Email: zhanggan@tsinghua.edu.cn

Academic Title
Tenured Professor

Academic Affiliations

·Council Member (8th & 9th Sessions), China Artists Association

·Secretary-General, Art Theory Committee, China Artists Association

·Vice Chair, Art Education Committee, Chinese Society of Education

·Member, Teaching Guidance Committee for Art Theory, Ministry of Education

·Distinguished Professor, Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai University

·Council Member & Director of Theoretical Research, Dongcheng District Artists Association, Beijing

Academic Philosophy
The study of Western art history aims to provide referential paradigms for the development of Chinese culture and art. My scholarship advocates synthesizing Chinese and Western traditions while bridging historical and contemporary perspectives.

Research Directions

·Western Art History and Visual Culture

·Modern and Contemporary Western Art History

·European Renaissance Art History

·Western Christian Art

·Chinese Contemporary Art Criticism

Academic Achievements
Funded Projects

·Principal Investigator:

oStudies on Western Christian Art (National Art Science "10th Five-Year Plan" Youth Fund)

o*20th-Century American Art Studies* (2006 Tsinghua Humanities & Social Sciences Research Fund)

·Key Participant:

oSubproject Leader: Cultural Construction Goals for a Moderately Prosperous Society (2013 National Social Science Fund Art Studies Major Project)

oCo-Lead: Design Art Practices in Republican China (National Social Science Fund Key Project)

·Managed multiple industry-academia collaborative projects.

Publications

·Authored/Edited Books

oArt Appreciation (Senior High School Textbook, Editor-in-Chief). Beijing: People's Education Press, 2019.

oMasters of Modern Chinese Painting (Series Editor). Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2018.

oArtistic Anatomy (Translated Work). Shanghai: Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 2017.

oArt History for Children (Series Editor). Jinan: Shandong Fine Arts Publishing House, 2017.

oConcise History of Chinese and Foreign Art. Beijing: China Youth Press, 2016.

oItalian Mural Restoration (Editor). Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2015.

oA New Compilation of Foreign Art History and Appreciation. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2014.

oHumorous Illustration (Translated Work). Beijing: China Youth Press, 2009.

o*19th-Century European Art: Fin de Siècle and the Rise of Modernism*. Beijing: China Renmin University Press, 2008.

oAbridged Foreign Art History. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2008.

o*19th-Century European Art, Vol. II*. Beijing: China Renmin University Press, 2004.

oThe Triumph of Painting? America’s Triumph?—A Study of American Abstract Expressionism. Beijing: Culture and Art Publishing House, 2001.

·Journal Articles
Published dozens of peer-reviewed papers, critiques, and translations in academic journals.

Awards & Honors

·2003: Tsinghua Outstanding Young Faculty Teaching Award

·2004: Tsinghua Teaching Achievement Second Prize (Renaissance Art Studies)

·2007: Ministry of Education’s New Century Talent Support Program

·2007: Beijing New Century Social Science Talent "Hundred Talents Program" (2nd Cohort)

·2009: Tsinghua Basic Research Talent Support Program

·2009: China Art Award for Theory and Criticism (First Edition) for Mythmakers: Abstract Expressionism and the Cultural Cold War (Jointly issued by Ministry of Culture, CFLAC, and CAA)

·2010: CAA "Mid-Career Artist Overseas Research Program"

·2011: Abridged Foreign Art History named Beijing Outstanding Textbook

·2012: Tsinghua University-Level Outstanding Textbook (Abridged Foreign Art History)

·2020: Tsinghua Special Prize for Outstanding Textbook (Abridged Foreign Art History, 2nd Edition)

Teaching Portfolio

·Core Courses

oWestern Christian Art

oModern and Contemporary Western Art History

oForeign Art History (Tsinghua Core Course in Humanities Education)

oChinese and Global Art History (Graduate Level)

oModern and Contemporary Art Studies (Graduate Level)

·Teaching Recognition

oForeign Art History: Tsinghua Top-Quality Course & Core Humanities Curriculum

oRenaissance Art Studies: Tsinghua Teaching Achievement Second Prize