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Hongru Zhang




Title: Embodied Form I & II

Year: 2024

Medium: Steel, Bronze and Latex
Title: Embodied Form II

Year: 2024

Medium: Steel, Bronze and Latex

Dimension: L40cm x W24cm x H8cm
Title: Embodied Form I

Year: 2024

Medium: Steel, Bronze and Latex

Dimension: L40cm x W30cm x H10cm


‘Boundless Flesh’ explores the fluid boundaries of body and identity using materials like metal plaster and latex. Through unconventional, "monstrous" forms, I challenge societal norms, emphasizing transformation, vulnerability, and the impermanence of the human experience.
Title: Boundless Flesh

Year: 2024

Medium: Steel, Plaster, Fabric and Latex

Dimension: L130cm x W116cm x H112cm



Title: Boundless Flesh

Year: 2024

Medium: Steel, Plaster, Fabric and Latex

Dimension: L130cm x W116cm x H112cm
‘Beyond the Body’ explores the interconnectedness of bones and skin through materials like metal and latex, symbolizing the body’s continuous transformation. It highlights themes of vulnerability, strength, and the delicate balance between change and permanence in human existence.
Title: Beyond the Body

Year: 2025

Medium: Steel and Latex 

Dimension: L70cm x W50cm x H80cm

Title: Beyond the Body

Year: 2025

Medium: Steel and Latex 

Dimension: L70cm x W50cm x H80cm

Title：Stretched Form
Year: 2025
Medium: Steel, Fabric and Latex

Title: Mutation, part of me
Year: 2025
Medium: Steel, Fabric and Latex
Title: Mutation, part of me
Year: 2025
Medium: Steel, Fabric and Latex
Title: Mutation, part of me
Year: 2025
Medium: Steel, Fabric and Latex
Hongru Zhang, (b. 1996, China) is a graduate of Central Saint Martins, she is currently pursuing an MA in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. 
Contact details

Email: hongruzhang01@gmail.com

Instagram: hongru_zhanggggg


Through Hongru Zhang's exploration of materials, she challenges conventional definitions ofbody, identity, and societal norms. Her unconventional "monstrous" forms evoke alienation andfear, offering a critique of the human condition and highlighting the complex relationshipsbetween body, society, and culture. Zhang investigates the body as a site of transformation andvulnerability, blurring the lines between life and death, matter and spirit, ultimately urgingviewers to reconsider the fluidity and complexity of human existence.


EDUCATION

2015-2018 Bachelor of Art, Central Saint Martins

2024-2025 Master of Art, Royal College of Art




Group Exhibitions


2025‘Footfalls Echo’，Safehouse, London

2025‘Assemble / Fall’，Somers Gallery, London

2024‘Festival of Festus- Art and Anthropology’, Royalcollege of art, Hanger gallery, London , UK

2023‘Work In Progress Show’, Anken Avenue , Shanghai,China2018‘S. P. A’，Royal Albert Hall，London,UK

2018‘Psycho’，Black lab，Central saint martins,London,UK2018‘Naked Not Nude’，Platform Theatre, Central saintmartins, London ,UK

2017‘Music of What Happened’，Royal College of Music，Kensington, London,UK

2016‘Rude Health’，Trinity Laban，London, UK