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Zhang Yu has been inclined to intentionally avoid applying traditional ink and wash skills in his experimental Chinese ink and wash works. Despite his solid academic trainings in his early years, the artist would rather abandon the tradition of texture strokes than be viewed as a stereotype or a plagiarist. Instead of blindly following advocates of “Ink Renaissance,” Zhang has his unique way of thinking by unmasking the sublime but untrue “Ink Myth” and by challenging himself with unconventional ways of creating. Viewing Zhang’s evolution of creation through different stages—from Fan Painting series (1986-1989) to Portrait series (1989-1992), we find two main changes. First, the context where the characters are located is changing, from complicated background to nearly vacant space. Second, the images of the characters are gradually deconstructed, turning less and less concrete, and become more abstract symbols. Broken and incomplete faces in Zhang’s paintings have given us viewers plenty of space for imagination and they seem to invite us to go near to investigate them in depth. The above-mentioned changes not only indicate transference of the subject matters from the external to the internal, but also reflect the artist’s inner transformation.

In Zhang’s Divine Light series (1994-2003), he adopted subversive ways to reinterpret traditional wash and ink. No strokes but ink can be seen in this series. His “incomplete circles,” “broken squares,” and “shattered pieces” symbolize the chaos of the beginning of the earth. Unspeakably mysterious scenes immediately draw the viewers’ attention. Floating shattered pieces that layer one another represents the artist’s million thoughts in his mind. Zhang’s uniqueness is once again pervading in his paintings. Daily News series (2001-2003) is Zhang’s next stage of creation, which is yet transient. The artist juxtaposes ready-made stuff such as newspaper with wash and ink by collaging them. While the shattered pieces in the Divine Light series appear here to contrast with the social reality of the newspaper, some tension is created between hollowness and fullness.

While creating the Fingerprint series (1991, 2001-2008), Zhang seems to be an ascetic monk by repeatedly pressing millions of fingerprints, which symbolize engagements in big commitments, to represent the psychological impact by those commitments. Zhang aims to let millions of overlapping red fingerprints on the rice paper create some unique visual effect. Also, the artist takes advantage of the plasticity of the rice paper and the exertion of fingerprints that form dents and change the appearance and structure of the rice paper. Thus the accentuated dents on the paper resemble some bas-relief work. While changeable light and shadow creates a series of relief-like images, viewers are totally captivated by the works themselves when the original meaning of the fingerprints fades away, if not vanishes. But what is subtle is that the degree of captivation will be stronger if the viewers have learned the original meaning and the motive of creation from the verbal interpretation by the artist.

Moreover, with practice of Zen and ceaseless efforts on refining his artistry, Zhang has brought the experimental Chinese ink and wash to a new stage. His Fingerprint series can be seen not only as a rebellion to the traditional ink and wash, but as a revolt against the fundamental concept of painting. Behind his defiant acts, Zhang has a tremendously big dream—exploring the origin of art. To fulfill it, he diminishes the tension on the form by simplifying colors. He bonds all color features relevant to commitments, and limits the three colors he adopts—red, white and black—in tiny differential shades on one hand. But, on the other hand, the size of paper has a wider variety. Zhang even has a long vertical painting hanging from high above, which not only best captures the viewers’ attention but gives them the impression of timelessness that long scroll paintings usually imply. In sum, Zhang’s Fingerprint series is a work of profundity and a masterpiece that offers a perspective outside the box.

(styled Yu Ren, also known by his literary name Shi Yu)

1959 　Born in Tianjin China
1988 　Graduated from Tianjin Academy of Arts and Crafts
　　　　Previously editor at Tianjin Yangliuqing Fine Arts Press
2002　 Associate professor at Tianjin Transportation Vocational College
2004　 Guest professor at New Media Art Specialty of Beijing Film Academy
　　　　Now professional artist lives and works in Beijing and Tianjin

Gave Lectures:
1993　 Gave lectures at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in Belgium
2003 　Gave lectures at the Department of Oriental Arts and the Department of Design of
　　　　the School of Literature, Nankai University, Tianjin
2004 　Gave lectures at the New Media Art Specialty of Beijing Film Academy
2006 　Gave lectures at the Comprehensive Painting Department, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts

