Bio
Born and raised in Shenyang, China, Chunbo (Bo) is a painter and printmaker currently living in Chicago. She grew up in an artistic family, both her parents are retired art professors and two sisters are painters. At age of 15, Bo and her twin sister passed the national entry exam to attend the Affiliated High School of Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing where she began her professional art training. In 1994, Bo received her B.F.A in Printmaking from CAFA. Two years later, she and her twin sister came to America to expand their education in fine art. In 2004, Bo received her M.F.A in Drawing &Painting and Printmaking from Emest G. Welch School of Art & Design at Georgia State University in Atlanta, and has lived in the US since late 90s.
Bo’s cross-cultural living experience enables her to explore the difference and connection between Chinese and American culture in her art. Her current paintings and installations use food to reflect the anxiety she has experienced as a foreigner living in America and adapting to its culture. Bo approaches her paintings in realistic and surrealistic style by juxtaposing Chinese antique porcelain wares with American food to deal with the duality of classical Chinese and contemporary American culture, fine art and food, high and low aesthetics in a humorous way. Her installations reveal the frustration and capability that Chinese immigrants have gone through to adapt American culture by presenting their negative and positive response to American fast and processed food.
Bo has exhibited her works nationally and internationally at numerous venues including China National Museum of Art, Beijing, China; Shanghai Pudong International Airport Art Museum, China; Shenzhen Art Museum, China; Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL; Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO; Giertz Gallery at Parkland College, Champaign, IL; Hyde Park Art Center, Evanston Art Center, The Art Center Highland Park, Bridgeport Art Center, Zhou B Art Center and Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL; Lightwell Gallery at University of Oklahoma, School of Art & Art History, Norman, OK; University Library Gallery at California State University, Sacramento, CA; Whitespace Gallery and Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA among others. Her works are included in the public collections of Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon (Portland), College of Art & Sciences at Clayton State University (Atlanta), the Ministry of Culture of China (Beijing) and Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing). Bo is the awardee of 2019 SPARK grants given by Chicago Artists Coalition. She attended residences at Vermont Studio Center, Center Program at Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and Poligrafa Printmaking Workshop, Barcelona, Spain.
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Email: chunbo.zhang@bofineart.com
EDUCATION
2004 MFA, Drawing, Painting & Printmaking, Emest G. Welch School of Art &Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1994 BFA, Printmaking, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
1990 The Affiliated High School of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
SOLO/ TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Chunbo Zhang Solo Exhibition, Leslie Wolfe Gallery at Old Town Art Center, Chicago, IL
2022 Chunbo Zhang Solo Exhibition, One River School Evanston, Chicago, IL
2016 Chunbo Zhang: Works on paper-From China to America, Evanston Art Center, Chicago, IL
2004 Shedspace, Site specific installation curated by Joey Orr, Atlanta, GA
2003 Keratin, M.F.A Thesis Show, Emest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2003 Nail, Artspot Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003 Two-Person Exhibition, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1996 Twin Sisters, Contemporary Art Gallery, Beijing, China
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Sustenance & Land: Five Artists Consider Our Relationship with The Earth, Curated by Liz Chilsen, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2024 Feast: juried group show, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Mo
2024 12th BAC Art Competition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2024 The Distance Between: A Group Exhibition, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
2023 1st Asian Pacific Heritage Festival in Arts by OH Art Foundation, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2022 Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices Juried Art Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 Word of Mouth Juried Art Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 9th Annual Art Competition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2021 The Frantic Desire for Almost Real, relative online program Recipe Box curated by Fabiola Tosi, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago
2021 4th Midwest Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 2020 Hyde Park Art Center Gala Auction, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2019 Pop Art 2.0, The Art Center-Highland Park, Chicago, IL
2019 Intersectional/Touch- CP8 Group Exhibition, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2019 Journey to the West: The Art of Three Chinese Sisters, Fayman Gallery, Lawrence KS
2018 24th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Chicago, IL
