Nan Zhang

Educated in artistic design in Beijing in 1997, Nan built a career as a graphic designer before immigrating to Canada in 2014. Inspired by Toronto’s vibrant gardens, she began painting in 2017, developing a style that bridges realism and abstraction. Through rich colour and expressive form, she captures the fleeting beauty of flowers, infusing each work with a personal, emotive vision. Her paintings are held in private collections.Nan went to college in Beijing China learning artistic design in 1997 and had worked as a graphic designer for many years after her graduation.

She immigrated to Canada in 2014. After she settled down in Toronto, she was deeply attracted by the strong artistic atmosphere there and the beauty of nature in Canada. Particularly the vibrant and delightful garden-like city and colorful gardens in every house. The desire for painting gradually increased and she put her ideas into practice in 2017. She tries to express the still life between concretely and abstractly, using rich colors to record the various beautiful moments of flowers, and showing her personal emotions in a subjective exaggerated way. Painting can be pursued for a lifetime. She enjoys it very much, and continues to explore her talents.