Zhang Kechun

♂ *1980 / China

Works

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Zhang Kechun

www.zhangkechun.com

Solo exhibitions

The Yellow Desert

Huxley-Parlour, London (GB)
30 Jan 2026 – 28 Feb 2026
Yellow Land / Sky Garden

La Galerie Paris 1839, Hong Kong (CN)
20 Nov 2025 – 31 Jan 2026
10 Years of Collaboration

La Galerie Paris 1839, Hong Kong (CN)
28 Sep 2023 – 28 Oct 2023
WHERE THE RIVER BENDS

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
25 Oct 2019 – 23 Feb 2020
New Work

Huxley-Parlour, London (GB)
17 Oct 2019 – 16 Nov 2019
Between the Mountains and Water

La Galerie Paris 1839, Hong Kong (CN)
15 Sep 2016 – 20 Nov 2016
Zhang Kechun

Huxley-Parlour, London (GB)
21 Apr 2016 – 21 May 2016

Group

Second Nature

Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City (US)
21 May 2026 – 12 Sep 2026

with Sammy Baloji, Matthew Brandt, Edward Burtynsky, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, James Casebere, Joao Castilho, SIM Chi Yin, Elena Damiani, Gohar Dashti, Sanne de Wilde, Andrew Esiebo, Gauri Gill …
Borders are Nocturnal Animals

Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) , Vilnius (LT)
12 Jun 2025 – 14 Sep 2025

with Algirdas Seskus, Emilija Škarnulyte, Shilpa Gupta, Nikita Kadan, Viktor & Sergiy Kochetov, Jiri Kovanda, Agnieszka Kurant, Ciprian Muresan, Deimantas Narkevicius, Vandy Rattana, Christine Rebet, Shimpei Takeda …
Second Nature

Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene

Cantor Arts Center, Stanford (US)
26 Feb 2025 – 3 Aug 2025

with Sammy Baloji, Matthew Brandt, Edward Burtynsky, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, James Casebere, Joao Castilho, SIM Chi Yin, Elena Damiani, Gohar Dashti, Sanne de Wilde, Andrew Esiebo, Gauri Gill …
Zeitreise

Fotografie zwischen Tradition und Moderne

Museum für Geschichte, Graz (AT)
30 Jan 2025 – 18 May 2025

with Kim Boske, Tamas Dezso, Marco Lanza, Stefanie Moshammer, Yvonne Oswald, Zuzana Pustaiova
Sony World Photography Awards 2023

Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin (DE)
17 Nov 2023 – 4 Feb 2024

with Corey Arnold, Al Bello, Alessandro Cinque, James Deavin, Jonas Kakó, Rinko Kawauchi, Kacper Kowalski, Fan Li, Edgar Martins, Marisol Mendez, Andreas Mikonauschke, Ebrahim Noroozi …
NOW

La Galerie Paris 1839, Hong Kong (CN)
8 Dec 2022 – 21 Jan 2023

with Kayee C, Almond Chu, Denis Darzacq, Vincent Fournier
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

10 YEARS OF THREE SHADOWS +3 GALLERY

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
16 Jul 2022 – 18 Sep 2022

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Michael Cherney, Chu Chu, CAI Dongdong, REN Hang, Hisaji Hara, Eikoh Hosoe, Zhang Jin, Zhang Jin, LI Jun, Ken Kitano, Bohnchang Koo …
Not standing still

new approaches in documentary photography

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
17 Feb 2021 – 2 May 2021

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Mathieu Asselin, Cristina De Middel, Laura El-Tantawy, Yoshikatsu Fujii, Ashley Gilbertson, Gauri Gill, Dana Lixenberg, Max Pinckers, Raphaela Rosella, Alec Soth, James Tylor …
West East

Equivoci e complicità

MUNAF Museo, Milano (IT)
23 Jun 2019 – 20 Oct 2019

with Melanie Bonajo, Ricardo Cases, Jose Pedro Cortes, John Divola, Todd Fisher, Agnes Geoffray, Geert Goiris, Stefano Graziani, REN Hang, Volker Heinze, Takashi Homma, Stephan Keppel …
Leica Oskar Barnack Award

Gewinner und Finalisten 2018

Leica Galerie Wetzlar, Wetzlar (DE)
28 Feb 2019 – 5 May 2019

with Ernesto Benavides, Vanja Bucan, Turi Calafato, Daniel Chatard, Stephen Dock, Mary Gelman, Samuel Gratacap, Stephane Lavoue, Max Pinckers, Elsa Stubbe, Christian Werner
Social geography

