Born in Sichuan in 1964, graduated from the Central Academy of Arts and Design, he was invited to give lecture at Cheung Kong School of Arts and Design, Shantou University. He now lives and works in Beijing. In fact, it is through a feeling of waiting that Zhang Nian expresses the undividable relationships between individuals and groups, democracy and nations. Some of his major exhibitions include: 2009 "In the 1980s - Wen Pulin Archive of Chinese Avant-garde Art Exhibition", Shanghai; "Implosion or Fusion: the Special Moment of International Art Talk", Beijing; 2008 "Nest", Shanghai; "Waiting", Beijing; 2007 "The Power of Universe – The Frontier of Contemporary Chinese Art", Beijing; "SEVEN SINS: The Seven Performances in China Avand - Garde Exhibition", Beijing; 2006 "Moving Memories", Shanghai; "Mobile Socialism – Contemporary Art Exhibition", Beijing; 2005 "Allusion and Photography", Beijing; "Relations", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan; 2002 "Dialogue – Contemporary Chinese Art," Italy; "New Art from China," Tokyo, Japan.