This interview was conducted in New York on 10 Oct 2009.


Biography:

Zhang Hongnian (b. 1947, Nanjing) is a New York-based artist, whose work was exhibited at the Grand Central Art Galleries in New York, one of the first American shows of Chinese artists in 1986.

Zhang studied painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, and in the late-70s to early-80s, he was involved in the Scar Art movement. Two of Zhang’s Scar Art paintings, No! and We Were Young Then, were acquired for the National Art Museum of China’s permanent collection (Beijing, 1979–1980). His painting Preparing Hay for Winter (1982) is also housed in the National Art Museum’s collection in Beijing.

Zhang moved to the United States in 1985, studied at the City College of New York, and has continued to work in a realist tradition, expanding his subjects from Tibetan to American themes. Four of his epic historical paintings have been collected by the National Geographic Society. Aside from his art practice, Zhang has taught painting at the New York Academy of Art (1997–2001) and at the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts at Fudan University (2010).


簡歷︰

1947年生于南京，藝術家，居紐約。

1986年 參加Grand Central画廊举办的《來自中國的現實主義畫展》，是為最早在紐約舉行的中國藝術家展之一。
張紅年早年就讀於中央美術學院，七十年代末、八十年代初的創作多為傷痕美術風格。早期的兩幅作品〈不! 〉及〈那时我们正年輕〉被中國美術館永久收藏。1982年创作的〈准备冬草〉亦被中國美術館所收藏。
 
1985年赴美，入紐約市立大學美術系繼續讀研究生，創作涉及西藏及美國主題。四幅大型歷史性主題創作被國家地理協會收藏。除創作外，張紅年亦於紐約美術學院（1997—2010）及復旦大學上海視覺藝術學院（2010）任教。