Lu Zhang
Currently she is working as a freelance illustrator based in Shenzhen, China.
She captures subtle differences in shape and usually renders them by changing colors.
To create a new world with her brush, she painstakingly searches for the details that would enrich it.
Lu believes that the most fascinating abstract creations come from caring about and observing the authentic, concrete details of life itself.
Education
MFA, Illustration Practice, Maryland Institute College of Art
Selected Clients
The New York Times
The New Yorker
VICE Media
bearbear creative
EmDash
Harvard Business Alumni Bulletin
Working Not Working
Kenyon Alumni Magazine
L’OFFICIEL (China)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (China)
ViViCat (Pop Mart Blind Box Series, China)
The New Yorker
VICE Media
bearbear creative
EmDash
Harvard Business Alumni Bulletin
Working Not Working
Kenyon Alumni Magazine
L’OFFICIEL (China)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (China)
ViViCat (Pop Mart Blind Box Series, China)
Awards
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
Chosen Winner, American Illustration 40 2021
Selected, Creative Quarterly 59 2020
Selected, Society of Illustrators 61 2018
Semifinalist, ADAA 2018
Exhibitions
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
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