Ya Zhang

**O Zhang** ( Chinese    ; an haife ta a ranar 23 ga Nuwamba, 1976, Guangzhou, China ) mawakiyar kasar Sin ce da ke zaune a New York. Duk da cewa an fi saninta da hotunanta da ke nuna matasan kasar Sin, Zhang kuma tana yin zane-zane, gajerun fina-finai da kuma kayan aiki. An horar da ita a matsayin mai zane a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Tsakiya da ke Beijing kafin ta koma Landan inda ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin Fasaha, na farko a Makarantar Fasaha ta Byam Shaw, na biyu kuma daga Kwalejin Fasaha ta Royal .  A shekarar 2004, Zhang ta koma birnin New York, inda ta zauna kuma ta yi aiki, tana komawa kasarta ta asali a kowace shekara. 

## Yaro
An haifi Zhang a birnin Guangzhou ga iyayenta masu fassara Turanci, waɗanda gwamnatin juyin juya halin al'adu ta China ta tilasta musu ƙaura zuwa gefen Jishou, wani ƙauye a lardin Hunan, jim kaɗan bayan haihuwar Zhang. [1] A ƙauye, Zhang ta fuskanci yaren ƙananan kabilu kamar Miao da Tujia kuma ta koyi yaren, kuma ta nuna iyawarta ta daidaitawa da yanayin da take "baƙo." [2] Zhang ta tuna yarintarta a matsayin "mai cike da zaman lafiya da launuka masu kyau," kuma ta lura cewa a nan ne ta kafa harsashin abubuwan da take so na ado. [3]

## Ilimi
Zhang ya halarci makarantu a China da Birtaniya. 

### China: Guangzhou da Beijing
Bayan shekaru shida da rabi a Jishou, Zhang da iyayenta sun koma Guangzhou, wanda take ganin shine garinsu.  Zhang ta yi karatun fasaha a Fadar Yara ta Guangzhou, Makarantar Sakandare ta Kwalejin Fasaha ta Guangzhou, kuma tana da shekaru goma sha tara ta bar Guangzhou don halartar Kwalejin Fasaha ta Tsakiya da ke Beijing . A Beijing ne Zhang ta gano daukar hoto, amma abin takaicin shi ne Kwalejin Tsakiya ba ta da sashen daukar hoto. Don haka, Zhang ta koya wa kanta dabarun daukar hoto bayan awanni lokacin da take shiga situdiyon makaranta da samfura don daukar hoto.  A cikin shirinta na farko, *Masterpieces in my Eyes*, Zhang ta nuna hotunan manyan zane-zane na Yammacin duniya akan samfuran mata tsirara kuma ta dauki hotunansu a kokarin tilasta wa samfuran, "ma'aunin maza na siffar mace".  Zhang ta kammala karatunta daga Kwalejin Fasaha ta Tsakiya a shekarar 2000.

### Ƙasar Ingila: Landan
Zhang ta ce bayan kammala karatunta daga Kwalejin Tsakiya ta "so ta tafi ƙasashen waje don ganin duniyar waje," don haka ta ƙaura zuwa Landan don yin karatu a Makarantar Fasaha ta Byam Shaw kuma ta yi sabbin shirye-shirye guda biyu, *Water Moon* (2001–02) da *Black Hair* .  Don *Water Moon*, Zhang ta yi amfani da irin wannan hanyar da aka yi amfani da ita a cikin *Masterpieces in My Eyes*, duk da haka, ta yi hasashen zane-zanen batsa na daular Ming, waɗanda aka haramta a China, akan samfuran da ba su da fuska.  Don *Black Hair*, Zhang ta ɗauki hoton gashin da ya jike na matan Asiya da aka shirya a cikin "shafawa" kamar goga a bayansu, suna kwaikwayon haruffan Sinawa. Wani mai suka ya rubuta game da jerin, "Gashin yana wakiltar wata muhimmiyar siffa ta kwayoyin halitta ta matan Asiya kuma saboda haka alama ce ta rayuwa, kuma rubutun Sinanci har yanzu al'ada ce mai ɗorewa, duk da haka duka biyun ba su dace da mahallin ba, rubutun ba a kan takarda ba ne kuma matar tana cikin kwandon shara na Yammacin Turai".  Zhang ta sami digiri na biyu a Jami'ar London a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Royal inda ta fara tsara aikinta na gaba wanda zai haɗa da komawarta China, *Horizon* (2004). 

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