Biography
Ruxue Zhang was born in 1992 in Wenzhou, China. She graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing (BFA, 2015), and California College of the Arts in San Francisco (MFA, 2018). Her oil paintings explore ways of seeing and capture sublime moments in life and the universe.
Education
California College of the Arts, San Francisco — MFA in Fine Arts, 2018
China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing — BFA in Oil Painting, 2015
Solo Exhibition
May 2024 — Alien Life, CULT Aimee Friberg, San Francisco
Apr 2019 — Seeing Is Forgetting, CULT Aimee Friberg, San Francisco
Jan 2019 — Burden of Representation, Frank-Ratchye Gallery, Root Division, San Francisco
Selected Group Exhibition
April 2024 — San Francisco Art Fair, CULT Aimee Friberg, San Francisco
Jan 2024 — CULT Turns 10, CULT Aimee Friberg, San Francisco
July 2022 — Seattle Art Fair, CULT Aimee Friberg, Seattle
May 2022— Physics & Fiction, Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco
Nov 2021 — Sapiens / Stories, CULT Bureau, Oakland
April 2021 — Reflection/Materiality, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco
May 2021 — Holding the Moment, Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Airport Terminal B, San Jose
Nov 2020 — Future Fair, The Holiday Market, Online
Oct 2020 — Root Division’s 19th Annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco
June 2020 — Beyond Words: In Support of Black-led Organizations Fighting for Social Justice and Equity, CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, Online
Dec 2019 — 9th Annual Misfit Maker Factory & Creative Marketplace, Root Division, San Francisco
Oct 2019 — Root Division’s 18th Annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco
Apr 2019 — Art Market SF, Fort Mason, San Francisco
Apr 2019 — stARTup Art Fair, San Francisco
Mar 2019 — Members Exhibition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto
Oct 2018 — Wave Forms, Embark Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco
Oct 2018 — Root Division’s 17th Annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco
May 2018 — Commencement Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
Apr 2018 — MFA Thesis Exhibition, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco
Jan 2018 — CAA MFA Exhibition, Sustainability and Public Good, Cal State University LA Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles
Nov 2015 — A Journey of Thousand Miles, National Exhibition of Excellent Works from art schools, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Sichuan
Jun 2015 — The exhibition of graduates’ works, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
Collections, Residency & Awards
2024 — Chalk Hill Artist Residency
2023 Finalists for Tournesol Award at Headlands Center for the Arts
2022 Finalists for Tournesol Award at Headlands Center for the Arts
2020 — Villa San Francisco Residency
2020 — Works collected by Fidelity Investments
2019 — Studio Visit Magazine summer 2019
2018 — Finalist for Headlands Graduate Fellowship
2018 — Finalist for Toby Devan Lewis Award
2015 — The Empty Room added to the permanent collection for CAFA Art Museum
2013 — China Central Academy of Fine Arts Scholarship
2012 — China Central Academy of Fine Arts Scholarship
2011 — The Bottles added to permanent collection of Fine Arts School Affiliated to China Central Academy of Fine Arts