Auspicious fairy crane - 4, 2021

Jinxian Zhang  

Born in 1988, Shanxi, China

Graduated from the China Academy of Art 

Selected member of "National Artists' Association", Shanxi Province

• Granted the Diploma from the China Academy of Art in 2010, one of top art acdemy in China, ZHANG Jinxian was under the dedicated instruction of the master painters XIAO Feng, WANG Guanjun, and HAN Lu. ZHANG Jinxian masters a wide range of techniques and styles from both Eastern and Western art, including traditional Chinese ink-and-wash painting, fine brush flower-and-bird painting, freehand landscape painting, calligraphy and oil painting. He found himself in contemporary Chinese painting best to express both the tradition and new thoughts.

• Beyond his solid art background, ZHANG Jinxian holds exceptional profound heritage and deep knowledge of traditional Chinese culture to nourish his unique style and content, such as classical Chinese literature and poetry, Chinese art history, Taoism and Buddhism. It allows him to "write" an extremely rich and mature grasp of freehand ink-and-wash paintings, and at the same time, a profound artistic expression beyond his age.

• Public Collections:

- Fujian Provincial Art Museum, China
- Jiangxi Provincial Art Museum, China
- Hubei Wudangshan Art Museum, China
- XianHuaWenJinYuan Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition Centre, China

• Awards & Prizes :

2021: Selected artwork for the Charity Project for Elderly Chinese Migrants in Brussels,

            ConnectingBrussel - You Matter and Flemish Govenment, Brussels, Belgium

2015: National Exhibition of “Huang Shen Prize" on Chinese Ink-and-Wash Painting in Hakka Style, ZiYang Art Museum, Fujian, China