Email: zhngshnshn@126.com

Academic Title
Tenure-Track Associate Professor

Education

·2015: Ph.D., Institute of Figurative Arts, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)

·2008: M.F.A., Department of Oil Painting, CAFA

·2005: B.F.A., Department of Oil Painting, CAFA

Research Direction
Foundations of Figurative Art and Oil Painting Language Studies

Pedagogical Philosophy
Undergraduate Education: Focuses on cultivating first-year students’ foundational figurative skills, tailoring instruction to individual needs across fine arts and design disciplines. Guides students in establishing a correct artistic worldview through theory-practice integration, empowering them to draw inspiration and direction from art history and theory.

Graduate Education: Develops comprehensive competencies in professional skills, research rigor, academic ethics, and pedagogical aptitude. Prioritizes the progressive refinement of thesis topics for scholarly impact, fostering critical thinking and adaptive problem-solving to equip students for complex, depth-driven creative work.

Research Output (as of 2020)
Funded Projects

·Principal Investigator: Netherlandish Renaissance Art: A Study Centered on Jan van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece (Youth Project, National Social Science Fund of China - Art Studies)

·Principal Investigator: Path in the Forest (National Arts Fund - Young Artistic Creation Talent Program, 2018)

·Principal Investigator: Jan van Eyck and the Ghent Altarpiece (Tsinghua Leading Talent Research Initiative)

Publications
Papers published in Art Magazine, World Art, Art Observation, Industrial Design, and Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery.

Major Awards

·2019: Tsinghua Outstanding Young Faculty Teaching Award

·2016: Tsinghua "Zhong Ying Young Scholar" (Young Talent Program)

·2016: Second Prize, Tsinghua 7th Young Faculty Teaching Competition

Collections
Works held by:

·Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)

·CAFA Art Museum

·National Centre for the Performing Arts

·China Millennium Monument Contemporary Art Museum

·Yan Huang Art Museum

·Huantie Times Art Museum

·Private collectors

Teaching Portfolio
Undergraduate Courses

·Sketching

·Color Studies

·Quick Sketch

·Visual Language I & II