Zhang Lei does not confine herself to the fine details of certain themes, rather she diffuses her unique inner feelings into records of personal experience. She sometimes draws her current living environment; sometimes describes her childhood experience and memory from an adult perspective; and sometimes deals with solemn political events as games. In most of her works, the figures represent the artist herself and point to a keen desire to express what the artist is experiencing in her own life, for example UNTITLED, as if she is telling each of us her stories and actions in a stream of consciousness manner via the painting tableau. In this way, she attempts to generate an immediate reaction and thereby pull the viewer into the life and games depicted and created by her. Born in 1968 in Jinan, Shandong, China. Graduated from Shandong Institute of Arts & Design, Shandong Province, China, B.A. Postgraduate Degree from the Department of painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China. Burg Giebichenstein-Hochschule fur Kunst und Design, Halle Germany, M.A. Selected Exhibitions: in 2007, [Asia Art Exhibition], New York, USA. In 2006, [Asian Contemporary Art Exhibition], New York, USA. In 2004, [Mienen Tofu], BackFabrik, Berlin£¬Germany. In 2003, [The Paradise], Alexanderplatz M.A.I.S, Berlin, Germany. In 2003, [Identity], B.G-H.K.D. Gallery, Halle Germany. In 2002, [The good & the bad], Independent Exhibition in Liverpool Biennial, England. In 2002, [Identity], Stiftung Starke, Berlin, Germany. In 2001, [Living in the medial of Europe centre], ZKY Gallery, Berlin, Germany. In 2000, [Zhang Lei Exhibition], Courtyard gallery, Beijing, China. In 2000, [Atelierhaus1992-2000], Kunstler-Forum, Bonn, Germany. In 2000, [beach & ruins], Achill Island IR. In 2000, [New Die Halfte des Himmels], International Kunst Station, Fulda, Germany. In 1999, [with in/with out], Court Yard Gallery, Beijing, China. In 1999, [poly phenolrene], Forbidden City, Beijing, China. In 1999, Common Interests, Bergmann & Priess Gallery, Berlin, Germany. In 1999, Bird, Beast, Fish and Flower, Bow Gallery, Hong Kong, China. In 1999, Dialogue with China, Berlin, Germany.In 1999£¬ [Art/Omi Opening], New York, USA. In 1999, [New Die Halfte des Himmels], Museum Im Ritterhaus Offenburg, Germany. In 1998, [New Die Halfte des Himmels], F•Museum, Bonn, Germany. In 1998, [Art Amsterdam Kunst R], Seriueze Zaken Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 1998, [Contemporary women art of China], The National Art Gallery, Beijing China. In 1998, [City and fairy tales], HanMo Gallery, Beijing, China. In 1998, [Asia-Pacific Contemporary art], Fujian Museum, China. In 1998, [The Memory], Taube gallery, Berlin, Germany. In 1998, [The alternative exhibition], The Contemporary Art museum, Beijing, China. In 1997, Between Ego and Society-Exhibition of Contemporary Women Artists of China, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, USA. In 1997, Intuition, Self-Experience: Concept, Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China. In 1996, Spring Salon Art Exhibition, Beijing Concert Hall Gallery, Beijing, China. Installations by Two Artists, The Gallery of the CAFA, Beijing, China. In 1996, Sino-US Experimental Art Activity: ¡°Defending the Water Source¡±, Lhasa, Tibet, China. In 1996, Modern Chinese Art Exhibition, Hanmo Gallery, Beijing, China. In 1995, Position Shift-Works by Four Artists, Capital Normal University Gallery, Beijing, China. In 1994, 12•12 Installation Exhibition,Zhao Yao Gallery, Beijing, China. In 1994, Art Activities Alfresco¡¯94, Bawangfen, Wanzhuang, and Dajuesi Temple, Beijing, China.Awards: in 2001 International Kunst station Fulda, Germany; in 2000 Heinrich Boll Stiftung, Bonn, Germany; in 1999 ART/OMI Art Foundation, New York, USA.