ZENG Fanzhi
Chinese 1964
Zeng Fanzhi was born in 1964 in Hubei, China. He studied oil painting at the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, where he was greatly influenced by German Expressionism. Upon graduating in 1991, Zeng Fanzhi garnered critical attention for his final piece, Hospital Triptych No. 1, which was later shown at the critical “China’s New Art, Post-1989” exhibition at the Hong Kong Art Centre in 1993. The following year, Zeng Fanzhi began his celebrated Mask series, which explores isolation and identity in response to China’s transformation in the 1990s. His painting Mask Series 1996 No.6 became the highest grossing work by a Contemporary Asian artist in 2008.
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation, Beijing, China
He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, USA
“Zeng Fanzhi” Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China, 1990
“Behind the Mask” Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, 1995
“Zeng Fanzhi Works 1993-1998” CIFA Gallery, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China, 1998
“I/We, 1991-2003, The Paintings of Zeng Fanzhi” Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2003
“Scapes 1989-2004, The Paintings of Zeng Fanzhi” He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China, 2004
“Hero, Zeng Fanzhi solo exhibition” Art Basel Miami 06, Miami, USA, 2006
“Zeng Fanzhi – Paintings” Wedel Fine Art, London, United Kingdom, 2006
“Zeng Fanzhi” Musee d'art Moderne, Saint-Etienne Metropole, France, 2007
“Zeng Fanzhi 1989-2007” Gallery HYUNDAI, Seoul, South Korea, 2007
“Zeng Fanzhi Idealism” Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Singapore, 2007
“Zeng Fanzhi” Godia Fundation, Barcelona, Spain, 2009
“Art Beijing 2009—Zeng Fanzhi” Agricultural Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China, 2009
“Zeng Fanzhi” Shanghai Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2010
“Zeng Fanzhi” Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong, 2011
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Armani
2006
Oil on canvas
80 x 80 cm
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Estimate
5,000,000 - 7,000,000 1,295,000 - 1,813,000 166,100 - 232,500
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Sold Price
5,040,000 1,312,500 167,888
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I/We Series: Untitled
2002
Oil on canvas
150 x 130 cm
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Estimate
3,200,000 - 4,800,000 829,000 - 1,244,000 106,300 - 159,400
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Sold Price
4,080,000 1,062,500 135,909
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Landscape
2006
Oil on canvas
70 x 200 cm
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Estimate
16,000,000 - 24,000,000 3,783,000 - 5,674,000 485,100 - 727,700
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Sold Price
21,600,000 5,118,483 660,955
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We Series: Mao Zedong
2002
Oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm
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Estimate
26,000,000 - 36,000,000 6,420,000 - 8,889,000 827,000 - 1,145,000
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Sold Price
36,000,000 9,045,226 1,166,937
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Great Men
2005
Oil on canvas
70 x 200 cm
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Estimate
19,231,000 - 30,769,000 5,000,000 - 8,000,000 645,200 - 1,032,300
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Sold Price
25,384,615 6,600,000 851,613
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I, We
2005
Oil on canvas
220 x 150 cm
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Estimate
32,300,000 - 38,000,000 8,500,000 - 10,000,000 1,089,700 - 1,282,100
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Sold Price
39,703,704 10,720,000 1,383,226
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Warhol
2006
Oil on canvas
80 x 80 cm
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Estimate
12,920,000 - 15,200,000 3,400,000 - 4,000,000 435,900 - 512,800
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Grass Series
2007
Oil on canvas
180 x 260 cm
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Estimate
27,000,000 - 38,000,000 7,013,000 - 9,870,000 909,100 - 1,279,500
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Sold Price
38,400,000 9,948,187 1,283,852
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Portrait
2005
Oil on canvas
200 x 150 cm
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Estimate
26,000,000 - 40,000,000 6,753,000 - 10,390,000 875,400 - 1,346,800
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Sold Price
33,600,000 8,704,663 1,123,370
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Sky
2005
Oil on canvas
200 x 150 cm
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Estimate
25,030,000 - 34,650,000 6,500,000 - 9,000,000 828,000 - 1,146,500
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Sold Price
24,000,000 6,240,000 804,124
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