Solo Exhibitions:
2011　 Self - Cultivation: Zhang Yu’s Fingerprints works 1991 - 2011, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2010 　Zhang Yu: Diffused Fingerprints, National Dr. Sun Yat - sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
　　　　Zhang Yu’s Fingerprints, KIAF, Seoul, Korea
　　　　Zhang Yu’s Fingerprints, Art Asia Miami, Miami, U.S.A
2009 　gerprints: Traces of Zhang Yu’s Self - Cultivation, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
　　　　Zhang Yu’s "One - Finger Chan": Cultural and Spiritual Exploration, Da Xiang Art Space, Taichung, Taiwan
　　　　Zhang Yu’s Fingerprints, Art Asia Miami, Miami, U.S.A
2008 　Fingerprints: Zhang Yu, Creek Art, 798, Beijing, China.
2007 　Exhibition of Zhang Yu’s Fingerprints, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, U.S.A
2006 　Fingerprints: Zhang Yu, Goedhuis Contemporary, London, UK
2004 　Divine Light: Ink Paintings by Zhang Yu, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, U.S.A
2001 　Zhang Yu: Experimental Ink and Wash, Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK
1999 　Color, Brush and Ink: China - Germany Art Exhibition, Germany Embassy in China, Beijing, China
1993 　Zhang Yu: Fan Painting Exhibition, Zhuxianxuan Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1992 　Chinese Artist Zhang Yu: Modern Ink and Wash Exhibition, Belyaevo Modern Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
1989 　Zhang Yu: Fan Painting Exhibition, Qingdao Workers’Palace, Qingdao, China
1988 　Zhang Yu: Ink and Wash Exhibition, Tianjin Art Gallery, Tianjin, China

