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Bo Zhang (b. 1988 in Harbin, China) is a visual artist active in the Netherlands. Zhang graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie with a BFA in Expanded Painting in 2025, following an earlier academic career in cognitive psychology with a PhD from the University of Twente and a background in user experience research. In 2026, she was awarded the Buning Brongers Prijs.
In her painting practice, she dedicates herself to discovering subtle dramatic tensions within the everyday. Her starting point is often her personal photo archive—a reservoir of fleeting moments that she translates onto the canvas. Throughout this process, she seeks a delicate balance between figuration, abstraction, and intuition. Within this tension, Zhang strives to preserve the narrative accessibility of the image while simultaneously charging the canvas with a surreal intensity, creating a window that invites the viewer to abandon the familiar in favor of an uncanny transcendence.
Her exhibitions include Beyond These Walls 2 at AkzoNobel Art Space (Amsterdam, 2026), “The Fire We Keep”, De Sigarenfabriek Delft (Delft, 2026), Best of Graduates 2025 at Galerie Ron Mandos (Amsterdam, 2025), Graduation Show 2025: Emerging Asian Graduates at Namuso Gallery (The Hague, 2025), among others. Her work is held in the collection of the AkzoNobel Art Foundation.
In her painting practice, she dedicates herself to discovering subtle dramatic tensions within the everyday. Her starting point is often her personal photo archive—a reservoir of fleeting moments that she translates onto the canvas. Throughout this process, she seeks a delicate balance between figuration, abstraction, and intuition. Within this tension, Zhang strives to preserve the narrative accessibility of the image while simultaneously charging the canvas with a surreal intensity, creating a window that invites the viewer to abandon the familiar in favor of an uncanny transcendence.
Her exhibitions include Beyond These Walls 2 at AkzoNobel Art Space (Amsterdam, 2026), “The Fire We Keep”, De Sigarenfabriek Delft (Delft, 2026), Best of Graduates 2025 at Galerie Ron Mandos (Amsterdam, 2025), Graduation Show 2025: Emerging Asian Graduates at Namuso Gallery (The Hague, 2025), among others. Her work is held in the collection of the AkzoNobel Art Foundation.
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