2012-2014 | MA in Painting, Royal College of Art (London) |
2008-2012 | BA in Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL (London) |
2024 | (upcoming) Flat Earth, Pilar Corrias (London) |
2022 | undo undo undo, Pilar Corrias (London) |
2021 | Lorem Ipsum, Long March Space (Beijing) |
2020 | New Peril, TANK Shanghai (Shanghai) |
  | Soft Borders, Lawrie Shabibi (Dubai) |
2018 | Codescape, Long March Space (Beijing) |
  | Uzumaki, House of Egorn (Berlin) |
2017 | Vivien Zhang (curated by Sarah McCrory), Monteverdi (Castiglioncello del Trinoro) |
2016 | Cavity Drift, Galerie Huit (Hong Kong) |
2015 | Vivien Zhang | The Chadwell Award Exhibition, PSW (London) |
2024 | Dream Screen, Leeum Museum of Art (Seoul) |
  | Abstraction (re)creation, Le Consortium (Dijon) |
  | Nature Painting Nature, curated by Lydia Yee, Pilar Corrias (London) |
  | Boundless Reverie, K11 MUSEA (Hong Kong) |
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2023 | Duo presentation: Rirkrit Tiravanija and Vivien Zhang, Paris+ par Art Basel, Pilar Corrias (Paris) |
  | Dust Piles Us Up, curated by Sun Yitian, SUHE HAUS (Shanghai) |
  | Steadfastly Revise for the Standards in Nonproductive Construction, curated by Evonne Jiawei Yuan, Long March Space (Beijing) |
  | Let The Sunshine In, Pilar Corrias (London) |
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2022 | Barbe À Papa, curated by Cédric Fauq, CAPC (Bordeaux) |
  | The Infinite Conversation, curated by Zhu Zhu, 1st Beijing Biennial (Beijing) |
  | The Disconnected Generation, Song Art Museum (Beijing) |
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2021 | Mixing It Up: Painting Today, Hayward Gallery (London) |
Ex Roma V, the Abbey Awards exhibition of past award holders, APT Gallery (London) | |
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2020 | after image, Mamoth (London) |
  | Fortune Teller: The Undefinable Youth Project I, Wanying Art Museum (Shijiazhuang) |
  | L'Heure Bleue (Part II), PLUS-ONE Gallery and Gallery Sofie Van de Velde (Antwerp) |
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2019 | Echo Chamber, PLUS-ONE Gallery (Antwerp) |
  | Generation Y, Platform Foundation (London) |
  | To Cite A Body, Sluice (London) |
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2018 | BE:YO:ND, PLUS-ONE Gallery (Antwerp) |
  | Bone Memory, Lychee One (London) |
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2017 | Digital Natives: Vivien Zhang and Thomas van Linge, The RYDER (London) |
  | High Noon (curated by Adrienne Drake, Sarah Linford, and Donatella Saroli), Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma (Rome) |
  | Referencing Alexander Calder, Eli Klein Gallery (New York) |
  | June Mostra, British School at Rome (Rome) |
  | All As Long Distance Neighbours (curated by Marialuisa Pastò), SOYUZ (Pescara) |
  | March Mostra, British School at Rome (Rome) |
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2016 | Trembling Surfaces, Long March Space (Beijing) |
  | South of Meaning: Travis Jeppesen and Vivien Zhang, House of Egorn (Berlin) |
  | Beyond Borders (with UNICEF Next Generation), Blain|Southern (London) |
  | December Mostra, British School at Rome (Rome) |
  | Cue Collision, House of Egorn London Lounge (London) |
  | Sunny Side Up!, Rook & Raven (London) |
  | PAPER | PUBLICATION | PERFORMANCE, Lychee One (London) |
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2015 | Deeper Bite: Teresita Dennis and Vivien Zhang, Lychee One (London) |
  | Repeat | Spiral, Renke Gallery (Hangzhou) |
  | Visions from a New Generation (commissioned by Swarovski), Lane Crawford (Shanghai) |
  | East London Painting Prize, The Rum Factory (London) |
  | Mapping in Memory, House of Egorn (Berlin) |
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2014 | Laurence Owen and Vivien Zhang, Rook & Raven (London) |
  | Saatchi New Sensations, Victoria House (London) |
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2013 |
ASYAAF (Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival),
Cultural Station 284 (Seoul) |
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2012 | The Boat of 2012, Today Art Museum (Beijing) |
2016-17 | British School at Rome: Abbey Award Scholarship (Rome) |
2014-15 | Chadwell Award (London) |
