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Chinese contemporary artist (born 1957)

Zhang Peili (born 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist.

Pi Li is Uli Sigg Senior Curator of Chinese Art at the M+ Museum in Hong Kong.

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Zhang Peili, 42, has been an influential figure in contemporary Chinese art and part of its growing international profile.

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Following his PhD in Art History at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, he has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University and a Visiting.

Considered the father of video art in China he works mainly with installation and video.^[1]

Biography

Zhang Peili was born in Hangzhou, China, in November 1957.^[2] He attended the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now the China Academy of Art)^[3] and graduated from the Department of Oil Painting in 1984.

In 1986, Zhang and fellow artists Geng Jianyi and Song Li founded the Pond Society, an artist collective that became known for its existential bent and its interest in separating art and emotion and organising public happenings and interventions in Hangzhou.^[4] He currently lives and works in Hangzhou, as the dean of the New Media Department of the China Academy of Arts.

His major works include 'X?’ series (1986–1987), 30X30 (1989), Water: Standard Version from Cihai Dictionary (1991), Document on Hygiene No.3