Donna Zhang 1 (Chinese, 1958)

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DONNA ZHANG
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Winsome
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DONNA DONGHONG ZHANG was born in the Jilin
Province of China in 1958. She enjoyed art from
an early age, recalling that as a child she would
playfully give expression to her friends wishes
for new shoes or toys by sketching them on paper.
She later went on to study art for about 13
years, achieving mastery in the techniques of
etching. Donna is formally trained as an art
educator, first at an institute in China in the
1980s, and during the 1990s at Japans Saitama
University where she obtained a Masters Degree
of Arts. The year 1999 was pivotal for Donna. She
accompanied a small group to a remote region of
Tibet on an ecological trip whose goal was to
preserve the habitat of an endangered monkey.
Once within Tibet, she came into close contact
with its indigenous peoples and was immediately
struck by their strength, dignity and openness.
She was deeply moved by the immediacy and warmth
of the experience, which stood in marked contrast
to the reservedness which typifies many urban
cultures. The 1999 trip and two further trips in
2001 and 2002 were the inspiration for Donnas
current work in portraiture, which reflects
better than words ever could the profound beauty
and resilience she sees in the faces of her
subjects. As Donna says simply, Their clothes
are not clean, but their hearts are pure.
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) A glimpse of the
precipice
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) A distant message
(circa 2001)
Dark chocolate
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Little sister
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Come join me
Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) A learning moment
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958)
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Inquisitive
A quiet moment to reflect
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Drying the quing ke
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Curious smile
After school
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Girl of Tibet
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Joyful
Beads
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Girl from Lhasa
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Pastoral madrigal
Tibetan sweet girl
Always with Mom
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958)
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Bold scarf
Beautifully dressed
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Born on the High
Plateau
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Home on the river
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Boy from Nachu
Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) In the backyard
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Dun Zu
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Child of fortune
Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Quietly waiting
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Origins
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Contemplation
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Dan Zhu
Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Hope and memory
Friends
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) In red
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Bundle up
Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Warmth
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Gentle wind
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Childhood memories
Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Quiet Strength
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Across the water
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Colourful layers
Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Hope
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Warm dreams in a
cold land
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Deep in thought
Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Quiet confidence
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Newborn baby
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Young mother on the
Plateau
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Mama's little treasure
Evening warmth
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Nuzzling
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Something sweet
Magaihma
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Looking away

Daughter of the Plateau
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Outskirts
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Passing snow
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Innocent glance
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Donna Zhang (Chinese, 1958) Roadside chat
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