2013 | Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris) |
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2019-20 | Appointmented by the Contemporary Art Society, signature artwork for Quintain's Wembley Park development |
2015 | Appointmented by Futurecity and the Royal College of Art: site-specific artwork for Riverlight 2, Vauxhall |
2024 | Visiting artist, Arts University Bournemouth (Bournemouth) |
2021-23 | Associate Lecturer, Camberwell College of Art, UAL (London) |
2021-23 | Visiting artist, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL (London) |
2021 | Visiting artist, University of Brighton (Brighton) |
2020 | Visiting artist, Royal College of Art (London) |
2019 | Visiting artist, Turps art school (London) |
2017 | Listmaker, Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia: The Arts |
2016 | Awardee, Abbey Award Scholarship for the British School at Rome |
2015 | Shortlisted, East London Painting Prize 2015 |
2014 | Awardee, Chadwell Award |
2014 | Shortlisted, Saatchi New Sensations 2014 |
2014 | Winner, Riverlight Award (award by St James Group, the Royal College of Art and Futurecity) |
2009 | Awardee, Andor Scholarship, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL |
2022 |
Xinfeng Jiang, "Art Feature: Monologue", GQ China (Issue November 2022): 76. |
2022 |
Han Xia, "Oriental Verve: Vivien Zhang", Wallpaper* China (Issue October 2022): 158-159. |
2022 |
Arya and Daqi, "Vivien Zhang", Bazaar Art China (Issue September 2022): 116-119. |
2022 |
Yiren Shen, “张月薇:当艺术成为穿越时空褶皱的'通行证'”, artnet (China), https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/OBpIbd-rJClyoJ4kCEyZNA, 17 June 2022. |
2022 |
Charlotte Brook, “A Bigger Picture: Vivien Zhang”, Harper's Bazaar (Issue May 2022): 38, 80. |
2021 |
Mixing It Up: Painting Today, Hayward Gallery, 8 September – 12 December 2021. [Exhibition Catalogue]. London: Hayward Gallery Publishing. |
2021 |
Laura Cumming, “Mixing It Up: Painting Today review – a showcase of devotion to an
age-old medium”, The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/sep/12/mixing-it-up-painting-today-review-hayward-gallery-london, 12 Sep 2021. |
2021 |
Gerald Li and Kevin Ma, editor, “Vivien Zhang: The Symbol, The Contrast”, ELLE Decoration (China) (Issue 204, September 2021): 60-63. |
2020 |
Ruhui Wang, “Vivien Zhang: Carte Blanche”, Numéro Art (China) (Issue November 2020): 198-207. |
2020 |
Lauren Long, “Reports: Vivien Zhang”, ArtAsiaPacific (Issue May-June 2020): 23. |
2020 |
Vanessa Murrell and Martin Mayorga, “Vivien Zhang: creating a personal ecology of motifs”, DATEAGLE ART, https://dateagle.art/vivien-zhang-interview/, Mar 2020. |
2018 |
Irene Ramón, “Vivien Zhang – Mechanical vs Unique”, METAL magazine, http://metalmagazine.eu/bi/post/interview/vivien-zhang-mechanical-vs-unique, March 2018. |
2018 |
Avita Guo and Rachel Jiu, editor, “Vintage Cyber Girl”, VOGUE me (China) (Issue 292, October 2018): 98-99. |
2017 |
Charlotte Jensen, “New Establishment: Vivien Zhang”, ELEPHANT magazine (Issue 30, Spring 2017): 74-77. |
2017 |
“Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia: The Arts”, Forbes, https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30-asia/2017/the-arts/#61a618994bda, April 2017. |
2016 |
“Hans Ulrich Obrist in Conversation About Inventing New Languages”, Sleek magazine, http://www.sleek-mag.com/2016/12/02/hans-ulrich-obrist-zhang-jeppesen-miralda/, November 2016. |
2016 |
Alan Chan, “Exhibition Review: Vivien Zhang”, AM Post (Issue 119, March/April 2016): 34-35. |
2016 |
“Her Orchestra: Vivien Zhang, an interview with Monica Chung”, ART.ZIP, (Issue 15, March 2016): 153-156. |
2015 |
Yana Peel, “Changing Faces”, Porter Magazine (Winter 2015, Issue 12): 81. |
Arts Council Collection (UK) |
Aspen Art Collection (UK) |
By Art Matters JNBY (China) |
CC Foundation (China) |
Museum Azman (Malaysia) |
Chadwell Collection (UK) |
De Heus-Zomer Collection (Netherlands) |
Sammlung Goetz (Germany) |
Groeninghe Art Collection (Belgium) |
ICA Miami (USA) |
Museum Inimá de Paula (Brazil) |
K11 Art Foundation (China) |
Long Museum (China) |
Longlati Foundation (China) |
Nanjo Art Museum (Japan) |
Royal College of Art (UK) |
Start Museum (China) |
The Perimeter (UK) |
White Rabbit Collection (Australia) |
YAGEO Foundation (Taiwan) |