2018 Food Glorious Food, The Art Center-Highland Park, Chicago, IL
2016 stARTup Chicago Art Fair, MileNorth Hotel, Chicago, IL
2015 PRINT SUMMIT Communicating Exhibition of Print Works by Artists from the East and West: Part II- Inheritage and Development, Gauguin Gallery, Beijing, China
2014 The Affiliated High School Collections for a Celebration of 60 Years Anniversary of Central Academy of Fine Arts, China National Art Museum, Beijing, China
2013 The Zhang Sisters: Works on Paper Take a Journey from Beijing, Lightwell Gallery, OU School of Art & Art History, Norman, OK
2013 Three Sisters Bound to the Elements, Sacramento State University Gallery, CA
2012 The 9th Shanghai Biennale: On The Way Home, Pudong International Airport Museum, Shanghai, China
2011 Three Sisters: Works on Paper from Beijing to Alabama, Malone Gallery, Troy University, AL
2010 Three Sisters: Works on Paper from North China to the American South, Lamar Dodd Art Center, Lagrange College, Cochran Gallery, Lagrange, GA
2010 Three Sisters: Works on Paper Take a Journey from Beijing, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2010 Scratch, Bite, Perfect: The Versatility of Etching, Onemoon Gallery, Beijing, China
2008 Art Beijing: Contemporary Art Fair, China Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
2008 Language of Plates: Chinese Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition, Onemoon Gallery, Beijing, China
2006 Red Beans and Rice: Asian Artists in the New South Traveling Exhibition, Eleanor D.Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
2006 Florida Printmakers’14th Competition, Gallery at University of Miami, Miami, FL
2005 Red Beans and Rice: Asian Artists in the New South Traveling Exhibition, Harper Center for the Arts, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
2005 Red Beans and Rice: Asian Artists in the New South, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
2004 Art by Asian Women Group Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Three Sisters, Sakata Garo Fine Arts, Sacramento, CA
2003 Atlanta Artists: Gallery Selections, SunTrust Plaza, Atlanta, GA
2003 School’s Out: Emerging Artists Exhibition, City Art Gallery, Columbia, SC
2002 No Agenda, But Their Own, The Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
1996 Contemporary Chinese Prints Exhibition, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Portland, OR
1996 Modern Chinese Printmaking Exhibition, San Paulo, Brazil
1994 The 12th National Printmaking Exhibition, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
1994 B.F.A Graduation Show, Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
RESIDENCIES
2019 Center Program 8, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2018 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2016 Bloedel Reserve Artist in Residency, Bainbridge Island, WA
2008 Poligrafa Printmaking Workshop, Barcelona, Spain
03-06 Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
RECOGNITION/AWARDS
2020 Honorable Mention Award, Prairie Plein Air Competition and Show, Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts, Village of Schaumburg, IL
2019 Awardee of SPARK microgrants, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL
2018 Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant, Johnson, VT
2003 Award of Excellence, 16th National Juried Art Exhibition, South Cobb Arts Alliance, Atlanta, GA
2002 Honorable Mention Award, Juried Students Exhibition, Emest G. Welch School of Art & Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
00-04 Teaching Assistant Fellowship, Emest G. Welch School of Art &Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1994 Third Place Award of 1994 National Art Academy Exhibition, Shenyang, China
COLLECTIONS
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Portland, OR
College of Art & Sciences, Clayton State University, Atlanta, GA
Norwegian Joy - Chinese Art Collection, Norwegian Cruise Line.Co, Miami, FL
The Ministry of Culture of P. R. China, Beijing, China
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
The Affiliated High School of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Onemoon Gallery, Beijing, China
2004 MFA, Drawing, Painting & Printmaking, Emest G. Welch School of Art &Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1994 BFA, Printmaking, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
1990 The Affiliated High School of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
SOLO/ TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Chunbo Zhang Solo Exhibition, Leslie Wolfe Gallery at Old Town Art Center, Chicago, IL
2022 Chunbo Zhang Solo Exhibition, One River School Evanston, Chicago, IL
2016 Chunbo Zhang: Works on paper-From China to America, Evanston Art Center, Chicago, IL
2004 Shedspace, Site specific installation curated by Joey Orr, Atlanta, GA
2003 Keratin, M.F.A Thesis Show, Emest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2003 Nail, Artspot Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003 Two-Person Exhibition, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1996 Twin Sisters, Contemporary Art Gallery, Beijing, China
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Sustenance & Land: Five Artists Consider Our Relationship with The Earth, Curated by Liz Chilsen, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2024 Feast: juried group show, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Mo
