Artist Introduction 艺术家介绍

Born in 1965, Hebei, China，Lives and works in Beijing and New York

The most innovative and perceptive abstract ink painter in Beijing,  China, who can easily transfer nature to ink abstract.

Zhang Zhaohui did his studies in China and New  York;  after few years of his curator experience, he swapped careers to become a full-time professional artist. He had painted for more than 10 years in black and white ink only, mostly of men and  women, mountain, and light & line.

1965年出生于中国河北，生活和工作于北京和纽约

中国北京最具创新性和洞察力的水墨抽象画家，可以轻松地将自然演绎到水墨抽象中。

张朝晖曾在中国和纽约学习；从开始几年的策展经验，后来他转而成为一名全职的专业艺术家。 十多年来，他只用黑白水墨来表现主题如男女、山水、光、线。

艺术家声明： 自然与自由之间的爱

过去的四十多年中，精神和意识上的各种纠结一直无法化解，既要怎样又要怎样的陈词滥调搅浑了思维的头绪，极端与中庸之间永远无法平衡，容易让人迷失在华美的辞藻与残酷的现实的尖锐冲突中难以自拔，并逐步走向狂乱或者抑郁。但当我将自然与自由的各种相关问题，意义和想象意象并置在一起的时候，似乎是黑暗中的一束光亮，焦躁中获得坦然与平和。隐约觉得，在自然与自由之间，是一个新的视角去描述纷繁复杂而又变化莫测的世界。

在世界文化国际化的语境下，尽管人们以及文化代言人对自然和自由有不同的理解和认知，而且两个词各自具有宽泛的语义，但它们是讨论价值观的两个基石。尤其是在当代汉语所能表述的精神叙事中，自然与自由的融合似乎是打开一个比较大的探讨空间，当然，我的绘画艺术是这种空间的视觉化。

爱自然，爱自由，自然与自由重叠的部分不断产生精神的火花和生命的灵性。

Artist Statement : “Love between nature and freedom”

In the past 40 years, various entanglements in spirit and consciousness have been unable to be resolved. The clichés of what to do and what to do have muddled the line of thinking. There is never a balance between extreme and moderate, and it is easy to get lost in the gorgeous and beautiful. In the sharp conflict between rhetoric and cruel reality, it is difficult to extricate oneself, and gradually leads to frenzy or depression. But when I juxtapose various related issues, meanings and imaginary images of nature and freedom, it seems to be a ray of light in the dark, calm and peaceful in the midst of anxiety. I vaguely feel that between nature and freedom, there is a new perspective to describe the complex and unpredictable world.

In the context of the internationalisation of world culture, although people and cultural spokespersons have different understandings and perceptions of nature and freedom, and the two words have broad meanings, they are the two cornerstones of discussing values. Especially in the spiritual narrative that can be expressed in contemporary Chinese, the fusion of nature and freedom seems to open up a relatively large space for discussion. Of course, my painting art is the visualisation of this space.

“Love nature, love freedom, and the overlapping parts of nature and freedom constantly generate spiritual sparks and spirituality of life.”