Zhanghong Liao
Painter and sculptor | The Netherlands / China
Zhanhong Liao is from Guangzhou, China. She completed her General Art & Design training at the City College of Manchester (England) in 1994. Her oeuvre consists of painting, photography, performances, video, mixed media and community-based art.
Portrait
Zhanhong was born in 1965 in Guangzhou, China. Following her art graduation from Manchester City College (England), she lives and works in the Dutch town of Vlaardingen, and is a member of the Pulchri Studio Society of Artists in The Hague since 1999. Her work, originally consisting of diaries and paintings, shows a rapid development from figuration to a somewhat looser, more abstract approach – if she uses Chinese characters in a painting, these don’t have to be read as language, but moreover they are primarily shapes, elements of the work’s composition. The materials employed by Zhanhong play an increasing part in her diaries and paintings (aside from paint, she also applies materials like fabrics and wire gauze), making the diaries diary objects.
She also works in other media, e.g. performance, video and digitally-based works. At the same time she engages in dialogue with the world around her in other ways: in 2009 she made large-sized digital works based on hundred of collected photos of inhabitants of Vlaardingen. Zhanghong has exhibited solo in Amsterdam and participated in group exhibitions in [amongst others] Saint Petersburg (Russia), Izmir (Turkey), Helsinki (Finand),
Kampala (Uganda) and Brescia (Italy). Her projects, lectures and stays as an artist-in-residence take her from China to Tunisia and Germany.
Zhanhong was born in 1965 in Guangzhou, China. Following her art graduation from Manchester City College (England), she lives and works in the Dutch town of Vlaardingen, and is a member of the Pulchri Studio Society of Artists in The Hague since 1999. Her work, originally consisting of diaries and paintings, shows a rapid development from figuration to a somewhat looser, more abstract approach – if she uses Chinese characters in a painting, these don’t have to be read as language, but moreover they are primarily shapes, elements of the work’s composition. The materials employed by Zhanhong play an increasing part in her diaries and paintings (aside from paint, she also applies materials like fabrics and wire gauze), making the diaries diary objects.
She also works in other media, e.g. performance, video and digitally-based works. At the same time she engages in dialogue with the world around her in other ways: in 2009 she made large-sized digital works based on hundred of collected photos of inhabitants of Vlaardingen. Zhanghong has exhibited solo in Amsterdam and participated in group exhibitions in [amongst others] Saint Petersburg (Russia), Izmir (Turkey), Helsinki (Finand),
Kampala (Uganda) and Brescia (Italy). Her projects, lectures and stays as an artist-in-residence take her from China to Tunisia and Germany.
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Credentials
2020
- Roots, OpenArtExchange, Schiedam (Rotterdam), Netherlands
2019
- Voorjaarsalon, Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands
- Contemporary Art Gallery Har Hensgens, Vlaardingen, Netherlands
2018
- Solo, Gallery 44, The Hague, Netherlands
- Voorjaarsalon, Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands
- Kunstspoor, Kortgene, Noord-Beveland, Netherlands
2017
- Rooting in between, KunstWerkt, Schiedam (Rotterdam), Netherlands
- Najaarsalon, Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands
- ‘t Huis van Zotheid, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2016
- Solo exhibition, Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands
- Salon van alle tijden, KunstWerkt, Schiedam (Rotterdam), Netherlands
- Art Center Remagen, Germany
2015
- Gallery de 13e Maand, ‘Reflectie’ (duo), Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Gallery De Duig, Vlaardingen, Netherlands
- De Windwijzer, (solo) Vlaardingen, Netherlands
- Paspoort to Art, ‘t Hof Mieszcanskim, Torun, Poland
- Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands
- Me, Myself and I, KunstWerkt, Schiedam (Rotterdam), Netherlands
- Symbiose, KADE 40, Vlaardingen, Netherlands
2014
- Gallery Wies Willems, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Gallery RAR, ‘Grenzeloos’, Spijkenisse, Netherlands
- Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands
- Gallery de 13e Maand, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Per Form, KunstWerkt, Schiedam (Rotterdam), Netherlands
2013
- Dialogen, KunstWerkt, Schiedam (Rotterdam), Netherlands
- Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands
- Feest der Kunsten, KunstWerkt, Schiedam (Rotterdam), Netherlands
- Gallery DoubleTree, Hilton Rotterdam Centre, Netherlands
