SUXING ZHANG B. 1988

Suxing Zhang is a Chinese-born artist based in Sydney, Australia. His practice explores the lived remainder of time — what persists when narrative meaning and resolution dissolve. Working primarily in painting, he creates states of quiet suspension in which figures endure rather than act. Drawing from historical imagery and personal archives, he places emotionally neutral bodies within divided spaces where myth and everyday life coexist without hierarchy. Across Zhang’s work, recurring motifs persist without resolving, reflecting his ongoing investigation into duration, misalignment, and the persistence of being.


Awards

2025

Finalist, National Emerging Art Prize

2024

Finalist, 17th International ARC Salon

Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize

2023

Finalist, National Emerging Art Prize

2022

Finalist, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize

2020

1st Place, Creative Category, Sony World Photography Awards

Highly Commended, Conceptual Category, Siena Awards

Semi-Finalist, Head On Portrait Award

2019

2nd Place, Portrait Category, Minimalist Photography Awards

2018

3rd Place, Fine Art Category, IPA 2018 Photography Competition

Magazines

2021

Featured article, DigitalPHOTO Magazine

2020

Cover & Featured article, Digital SLR Photography Magazine

2017

Featured article, INSPADES Magazine

Featured work, Dark Beauty Magazine

Exhibitions

2026

‘Dreams of Reality’, Scieppan Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2025

National Emerging Art Prize Finalists’ exhibition, The Garden Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2024

Hornsby Art Prize Finalists' Exhibition, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Sydney, Australia

2023

National Emerging Art Prize Finalists’ exhibition, Michael Reid Art Bar, Sydney, Australia