Zheng Lianjie was born on 7 August 1962 and is a Chinese contemporary artist, active in performance art, installation, photography, contemporary ink and video art.
11 Facts About Zheng Lianjie
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Zheng Lianjie is a representative figure in Chinese contemporary art.
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Zheng Lianjie is part of a generation of artists who grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution and in the 1980s turned from traditional forms of painting to installation art and performance-based work.
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Zheng Lianjie participated in Beijing's Yuanmingyuan art group in the late 1980s.
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Zheng Lianjie turned to performance and installation art in the late 1980s.
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Zheng Lianjie is one of the earliest artists in China to integrate performance art with the natural environment.
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Zheng Lianjie immigrated to the United States in 1996, while he continued to explore the experimental side of contemporary ink painting and calligraphy, he continued to use his body itself as a means to ponder immigration, assimilation and the different psychological challenges faced by individuals and society from different cultural backgrounds.
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Between 2004 and 2008, Zheng Lianjie returned to China once a year to make a pilgrimage to the holy Taoist Mount Hua.
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Zheng Lianjie's work has been included in numerous exhibitions, symposiums and public art projects held all over the world.
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Zheng Lianjie's work has been featured in major media outlets such as The New York Times and The Asahi Shimbun.
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Zheng Lianjie's works have been collected by museums, galleries, universities and several international private collectors.