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Artist name: Jihong 

Original name: Ji Hong Zhang

Sculptress / Multimedia artist

Born in Hangzhou, China

2013-     PHD studying in sculpture department, the China Academy of Art , Hangzhou , China

2012 -   Teaching in the School of  Public Art, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou.                                         

2009 - 2010   Teaching in public art department, Shanghai Institute of Design of China Academy of Art, Shanghai. 

2004 -    Working and exhibiting in China and around the world.  Sculpture Ballet series have been collected by the city government of Hangzhou, the Grand Theatre of Hangzhou and the Guangzhou TIME Housing Company and private collectors internationally, they also have been collected in China Guardian 2010-2011 Auction, China Guardian Auctions Co. LTD, Beijing, China. As well Designed and made public sculptures for cities in Zhejiang, Shanxi and Guangzhou, and "cuju" has won the best art Work prize in 2006 in Zhejiang, "Ballet 011" has won the special art work prize in 2010 in Zhejiang.

2002    'The Contemporary Art of China 1997-1999' catalogue A3, the China National Publishing House, China. 

1993 - 2004   Lived in the Netherlands, worked as a professional artist in the field of sculpture, painting and multimedia art. Exhibited art works in several well-know galleries in the Netherlands, Belgium and France, and many works have been collected by international collectors.

1993   Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, the ceramic studio, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1990 - 1993   Hangzhou Institute of Urban Public Sculpture, Hangzhou

1991   Sculpture Ballet series won the 2nd prize at The Best works of Chinese West lake Fine Arts Festival, Art Gallery of China Academy of Art,  Hangzhou.        

1988 - 1993   Freelance illustrator for Zhejiang Provincial Publish House of Children Books,China

1985 - 1990   Sculpture Department, the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou.

1982 - 1985   The Affiliated Art High School of the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou.