January 20, 2012 to February 11, 2012
Opening: January 19th at 4:30 PM talk by Toos Arends, director of CBK Drenthe

20 januari t/m 11 februari 2012
Opening 19 januari om 16.30 uur door Toos Arends, directeur CBK Drenthe.

In 2012 zijn studenten van FMI Masters voor de tiende keer te gast bij SMAHK/DeFKa in Assen.
Sinds 2003 presenteren studenten van de masteropleiding van de Academie voor Beeldende Kunst, Vormgeving en Popcultuur MINERVA/Hanzehogeschool Groningen jaarlijks hun werk in de ruimtes van SMAHK/DeFKa, voorheen in DeFKa aan de Vaart Noordzijde en sinds 2009 in het SMAHK, het Stedelijke Museum Assen voor Hedendaagse Kunst in de Venestraat.

De presentaties begonnen met studenten van de afdeling Schilderkunst. De laatste jaren nemen ook afwisselend de opleidingen Scenography en IME aan de presentaties deel.
In dit lustrumjaar zullen zowel de eerste- en tweedejaars studenten van de afdelingen Painting en IME (Interactive Media and Environments) hun werk tonen onder de titel: All Options Open.

Er zal werk te zien zijn van Lu Zhang, Joyce Zwerver, Veronique Schrama, Susanna Inglada, Lotte Bosman, Pim Tieland, Dinda Fass, Erik Nooij, Ikue Konishi, Ashley de Jong- Doucette, Michiel Burger, Fumie Takahashi, Janine van Veen, Kleopatra Nikoloau, Marcel de Vries, Aggeliki Tsekeni, Adriana Leonor García Gaitán.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Since 2003, students from the Master of the Academy of Fine Arts, Design andPop Culture MINERVA / Hanze University Groningen have exhibited their work once a year at SMAHK / DeFKa. Before 2009 students presented their work at DeFKa on the northside canal, and since 2009 in the SMAHK, the Municipal Museum, Assen for Contemporary Art on Venestraat.

The presentations originally began with the work of students from the Painting Department. In recent years, the program has also included the work of students from Scenography and Interactive Media and Environments.
2012 marks the tenth year anniversary of the collaboration. Both the first and second year students of the departments of Painting and IME (Interactive Media and Environments) will present their work under the title: All Options Open.

Participating Artists: Lu Zhang, Joyce Rover, Véronique Schrama,Susanna Inglada, Lotte Bosman, Pim Tieland, Dinda Fass, Eric Nooij, IkueKonishi, Ashley de Jong-Doucette, Michael Citizen, Fumie Takahashi, Janinevan Veen, Kleopatra Nikoloau, Marcel de Vries, Aggeliki Tsekeni, Adriana GarciaLeonor Gaitán.
]]> http://lu-zhang.com/1018/feed 0 http://lu-zhang.com/mfa-sketchbook-blog http://lu-zhang.com/mfa-sketchbook-blog#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:14:40 +0000 lu http://lu-zhang.com/?p=988 Beginning in September of this year, I began my graduate studies at the Frank Mohr Institute in the Netherlands (affliated with Hanze University). As a part of this MFA experience, I’ve resurrected my blog that documents my process. ]]> http://lu-zhang.com/mfa-sketchbook-blog/feed 0 http://lu-zhang.com/trawick-prize-young-artist-award http://lu-zhang.com/trawick-prize-young-artist-award#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:26:03 +0000 lu http://lu-zhang.com/?p=984 I was awarded the Young Artist Award by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District!
The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards is a visual art prize produced by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District that honors artists from Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. The annual juried competition awards $14,000 in prize monies to selected artists and features the work of the finalists in a group exhibition.

2011 Award Winners
Best in Show, $10,000 – Mia Feuer, Washington, D.C.
2nd Place, $2,000 – Caryl Burtner, Richmond, VA
3rd Place, $1,000 – Ryan Browning, Frederick, MD
Young Artist Award, $1,000 – Lu Zhang, Baltimore, MD. ]]> http://lu-zhang.com/trawick-prize-young-artist-award/feed 0 http://lu-zhang.com/the-trawick-prize http://lu-zhang.com/the-trawick-prize#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:45:45 +0000 lu http://lu-zhang.com/?p=960 Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards
2011 Trawick Prize Exhibition
September 1-September 30, 2011
Artery Plaza Gallery
7200 Wisconsin Avenue
The Trawick Prize is a visual art prize produced by the Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards is a visual art prize produced by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District that honors artists from Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. The annual juried competition awards $14,000 in prize monies to selected artists and features the work of the finalists in a group exhibition. An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 9 from 6-9pm. Regular gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday 12-6pm.

2011 Finalists:
Lillian Bayley Hoover
Ryan Browning
Caryl Burtner
Warren Craghead III
Adam Davies
Mia Feuer
Skye Gilkerson
Michelle Rogers
Sofia Silva
Marty Weishaar
Lu Zhang
]]> http://lu-zhang.com/the-trawick-prize/feed 0 http://lu-zhang.com/body http://lu-zhang.com/body#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 02:25:50 +0000 lu http://lu-zhang.com/?p=912 Curated by Ledelle Moe

May 14-June 18, 2011
Opening Reception, May 14, 2011, 5:30-8pm
Artist Talk, Saturday May 28, 2011, 2 to 4pm

39th Street Gallery
Gateway DC Arts Center
3901 Rhode Island Ave
Brentwood MD 20722

Jenny Cullinan, living and working in South Africa, embroiders small internal organs onto delicate surfaces. Lu Zhang from China, living and working in the USA, works with the notion of body extensions through finely articulated pen drawings. May Wilson, living and working in the United States, focuses on the discarded and precious qualities of life through the representation of animal forms. Ashley Lyon, living and working in the United States, creates works that investigate the idea of the human body in relation to the idea of sculpted and psychological realism. Through the manipulation of various materials, these artists speak to the fragility of the body and reveal the way in which we locate the interior and exterior and extensions of the body to ideas of the sacred and secular.

Participating artists;
Ashley Lyon
May Wilson
Lu Zhang
Jenny Cullinan

Curated by René Treviño
November 12-December 31, 2010
Main Gallery
Opening reception, November 12, 2010, 6 to 9pm

A group exhibition of artists who employ graphite on paper in their practice, this exhibit will be a celebration of drawing. Since this show is using Graphite on Paper as it’s thematic current, preliminary drawings, sketchbooks, doodles as well as refined and “finished” works will be included. Matted and framed work under glass will hang beside sculptural work, video pieces and drawings that are thumb tacked to the walls. Graphite and paper are merely the starting point. The goal is an exhibit that has a wide breadth of approaches to the materials…humble materials that everyone has a basic understanding of, but materials that hold infinite possibilities.

Participating artists:

Alexa Brooks
Amanda Burnham
Todd Frye-Matte
Gary Kachadourian
Michelle La Perriere
Jan Razauskas
Juan Rodas
Matthew Shelly
Molly Springfield
Justin Storms
Elena Volkova
Tanya Ziniewicz
Lu Zhang