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Zhang Wanyue’s works are based on acrylic, supplemented by textile pigments, embroidery, and various mixed media, constantly moving between paper and canvas. For her, the choice of materials is never a technical issue but a matter of substance. Which materials can remember, which will forget, which will leave marks after bearing, and which will shrink quietly after being touched. The transparent layering of acrylic creates a sense of stratification of time, while the subtle bleeding of textile pigments along the fibers is more akin to skin than pigment. The intervention of embroidery is particularly crucial. It is a labor that requires the body to be in close proximity for a long time, and the stitches themselves are a record of obsession.
Zhang Wanyue was born in Dazhou, China in 1998. She graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Chengdu Fine Arts College, Sichuan Conservatory of Music in 2021 (B.A.) and in 2025 (M.F.A.). She currently lives and works in Chengdu, China.
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