- Hotel Kussadassi, Turkey
- Diversity & Art (solo), Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012
- Gallery Myro, Thessaloniki, Greece
- pArt 96 e.V., Künstlergemeinschaft Münster, Germany
- Selexyz Donner, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Naakt versus Bloot, KunstWerkt, Schiedam (Rotterdam), Netherlands
- East meets West, Kunst im Schlosskeller, Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany
- Boyuan Art Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands
- The Goethe Institute, Freiburg, Germany
- Cultures of Cosmos, international exhibition, Hall of the Palace of Romanian Parliament, Bucharest
2011
- Pulchri Studio (solo), The Hague, Netherlands
- KunstWerkt, Schiedam (Rotterdam), Netherlands
- Galerie Hollandia, Vlaardingen, Netherlands
- Izmir International Biennial, Turkey
- PRIMAVERA, Ahoy Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Muzee, Scheveningen, Netherlands
- Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Het Loggerfestival, Vlaardingen, Netherlands
- Studio Zi, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Festival International des Arts Plastiques de Monastir, Tunisia
2010
- Galerie Josine Bokhoven (solo) Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Open Art Fair, Contemporary, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Competition’Turbulences’ in Hesse, Germany
- International Festival of Experimental Art, Manege, Sint-Petersburg, Russia
- PRIMAVERA, Ahoy Rotterdam, Netherlands
- WAD Closer to Delft III, World Art Delft, Delft, Netherlands
- Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands
- Zone Zero – Gallikos River, Municipality of Gallikos, Greece
- Exhibition Space, Kilkis, Greece
- Agora, Centro Arto LuPier, Brescia, Italy
2009
- Pulchri Studio (solo), The Hague, Netherlands
- Beemster Art Centre (duo), Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Hollandia Gallery (solo), Vlaardingen, Netherlands
- Oosterkerk and Mozes en Aaronkerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Galerie van B, Vlaardingen, Netherlands
- World Art Delft, Delft, Netherlands
- Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, Netherlands
- Vele Vlaardingen in Een Huis (solo), Vlaardingen, Netherlands
2019
- Art Symposium in Cappadocia, Turkey
2018
- Art Colony, Rab Island, Croatia
- Art Symposium in Pune, India
2017
- Land Art Symposium, Livadi, Greece
2016
- International Painting Symposium, Ayden, Turkey
2015
- International Paiting Symposium, Malownicza Barbarka, Poland
2014
- International Culture Art Dialogues, Kusadasi, Turkey
- IKACA International Knidos Arts Festival, Knidos, Turkey
2011
- Symbosium 9th Monastir Art Festival, Monastir, Tunesia
2010
- The 2nd International Art & Science Festival, UNESCO, Patras, Greece
2009
- The 1st International Environmental Art Symposium, Thessaloníki, Greece
- The 5th WAD International Art Symposium, Delft
2008
- Invited artist at Talking Compounds II, International Workshop, Uganda
- General Art & Design, City College of Manchester, United Kingdom
- Member of Pulchri Studio, Artist Association, The Hague, Netherlands
- Member of Kunstgebouw of South Holland, Netherlands
- Member of KunstWerkt, Schiedam (Rotterdam), Netherlands
- Member of EUMAN Finland
- Member of Artist Collectief De 13e Maand, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2007
- The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Annaghmakerrig, Newbliss, Monaghan, Ireland
2005
- Invited artist in Resident in Foundation Valparaiso, Spain
2013
- Member of Ballotage Commission, KunstWerkt, Schiedam (Rotterdam), Netherlands
- Art Teacher at Seniorwelzijn, Vlaardingen, Netherlands
2011
- Curator China exhibition Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands
- Curator China exhibition, KunstWerkt, Schiedam (Rotterdam), Netherlands
2010
- International Festival of Experimental Art, ‘Manege’, Sint-Petersburg, Russia
- Trainer course ‘Photography Adventure’, Sremski Karlovci, Serbia
2009
- Project leader ‘Made in China’, Vlaardingen, Netherlands
2008
- Teacher at High Schools in Innsbruck, Austria
- Project leader ‘De Brug naar China’, Netherlands/China
2007
- Designer and producer of Venetie document ZMC, Netherlands
- Experience China, workshop voor Olympic team, Arham, Mali
- Project leader ‘Trouwen & Houwen’, Vlaardingen, Netherlands
- Project leader ’Identity’, Schiedam, Netherlands
- Conservator China Show, Castle of Rhoon, Netherlands
2006
- Establisher of Stichting Brains & Hearts, Netherlands
2004-2005
- Lector in University of Hua Nan Shi Fang, Guangzhou, China
2001-2002
- Member of PR commission of Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands
2000-2001
- Teacher and team leader for Project Leentjebeur, Vlaardingen, Netherlands
1998-2000
- Teacher in painting and Chinese Calligraphic, Gallery Kadan, Netherlands