Lu Zhang
Currently, she works as a freelance illustrator based in Shenzhen, China.
She captures subtle variations in shape and usually renders them to life through thoughtful shifts in color. To create a new world with her brush, she painstakingly searches for the details that add depth and richness.
Lu believes that the most captivating abstract creations come from a deep appreciation for and observation of the genuine, tangible details of everyday life.
Education
MFA, Illustration Practice, Maryland Institute College of Art
Selected Clients
The New York Times
The New Yorker
VICE Media
bearbear creative
Working Not Working
Columbia Magazine
Harvard Business Alumni Bulletin
Kenyon Alumni Magazine
Children's Literature (China)
YOUTH Magazine (China)
L’OFFICIEL (China)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (China)
ViViCat (Pop Mart Blind Box Series, China)
The New Yorker
VICE Media
bearbear creative
Working Not Working
Columbia Magazine
Harvard Business Alumni Bulletin
Kenyon Alumni Magazine
Children's Literature (China)
YOUTH Magazine (China)
L’OFFICIEL (China)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (China)
ViViCat (Pop Mart Blind Box Series, China)
Awards
Best Illustrations, 6th Children’s Literature JinJin Awards 2023
Honorable Mention, 3x3 Illustration professional show 18 2021
Chosen Winner, American Illustration 40 2021
Selected, Creative Quarterly 59 2020
Selected, Society of Illustrators 61 2018
Semifinalist, ADAA 2018
Honorable Mention, 3x3 Illustration professional show 18 2021
Chosen Winner, American Illustration 40 2021
Selected, Creative Quarterly 59 2020
Selected, Society of Illustrators 61 2018
Semifinalist, ADAA 2018
Exhibitions
Circle
Illustration Festival,
Raffles City, Shanghai 2022
Seed (digital billboard), Times Square, New York City 2020
POST IT SHOW 15, Giant Robot 2 Gallery, Los Angeles 2019
fatherland, Grad Show II, RIGGS & LEIDY GALLERY, MICA, Baltimore 2019
Gear and Grow, Unravel the Code, Open Works Baltimore, Baltimore 2019
Humilitas, SOI 61, Museum of Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York City 2018
Unravel the Code, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam 2018
Old Loves, Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery, MICA, Baltimore 2018
Hands, Fox 3 Gallery, MICA, Baltimore 2017
Seed (digital billboard), Times Square, New York City 2020
POST IT SHOW 15, Giant Robot 2 Gallery, Los Angeles 2019
fatherland, Grad Show II, RIGGS & LEIDY GALLERY, MICA, Baltimore 2019
Gear and Grow, Unravel the Code, Open Works Baltimore, Baltimore 2019
Humilitas, SOI 61, Museum of Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York City 2018
Unravel the Code, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam 2018
Old Loves, Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery, MICA, Baltimore 2018
Hands, Fox 3 Gallery, MICA, Baltimore 2017