Born in 1976 in Chengdu, Zheng De Long is a self-taught artist who has worked himself up the ladder, becoming a recognised artist in both primary and secondary markets. All artists are philosophers, and Zheng De Long is no exception. During his process of brainstorming his message conveyed in his works, self-reflecting led him to study the topic of desire'. Therefore he started painting skulls, which associate fear of death and desires. He believes why he

possessed much desires was because he was fear of death at that time when he first earned recognitions. Because death marks an end to his success and parts him from his belongings.

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Zheng De Long is very conscientious about every single piece he paints, therefore he presents them differently in terms of form, colours and perspectives. In his earlier works created in 2007 through 2009, he used more vibrant and vivid colours because the idea of desire and death was more profound and clear. Later from 2009 onwards, he was more fond of using pastel colours such as light purple, pink and fancy yellow. His study on desire and death

became more subtle.

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Zheng De Long's skulls resemble Damien Hurst's most prominent work, "For the love of God", a human skull recreated in platinum and adorned with diamonds with an asking price of US$ l 00mm. 

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Has achieved an auction record of US$47,927 (HK$373,829) in 2007. 

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Has had solo exhibitions in major cities worldwide such as Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Jakarta, Singapore and London. Has participated in over 30 group exhibitions including major art fairs like Art Basel (Basel), Asia Art Exhibition (London), ARCO (Madrid),Art Miami Beach, CIGE (Beijing), Asian Contemporary Art (Salzburg), Seoul International Art Fair (Seoul), Taipei International Art Fair (Taipei), Shanghai International Art Fair, CIGE (Beijing), etc. Collected by private international art con­noisseurs and public collection include The Yuz Foundation and Hotel Eclat Bei­png. 

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Solo Exhibitions

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2012

Zheng De Long Solo Exhibition, Galerie Pierre Levy, Paris, France 

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2011

Zheng De Long Solo Exhibition, A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France 

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2010

Zheng De Long Solo Exhibition, Gallery Beijing Space 

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2008

Zheng De Long Tour Solo Exhibitions, Han Ji Yun Contemporary Space, Beijing

Eslite Xin-Yi Store, Taipei, Taiwan

Gallery Hakgjae, Seoul, Korea

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2007

Collision, Vanessa Art Link, Jakarta, Indonesia 

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2006

Vigor, Ohyvia Oriental, London, UK

Onflow, Soobin Gallery, Singapore 

Melt. 1918 Art Space, Shanghai 

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Group Exhibitions

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2012

Art HK, Hong Kong 

Brilliant Ethics, Seoul

Modern, Beijing 

CIGE Beijing, Beijing 

Original (Painting) History, K Gallery, China 

Micro Figure, Magnificent Scenery, L -Art Gallery, China 

Sketch Invitation Exhibition,Re-C Art Space, China 

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2011

Cloud Shadow, Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art 

Art Paris, Grand Palais, France

Collection World, Wenxuan Museum, China 

Belgium Contemporary Art Fair, Belgium