ZHANG DA LI

1963 Born in Harbin (China)
1987 Graduated from National Academy of Fine Arts and Design

Now he lives and works in Beijing

Individual Exhibitions
1989 Beijing, China, Gallery of the National Academy of Fine Arts
1993 Bologna, Italy, Galleria Studio 5
1994 Bologna, Italy, Galleria Studio 5
1999 Beijing, The Courtyard Gallery London, UK, Chinese Contemporary Gallery
2000 Beijing, China, The Courtyard Gallery, “AK-47”
2002 London, UK, Chinese Contemporary Gallery Tokyo, Japan, Base Gallery
2003 Milan, Italy, Galleria Gariboldi Venice, Italy, Galleria Il Traghetto
2004 London UK, Chinese Contemporary Gallery
2005 Beijing, China, Beijing Commune Gallery “Sublimation”
2007 New York，Chinese Contemporary Gallery“Chinese Offspring”
2008 Beijing, China, Red Star Gallery “The Road to Freedom” Atlanta, USA, Kiang Gallery, “Slogans”
2009 ShenZhen, China, He Xiangning Art Museum “Pervasion”


Collective Exhibitions
1987 Beijing, China, Sun Yat-sen Park
1989 Beijing, China, Capital Museum
1991 Ferrara, Italy, Galleria Comunale
1992 Padova, Italy, Il Sigillo Gallery
1993 Bologna, Italy, Neon Gallery Bologna, Italy, Spazio Cultura Navile
1995 Torino, Italy, Goethe Institute Gallery
1997 Beijing, China, Gallery of the National Academy of Fine Arts
1998 Beijing, China, Art Museum Tallinn Estonia, 11th Tallinn Triennial New York, USA, Lehman College London, UK, Chinese Contemporary Gallery
1999 New York, USA, Bard College Bangkok, Thailand, Chulalongkom University Museum Beijing, China, Design Museum performance “ The world is yours!” California, USA, Cypress College London, UK, ICA “Beijing in London” Eindhoven, Holland “Food for Thought” Valle d’Aosta, Italy “Transparence Opacite ?”
2000 Tokyo, Japan, The Japan Foundation Asia Center “Serendipity” Beijing, China, Club Vogue “Food as Art” Beijing, China, Dongsi 8 Tiao , Performance “Thought Brand Meat Mincer” Aix-en-Provence, France, Musee des Tapisseries “Artistes contemporains chinois” Shanghai, China, Eastlink Gallery “Fuck Off”
2001 Oslo, Norway, Kunstnernes Hus “Hot Pot” Helsinki, Finland, Finland Museum of Photography “Contemporary Chinese Photography”
Oulu Finland, Oulu Art Museum Singapore, Singapore Art Museum "China Art Now" Beijing, China, The Courtyard Gallery
2002 Pingyao, China, “International Photography Festival” Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Museum of Art “The First Guangzhou Triennial”
Beijing, China, The Courtyard Gallery “New Photography From China” 2003 Rome, Italy, L'Officina-Arte del Borghetto “Festival Internazionale di Roma” Beijing, China, Factory 798 “China-Germany Art” Denver, USA, Denver Art Museum “The Logan Collection”
2004 Beijing, China, The Courtyard Gallery“ Me! Me! Me!” New York, USA, ICP “Between Past and Future” Beijing, China, Chinese Contemporary Gallery
2005 Holland, Museum Beelden aan Zee “Chinese Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition” Beijing, China, Beijing Commune Gallery “The Game of Realism” Beijing, China, Beijing Commune Gallery “Mayfly” Beijing, China, Millennium Museum “Wall” London, UK, Victoria and Albert Museum “New Photography and Video from China”
2006 New York, USA, Max Protetch “Great Performance” Chicago, USA, Walsh Gallery “Zhang Dali：A Second History” Beijing, China, 798 Factory Red Star Gallery Gwangju , South Korea, Gwangju Biennnale 6th Edition “Fever Variations” Vienna, Austria, Klosterneuburg “Museum Sammlung Essl – China Now”
2007 Shanghai, China, Oriental Vista Art Collections “Past forward” Palermo, Italy, Mediterranea Gallery “La Cina e’ vicina”
Shanghai, China, ddm “Three Unitary ” Houston, USA, Houston Museum of Fine Arts “Red Hot” Amsterdam, Netherlands, Cobra Museum of Modern Art “China Now” Beijing, China, Ku Art Center “Unexpected – Out of Control” Lünenburg, Germany, Kunstraum der Universität, “All our Tomorrows: The Culture of Camuflage”
2008 Berlin, Germany, House of World Cultures “Re-Imagining Aaian:Asian Coordinates” Groninger, Netherlands, Groninger Museum “Go China！—Writing on the Wall” Paris, Francia, Musee Maillol “China Gold ” San Francisco, USA, San Francisco MOMA “Logan Collection”
Shanghai, China,m97 Gallery“Exquiste Corpse:China Surreal” Beijing, China, Michael Schultz Gallery “Guang Hua Road” Beijing, China, UCCA “Christian Dior & Chinese Artists” London, UK, Saatchi Gallery “The Revolution Continues: New Art from China” New York, USA, Eli Klein Fine Art “Slogan”
2009 Kansas City, USA, Art Center,” Stairway to Heaven: From Chinese Streets to Monuments and Skyscrapers” Walsall, UK, The New Art Gallery, “Re-imaging Asia” Beijing, China, Wall Art Museum “The very Condition” Shenzhen, China, Shenzhen Art Museum “Images from History”
Denver, USA, Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, “Transforming Traditions”

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