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Chongbin Zheng BIOGRAPHY
Born 1961 Shanghai, China. Known for: Ink on rice paper drawing, painting, teaching.
Zheng Chongbin was born in Shanghai and attended the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts to study Chinese Paintings, where he taught for four years after graduating in 1984. In 1989 he was awarded the... Read full biography
Zheng Chongbin was born in Shanghai and attended the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts to study Chinese Paintings, where he taught for four years after graduating in 1984. In 1989 he was awarded the first International Fellowship to further his training at the San Francisco Art Institute, acquiring his... Read full biography
Zheng Chongbin was born in Shanghai and attended the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts to study Chinese Paintings, where he taught for four years after graduating in 1984. In 1989 he was awarded the first International Fellowship to further his training at the San Francisco Art Institute, acquiring his MFA in 1991. He currently resides in San Francisco but works between California and Shanghai. Traditionally trained in Chinese ink painting, Zheng began to explore the notion of abstraction in his... Read full biography
Zheng Chongbin was born in Shanghai and attended the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts to study Chinese Paintings, where he taught for four years after graduating in 1984. In 1989 he was awarded the first International Fellowship to further his training at the San Francisco Art Institute, acquiring his MFA in 1991. He currently resides in San Francisco but works between California and Shanghai. Traditionally trained in Chinese ink painting, Zheng began to explore the notion of abstraction in his works in the 1980s whilst studying in San Francisco. His works attempt to put the traditional medium of Chinese ink into a universal, contemporary artistic context. Zheng is interested to explore how Chinese ink reacts physically with rice paper; he... Read full biography
Zheng Chongbin was born in Shanghai and attended the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts to study Chinese Paintings, where he taught for four years after graduating in 1984. In 1989 he was awarded the first International Fellowship to further his training at the San Francisco Art Institute, acquiring his MFA in 1991. He currently resides in San Francisco but works between California and Shanghai. Traditionally trained in Chinese ink painting, Zheng began to explore the notion of abstraction in his works in the 1980s whilst studying in San Francisco. His works attempt to put the traditional medium of Chinese ink into a universal, contemporary artistic context. Zheng is interested to explore how Chinese ink reacts physically with rice paper; he often paints his large format works on the floor with a short, fat brush. Zheng applies brushstrokes repetitively... Read full biography
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Zheng Chongbin was born in Shanghai and attended the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts to study Chinese Paintings, where he taught for four years after graduating in 1984. In 1989 he was awarded the first International Fellowship to further his training at the San Francisco Art Institute, acquiring his MFA in 1991.
He currently resides in San Francisco but works between California and Shanghai. Traditionally trained in Chinese ink painting, Zheng began to explore the notion of abstraction in his works in the 1980s whilst studying in San Francisco. His works attempt to put the traditional medium of Chinese ink into a universal, contemporary artistic context.
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