Ten journeys with a camera

Shanghai Centre Photo, Shanghai (CN)
8 Dec 2018 – 19 Feb 2019

with LUO Dan, ZHUANG Hui, LI Lang, Muge, Chen Ronghui, Zhang Xiao, Shi Yangkun, Wang Yingying, Gan Yingying
Leica Oskar Barnack Awards 2018

IAPh e.V., Berlin (DE)
11 Oct 2018 – 31 Oct 2018

with Ernesto Benavides, Vanja Bucan, Turi Calafato, Daniel Chatard, Stephen Dock, Mary Gelman, Samuel Gratacap, Stephane Lavoue, Max Pinckers, Elsa Stubbe, Christian Werner
Working on History / Arbeiten in Geschichte

Contemporary Chinese Photography and the Cultural Revolution / Zeitgenössische chinesische Fotografie und die Kulturrevolution

Museum für Fotografie, Berlin (DE)
17 Aug 2017 – 7 Jan 2018

with HAI Bo, He Chongyue, ZHANG Dali, CAI Dongdong, ZHUANG Hui, CAO Kai, Maleonn (Ma Liang), Feng Mengbo, Weng Naiqiang, WANG Ningde, Wang Qingsong, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen …
40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Photography (1976-2017)

Three Shadows 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
28 Jun 2017 – 15 Oct 2017

with Adou, ZHAO Bandi, Wei Bi, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), GAO Bo, HAI Bo, LIU Bolin, GUAN Ce, YAN Changjiang, He Chongyue, Chu Chu, ZHANG Dali …
INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERIES VI

FotoFest, Houston (US)
19 Jan 2017 – 18 Mar 2017

with Ilana Bar, Tad Beck, Paola Davila, Fabio Del Re, Qian Jin, Jung A Kim, Hyunmoo Lee, Tuany Lima, Eustaquio Neves, Rene Pena, Marcel Ruis, Dai Xiang
6th Daegu Photo Biennale 2016

We are from somewhere, but where are we going?

Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu (KR)
29 Sep 2016 – 3 Nov 2016

with Gohar Dashti, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Bruce Gilden, Dina Goldstein, Katrin Koenning, Sylwia Kowalczyk, Dinh Q. Le, Susanna Majuri, Polixeni Papapetrou, Martin Parr, Masato Seto, Berndnaut Smilde …
LIANZHOU FOTO FESTIVAL 2014

Staging Encounters: Ten Years of Contemporary Photography in China 2005-2014

Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou (CN)
21 Nov 2014 – 22 Dec 2014

with Adou, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Lukas Birk, LIU Bolin, Wenjun Cheng, WANG Chuan, Olivier Culmann, ZHANG Dali, LUO Dan, XING Danwen, FANG Er, WENG Fen …
Les Rencontres d'Arles 2014

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
7 Jul 2014 – 21 Sep 2014

with Milou Abel, Benoit Aquin, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Ilit Azoulay, David Bailey, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Semâ Bekirovic, Karl Blossfeldt, Melanie Bonajo, Kudzanai Chiurai, Lucien Clergue …

Events

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai 2026

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
7 May 2026 – 10 May 2026

with Olivo Barbieri, Joao Miguel Barros, Bernd & Hilla Becher, He Bo, Antony Cairns, Théo Delors, Charlotte Dumas, Stephen Gill, Andreas Gursky, Candida Hoefer, Zeng Han, Hisaji Hara …
Paris Photo 2023 artists

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2023 – 12 Nov 2023

with Berenice Abbott, Michael Ackerman, Ansel Adams, Albarran Cabrera, Toni Amengual, Eugenio Ampudia, Angelo Funk, Vladimir Antaki, Nobuyoshi Araki, Nadim Asfar, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon …
Bangkok Art Biennale 2020

Bangkok ArtBiennale, Bangkok (TH)
29 Oct 2020 – 31 Jan 2021

with Marina Abramovic, John Akomfrah, Martha Atienza, Massimo Bartolini, Elina Brotherus, Carlos Casas, Maisie Cousins, Nezaket Ekici, Leandro Erlich, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Christian Jankowski, Choy Ka Fei …
9th BredaPhoto International Photo Festival

The best of times - The worst of times

Breda Photo, Breda (NL)
9 Sep 2020 – 25 Oct 2020

with Coca Dai, Andrew Esiebo, Tanya Habjouqa, REN Hang, Jan Hoek, Rob Hornstra, Michal Iwanowski, Ed Kashi, Erik Kessels, Katrin Koenning, Feng Li, Pixy Liao …
PHOTO 2020

a major new international festival of photography

PHOTO Melbourne, Melbourne (AU)
23 Apr 2020 – 10 May 2020

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Hoda Afshar, Brook Andrew, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Mathieu Asselin, Atong Atem, Ophelia Bakowski, Paola Balla, Anthea Behm, Jesse Boyd-Reid, Pat Brassington, Gabi Briggs …
London Art Fair 2020

