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Biography

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 foregrounds 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

 

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

2025   UNHR Charity Auction, Art Works, Singapore
2024   Printmakers Network, Drawing Etc. Creative Space, Singapore
2023   Spatial Narratives, Art Porters, Singapore
2022   Year-End Exhibition, Drawing Etc. Creative Space, Singapore

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

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Awards

2024   Young Artist Award 2024

2014   Young Talent Programme 14/15 Solo Exhibition Prize

 

Selected Press and Features [Click Link to redirect to article (if applicable)]

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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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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

  • Spotted! Zhang Fuming, Culturepush, Singapore

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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

2026 — Woodcut Demonstration, National Gallery Singapore
2025 — 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 Workshop, NUS Museum × RC4, Singapore
2024 — Woodcut Workshop, STPI × Drawing Etc., 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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