CV
Curriculum Vitea
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.