Artists

Zhan Chong

Press release

Zhan Chong (b. 1983, Zhejiang, China) lives and works in Beijing, China. His paintings are both descriptive representations of everyday ‘artifacts’ and portraits of a psychological state: a sense of tension, or a palpable change in the air (pressure). Chong’s hometown, Lishui, was often affected by typhoon weather, and before each typhoon, a state of low pressure pervaded the surroundings - a storm was imminent. In recent years, despite having been away from home for many years, this feeling– a sense of being ‘on edge’– has begun to resurface in his body, and subsequently his work.