Zhang Xianyong, is a practioner in the field of conceptual photography. FQ Projects is pleased to announce the new photo exhibition of Zhang Xianyong:  History is Everywhere, we invite you to step into his private magic imagined world with us.

History is everywhere series was created between the end of 2010 to May 2011. Lenin, Mao, Lei Feng, Marx and Marat, these familiar historic figures suddenly become five cute sprits through the work of Zhang.  Contrasting with ordinary every day objects he creates an imagined stage for these "little people" as if history is quietly happening during these minor moments. Zhang fuses the fascination of the photography into the history and then the ordinariness of the history is also embodied in his collaborated images.

He started his conceptual photographic work in 2006. As a post 70's born native Shanghai artist he combines the strong influence of his Shanghai background and the memory of the past "red" years into his every photo work. The process of the creation of his images is much like a combination of performing art and paintings. He performs every figure by himself and then delicately composes these different elements into his imagined stories. The fusion of the oriental and western civilization, the outside culture and local urban culture represents the multi-elemental combination of the world. He separates these elements and then re-organizes them together in his work. The flavour of Shanghai, the characters exaggerated pose and absurd story lines all combine to compose the black humor elements of his works. With the blurred memories of his childhood of the 70’s and the feelings of disappointment with the reality of the adult world provide his works some kind of sentiment.

Zhang Xianyong, was born in 1970 Shanghai. He studied design and graduated from Shanghai University in 1993 and then worked as a creative director in 4A advertising agent. Since 2006 he has become an independent photographic artist and hold his solo exhibitions in San Francisco and Shanghai. In 2011, he won the award in the Wannabee Prize in Milan Italy. He is apparently becoming the new star in the field of conceptual photography in China.