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Singapore woodcut printmaking artist Zhang Fuming

Image Courtesy: National Arts Council

Zhang Fuming (b. 1989) is a Singaporean artist whose practice examines labour, repetition, social observation, and the relationship between image and object. Working primarily through woodcut and relief carving, he is known for large-scale black-and-white works in which the physical acts of cutting and printing remain visible within the finished image.
 

Rather than treating the print as the sole outcome of the process, Fuming’s practice increasingly treats the carved matrix itself. Through scale, repetition, accumulation, and shifts in presentation, his works consider how labour becomes embedded in material, and how an image can move between print, surface, object, and physical space.
 

Fuming received Singapore’s Young Artist Award in 2024. His solo exhibitions include Traces of Presence (Art Outreach, 2025), Props and Poses (AC43 Gallery, 2022), V. Atas (Telok Ayer Arts Club, 2019), Poised for Success (AC43 Gallery, 2016), and The Quest; The Exquisite Rice Bowl (ION Art Gallery, 2015). His forthcoming solo exhibition, WEIGHT, will be presented at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore in November 2026.

CURRICULUM VITAE

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Solo Exhibitions

2025   Traces of Presence, Art Outreach, Singapore

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

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Selected Group Exhibitions
2025   Triennial Cultural Showcase 2025, Permaisuri Zarith Sofiah Opera House, Johor Bahru
2025   60/60: Singapore in Focus, Instinc Space, Singapore
2025   Resist & Dye, aNERD Gallery, Singapore

2025   The More We Get Together, Global Cultural Alliance, Singapore
2024   Printmakers Network, Drawing Etc. Creative Space, Singapore
2023   Spatial Narratives, Art Porters, Singapore

2019   YTP Reunite, Ion Art Gallery, Singapore

2018   Bon A Tirer, AC43 Gallery, Singapore

2018   You Don’t Need 100 Editions, Institute of Contemporary Arts, 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

2015   Presence and Distances, Flaneur Gallery, Singapore

2014   Young Talent Programme, Affordable Art Fair, Singapore

2014   DAYDREAMS + NIGHTMARES, The Substation Singapore, Singapore

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Awards

2024   Young Artist Award 2024

2014   Young Talent Programme 14/15 Solo Exhibition Prize

 

Selected Press and Features

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2025

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2024

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2023

  • "Arts Picks: Arab Street art sale", The Straits Times, 28 Dec 2023

  • 张富铭、林加淇版画联展 各自刻画“空间叙事” Lian He Zao Bao, Singapore

  • Arts Picks: Experiments with wood, The Straits Times, 14 Dec 2024

  • "Spatial Narratives”, a dual exhibition at Art Porters Gallery", Le Petit Journal, 7 Dec 2023

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2022

  • "张富铭展出木刻版画本貌" Lianhe Zaobao, 17 Dec 2022

  • "Arts Picks: Zhang Fuming, Tan Chin Boon and City Chinese Orchestra" The Straits Times, 15 Dec 2022

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2021

  • "【新画彩】第四集 张富铭与林加淇：刻刀下的偶然" Lianhe Zao Bao, Singapore

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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

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2019  

  • Toh Wei Li, "New exhibition tracks careers of eight young artists", The Straits Times, 7 Jan 2019

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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

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2017  

  • Ng Siang Ping, “2017年艺坛新星期待新光芒”, Lianhe Zaobao, 2nd Jan 2017

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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

  • Huang Lijie, “Art Picks: Singapore Biennale Christmas and more”, The Straits Times, 23 Dec 2016

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2015  

  • Jamie Huang, “Young Talent Programme Winners' Solo Exhibitions”, Art Hop, interview, 19 Sep 2015

  • Sonia Kolesnikov—Jessop, “3 Emerging Southeast Asian Artists to Discover”, BLOUINARTINFO, 7 Sep 2015

  • Deepika, “More Intimate fair for visitors”, The Straits Times, 2 Sept 2015

  • Mayo Martin, “Affordable Art Fair: From cartoons to woodcut prints”, Today, 2 Sep 2015

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2014  

  • Mayo Martin, “Affordable Art Fair S'pore: What does a S$100 artwork look like?”, Today, 19 Nov 2014

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Selected Publications

2025 — The More We Get Together, Global Cultural Alliance, Singapore. Contributing artist.
2025 — 60/60: Singapore in Focus, INSTINC, Singapore. Exhibition publication/catalogue.
2024 — Cultural Medallion & Young Artist Award 2024, National Arts Council, Singapore. Featured artist / Young Artist Award recipient.

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Selected Talks, Workshops & Public Programmes
2025/26 — Woodcut Demonstration, National Gallery Singapore
2025 — Educators’ Woodcut Workshop, National Gallery Singapore
2025 — Artist-in-School Scheme (AISS), Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary), Singapore
2025 — Artist-Facilitator, Public Art Project, NUS Museum × Residential College 4, National University of Singapore
2025 — Lead Artist, Serangoon Polyclinic Community Public Art Project, National Healthcare Group, Singapore
2024 — Woodcut Workshop, STPI × Drawing Etc., Singapore
 

Selected Public & Institutional Collections

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore

  • Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore

 

Education

2011   Diploma (Fine Arts), LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

**A full CV, including teaching, public programmes and professional engagements, is available upon request.

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