Group Exhibitions:
2011　 Mind Space: Maximalism in Contrasts, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A
　　　　Art Stage Singapore, Singapore
　　　　ARCOmadrid 40, Madrid, Spain
　　　　The Chinese and Italian Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition, Rivelli Contemporary Art Museum,
　　　　Gallery Marino, Napoli, Rome, Italy
　　　　Metaphysical Entity: Da Xiang Art Space, Taichung, Taiwan
　　　　Scope Basel International Contemporary Art Show, Basel, Switzerland
　　　　Visible Soul - The Fourth Chinese Abstract Art Exhibition, PIFO New Art Gallery, Beijing, China
　　　　Rebirth Ink and Wash Painting Exhibition, Hong Kong Art Museum, Beijing, China
　　　　Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
　　　　Sh Contemporary 11, Shanghai, China
　　　　 "Oh! Nirica": Otto Gallery, Florence, Italy
　　　　New Realm: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
　　　　The Great Celestial Abstraction: Chinese Art in the 21th century, The Katherine Nash Gallery and
　　　　the Department of Art, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, U.S.A
　　　　The Great Celestial Abstraction: Chinese Art in the 21th century,
　　　　Contemporary Art Museum of Rome, Rome, Italy
　　　　Art Asia Miami, Miami, U.S.A
2010 　 Ink and Not Ink: Chinese Contemporary Ink and Wash Exhibition, Gliptoteka Sculpture Museum, Croatia
　　　　Homeward Bound I Go: The 1st Contemporary Painting Exhibition Pudong International Airport, Shanghai, China
　　　　The Great Celestial Abstraction: Chinese Art in 21st Century, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
　　　　Ink and Space, Songzhuang East Zone Art Center, Beijing, China
　　　　MIND SPACE: Maximalism in Contrasts, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
　　　　Across the horizon - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Chile National Gallery of Art, Santiago, Chile
　　　　Book of non - book - 2010 Hangzhou International Exhibition of Modern Calligraphy,
　　　　China Academy of Fine Arts,Hangzhou, China
　　　　The Termination of Chinese Ink Painting - From Ink Painting to Ink, Da Xiang Art Space, Taichung, Taiwan
　　　　Memory of the Past: Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting, Transylvania University Morlan Gallery, Kentucky, U.S.A
　　　　Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
　　　　Korean International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
　　　　Traces and Transform - 2nd Beijing Art Academy International New Media Art Triennial,
　　　　Beijing Art Academy 4D -Space Museum, Beijing, China
　　　　Refactoring - Chinese Abstraction Art TOP Exhibition, Zhejin Art Museum, Today Art Museum, China
　　　　Art Asia Miami, Miami, U.S.A
2009 　Water and Color: Contemporary Ink and Wash Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
　　　　Present - Day Ink and Wash: 2009 Shanghai New Ink and Wash Exhibition, Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Duolun
　　　　Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
　　　　Yi Pai: Century Thinking, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
　　　　Ink and Not Ink: Chinese Contemporary Ink and Wash Exhibition, Warsaw Palace Museum, Poland;
　　　　Agricultural Museum of Budapest, Hungary; National Museum of Art of Romania, Romania
　　　　Art Asia Basel, Basel, Switzerland
　　　　60th anniversary of the Republic of China, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing Hotel, Beijing, China
　　　　Back to Basics: Traditional Inkwash as a Contemporary Vision, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
　　　　Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
　　　　Sh Contemporary 09, Shanghai, China
　　　　Open Flexibility: Innovative Contemporary Ink Art, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
　　　　Chang: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Da Xiang Art Space, Taichung;
　　　　Hsinchu University of Education Art Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
　　　　Points & Crosses - Exhibition of Contemporary Painting in China，Shanghai 2010 Art center, Shanghai, China
　　　　Art Asia Miami, Miami, U.S.A
2008 　Yi Pai: 30 Years of "Abstract" Art in China, La Caixa Forum Palma, La Caixa Forum Barcelona,
　　　　La Caixa Forum Madrid, Spain
　　　　Individual Case: Artists in Art History and Art Criticism, SZ Art Center, 798, Beijing, China
　　　　Towards Post - Abstract: Academic Invitational Exhibition, Pianfeng Art Space, Beijing, China Chinese
　　　　Ink is not equal to Ink Painting, Hejingyuan Art Gallery, Beijing, China
　　　　Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
　　　　Art Forum: the Status and the Prospect of Contemporary Ink and Wash across the Strait, Da Xiang Art Space,
　　　　Taiwan, Arts and Humanities Centre of JingYi University, Taichung, Taiwan
　　　　Shanghai MoCA Envisage II - Butterfly Dream, MOCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China
　　　　Ink and Not Ink: Chinese Contemporary Ink and Wash Exhibition, Shenzhen Art Museum,
　　　　Today Art Museum, China; Philadelphia Kimmel Center, U.S.A
　　　　6th Shenzhen International Biennale of Ink and Wash, Shenzhen Museum, Shenzhen, China
2007 　Contemporary Context / Chinese Edition / Contemporary Art Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
　　　　Escape by Crafty Scheme: Language Salvation from Tradition and Revolution,
　　　　Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
　　　　China Onward: The Estella Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art, Louisiana, U.S.A
　　　　Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
　　　　Traces and Temperament: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
　　　　Abstract Narrative Art Exhibition and Symposium on Modernity and Abstract Art, Y.Q.K Art Space
　　　　Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
　　　　Narration in Ink and Wash, Yokohama Zaim Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
　　　　Lines: Contemporary Chinese Abstract Art Exhibition, Creek Art, Shanghai, China
　　　　3rd Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
　　　　Made in Beijing, Hong - Ik University Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
　　　　Continuation, Variation and Infiltration: Ink, a Monochromatic World,
　　　　Art Museum of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan
　　　　The Supplemental History: Works from the Collection of GDMOA, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
　　　　Intangible: Group Exhibition of Zhang Yu, Liang Quan and Liu Xuguang, Creek Art, 798, Beijing, China
　　　　Yi Pai: 30 Years of "Abstract" Art in China, Wall Art Museum, Beijing, China
2006 　Revival of Ink and Wash: 2006 Shanghai New Ink and Wash Exhibition,
　　　　Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
　　　　International Modern Ink Painting Exhibition, Manhattan Asian Cultural Center, New York, U.S.A
