Zhang Dali (Chinese: 张大力, born 1963, in Harbin, China) is an artist based in Beijing. Zhang trained at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Design, where he graduated in 1987. After his studies, he moved to Yuanmingyuan as a freelance artist (1987–1989) and started to show his works in independent exhibitions. He spent the years 1990 ...

Zhang Dali is a contemporary Chinese artist known for his sculptures, graffiti, and paintings. View Zhang Dali’s 270 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available paintings, photographs, and prints and multiples for sale and learn about the artist.

Zhang Dali was born in Harbin (China) in 1963. Zhang Dali has worked on many subjects and with several techniques. He is a multifaceted artist, always experimenting in new ways to express the reality beyond reality, expose social problems and human condition. He uses painting, graffiti, sculpture, photography, installation and performance.

Zhang Dali’s work actively engages with the rapidly changing environment in China. Zhang started working in portraiture as one of Beijing’s first graffiti artists, spraying and carving heads into the walls of the hundreds of buildings scheduled for destruction.

Zhang Dali (Chinese, b.1963) was born in Harbin, China, and studied at the Beijing Academy of Art & Design. After finishing school, he traveled to Italy, where he discovered Graffiti Art. In the 1990s, he was the only Graffiti artist in Beijing.

Zhang Dali, born in Harbin in 1963, enrolled at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Design in 1983 (now Tsinghua University Institute of Fine Arts). After graduating in 1987, Zhang Dali became an eminent exponent of the first generation of independent professional artists. His first exhibition was at the Sun Yat-sen Park in 1987.

Zhang Dali (born in 1963 in Harbin, China) is one of the most influential and innovative Chinese artists of his generation, recognized for his unique approach to social critique and urban transformation in contemporary China.

Zhang Dali was born in Harbin, Northern China, in 1963. He graduated in 1987 from Beijing National Academy of Fine Arts and Design. A major contemporary artist, his work is regularly exhibited by prestigious institutions like the MoMA and the MET in New York, the Venice Biennale, or the Shanghai Center of Photography.

Born in Harbin in China’s far north-east in 1963, Zhang Dali graduated from Beijing’s Central Academy of Arts and Design (now incorporated into Tsinghua University) in 1987. He gained international attention in the 1990s as a street artist, before turning to monumental sculptural installations and innovative photographic works focused on ...

Zhang Dali. Born 1963 in Harbin, China. Lives and works in Beijing. Solo Exhibitions. 2019. Zhang Dali per Fondantico, Fondantico, Bologna, Italy (Jan 26 - Feb 5) 2018. Alter Ego, Annual Art Exhibition between China and Portuguese Speaking Countries, Old Courthouse, Macao (Jul 9 - Sept 9) Beside City!