ZHANG Xiao

Born in 1981 in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, Zhang Xiao graduated from the Department of Architecture and Design at Yantai University in 2005. Before becoming a freelance photographer in 2009, he worked as a photographer for Chongqing Morning Post. With his Coastline series, Zhang received The Photography Talent Awards in 2010 and the Prix HSBC pour la Photographie in 2011. He was also awarded the Three Shadows Photography Award 2010 and the MIO Photo Award 2010 with his other series. Zhang’s work has been widely exhibited in China in recent years and in France in 2011.

Zhang currently lives and works in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China.


Solo Exhibitions

2012         "Coastline", 2902 Gallery, Singapore
                  "Coastline", Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong

2010         "Photography of Zhang Xiao", Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany


Group Exhibitions

2011         "nofound Photo Fair", Booth: Troika Editions, Paris, France
                  "Paris Photo Fair", Booth: Galerie Le Réverbère, Grand Palais, Paris, France
                  "Prix HSBC pour la Photographie 2011: Alinka ECHEVERRIA & Xiao ZHANG", Galerie Le Réverbère,
                  Lyon, France; Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France; L’Arsenal, Metz, France; Maison de la
                  Photographie, Lille, France
                  "FORMAT International Photography Festival - Right Here, Right Now", QUAD Gallery, Derby, UK
                  "Multi-Dimensional View: Chengdu Contemporary Photography Exhibition", No. 35 Cultural Creative
                  Industrial Park, Chengdu, China
                  "Dali International Photography Festival - They", Dali City, Yunnan Province, China
                  "MIO Photo Award 2010 Exhibition", MIO Tennoji, Osaka, Japan
                  "Faces of Lifes", Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

2010         "The Photography Talent Award 2010 Exhibition", the National Library of France, Paris, France
                  "Lianzhou International Photo Festival", Guangdong, China
                  "Southern Documentary Photography Exhibition", Guangzhou Creative Industrial Park, Guangzhou, China
                  "Dali International Photography Festival - Different Scenery", Dali City, Yunnan Province, China
                  "2010 Screenage Art Document Exhibition - Natural–Unnatural", Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China
                  "The Three Shadows Photo Award Exhibition", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China

2009         "FORMAT International Photography Festival: Photocinema, QUAD Gallery, Derby, UK
                  "Pingyao International Photography Festival", Pingyao, Shanxi, China
                  "Lianzhou International Photo Festival", Guangdong, China


Awards

2011         The Prix HSBC Pour la Photographie, France

2010         MIO Photo Award, Japan 2010 - Jurors Award (Morimura Yasumasa), Japan
                  Three Shadows Photography Award, China
                  The Photography Talent Award - Reportage/Documentary Award Winner, France
                  Southern Documentary Photography Award, China.

2009         Hou Dengke Documentary Photography Award, China


Collection

HSBC France