　　　　Ferry: Modes of Contemporary Ink and wash, Art Gallery of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
　　　　Chinese Ink and Wash Documental Exhibition 1976 - 2006, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China
　　　　Chinese Contemporary Art Documental, New Millennium Monument Art Museum, Beijing, China
2005 　Experiences and Consciousness: Beijing Film University New Media Art Festival,
　　　　Beijing Film University, Beijing, China
　　　　Nature: Experimental Ink Painting, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
　　　　Experimental Ink and Wash Retrospective Exhibition 1985 - 2000, Shenzhen Art Academy Exhibition Hall,
　　　　Shenzhen, China
　　　　Upcoming Ink Painting: Modern Ink Painting Exhibition, Rihour Palace, Lille, France
　　　　Chinese Experimental Ink Painting Conference, Paris International Art District, Paris, France
　　　　Salute to '85: 1985 - 2005, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
　　　　Book, No Book: Opening Calligraphy in Space and Time, Art Museum of China
　　　　Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
　　　　Metaphysics 2005: Black and White, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2004 　Irrelevant to Reality! - Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
　　　　Dream of the Dragon's Nation - Contemporary Art from China, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
　　　　International Art and Design Festival, the Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, U.S.A
　　　　Fu Baoshi PIrize: Ink and Wash Painting Nanjing Triennial, Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing, China
　　　　Yokohama International Film Festival: Visual Group, Neo - Academic of China, Bank Art 1929, Yokohama, Japan
　　　　Art of the 20th Century, the Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, U.S.A
　　　　4th Shenzhen International Biennale of Ink and Wash, Guan Shanyue Art Museum,
　　　　Shenzhen Art Academy Exhibition Hall, Shenzhen, China
2003 　Chinese Art Today, China Millennium Monument Art Museum, Beijing, China
　　　　The Exhibition of Chinese Experimental Ink and Wash, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
2002 　17th Asian International Art Exhibition, Taejon Art Museum, Taejon, Korea
　　　　Hong Kong Art Gallery Collection Exhibition, Hong Kong Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China
　　　　Ground Zero: Material Art Invitational Exhibition, Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
　　　　East + West: Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, Artist's Home, Vienna, Austria
　　　　New Era of Ink and Wash: Cross - Straits Exchange Exhibition of Contemporary Ink and Wash,
　　　　Jeff Hsu's Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2001 　Dreams: The 2001 Contemporary Chinese Art, Atlantic Gallery, London, UK
　　　　32nd Dusseldorf Modern Art Exhibition, Dusseldorf Exhibition Centre, Dusseldorf, Germany
　　　　The Exhibition of Metaphysical and Physical, Shanghai Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
　　　　20 Years of Experiment in Chinese Ink and Wash, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
　　　　16th Asian International Art Exhibition, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
　　　　Abstract Ink and Wash, Xi'an International Exhibition Centre, Xi'an, China
2000　 New Chinese Painting, Liu Haisu Art Gallery, Shanghai; Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing, China
　　　　International Contemporary Art Interflow Exhibition, Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing, China
　　　　Shanghai Art Gallery Collection Exhibition, Shanghai, China
1999 　Exhibition of "Existence" and "Expression" , Gallery of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
　　　　14th Asian International Art Exhibition, Fukuoka Modern Art Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan
　　　　Dialogue 1999, Art Gallery of Beijing International Art Palace, Beijing, TEDA Modern Art Museum, Tianjin, China
　　　　At the Edge of Ink and Wash: Exhibition of works on Paper,
　　　　 Hongkong Arts Development Council Visual Arts Space Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1998 　Inside Out: New Chinese Art Exhibition, P.S.1 Gallery, New York Modern Art Gallery, U.S.A, San Francisco, U.S.A;
　　　　Hongkong Art Gallery, China, etc.
　　　　Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
　　　　13th Asian International Art Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
　　　　Looking Back to Chang'an: Invitational Exhibition of Modern Ink and Wash for Collection,
　　　　Xi'an Art Museum, Xi'an, China
1997 　New Art of Ink and Wash, Berlin Art Museum, Halle Museum, TTT Art Centre, Leipzig University Museum,
　　　　Germany　Grand Exhibition of Chinese Art, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
　　　　Stars of the Century: Chinese Art Biennale, Ontario Art Museum, Toronto, Canada
1996 　Back to the Homeland: Contemporary Chinese Experimental Ink and Wash, RIM Art Gallery, World Journal Gallery,
　　　　San Francisco, U.S.A
　　　　Symposium on the Chinese Ink and Wash Toward the 21st Century and the Exhibition for Viewing and Emulating,
　　　　Art Gallery of South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
1995 　Ink and Light: Contemporary Chinese Abstract Ink and Wash Exhibition, Flanders Exhibition Center,
　　　　Ghent, Belgium
1994 　Zero: Art Exhibition, Flanders Exhibition Center, Ghent, Belgium
1993 　Chinese Contemporary Color Ink Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
　　　　Chinese Modern Ink and Wash Exhibition, Rongbaozhai, Beijing, China
1992 　Invitational Exhibition of Traditional Chinese Painting, Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Painting,
　　　　Beijing,China
1991 　2nd Exhibition of Chinese Realistic Painting with Fine Brushwork, Museum of Chinese History, Beijing, China
　　　　1st International Fan Painting Exhibition, Beijing Concert Hall Gallery, Beijing, China
　　　　Exhibition of Prize - Winning Works of GeShan Painting Competition, Ge Shan Art Gallery, Taiwan,
　　　　Empress Place Museum, Singapore
1990 　27th Asian Modern Art Exhibition, Tokyo - to Art Museum, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
　　　　Chinese New Literati Painting, Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Painting, Beijing, China
　　　　Group Exhibition of Five Contemporary Artists, Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China
　　　　Spring Exhibition of 1990, Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Painting, Beijing, China
1988 　1st Exhibition of Chinese Realistic Painting with Fine Brushwork, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1986 　New Composition of Chinese Painting Exhibition, Hao Zhen Gallery, Singapore

