张大力
Zhang Dali


1963 Harbin, China

Zhang Dali

Zhang Dali is a pluridisciplinary artist from China. He explores social issues and human conditions, experimenting different technics and exploring the different layers of reality.

After studying painting at the Beijing Central Academy of Art & Design (China), Zhang Dali went to Italy, where he discovered graffiti art. He was the only graffiti artist in Beijing throughout the early 1990s.

He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, International Center for Photography in New York, Les Rencontres d’Arles festival in France…

Zhang Dali lives and works in Beijing (China).

Interview by ifa gallery about censorship and art

Zhang Dali studio (Beijing on 23 april 2013)