BIO
Born in northwestern China, Shaoyi Zhang fell in love with photography when his grandfather, a photojournalist before China’s Cultural Revolution, gave him a Zeiss Ikon folding camera. After a career in editorial and commercial photography in both Shanghai and Auckland, New Zealand, he came to the U.S. to earn his master’s degree in digital photography from New York City’s prestigious School of Visual Arts. Now based in the city, Zhang specializes in studio and location portraiture. His personal work includes a recent series of portraits of successful Chinese professionals living and working in New York City, intended to challenge the stereotypes associated with American immigrants from his native land.
Exhibition
Chinese in New York (Solo) — YUI gallery, New York 2018,
London Photo Competition — 5th Base Gallery, London 2018
2018 Competition (Online) — The Photo Review, Pennsylvania 2018
Environmental Portrait (Online) — PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont 2018
Photo & Video Intensive — Sony Square NYC, New York 2017
Thesis Show — Detour, SVA Gramercy gallery, New York 2017
Publication
Featured in A Reflection on Passing Time 2018
Profile Portrait of Leong Ying, The Game of G.O.D 2018
Interview
Chinese in New York, Sinovision 2018
Rising Light, Profoto 2017