A Printmaker Saved from the Earthquake

1959 Born in Tangshan

1976 Rescured during the terrible Tangshan Earthquake 1988 Admitted to the Print Department of the National Central Art Academy in Beijing, China

1989 Lithograph "Swing", Silver Prize at the 10th National Print Exhibition, China Lithograph "Galloping Horses in Front of the Distant Mountains", Excellent Prize at the Beijing-Taipei Modern Lithograph, "Street", Excellent Prize at the 4th National 3-print Works Exhibition, China Lithograph, "Stone fortress No.3", 3rd Prize at the 1st Sapporo International Print Biennale, Japan

1992 Xylograph "Dancing on & Under the City Wall No.1", Gold Medal at the 11th National Print Exhibition, China

1993 Lithograph "Galloping Horses", Bronze Medal at the 5th National 3-print Works Exhibition, China Xylograph "A Running Crowd No.1", Sponsor's Special Award at the 2th Sapporo International Print Biennals, Japan

1994 40 print works at the Exhibition of Zhang Minjie's Print Works by Hongkong Art Centre Xylograph "A Running Crowd No.2," Grand Prize at the 5th Osaka International Triennal 1994 Print, Japan. In this same year the artists toured Japan, making observations and exchanging points of view with international artists.

1995 Exhibition of Zhang Minjie's Art Works by Chinese Art Gallery, China

1996 Exhibition of Zhang Minjie s' Art Works by Chinese Art Gallery, China Exhibition of Zhang Minjie s' Art Works by Osaka Modern Art Gallery, Japan

2000 "China 46", China Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai, Melbourne

About Zhang Minjie---by Professor Cheng Chung Liao
Zhang Minjie is a vivid character on the stage of international printmaking. His xylograph, "A running Crowd No. 2," got the Grand Prize out of over 7,000 top-ranking print artists at the 5th Osaka International Triennale 1994 Print, Japan, which shook up the whole world of prints. There are so many people in his works who are driven by the explicit power and becoming a stream of attack, which means some level of violence. Although they are just pieces on the artist's chessboard, their appearance of northern farmers maintains the flavor with which the artist wants to express his human feelings. The personality of his works is hidden and profound, especially expressed by the format and frame of modern art as well as the language criterion, combining the impression and shape of consciousness with other humanistic contents, making it more concrete. His works have had a very deep influence over the recent history of Chinese prints and his role in China prints can never be placed by others.

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