张晓 Zhang Xiao China, b. 1981

Born in 1981 in Yantai city, Shandong province, China, Zhang Xiao graduated from Department of Architecture and Design at Yantai University in 2005. Before becoming a photography artist in 2009, he used to be a photojournalist for Chongqing Morning Post. Zhang won Three Shadows Photography Award in 2010 with the series. He also received the second Hou Dengke Documentary Photography Award in 2009, The Photography Talent Award (France) in 2010 and Prix HSBC pour la Photographie in 2011 with his Coastline series. Zhang’s work has been widely exhibited in China and overseas in recent years. Zhang currently lives and works in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China.