Yi Zhang

Currently based in Eindhoven, NL

Education
2023 — 2024 Advanced Master of Research in Art and Design - with Great distinction (Magna cum laude) at Sint Lucas Antwerpen, Belgium.
2018 —2021  Master of Arts - subject In Situ - with Great distinction (Magna cum laude) at Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Belgium.
2014 — 2018 Bachelor of Arts - subject Painting at Guangzhou Academy of Fine arts, China.

Publication
Nothing, 2021. Published by Stockmans Art Books, www.stockmansartbooks.be

Solo Exhibition
2023 fall off, Centrala space. Birmingham/UK
2022 Right Time, FRED&FERRY Gallery. Antwerp/BE
2019 Drawing as a Thinking Tool – Prijs Stockmans Art Books, M HKA. Antwerp/BE
2018 Nothing, Royal academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Antwerp/BE
2018 Nothing, SabakiSpace. Guangzhou/CN
2017 Nothing , GAFA. Guangzhou/CN

Residency/Workshop
2024 Hermitage Sykaminea, Lesvos/GR
2024 Hackers & Designers Summer Camp 2024 Unruly Currents & Everyday Piracy, Boxtel/NL
2023 Hackers & Designers Summer Camp 2023 Hopepunk: Reknitting Collective Infrastructures, Boxtel/NL
2023 Radicale 1924, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie/FR
2023 Art & History Museum, Brussels/BE
2022 Radicale 1924, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie/FR
2021 6-months residency at ARTwell, Amsterdam/NL

Awards 
2021 Prijs van het Departement, Antwerp/BE
2019 Stockman Art books Price, Antwerp/BE
2017 Inter-youth Price, Hangzhou/CN

Selected Group exhibition
2024
We Who Are About To… Het Bos. Antwerp/BE

2023
Touring exhibition hosted by Reading Room Rotterdam and de Ijskast. Rotterdam/NL
The 12th art nova 100, Guardian Art Centre. Beijing/CN

2022
The image generator, OKI Krasno Selo. Sofia/BG
West lake yóu, West lake. Hangzhou/CN
This Art Fair. De Kromhouthal. Amsterdam/NL
Window Opener, Artwell. Amsterdam/NL
Domestic Science, Pfand-Leeggoed. Brussels/BE

2021
The 3rd edition of FutureLab, at West Bund Dome. Shanghai/CN
To-be Antwerp, FRED&FERRY Gallery. Antwerp/BE
Wunderkammer, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek. Brussels/BE
Masters expo 2021, Royal academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Antwerp/BE
Zone de Troc II, Kunstenfestivaldesarts. Brussels/BE
Kunst Op De Campus, University of Antwerp. Antwerp/BE
Redemption Song, Art partout. Antwerp/BE
Dummies Dummies, RAAT Antwerp. Antwerp/BE
Room theatre, OCT Boxes Art Museum. Shenzhen/CN

2020
The image generator, A site-specific two-day happening in Antwerp/BE
Out and About. Site-specific installations in public space for 3 months. Antwerp/BE

2019 
Resiliência, Ponte d’Arte. Porto/PT
The behavior of the clouds, Royal academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Antwerp/BE

2018
GAFA Degree Show, Guangdong museum of Art. Guangzhou/CN

2017
111days, Royal academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Antwerp/BE
The Seventh Bi-City Biennale Of UrbanismArchitecture (UABB). Shenzhen/CN
The Fifth, GAFA museum. Guangzhou, CN