Zhang Yirong
1979, Shaanxi China
Introduction
Zhang Yirong was born in 1979 in Shaanxi, China. She first received her training in classical Chinese ink painting at a young age from her father, Zhang Xiubiao. In 2001 she obtained her BA from Communication University of China, Beijing and an MA from Peking University in 2008. Upon graduation, she practiced ink painting and has created meticulous works that display her ability to capture painted subjects in exquisite and analytical details.
Her art, which often feature a feminine sensitivity and natural style, is swept up in a wide range of classical influences and inspirations from the Song and Yuan Dynasties, particularly the Song Dynasty artistic tradition of direct observation. Zhang’s elegantly wrought compositions avoid hackneyed themes and instead focus on an organic source of perfected beauty.
She is known for her quietly sophisticated butterfly and flower painting. Her work is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States. She has had exhibitions in the US, China and Hong Kong, including several of our group exhibitions: Beyond the Jade Terrace in 2014, showcasing four young woman Chinese artists; Art Basel Hong Kong in 2015; joint exhibition Tai Xiangzhou & Zhang Yirong: One with the Universe and Art Taipei in 2017; charity exhibition HOPE in 2018; Women Ink | China Hong Kong in 2019; and Contemporary Forms of Ink Painting in 2020.
Her art, which often feature a feminine sensitivity and natural style, is swept up in a wide range of classical influences and inspirations from the Song and Yuan Dynasties, particularly the Song Dynasty artistic tradition of direct observation. Zhang’s elegantly wrought compositions avoid hackneyed themes and instead focus on an organic source of perfected beauty.
She is known for her quietly sophisticated butterfly and flower painting. Her work is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States. She has had exhibitions in the US, China and Hong Kong, including several of our group exhibitions: Beyond the Jade Terrace in 2014, showcasing four young woman Chinese artists; Art Basel Hong Kong in 2015; joint exhibition Tai Xiangzhou & Zhang Yirong: One with the Universe and Art Taipei in 2017; charity exhibition HOPE in 2018; Women Ink | China Hong Kong in 2019; and Contemporary Forms of Ink Painting in 2020.
BIOGRAPHY
1979 Born in Shaanxi, China
2001 BA from Communication University of China, Beijing, China
2008 MA from Peking University, Beijing, China
Present Lives and works in Beijing, China
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
- Ink painting of Zhang Yirong, Catherine Palace, Moscow, Russia
- Buddha and Flower, Uspace, Suzhou, China
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
2019
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Women Ink | China Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts Aberdeen & Central, Hong Kong
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Yaozhou Procelain of Shangshan Tang Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States
2018
2017- Art Taipei, Alisan Fine Arts, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Tai Xiangzhou & Zhang Yirong: One with the Universe, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2014
- Meditations in Nature, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong
- Beyond the Jade Terrace, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
- Ink paintings by Constance Fong and Yirong Zhang, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, United States
- Ink paintings by Constance Fong and Yirong Zhang, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, United States
- Another Landscape, Edge Gallery, Hong Kong
- The Chinese Porcelain Company, Asia Week New York, United States
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA













Fairy Trail
2019 | 68x60cm | Chinese ink on rice paper

The Big Dipper Rotates in Four Seasons
2020 | 57x75cm | Chinese ink on rice paper

Butterfly 1
2018 | 120x140cm | Chinese ink on rice paper

Daffodils
2017 | 31x107cm | Chinese ink on rice paper

Delicate Daffodils
2017 | 31x86cm | Chinese ink on rice paper

Quiet Orchids
2017 | 34x83cm | Chinese ink on rice paper

Peony 1
2017 | 31.5x51cm | Chinese ink on rice paper

Peony 2
2017 | 31.5x51cm | Chinese ink on rice paper

Three Noblemen
2017 | 140x123cm | Chinese ink on rice paper

Agilawood I
2014 | 69x58.5cm | Chinese ink on rice paper

Agilawood II
2014 | 69x58.5cm | Chinese ink on rice paper