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

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

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026

‘To-gather’, 32 Edgewood Gallery, New Haven, CT

‘Somehow Desire’, Yale painting thesis exhibition, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

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

‘Well June’, Moosey Art, Islington, London

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS

Sanyu Scholarship - Recipient 2025-26

“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