Zhang HongKuan was born in Tianjin in 1967. He worked in the 4th Central Hospital, Tianjin from 1991 to 1996, specializing in orthopedic medicine. He now lives and works in Paris as a full time artist and also practices traditional chinese massage and acupuncture. Zhang has lived in Italy, Bulgaria and France since leaving China in 1998. He studied oil painting and traditional fresco painting in Rome at La Scuola degli Arti Ornamentali from 2000 to 2002. solo exhibitions 2006 Photographic "Journey", Le Petit Paris Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria. group exhibitions 2009 Catching Light, Quac Gallery, Beijing. 2002 Mostra degli Affreschi, Rome, Italy. 2001 Mostra degli Affreschi, Rome, Italy. collections private collections in China, USA, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Brazil, Agentina and Bulgaria. publication 15 photographs Traveller magazine Beijing 1997. qualifications graduated in 1991 from Tongji University, Shanghai with a degree in general medicine.