Ying Zhu
Born 1979 in Lanzhou, China. Lives and works in Omaha, Nebraska.
EDUCATION2010
M.F.A. Studio Art, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Nebraska
2003
B.S. Management Information Systems, University of Nebraska - Omaha, Nebraska
1999
B.A. Photography, Communication University of China, Beijing, China
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Ying Zhu: Sugar Coated, Art League of Houston Front Gallery, Houston, Texas
2015
Ying Zhu: Live Like an Astronaut, Klein Sun Gallery, New York
2014
Ying Zhu: Medium Plus, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Ying Zhu: Crumbs of Tenderness, Creighton University Lied Art Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
Ying Zhu: Return as Departure, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
Ying Zhu: Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining, The Union for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
2013
Nebraska Now: Ying Zhu, Watch Your Steps, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska
Ying Zhu: Play a Par, ISPO gallery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2012
Ying Zhu: No Strings Attached, RNG Gallery, Council Bluffs, Iowa
2011
Ying Zhu: Viva Dan, Parallax Space, Lincoln, Nebraska
Ying Zhu: Re-speak, Metropolitan Community College, Elkhorn, Nebraska
2010
Ying Zhu: From Baa to Eye: Language as Images, Eisentrager • Howard Gallery,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
Ying Zhu: 58.1 Miles, Bemis Underground, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
2009
Ying Zhu: In Theory, Parrish Studios, Lincoln, Nebraska
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
The Collaborative: Interlude, The Kreeger Museum, Washington DC
2020
Dialogues, Stable Arts, Washington DC
2019
Traces, Nolan Park, Governors Island, New York
2017
Lines Forming: Angie Seykora +Ying Zhu, Public Access Press, Omaha, Nebraska
2015
Art Seen: A Juried Exhibition of Artists from Omaha to Lincoln, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
2014
Magical Thinking, Roots Division, San Francisco
2013
Process, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Stories of a Changing China, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, Idaho
Cross – Cut, Majestic gallery, Athens, Ohio
2012
III Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia
Texas National 2012, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas
2011
MIND the Gap, Kaleidoskop, Art Festival Nacht Und Nebel, Berlin
Expose, Whitney White Linen Night, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
2010
12th Annual Art Auction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
YEE YEE YEE, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
2009
Fragile Metaphors, Luce Gallery, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa
Crossing 2009, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2008
Obstructed View, Woods Hall Gallery, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, Alabama
ARTISTS- IN-RESIDENCE
2014
Artist in Resident, Camac Art Center, France
Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Serenbe Artist in Residency, Atlanta, Georgia
2011
Artist in Resident, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
AWARDS
2013
NAC Distinguished Artist Grant, appropriated by National Endowment for the Arts
2012
Full fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
2010
Anderson Ranch summer workshop scholarship, Snowmass, Colorado
Dan and Barbara Howard Creative Achievement Award, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Hixson-Lied Creative Research Grant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2014
UNO Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center, University of Nebraska
Tenaska Capital Management, Omaha, Nebraska
2013
The LEGO Project, Project Harmony, Omaha, Nebraska
2012
At the Vanishing Point, Great Plains Theater Conference