Zhang Yongxu

Zhang Yongxu，Born in Xin Jiang in 1963. He graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts No.4 oil painting studio in 1989, and majored in photography in LAGCC in 1994. He currently lives and works in Beijing, China.

At the age of 22, Zhang Yongxu left his home in Xinjiang to study, work, and live in New York and California. He is now based in Beijing. He traveled around the world, but his work was rooted in Xinjiang. In other cities, he was always a stranger and a bystander; a longing for Xinjiang had permeated Zhang’s body long ago. Xinjiang is a special place where civilization, politics, and culture intersect; this means that, in his work, Zhang both observes minute details and asks grand questions. Following in the footsteps of this stranger, we witness happy fragments of his personal memories, and come to know the history of cities in which the traditional and the modern coexist.

Submitted by Gaotai Gallery