The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is presenting an exhibition of new work by alum Hong Chun Zhang (M.F.A. ‘04), featuring her meticulous charcoal drawings and ink paintings of long, straight black hair.  “Extensions: New Work by Hong Chun Zhang” will be on view from January 27 to April 24, 2022

Zhang’s work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC), Asia Society Texas Center (Houston, TX), Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles), and the Lawrence Arts Center. She has exhibited internationally at Milan Royal Palace (Italy), the Museum of Contemporary Art Norway (Oslo), the 3rd Chengdu Biennale, and the 9th Shanghai Biennale in China. Zhang’s work is selected in many public and private collections including Sylvain Levy/DSL Collection (Paris), The White Rabbit Collection of Contemporary Chinese Art (Sydney), The Ministry of Culture of China (Beijing), The Origo Family Collection of Chinese Ink Paintings (Zurich), the Spencer Museum of Art (Lawrence, KS), the Ulrich Art Museum (Wichita, KS), The Kansas City Collection, The Middlebury College Museum of Art, and The Harvard Art Museums.

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Overland Park, Kansas.