Unforgettable Moments
19th November, 2022- 31st December, 2022
Cheng Zhe was born in 1985 in Heilongjiang Province, China, and now lives and works as an artist in Qingdao, Shandong, China. He completed his art studies with a focus on oil painting at the Xu Beihong's Studios of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 2004. His works have become very popular and are now on the international art market from galleries and private collectors alike very much in demand.
Cheng Zhe is greatly influenced by his surroundings. With the birth of his daughter, he further developed his initially very traditional and academic style of painting into a contemporary and unmistakable painting style. With his “little girl” motif, he conveys a symbol of charity, trust and confidence and wants to share it with all of us in his own way.
In his most recent creative cycle, Cheng Zhe aimed to share the feeling of empathy and hope after the end of the pandemic with the world through his art.
Right from the start, the artist felt the hardships and significant effects of the pandemic, which threatened to undermine his artistic career, his livelihood and his future. Although the pandemic profoundly affected his life and the lives of many people on a global scale, during this time Cheng Zhe found inspiration and joy in his 4-year-old daughter, who gave him confidence and he then began to artistically process his impressions during the crisis .
“Every morning I see her bright smile;
Every evening I see the stars twinkling in her eyes.
It is her curiosity and happiness that brought me
out of the darkness.”
Cheng Zhe, 2022
By using traditional materials such as Chinese rice paper, Cheng Zhe gives his works an authentic touch. His academic painting technique, his modern composition and the deep, sometimes mystical eyes of his “little girl” subjects underline his work.
Awareness of tradition, origins and love of life in his
His first exhibition in Europe is another milestone in his career for Cheng Zhe. The city of Duisburg is strongly connected to China and its culture through its sister city with Wuhan for more than 40 years. For this reason too, it is a pleasure and honor for us to be able to exhibit Cheng Zhe, a young artist from China, in our gallery.
