ZHANG FUMING
Artist / Printmaker
Biography
b. 1989, Zhang Fuming is trained in the discipline of Printmaking and works with mediums largely of traditional origin. He favours the direct and physical nature of printing mediums in particularly relief wood carvings. Harnessing the direct, efficient means of black-white narratives to communicate with his viewers, he creates works reprising the role of social commentary and realism in a contemporary context.
Venturing beyond the conventional practice of printmaking discipline of works on paper, Fuming embraces the materiality of wood blocks to better translate the expression and gestures of his carvings, tension and contrast from the seemingly brutish determination of the artist to create the desired image against the woodgrain.
Fuming is a recipient of the AAF Young Talent Programme 2014/2015 and presented his debut Solo exhibition entitled The Quest; The Exquisite Rice Bowl in Ion Arts Gallery, 2015. Other Solo Exhibitions he has presented includes Poised for Success (2016, AC43 Gallery), V. Atas (2019, Telok Ayer Arts Club) and Props and Poses (2022, AC43 Gallery).
Group exhibition he’s involved in includes Bon A Tirer (AC43 Gallery, Singapore, 2018), You don’t Need 100 Editions (Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore, 2018), Singapore Printmaking Festival (Singapore Art Week, Millennial Walk, 2017), The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Art Week (Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, 2016), Presence and Distances (Flaneur Gallery, Singapore, 2015) and many more.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Props and Poses, Ac43 Gallery, Singapore
2019 V. Atas, Telok Ayer Arts Club, Singapore
2016 Poised For Success, AC43 Gallery, Singapore
2015 The Quest; The Exquisite Rice Bowl, AAF Young Talent Programme Winners’ Solo, Singapore
Group Exhibitions
2022 A Decade, White Jacket Studio, Singapore
2019 YTP Reunite, Ion Art Gallery, Singapore
2018 Bon A Tirer, AC43 Gallery, Singapore
2018 YTP REUNITE Preview, Affordable Art Fair, Singapore
2018 You Don’t Need 100 Editions, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
2017 Cliftons Art Prize Winners’ Exhibition, Cliftons Venues, Singapore
2017 The Singapore Story, American Club, Singapore
2017 Buku Mini 2, Ace House Collective, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
2017 Singapore Printmaking Festival, Singapore Art Week 2017, Millennial Walk, Singapore
2016 Inauguration Exhibition, AC43 Gallery, Singapore
2016 The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Art Week, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China
2016 The Great Egg-Venture, Sentosa-Harbourfront Precinct, Public Art Programme, Singapore
2015 Presence and Distances, Flaneur Gallery, Singapore
2015 NMHxFlaneur, New Majestic Hotel, Singapore
2014 Young Talent Programme, Affordable Art Fair, Singapore
2014 Art Of Giving, Scotts Square, Singapore
2014 One Canvas One Cause, Canvas Singapore, Singapore
2014 DAYDREAMS + NIGHTMARES, The Substation Singapore, Singapore
2014 Seni Mini, Micasa Sucasa, Singapore
2011 LASALLE Grad Show ’11, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
2011 That’s Another Story, Praxis Space, Singapore
Awards & Grants
2015 Presentation & Participation Grant, National Arts Council, 2014.
2014 Young Talent Programme 14/15 Solo Exhibition Prize
Press & Publication
2022 "张富铭展出木刻版画本貌" Lianhe Zaobao, 17 Dec 2022
2022 "Arts Picks: Zhang Fuming, Tan Chin Boon and City Chinese Orchestra" The Straits Times, 15 Dec 2022
2021 "【新画彩】第四集 张富铭与林加淇：刻刀下的偶然" Lian He Zao Bao, Singapore
2020 潘雪儿, 晨光|潮流解码：空间共享和改造 将艺术融入餐饮和购物体验, Channel 8, 8 Jan 2020
2019 Toh Wei Li, "New exhibition tracks careers of eight young artists", The Straits Times, 7 Jan 2019
2018 Ng Siang Ping, "百胜楼艺术节画展 10画廊展书画瓷壶", Lianhe Zaobao, 24 Nov 2018
2017 Ng Siang Ping, “2017年艺坛新星期待新光芒”, Lianhe Zaobao, 2nd Jan 2017
2016 Ng Siang Ping, “张富铭个展“成名在望” 用木刻版画说本地故事”, Lianhe Zaobao, 27 Dec 2016
2016 Huang Lijie, “Art Picks: Singapore Biennale Christmas and more”, The Straits Times, 23 Dec 2016
2015 Jamie Huang, “Young Talent Programme Winners' Solo Exhibitions”, Art Hop, interview, 19 Sep 2015
2015 Sonia Kolesnikov—Jessop, “3 Emerging Southeast Asian Artists to Discover”, BLOUINARTINFO, 7 Sep 2015
2015 Deepika, “More Intimate fair for visitors”, The Straits Times, 2 Sept 2015
2015 Mayo Martin, “Affordable Art Fair: From cartoons to woodcut prints”, Today, 2 Sep 2015
2014 Mayo Martin, “Affordable Art Fair S'pore: What does a S$100 artwork look like?”, Today, 19 Nov 2014
2014 Spotted! Zhang Fuming, Culturepush, Singapore