Personal situation

Name: Wang Zheng Gender: Male

Date of birth: August 1985 Place of origin: Beijing

Education: Doctoral student in Art

educational background

July 2022, obtained a doctoral degree in art from the Graduate School of the Central Academy of Fine Arts;

·Since October 2022, postdoctoral fellow at the Central Academy of Fine Arts

Social practice experience

Personal Exhibition:

In September 2020, "You are a dream I cannot achieve" - Wang Zheng Solo Exhibition, 798, Han Art Space, Beijing;

Group exhibition:

May 2023, Beijing Contemporary Art Expo, Beijing, National Agricultural Exhibition Center;

September 2022, 2022 Art Graduate Growth Plan, Lixingxing Cultural and Art Center, Beijing;

In November 2021, the second "Art Education Talent - Shenzhen Futian Art Museum Invitation Exhibition" was held at Futian Art Museum in Shenzhen;

In November 2019, the 4th Excellent Works Exhibition of Graduate Students from the Top Ten Academy of Fine Arts, "Spirit and Vision of the Academy," was held in Qingdao, Shandong;

In September 2019, the 13th National Art Exhibition was held at the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum in Chongqing;

In June 2019, "Day Day Up" was nominated for the exhibition at the Zhuzhong Art Museum in Beijing;

In January 2019, "Echoes - The 7th Central Academy of Fine Arts Graduate Works Exhibition", Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing;

In December 2018, the National Art Foundation Inter Youth International Youth Painting Exhibition was held at the China Academy of Art Art Museum in Zhejiang;

In September 2017, "Meeting - Exhibition of Young Artists born in the 1980s" was held at No. 52 Sunhe Creative Industry Park, Chaoyang District, Beijing;

In August 2017, "Potential" - Three Person Oil Painting Exhibition, China Academy of Oil Painting, Beijing;

In March 2017, "Digging and Discovering" - the 5th China Oil Painting Newcomer Exhibition, China Oil Painting Academy, Beijing, won the Excellence Award for the 14th series of works "You are a Dream I Can't Achieve";

In July 2016, "Money Comes" was an art exhibition triggered by money, held at the Financial Museum Art Center in Beijing;

In April 2016, "Visible Poetry - The Second Exhibition of Chinese Oil Painting Landscape Works" was held at the Shihuyuan Art Museum in Weifang, Shandong;

In April 2015, "The Temperature of History - Contemporary Inheritance of Oil Painting Art at the Central Academy of Fine Arts", Shanghai, China Art Palace; Jinling Art Museum, Nanjing;

In January 2015, the 2nd CAFAM Future Exhibition of "Maker Maker" was held at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum in Beijing;

In October 2014, Saya2014 Qingying International Young Artist Support Program Exhibition was held at Chengdu Art Gallery in Sichuan;

In September 2014, the 12th National Art Exhibition was held in Zhejiang;

In September 2014, Artron Poly nominated young artists for exhibition at the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing;

September 2014

I have been creating the theme of airplanes for over ten years since 2012, and I still haven't found it satisfying.

I like the shape of these old planes, the mottled marks, the cabin full of decay, and the already messy and spider web filled cockpit... In this special environment, my desire to paint will be further stimulated. Perhaps it's because I was born into a family of aviation enthusiasts, or perhaps it's because I am inherently a person full of nostalgia.

In daily life, I prefer rainy days, like to hear the sound of rainwater falling on the window, like to draw and read books when it rains, and like the smell after the rain. My creative style has always rarely featured sunny tones. I prefer colors with sunset, gloomy tones, and even monochrome.

Drawing every day is my most basic requirement for myself.

I have always insisted on using manuscripts as the starting point of creation. From the first creation to now, I have accumulated hundreds of monochrome creative manuscripts. Taking a look at these small works every now and then can sometimes bring more creative inspiration. For me, these monochromatic creative methods are more like an appetizer before a meal, or a bottle of chilled beer in the summer season, simple and casual, while also hiding a lot of uncertainty.

When drawing every day, I always lament how time passes by too quickly and often encounter various problems in the picture. Therefore, every painting will encounter some areas that make oneself very conflicted. At first, I am afraid of the arrival of such moments, because it means that sometimes the workload of a whole day or even several consecutive days seems to be unsolvable. Gradually, I began to look forward to the arrival of this moment. In my opinion, a good work must take time to accumulate, which naturally includes this headache inducing part of time. I started trying to develop several works at the same time, drawing this one and drawing that one, trying my best to maintain a sense of freshness towards the work.

The studio is my favorite place, even if I don't paint, I can read books, grow flowers, and feed fish in the studio. Most of the creative inspiration also comes from the studio. I like the subtle scent of turpentine and the special smell of canvas, which makes me feel grounded.

Draw well, it's my favorite thing.