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Thanksgiving Gallery interweaves different cultures between the East and the West, connects ancient traditions with modern sustainability, and combines the two-dimensional with three-dimensional.
1950s – John W Zhang was born in Shanghai.
1970s – Received an enrolment letter from Shanghai University Fine Arts College. Unfortunately disqualified by the Party Secretary due to John’s “westernised taste in art and music, and superstitious belief in foreign religions such as Christianity.”
1980s – After the Cultural Revolution, John took private lessons from prominent Chinese artists Liu Haisu, Guan Liang and Yan Wenliang.
2000s – Opened Thanksgiving Gallery in Shanghai. It was then forcibly shut down in 2003.
2023 – Revived Thanksgiving Gallery in Roskilde.
1975 – Shanghai Youth Art Exhibition
1979 – Participated in the first edition of The Stars Art Exhibition, organized by The Stars Art Group.
1982 – Art Director in Xiang Mi Hu Holiday Resort, Shenzhen.
1983 – Boya Gallery annual exhibition, Shenzhen.
2000 – John’s abstract painting selected as a cover photo of American Artists League magazine.
2016 – Journey of Hope exhibition, Palace Hotel, Malta. (Link)
2016 – Pink October, Auberge De Castille Prime Minister’s Office, Malta.
2017 – Art Malta Popup Gallery, Palazzo Parisio, Malta. (Link)
2017 – Of Time and the Sea, directed by Peter Sant. (Link)
Thanksgiving Gallery was once founded by an artistic couple in Asia more than 30 years ago. Unfortunately, they were persecuted by the authoritarian regime because they spread gospel and democracy through their businesses, which led to the involuntary shutdown of Thanksgiving Gallery. Shortly after, the family fled to Europe for safety.
Today, in Denmark – a country that fiercely defends democracy, freedom of speech and human rights, John and Kim are finally able to continue their unfinished work through the rebirth of Thanksgiving Gallery in Roskilde.
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything
beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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