibition,” Beijing
2010. “Research and Transcendence: The Second National Small Oil Painting Exhibition,” Beijing
“The 7th Jiangsu Provincial Oil Painting Exhibition and 2010 Small-Scale Oil Painting Research Exhibition,” Nanjing
“The Ninth China Art Festival,” Guangzhou
“China’s Hundred: Jinling Art Exhibition,” Nanjing
“Oil Painting: the Eleventh National Art Exhibition,” Shanghai
“The Eleventh National Art Watercolor and Gouache Exhibition,” Panjin
2008 “Plastic Art Newcomer Exhibition,” Beijing
“The Third China Beijing International Art Biennale,” Beijing
“Expansion and Integration: Chinese Modern Oil Painting Research Exhibition,” Beijing
2007 “China’s First Hundred Young Artists Oil Painting Exhibition,” Shanghai
“The 4th National Academy of Painting Excellent Works Exhibition,” Wuhan
“The 2nd China-ASEAN Youth Art Contest Exhibition,” Nanning
“Oil Painting Exhibition of the Yangtze River Delta,” Beijing
“CCTV China Contemporary Oil Painting,” Beijing
“The 1st China-National Oil Painting Exhibition of 100 Young Artists,” Shanghai
2006 “China: 100 Painters,” Nanjing
“Spirit and Character: China Contemporary Realism Oil Painting,” Shanghai, Beijing
“Expansion and Integration: Chinese Modern Oil Painting Research Exhibition,” Beijing
2004 “Oil Painting Exhibition for the 1st Advanced Training Class of the Central Academy of Fine Arts,” Beijing
“The 10th National Artworks Exhibition,” Shantou
“Asia Art Festival,” Foshan Chinese New Era Oil Painting,” Beijing
“Ration and Enthusiasm: Jiangsu Art Salon,” Nanjing
“The 2nd National Minority Group Artworks Exhibition,” Beijing
2003 “The 3rd National Oil Paintings Exhibition,” Beijing
“Oil Paintings of Professor Shen Xinggong and His Students,” Beijing
2002 “Jiangsu Provincial Oil Paintings,” Nanjing
1999 “The 9th National Artworks,” Shanghai
“Jiangsu Provincial Oil Painting Exhibition,” Nanjing
1998 “The 1st Art Festival of Jiangsu Province,” Nanjing
1996 “Jiangsu Fine Arts Exhibition of Young Painters,” Nanjing
1995 “China Landscape Oil Paintings,” Beijing
“The 10th New Talents and New Works Exhibition,” Beijing
1994 “The 2nd China Oil Paintings Exhibition,” Beijing
“The 8th National Artworks Exhibition,” Beijing
NATIONAL AWARDS
2020 “Hundred Years of Dreams: Jinling Painting Exhibition of 100 Chinese Artists Works,”
Collected Award (Highest National Honor)
2018. “The Third Visible Poetry: Chinese Oil Painting,” Outstanding Award
2017 “Pictures in the South of the Yangtze River: Chinese Oil Painting,”
Yan Wenliang Art Award (Highest National Honor)
“Jinling Painting Exhibition of 100 Chinese Artists,” Collected Works Award (Highest National Honor)
2012 “China Youth Artworks Exhibition,” Excellent Work Award (Highest National Honor)
2011 “China in the Eyes of Artists: Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting,” Excellence Award (National Honor)
“The 4th National Youth Fine Arts Exhibition,” Outstanding Work Award (Highest National Honor)
2008 “Plastic Art Newcomer Exhibition,” Newcomer Nomination Award (National Honor)
2007 “The 2nd China-ASEAN Youth Art Contest,” Outstanding Work Award (Highest National Honor)
“CCTV China Contemporary Oil Painting,” Outstanding Award (Highest National Honor)
2004 “The 2nd National Minority Group Artworks Exhibition,” Outstanding Award (Highest National Honor)
1994 “The 8th National Artworks Exhibition,” Outstanding Award (Highest National Honor)
PROVINCIAL AWARDS
2015 “The First Jiangsu Provincial Youth Art Exhibition,” Gold Award
2013 “The First Jiangsu Provincial Exhibition,” Wenhua Award
2010 “The 7th Jiangsu Provincial Oil Painting and 2010 Small-Scale Oil Painting Research Exhibition,”
Outstanding Work Award and Phoenix Excellence Award
2002 “Jiangsu Provincial Oil Paintings Exhibition,” Outstanding Award
1999 “The 9th National Artworks Jiangsu Provincial Oil Painting Exhibition,” Bronze Award
“The 1st Art Festival of Jiangsu Province,” Silver Award
1996 “Jiangsu Fine Arts Exhibition of Young Painters,” Bronze Award
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & POSITIONS
2022. Present Review Expert, Jiangsu Provincial Art Fund
2016. Present Judge, National Art Fund of China
2014. Present Director, China Oil Painting Association
2005. Present National-Highest Level Artist
2001-Present Member, China Artists Association
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Museum of Beijing Fine Art Academy, Beijing
CCTV, Beijing
Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, Nanjing
The National Art Museum of China, Beijing
Ningbo Museum of Art, Ningbo
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
The Suzhou Art Museum, Suzhou