1959 Born in Tianjin 1988 Graduated from Tianjin Academy of Arts and Crafts,Tianjin,China Chief Editor of Yang Liuqing Publication(Art Designer Tow of China,editor) Associate Professor of Tianjin Traffic Vocational College China 1993 Lectured at the Antwerp Royal Art Academy in Belgium 2003 Lectured at the Department of Oriental Art and the Department of Design at Tianjin Nankai University, China 2004 Lectured on “new media” at Beijing Film Academy 2006 Lectured at the Department of Painting at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Living and Working in Tianjin and Beijing Solo Exhibitions: 2009 Fingerprints—The Trace of Zhang Yu’s Practice, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan Zhang Yu’s Instant Zen: Exploration for Culture and the Spirits,Daxiang Art Space, Taichung, Taiwan 2008 Fingerprints—Zhang Yu,Creek Art(798), Beijing,China 2007 Fingerprints—Zhang Yu, Goedhuis Contemporary,New York,U.S.A 2006 Fingerprints, Goedhuis Contemporary,London,UK 2004 Divine Light: Ink Paintings by Zhang Yu, Goedhuis Contemporary,New York,U.S.A 2001 Ink Paintings by Zhang Yu, Red Mansion Foundation,London,UK 1999 Colour and Ink: China-Germany Art Exhibition, Germany Embassay in China,Beijing, China 1993 Zhang Yu: Fan Painting Exhibition, Zhuxianxuan Art Gallery,Hong Kong,China 1992 Chinese Artist Zhang Yu: Modern Ink and Wash Exhibition,Belyaevo Modern Art Museum,Moscow, Russia 1989 Sector shaped painting exhibition by Zhang Yu, Qingdao Workman Cultural Palace, Qingdao, China