2024 12th BAC Art Competition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2024 The Distance Between: A Group Exhibition, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
2023 1st Asian Pacific Heritage Festival in Arts by OH Art Foundation, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2022 Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices Juried Art Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 Word of Mouth Juried Art Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 9th Annual Art Competition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2021 The Frantic Desire for Almost Real, relative online program Recipe Box curated by Fabiola Tosi, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago
2021 4th Midwest Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 2020 Hyde Park Art Center Gala Auction, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2019 Pop Art 2.0, The Art Center-Highland Park, Chicago, IL
2019 Intersectional/Touch- CP8 Group Exhibition, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2019 Journey to the West: The Art of Three Chinese Sisters, Fayman Gallery, Lawrence KS
2018 24th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Chicago, IL
2018 Food Glorious Food, The Art Center-Highland Park, Chicago, IL
2016 stARTup Chicago Art Fair, MileNorth Hotel, Chicago, IL
2015 PRINT SUMMIT Communicating Exhibition of Print Works by Artists from the East and West: Part II- Inheritage and Development, Gauguin Gallery, Beijing, China
2014 The Affiliated High School Collections for a Celebration of 60 Years Anniversary of Central Academy of Fine Arts, China National Art Museum, Beijing, China
2013 The Zhang Sisters: Works on Paper Take a Journey from Beijing, Lightwell Gallery, OU School of Art & Art History, Norman, OK
2013 Three Sisters Bound to the Elements, Sacramento State University Gallery, CA
2012 The 9th Shanghai Biennale: On The Way Home, Pudong International Airport Museum, Shanghai, China
2011 Three Sisters: Works on Paper from Beijing to Alabama, Malone Gallery, Troy University, AL
2010 Three Sisters: Works on Paper from North China to the American South, Lamar Dodd Art Center, Lagrange College, Cochran Gallery, Lagrange, GA
2010 Three Sisters: Works on Paper Take a Journey from Beijing, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2010 Scratch, Bite, Perfect: The Versatility of Etching, Onemoon Gallery, Beijing, China
2008 Art Beijing: Contemporary Art Fair, China Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
2008 Language of Plates: Chinese Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition, Onemoon Gallery, Beijing, China
2006 Red Beans and Rice: Asian Artists in the New South Traveling Exhibition, Eleanor D.Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
2006 Florida Printmakers’14th Competition, Gallery at University of Miami, Miami, FL
2005 Red Beans and Rice: Asian Artists in the New South Traveling Exhibition, Harper Center for the Arts, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
2005 Red Beans and Rice: Asian Artists in the New South, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
2004 Art by Asian Women Group Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Three Sisters, Sakata Garo Fine Arts, Sacramento, CA
2003 Atlanta Artists: Gallery Selections, SunTrust Plaza, Atlanta, GA
2003 School’s Out: Emerging Artists Exhibition, City Art Gallery, Columbia, SC
2002 No Agenda, But Their Own, The Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
1996 Contemporary Chinese Prints Exhibition, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Portland, OR
1996 Modern Chinese Printmaking Exhibition, San Paulo, Brazil
1994 The 12th National Printmaking Exhibition, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
1994 B.F.A Graduation Show, Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
RESIDENCIES
2019 Center Program 8, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2018 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2016 Bloedel Reserve Artist in Residency, Bainbridge Island, WA
2008 Poligrafa Printmaking Workshop, Barcelona, Spain
03-06 Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
RECOGNITION/AWARDS
2020 Honorable Mention Award, Prairie Plein Air Competition and Show, Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts, Village of Schaumburg, IL
2019 Awardee of SPARK microgrants, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL
2018 Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant, Johnson, VT
2003 Award of Excellence, 16th National Juried Art Exhibition, South Cobb Arts Alliance, Atlanta, GA
2002 Honorable Mention Award, Juried Students Exhibition, Emest G. Welch School of Art & Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
00-04 Teaching Assistant Fellowship, Emest G. Welch School of Art &Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1994 Third Place Award of 1994 National Art Academy Exhibition, Shenyang, China
COLLECTIONS
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Portland, OR
College of Art & Sciences, Clayton State University, Atlanta, GA
Norwegian Joy - Chinese Art Collection, Norwegian Cruise Line.Co, Miami, FL
The Ministry of Culture of P. R. China, Beijing, China
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
The Affiliated High School of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Onemoon Gallery, Beijing, China