Exhibition Curator:
2010　 The Termination of Chinese Ink Painting - From "Ink Painting" to "Ink", Da Xiang Art Space, Taichung, Taiwan
2009 　Linzhou Biennale of Ink and Wash, Linzhou Inkwash Museum, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Henan, Shanghai,
China
　　　　Chang: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Da Xiang Art Space, Taichung, Taiwan
　　　　Back to Basics: Traditional Ink wash as a Contemporary Vision, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
2008 　Ink is not equal to Ink Painting, Hejingyuan Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2007 　Traces and Temperament: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
2006 　Ferry: Modes of Contemporary Ink and wash, Art Gallery of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
2005 　Nature: Experimental Ink Painting, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
　　　　Upcoming Ink Painting: Modern Ink Painting Exhibition, Rihour Palace, Lille, France
　　　　Salute to '85: 1985 - 2005, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2003 　The Exhibition of Chinese Experimental Ink and Wash, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
1999 　Dialogue 1999, Art Gallery of Beijing International Art Palace, TEDA, Beijing, Tianjin, China
1996 　Symposium on the Chinese Ink and Wash Toward the 21st Century and the Exhibition for Viewing and Emulating,
　　　　Art Gallery of South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
1995 　Ink and Light: Contemporary Chinese Abstract Ink and Wash Exhibition, Flanders Exhibition Center, Ghent, Belgium
1993　 Chinese Contemporary Color Ink Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
　　　　Chinese Modern Ink and Wash Exhibition, Rongbaozhai, Beijing, China
1991 　1st International Fan Painting Exhibition, Beijing Concert Hall Gallery, Beijing, China
1990　 Group Exhibition of Five Contemporary Artists, Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China

