Biography

Yilun Zhang is an artist born in Beijing, China, and currently based in British Columbia, Canada, working across installation, sculpture, performance, and painting.

Zhang's practice explores relationships between objects, space, and human perception. Through repetition, displacement, and the reconfiguration of familiar forms, Zhang creates situations that invite viewers to reconsider how they experience a space, leaving room for individual interpretation.

Zhang received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from NSCAD University in 2026, following studies at the San Francisco Art Institute.

EDUCATION

2025-2026

NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Fine Art

2024

California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco, California, USA

Undergraduate Studies, Painting

2018–2020, 2021–2022

San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), San Francisco, California, USA

Undergraduate Studies, New Genres and Sculpture

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026

If These Trees Could Talk — Group Exhibition, Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2025

Sculpture Department End-of-Term Exhibition — Group Exhibition, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2022

You Are Here — Group Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, USA

2020

Living In Memory — Group Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, USA

2019

An Art Exhibition Is Here — Group Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, USA

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2026

BC Arts Council Scholarship, British Columbia Arts Council, Canada