Lu Zhang was born in Chongqing, China in 1983. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2004. Zhang has exhibited in the US and abroad including shows at C. Grimaldis Gallery in Baltimore, Randall Scott Gallery in Washington DC, and The Center for Art and Culture in France. Her work has been reviewed in ARTnews, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun and featured in New American Paintings Magazine and Washington Spaces Magazine. In 2010, Zhang received a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council for works on paper. In 2011, Zhang was awarded The Trawick Prize Young Artist Award and The Hanze University Scholarship. In the fall of 2011, Zhang began her graduate studies in The Netherlands.
EDUCATION
2013
Master of Fine Arts candidate,
Frank Mohr Institute, The Netherlands
2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts summa cum laude,
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – Practice
2008
Randall Scott Gallery, Washington DC – Meditation, Time and Seduction
2004
Decker Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – Recent Drawings
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
39th Street Gallery, Brentwood, Maryland – Body
2010
School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, Maryland – Graphite on Paper
Silber Art Gallery, Towson, Maryland – Bits and Pieces
Hexagon Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – Drawing Out
2009
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – Sublime Structure
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – Summer
Stamp Gallery, College Park, Maryland – Pulse
2008
Art Miami, Miami, Florida – Randall Scott Gallery
2007
Aqua Wynwood, Miami, Florida – Randall Scott Gallery
Washington Project for the Arts, Washington D.C. – Hickok Cole
Flashpoint Gallery, Washington D.C.- Anonymous III
2004
Center for Art and Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France – Center for Art and Culture Exhibition
Cubicle 10 Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – Recent Graduate Show
Maryland Federation for the Arts, Baltimore, Maryland – Emerging Artists
2002
Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – Foundation Show
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland – Typography, Gatehouse, Sculpture Show
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2007
The Whole Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – The Race Show
PRESS / PUBLICATIONS
2011
Arts-Up, “Les Petits Interview Intempestifs,” John Paul Gavard-Perret, June 13 France
The Washington Post, “Body Talk at 39th Street Gallery,” Michael O’Sullivan, May 27
City Paper, “A Sense of Place,” Bret McCabe, May 25
What Weekly, “Meditations on the Landscape of Desire and Practice,” Baynard Woods, May 18
Urbanite Magazine, “Practice and Meditations,” Cara Ober, May 10
2010
Baltimore City Paper, “Top Ten: The Year in Art,” Alex Ebstein, December 8
2009
ARTnews, “Sublime Structure,” Cara Ober, Volume 108/Number 11, December
The Baltimore Sun, “A Closer Look at a Body of Work,” September 3
“Sublime Structures,” Virginia Adams, September
New American Paintings, Issue # 81, April
2008
The Washington Post, “Fake Beard, Genuine Article,” April 25
Washington Spaces Magazine, “Of Subtlety and Scale,” January / February
2007
The Washington Post, “Lining up to buy Anonymous Art,” June 14
HONORS AND AWARDS
2011
The Trawick Prize Young Artist Award, Bethesda, Maryland
Hanze University Scholarship, Groningen, The Netherlands
2010
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant
2009
The Trawick Prize, Bethesda, Maryland – Semifinalist
2005
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Travel Fellowship, Baltimore, Maryland – Finalist
2004
Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France
Honors Study Abroad Program – France
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
-General Sculptural Studies Award
-Achievement Award
2003
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
-Student Space Gallery Jury Member
-General Fine Arts Departmental Award
-The Ira J. Basler, Jr. and Mary K. Basler Memorial Scholarship
-Bill Woody / Tom Miller Scholarship
-Presidential Scholarship
-Trustee’s Award
BIO
Lu Zhang was born in Chongqing, China in 1983. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2004. Zhang has exhibited in the US and abroad including shows at C. Grimaldis Gallery in Baltimore, Randall Scott Gallery in Washington DC, and The Center for Art and Culture in France. Her work has been reviewed in ARTnews, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun and featured in New American Paintings Magazine and Washington Spaces Magazine. In 2010, Zhang received a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council for works on paper. In 2011, Zhang was awarded The Trawick Prize Young Artist Award and The Hanze University Scholarship. In the fall of 2011, Zhang began her graduate studies in The Netherlands.
EDUCATION
2013
Master of Fine Arts candidate,
Frank Mohr Institute, The Netherlands
2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts summa cum laude,
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – Practice
2008
Randall Scott Gallery, Washington DC – Meditation, Time and Seduction
2004
Decker Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – Recent Drawings
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
39th Street Gallery, Brentwood, Maryland – Body
2010
School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, Maryland – Graphite on Paper
Silber Art Gallery, Towson, Maryland – Bits and Pieces
Hexagon Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – Drawing Out
2009
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – Sublime Structure
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – Summer
Stamp Gallery, College Park, Maryland – Pulse
2008
Art Miami, Miami, Florida – Randall Scott Gallery
2007
Aqua Wynwood, Miami, Florida – Randall Scott Gallery
Washington Project for the Arts, Washington D.C. – Hickok Cole
Flashpoint Gallery, Washington D.C.- Anonymous III
2004
Center for Art and Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France – Center for Art and Culture Exhibition
Cubicle 10 Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – Recent Graduate Show
Maryland Federation for the Arts, Baltimore, Maryland – Emerging Artists
2002
Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – Foundation Show
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland – Typography, Gatehouse, Sculpture Show
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2007
The Whole Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland – The Race Show
PRESS / PUBLICATIONS
2011
Arts-Up, “Les Petits Interview Intempestifs,” John Paul Gavard-Perret, June 13 France
The Washington Post, “Body Talk at 39th Street Gallery,” Michael O’Sullivan, May 27
City Paper, “A Sense of Place,” Bret McCabe, May 25
What Weekly, “Meditations on the Landscape of Desire and Practice,” Baynard Woods, May 18
Urbanite Magazine, “Practice and Meditations,” Cara Ober, May 10
2010
Baltimore City Paper, “Top Ten: The Year in Art,” Alex Ebstein, December 8
2009
ARTnews, “Sublime Structure,” Cara Ober, Volume 108/Number 11, December
The Baltimore Sun, “A Closer Look at a Body of Work,” September 3
“Sublime Structures,” Virginia Adams, September
New American Paintings, Issue # 81, April
2008
The Washington Post, “Fake Beard, Genuine Article,” April 25
Washington Spaces Magazine, “Of Subtlety and Scale,” January / February
2007
The Washington Post, “Lining up to buy Anonymous Art,” June 14
HONORS AND AWARDS
2011
The Trawick Prize Young Artist Award, Bethesda, Maryland
Hanze University Scholarship, Groningen, The Netherlands
2010
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant
2009
The Trawick Prize, Bethesda, Maryland – Semifinalist
2005
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Travel Fellowship, Baltimore, Maryland – Finalist
2004
Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France
Honors Study Abroad Program – France
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
-General Sculptural Studies Award
-Achievement Award
2003
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
-Student Space Gallery Jury Member
-General Fine Arts Departmental Award
-The Ira J. Basler, Jr. and Mary K. Basler Memorial Scholarship
-Bill Woody / Tom Miller Scholarship
-Presidential Scholarship
-Trustee’s Award