Summer Bleached #1
14" x 17"
pencil on paper
2002

Zhang Yu was born in Beijing, China. She studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, and also at the Beijing Science and Arts College where she received her B.F.A degree. She worked as an art critic and journalist at Musical Life in Beijing before coming to the U.S. in 1998. She has taught Fine Art at PS 106 High School in New York City. In 2000, she published “Passport”, an artists’ book and visual biography, which has been reviewed by Umbrella magazine and is currently available at Printed Matter, NY. She has also exhibited her work in China, Japan and the U.S. Her most recent exhibition was at Nasu-Kougen Museum, Japan, and at the Kentler International Drawing Space, NY.

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