Personal Publications：
01. Chinese Contemporary Artist - Zhang Yu, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House 1994
02. ZHANG YU, Jingquan Gallery U.S.A 1999
03. History of Black and white: Chinese Contemporary Experimental Ink Painting - Zhang Yu,
　　Hubei Fine Arts Publishing House 1999
04. Fingerprints - Zhang Yu 1991 - 2008, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House 2008
05. Zhang Yu: A Case Study of a Contemporary Artist 1984 - 2008, chief editor Yin Shuangxi,
　　Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House 2008
06. Fingerprints: Traces of Zhang Yu’s Self-Cultivation 2008-2009, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts 2009
07. Zhang Yu’s "One - Finger Chan": Cultural and Spiritual Exploration, Da Xiang Art Space 2009
08. Zhang Yu: From Abstraction to Essence Image, Henan University Publishing House 2009
09. Zhang Yu - Diffused Fingerprints, Da Xiang Art Space, Artist magazine 2010

Other Publications：
01. Chinese Modern Ink and Wash Painting, chief editor Zhang Yu Tianjin Yangliuqing Fine Art Press 1991
02. Trends of Modern Chinese Ink and Wash, vol. I chief editor Zhang Yu, Tianjin Yangliuqing Fine Art Press 1993
03. Trends of Modern Chinese Ink and Wash, vol. I I chief editor Zhang Yu, Tianjin Yangliuqing Fine Art Press 1994
04. Trends of Modern Chinese Ink and Wash, vol. I I I chief editor Zhang Yu, Heilongjiang Fine Arts Publishing House 1996
05. History of Black and white: Chinese Contemporary Experimental Ink Painting1992-1999, planner Zhang Yu,
　　 Hubei Fine Arts Publishing House 1999
06. Trends of Modern Chinese Ink and Wash, vol. IV chief editor Zhang Yu, Heilongjiang Fine Arts Publishing House 2000
07. Chinese Open and Experimental Ink and Wash, chief editor Zhang Yu, The Milky Way Publishing Co. Hong Kong 2002
08. Chinese Experimental Ink and Wash 1993 - 2003, planner Zhang Yu, Heilongjiang Fine Arts Publishing House 2004
09. Properties: Report of Experimental Ink and Wash, chief editor Zhang Yu, Hubei Fine Arts Publishing House 2005
10. Upcoming Ink Painting: Contemporary Experimental Ink and Wash, chief editor Zhang Yu, Pacific Press Paris, France 2005
11. Traces and Temperament, chief editor Zhang Yu, Hong Kong Asian Culture Communication Association 2007
12. Chang, chief editor Zhang Yu, Da Xiang Art Space 2009
13. The Termination of Chinese Ink Painting, chief editor Zhang Yu, Da Xiang Art Space 2010

In Art History:
01. Chinese Contemporary Art Document 1989 - 1990, by Lv Peng, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 1991
02. 90s contemporary Art China, by Lv Peng, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 1999
03. A History of Fine Arts in New China 1949 - 1999, by Zou Yuejin, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 2002
04. The Portraits of 100 Most Influential Artists in Contemporary Chinese Art, chief editor Gao Minglu,
　　Hubei Fine Arts Publishing House, 2005
05. Retrospection of Experimental Ink & Wash 1985 - 2000, by Lv Peng, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 2005
06. A History of Art in twenty century China, by Lv Peng, Peking University Press, 2006
07. Artists in Art History, by Lv Peng, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 2008
08. 60 years of Chinese fine Arts1949-2009, People’s Publishing House, 2009
09. 30 years Exploration of Chinese Contemporary Art 1979 - 2009, by Lv Peng, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House 2009
10. Totol modernity and the Avant-garde in Twentieth - century Chinese art, by Gao Minglu, MIT Press, 2011
11. Art of Modern China, by Julia F. Andrews and Kuiyi Shen, University of California Press, 2011

Main Collectors:
National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Shanghai Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
Guangdong Art Gallery, Guangzhou, China
Ucity Art Museum of GAFA, Guangzhou, China
Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Hongkong Art Museum, Hongkong, China
Taida Art Gallery, Tianjin, China
Meilun Art Gallery, Changsha, China
Fine Arts Documents Art Gallery, Wuhan, China
Geshan Exhibition Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Rongbaozhai, Beijing, China
Hanmo Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Da Xiang Art Space, Taichung, Taiwan
Sanchuan Gallery, Beijing, China
Yuan Zhaotang Art Collection Gallery, Shenzhen, China
Huitai Art Center, Tianjin, China
Cheng Wei Fundation, Shanghai, China
Wanlong Enterprise Group, Xi’an, China
Jiangsu Art Monthly Pictorial
Artlife
National Arts
MoMA, New York, U.S.A
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China
Moscow Bi Nayewu Modern Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Louisiana Art Museum, Denmark
University of Louvain Museum, Louvain, Belgium
The Estella Collection Foundation, New York, U.S.A
Olenska Foundation Art Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK
Shuhua Art educational Foundation, San Francisco, U.S.A
Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, U.S.A
Geodhuis Modern Art Gallery, New York, U.S.A
Jingquan Gallery, Boston, U.S.A
Guigu Fang Gallery, California, U.S.A
Sem Art Gallery, Monte Carlo, Monaco