Zhang Dali (b. 1963) studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Beijing. The Harbin native continues to live and practice his art in his hometown, drawing inspiration from the frenetic urban pace and swirling flux of daily life, and the people around him. Drawing off the city’s energy, Zhang’s art is often an emotive response to his environment. Against this backdrop and taking centre stage are characters and artifacts forgotten or left trailing in China’s accelerated march of progress. Be it the transient migrant laborers silently powering the nation’s growth, the ordinary civilian, or traditional architecture demolished as part of the state’s massive urban plans, Zhang places his subjects in the time capsule of emerging history. undefined

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