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

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

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025

‘Time Again‘, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

2024

‘Feedback Loop’, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

‘The Armory Show 2024’, Booth 133 Luce Gallery | Javits Center, New York, NY

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

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS

“Engineering Play: In Conversation with Wenqing Zhai”, Lara Xenia, Apr 2025

https://www.laraxenia.com/artist-interviews/wenqingzhai

“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

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

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