Zhang Xiao was born on November 23rd, 1981, in Yantai, Shandong Province, China. After graduated from Yantai University, Art Design of Architecture Department in 2005, he worked as a photographer for Chongqing Morning Post. Now is working as a freelance photographer based in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009 - "Shanxi", Guangzhou International Documentary Photography Festival, Guangdong, China
2009 - "Envelope", Lianzhou International Photography Festival, Guangdong, China
2009 - "They", PingYao International Photography Festival, PingYao, Shanxi, China
2009 - "Shanxi", FORMAT 09 International Photography Festival, QUAD Gallery, Derby, UK
2010 - "Coastline", The Photography Talent Award Exhibition, BNF, Paris, France
2010 - "Coastline", Lianzhou International Photography Festival, Guangdong, China
2010 - "Coastline", Southern Documentary Photography Exhibition, Guangdong, China
2010 - "They & Shanxi", Kunstturm Art Museum, Bremen, Germany
2010 - "Coastline", Another Landscape, Inter Gallery, Beijing, China
2010 - "Subdue", Natural & Not Natural-Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China
2010 - "They", Three Shadows Photography Award Exhibition, Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Beijing, China
2011 - "Coastline", Paris Photo Fair, Paris, France
2011 - "Coastline", No Found Photo Fair, Paris, France
2011 - "Coastline", Maison de la Photographie, Lille, France
2011 - "They-Suan Tian Ku La", Grand Théâtre d’Angers, Angers, France
2011 - "Coastline", Around Space Gallery-Shanghai-China.
2011 - "Coastline", l’Arsenal, Metz, France
2011 - "They", Foto Noviembre 11 International Photography Festival, Tenerife, Canary Islands
2011 - "Coastline", Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France
2011 - "Coastline", Galerie 64Bis, Paris, France
2011 - "They, Dali International Photography Festival, Yunnan, China
2011 - "Coastline", Galerie Le Réverbère, Lyon, France
2011 - "Coastline", Multi Dimensional, Chengdu Contemporary Photogrqphy, Sichuan, China
2011 - "Coastline", FORMAT 11 International Photography Festival, QUAD Gallery, Derby, UK
2011 - "Shanxi", MIO Photography Award Exhibition, Osaka, Japan
2011 - "Coastline", Faces of Life, Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2012 - "They", Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore
2012 - "Subdue", Dali International Photography Festival, Yunnan, China
2012 - "Coastline", Les estivales photographiques du Tregor-L'Imagerie de Lannion, Lannion, France
2012 - "Coastline", 2092 Gallery, Singapore
2012 - "Coastline", Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2012 - "Coastline", China scape-Contemporary Chinese Photography, SOAS, London, UK
2012 - "Shanxi", Galerie 208, Paris, France
2012 - "They & Coastline", Dragon Rises, Contemporary Chinese Photography, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, USA
2013 - "Shanxi", Pekin Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
2013 - "Envelope", Beijing International Photogrqphy Biennial, Beijing, China
2013 - "Coastline", FotoArtFestival International Photography Festival, Bielsko, Biala, Poland
2013 - "Coastline", International Meetings of photography, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2013 - "Envelope", Multi Dimensional, Chengdu Photogrqphy Biennial, Sichuan, China
2013 - "They", Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong

Awards

2009 - Houdengke Documentary Photography Award, China
2010 - Three Shadows Photography Award, China
2010 - The Photography Talent Award, France
2010 - Coastline-Southern Documentary Photography Award, China.
2011 - MIO Photo Award, Japan
2011 - The PRIX HSBC POUR LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, France

Books from ZHANG Xiao