Kunlun Zhang is one of contemporary China’s most accomplished sculptors. He is a graduate of the Sculpture Department of the Art Institute of China, and specializes in oil painting and Chinese painting alongside sculpture. He has served as Director of the Sculpture Institute of the Shandong Art Institute, as well as Director of its Sculpture Research Institute. Zhang is the recipient of many awards, and has participated in many exhibits in China and around the world. He or his works appear in Who’s Who in the World, The Encyclopedia of Outstanding Chinese, and Collected Works of the World’s Sculpture, among other publications. In 2001, Zhang was a prisoner of conscience in China.