Photo50

London Art Fair, London (GB)
22 Jan 2020 – 26 Jan 2020

with Takashi Arai, Tami Bahat, Olaf Otto Becker, Tom Blachford, Celine Bodin, Julie Cockburn, Ellie Davies, Susan Derges, Elaine Duigenan, Formento & Formento, Elisabeth Heyert, Scarlett Hooft Graafland …
photo london 2019

Photo London, London (GB)
16 May 2019 – 19 May 2019

with Ansel Adams, Claire Aho, Albarran Cabrera, Miles Aldridge, Alia Ali, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Liza Ambrossio, Takashi Arai, Matan Ashkenazy, Jessica Backhaus, Roger Ballen, Gian Paolo Barbieri …
2018 Seoul Photo Festival

Brave New World

SeMA, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art , Seoul (KR)
1 Nov 2018 – 10 Feb 2019

with Seung Woo Back, Kitra Cahana, Alejandro Cartagena, Kenta Cobayashi, Cecile B. Evans, Naoya Hatakeyama, Go Itami, Rinko Kawauchi, Taisuke Koyama, Yoshinori Mizutani, Sun-Min Park, Han Sungpil …
Lianzhou Foto Festival 2018

The Wind of Time

Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou (CN)
1 Dec 2018 – 3 Jan 2019

with Mohamed Abakar, Eline Benjaminsen, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Erwin Blumenfeld, He Bo, Michele Borzoni, YAN Changjiang, Haishu Chen, David De Beyter, Antoinette de Jong, Fabio Del Re, Vincent Fournier …
PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
21 Sep 2018 – 23 Sep 2018

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Seung Woo Back, Nicolas Baghir, Julie Blackmon, HAI Bo, CHEN Chieh-Jen, Clark & Pougnaud, ZHANG Dali, Christine de Grancy, Liu Di, CAI Dongdong, Valie Export …
PHOTOFAIRS San Francisco 2018

PHOTOFAIRS , San Francisco (US)
23 Feb 2018 – 25 Feb 2018

with Adou, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Karl Blossfeldt, Luo Bonian, Harry Callahan, Tammy Rae Carland, John Chiara, LUO Dan, Erica Deeman, CAI Dongdong, Monique Eller, Mitch Epstein …
Lianzhou Photo Festival 2017

Your Selfie Stick (and You)

Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou (CN)
2 Dec 2017 – 2 Jan 2018

with Alia Ali, Sara Angelucci, Josh Begley, He Bo, Cortis & Sonderegger, Ye Funa, AO Guoxing, ZHANG Haier, Huang Guaier & Wang Runzhong, ZHUANG Hui, Zhang Jin, Nina Katchadourian …
Phot'Aix 2017

Phot'Aix, Aix-en-Provence (FR)
5 Oct 2017 – 31 Dec 2017

with Fabrice Domenet, Guillaume Millet, LI Ming, LI Wei, Jin Xin
Fine Art Asia 2017

Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong (CN)
30 Sep 2017 – 3 Oct 2017

with Almond Chu, Fan Ho, Valentina Loffredo, JIANG Zhi
PHOTO Shanghai 2017

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
8 Sep 2017 – 10 Sep 2017

with Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Rene Burri, Gohar Dashti, Wu Ding, Harold E. Edgerton, William Eggleston, Casper Faassen, YANG Fudong, REN Hang, Peyman Hooshmandzadeh, Daido Moriyama, JIANG Pengyi …
Athens Photo Festival 2017

Main Exhibition, Young Greek Photographers and Photobooks

Athens Photo Festival, Athens (GR)
14 Jun 2017 – 30 Jul 2017

with Valentina Abenavoli, Jan Banning, David Birkin, James Bridle, Bubi Canal, Frank Hallam Day, Cristina De Middel, Jonas Feige, Ilias Georgiadis, Sonja Hamad, Holger Jenss, Anna Jermolaewa …
Art Central Hong Kong 2017

Art Central Hong Kong, Hong Kong (CN)
21 Mar 2017 – 25 Mar 2017

with Cecilia Avendaño, Boomoon, Ching Hui Chou, Leandro Erlich, Jacob Gils, Loke Hong Seng, Yao Lu, Nam June Paik, Martin Roemers, George Steinmetz, Tomas Van Houtryve, Nick Veasey …