Dan Zhu ( b. 1985, Shenyang, China) lives and works in The Hague, Netherlands. She was the artist in residence at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam (2018-2019). Recent solo exhibitions include: Ferris Wheel Before Dawn, Tabula Rasa Gallery (Beijing, 2023); I thought it was dead, it thought it’s spring, Tabula Rasa Gallery (London, 2022); Night into Nights, Coca Award, Kunstinstituut Melly (Rotterdam, 2021); There is no size, Studio Continuo (Amsterdam, 2018). Recent group exhibitions include: Tabula Rasa: Unveiled, No.9 Cork Street (London, 2023); TERRA (Burgundy, 2023); Paper Trails, Mendes Wood DM (Retranchement, 2023); Through Frozen Soil, Desert and Glacier, the 5th Global Overseas Chinese Artists Exhibition, He Xiangning Art Museum (Shenzhen, 2023); NADA Miami 2022, NADA Miami Art Fair (Miami, 2022); Départ, Galerie Maurits van de Laar (The Hague, 2022).
Dan Zhu works across the medium of drawings, paintings, and murals. Her works are widely collected by public institutions and private collections, including the NOG Collectie of Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schunck Museum, Ekard Collection Pereira Collection, and C.o.C.A Foundation (Collectors of Contemporary Art, Rotterdam), just to name a few. Zhu is the winner of C.o.C.A. Award (2020) and the Dutch Royal Modern Painting Prize (2020)
Her mural painting commissioned by SCHUNCK, was completed in 2021, Heerlen, the Netherlands.
Zhu studied at the Kunst and Design University in Hessen, Germany (2010-2020) and at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, Netherlands (2018-2019). ...
