2021 BFA, Drawing and Painting, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

2024-2026 MFA, Painting and Printmaking, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023

‘Untitled Source Youth Art Festival’, Wind H Art Centre, 798 Art zone, Beijing, China

‘Boundless Whispers’, Eve Leibe Gallery x Artsy, Online Exhibition

‘Through the Looking Glass’, Mall Galleries SW1, London

‘Well June’, Moosey Art, Islington, London

2022

‘#2 Artsinsquare Virtual Exhibition’, Artsinsquare Online Exhibition

2021

‘Image 2021 Juried Gallery Exhibition’, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA

2020

’20’s Making & Mimosas’, Bellefonte Museum of Art, Bellefonte, PA

‘Fall 2020 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition’, Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA

‘Spring 2020 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition’, Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS

“Wenqing Zhai discusses evolving as an artist, exploring societal and political themes, & continuously pushing boundaries of expression.”, Hopper Prize, Apr 2024

https://hopperprize.org/wenqing-zhai-interview/

“Array” Magazine, Booooooom, Mar 2024

https://www.booooooom.com/2024/03/14/array-download/

Hopper Prize Fall 2023, Finalist, 2023

https://hopperprize.org/fall-2023-grant-winners-finalists/#finalists

“Artist Spotlight: Wenqing Zhai”, Booooooom, Dec 2023

https://www.booooooom.com/2023/12/08/artist-spotlight-wenqing-zhai/

Beyond Future Art Prize 2023, Finalist, Sep 2023

“Wenqing Zhai is part of the new generation of talented artists coming out of China”, Overstandard Magazine, Rubén P, Jan 2023

https://overstandard.dk/wenqing-zhai-is-part-of-the-new-generation-of-talented-artists-coming-out-of-china/

“Create! Magazine” Issue #37, page 128-131, Jul 2023

https://www.flipsnack.com/createmagazine/issue-37.html