O Zhang (born in China) is a photographic artist working in New York. Zhang received a Master of Photography from Royal College of Art in London and a BA from the Central Academy of Art in Beijing.
Zhang has had more than 100 exhibitions around the globe, including the Deutsche Guggenheim Museum (Berlin), Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver). She has had solo exhibitions in New York, Beijing, London, Istanbul, Vancouver, HK, Manchester, Philadelphia. She was the recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship, Fuji Film Student Award, Vilcek Artist Award, and nominated for numerous awards including the Creative Capital Awards (NY).
Her works are in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum (New York), Mori Art Museum (Tokyo), Santa Barbara Museum (CA), Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver), M+ Museum (HK), among others.
She has been cited in many publications, including the New York Times, Art in America, etc. Zhang gave a solo exhibition at the Queens Museum of Art (New York) in 2009. Zhang’s autobiography: "An Empire Where The Moon Light Never Fades" was on The Best Seller List in China.
Zhang has been working in New York since 2004. She was a Photo Professor at NYU.
