Cindy Zhang
In my opinion, the artist should have keen eyes in order to reveal the truth of life. My idea of artist that I am working out is to be a visual magician with my particular aesthetic perspective and to represent the world in a unique way that people usually neglect. I hope to combine my aesthetic practice in painting and sculpture with the process of film and video making. Constantly impellingmyself to enhance my artistic techniques, I aim to enter my dreams of future to be a professional artist and film maker. I believe that by persistent endeavor, I will be able to undertake the social responsibility through my artwork and realize my dream as a visual communicator.
Even in the darkest days in my life, I always believed that art would lead me to somewhere unconstrained and unspoiled, and the power of visual art could communicate in the worldwide perspective. Endowed with the influence to make some changes, I am willing to devote myself into exploring it, and use it to elevate the aesthetic values, hopefully make the world a better place.
Education
2011-2014, The High School Affiliated to Ren Min University(RDFZ) Beijing, China, IB proga
2014-2018,The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Bachelor of Fine Arts, Chicago, IL Merit Scholarship Recipient, Emphasis of study in Painting, Sculpture and Film.
Film Festival
Bloody Glove Box, Spotlight Horror Film Awards,Award Winner, Chicago, IL, 2018
Bloody Glove Box, Detroit Shetown Women's Film Festival, Award nominee, Chicago, IL, 2018
Bloody Glove Box, 2018 Horror Shorts Film Festival, Award nominee, Chicago, IL, 2018
Bloody Glove Box, Chicago Horror Film Festival, Award nominee, Chicago, IL, 2018
Bloody Glove Box, Windy City Film Festival, Award nominee, Chicago, IL, 2018
Bloody Glove Box, The Buddha International Film Festival, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Bloody Glove Box, L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Festival, Gold Award, Beverly Hills, CA, 2018
Bloody Glove Box, WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival, Bronze Remi, Houston, Texas, 2018
Bloody Glove Box, New York Lift-Off Film Festival, Award Nominee, New York, United States, 2018
Bloody Glove Box, the 3rd Edition of Action Horror Thriller Fiction Adventure Film Festival Movie Park, 2018
Bloody Glove Box, Russian International Horror Film Awards, Award Nominee, Moscow, Russia, 2018
Time Gaps, GardenCity Film Festival, Award Nominee, Bangalore, Indian, 2017
Time Gaps, Shorts-in-Fest, Award Nominee, Madrid, Spain, 2016
Time Gaps, 2016 Great Lakes International Shorts Festival, Award Nominee, Chicago, IL, 2016
Time Gaps, 2016 Director Circle Festival of Shorts Selection, Chicago, Award Nominee, IL, 2016
Time Gaps, Aword - Independent Film Festival & Screenplay Contest, Chicago, IL, 2016
Certificate
Antarctic Camping certificate, Antarctica, 2017
Polar certificate, 2017 Scientific Antarctic Exploration of Chinese Youngster, China, 2017
Exhibition
The Great Great 2017, Ningbo, China, 2017
East Meets West Art Exhibit, Galaudet Gallery, WI, 2017
Waveforms Exhibition, Elastic Arts , Chicago, IL 2017
Hélio Oiticica Lab, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2016
Painting in Time 2, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2016
The Best Talent Award, Beijing BTV Youth Channel, Beijing, China, 2016
EXFEST, ExTV’s Film Festival, SAIC, Chicago, IL, 2014-2016
Dissociative Identity Disorder Resilience Show, SAIC, Chicago, IL, 2014-2016
Library Whim, Chicago’s public access network CANTV(Channel 21), Chicago, IL, 2015
Until Justice Rolls Down Like Waters, Martin Luther King, Jr. Mural Competition, Hostelling International Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2014
Alternative Space Artbash, SAIC, Chicago, IL, 2014
The Interactive HTML section GIFWWWRAPPED IV, SAIC, Chicago, IL, 2014