BOARDS, COMMITTEES & COLLECTIVES

Pari, Parramatta NSW, co-director & co-founder, 2018-current
Board Member, Utp, 2020-current, Chair, 2024-current
Artistic Directorate, Next Wave, 2021-23
Steering Committee, Australia Council Leadership Program Alumni, 2020-2021
Curatorial Committee, Hyphenated Biennial, 2020
Firstdraft, Sydney NSW, chair & co-director, 2018-2019
Small Lakes Collective, Brisbane QLD, president, co-director & co-founder, 2011-2012
4C Arts Collective, Brisbane QLD, collective member, 2009-2010

SELECTED CURATORIAL

Remedy, Pari, 2024, co-curator
Constellations, 2023, Blacktown Arts, curator
Undercurrent, 2023, Pari, co-curator
Season of Care, 2023, Utp, curatorium
Songlines & Sightlines, 2022, Blacktown Arts, curator
The Way We Eat programs, 2022, Art Gallery of NSW, curator
Ash, 2022, Pari, co-curator
Songlines & Sightlines: Colouring-in Blacktown, 2021, Blacktown Arts, curator
Here: After, 2021, Fairfield City Museum & Gallery, curator
Choose Your Fighter, 2021, Blacktown Arts, co-curator
5 from 5, 2021, Pari, part of NO SHOW, Carriageworks, co-curator
Lemonade, 2020, Pari, co-curator
Rituals for Renewal, 2020, online, curator
Sports Show, 2020, Pari, co-curator
Sab D’Souza, Close Friends: 7 safe words for digital intimacy, 2020, Parramatta Artists’ Studios, curator
10 Degrees Hotter, 2019, Pari, co-curator
Louise Zhang, Scholar Garden, 2019, Parramatta Lanes, curator
Gallery Warming, 2019, Pari, co-curator
Kalanjay Dhir, Aruna (Mirror Test), 2019, Parramatta Artists’ Studios, curator
Site of Passage, 2018, Sydney Customs House, co-curator
Justine Youssef, All Blessings, All Curses, 2018, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, curatorial assistant
I Am, You Are, We Are, They Are, 2017, Peacock Gallery & Arts Studio, Auburn NSW, curator
Brisbane Experimental Arts Festival, 2012, Metro Arts, sound program co-curator
Red Fives, 2012, Small Lakes, part of Brisbane Artist Run Initiatives Festival, Judith Wright Centre, co-curator
Artist’s Dozen, 2009 & 2010, King George Square, curator

SELECTED PROJECTS

Pari Turns 5, 2024, Pari, co-organiser
Parra Matters, 2024, Pari Radio, co-producer & interviewer
Lumbung in Western Sydney, 2023, Pari x Arab Theatre Studios x Gudskul, various locations in Western Sydney, co-artistic director
P2P Ngariung #2, 2023, Pari x Gudskul, co-organiser & faciltiator
Dorcas Tang, Love Me Long Time reading group, 2023, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, co-facilitator
Lumbung will continue: practices and reflections from documenta fifteen, 2022, Granville Town Hall, Pari x Arab Theatre Studios, co-organiser
Sekolah Temujalar, 2022, documenta fifteen (Kassel, Germany), Gudskul collective studies program, co-facilitator
The only thing left is to leave, 2022, Firstdraft, Beirut Art Center & Arab Theatre Studio, project lead (2019-2021)
Ask Asian Aunty UK special, 2022, ‘This is who we are’ festival, Renaissance One, co-organiser
P2P Ngariung, 2021-22, Pari x Gudskul, co-organiser & faciltiator
Ask Asian Aunty queer special, 2021, online @askasianaunty, co-organiser
Ask Asian Aunty, 2021, online @askasianaunty, co-organiser
P2P, 2020, Pari x Gudskul x The White Pube, organiser
Systems of Care: A virtual roundtable, 2020, Toronto Biennial & OCAD University, artist & facilitator
Home Country, 2017, Utp x Sydney Festival, producer
Alwin Reamillo, Bayanihan Hopping Spirit House, 2015-18, Utp, Manila Biennale, Sculpture by the Sea, Blacktown Arts, Peacock Gallery, producer
One Day For Peace, 2015, Utp, ABC Compass, producer
Bankstown:Live, 2015, Utp x Sydney Festival, project manager
You Are Here, 2011, Brisbane Festival, Metro Arts, creative producer

FACILITATION, SPEAKING & MENTORSHIP

Sekolah Temujalar Batch 6, 2024, Gudskul, Jakarta, Indonesia, guest facilitator
Future Leadership, 2024, Women in the Arts forum, Western Sydney University & Penrith Performing & Visual Arts, panellist
Curating & Care, 2024, Kala Kulo, Kathmandu, Nepal, guest speaker
A manifesto for radical care or how to be a human in the arts, 2023, Curating through Conflict with Care symposium, Berlin, Germany, workshop facilitator
Embassy: Exchange, 2023, Richard Bell’s Embassy, Tate Modern, London, UK, guest speaker
Lumbung sharing, 2023, Underbanen, Copenhagen, Denmark, guest speaker
Nice to meet you: Tian Zhang, 2023, ACE Open, Adelaide, guest speaker
NAVA and Pari talk ARIs, Pari & National Association for the Visual Arts, panellist
Long distance relationships: on friendships and collaborations across borders, 2022, ALL SCHOOL, Next Wave, co-organiser & co-facilitator
Common Culture, 2022, Fine Print x ACE Open, Adelaide, guest speaker
So you want to write about art? 2022, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, panellist
A manifesto for radical care or how to be a human in the arts, 2022, An institute for curatorial inquiry, Agnes Etherington Arts Center, Kingston, Canada, workshop series facilitator
A manifesto for radical care or how to be a human in the arts, 2022, Hopscotch Reading Room, Berlin, Germany, talk
Joel Spring: In Conversation, 2022, Digital Arts Resource Centre, Canada, facilitator
Digital Young Writers’ Mentorship, 2022, National Gallery of Australia, mentor
Regional Arts Mentorship Program, 2022, Cementa, mentor
Curatorial and collective practice as care methodology, 2021, AAANZ conference, paper
ArtsLab, 2021, Shopfront, mentor
Racism in the Arts: Reform or Revolution? 2020, Sydney Arts Management Advisory Group (SAMAG), panellist
Visiting International Curators Program, 2020, Australia Council for the Arts, facilitator
After everything has been dipped, Kamias Triennial, 2020, Manila, Philippines, panellist
Between Asia and Australia: Curating Asian-Australian identities at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, AAI7 conference, 2019, paper
Ritual & Reverence, 2019, Parramatta Artists’ Studios, moderator
Curating for the Future, 2019, AGYU & Critical Distance, guest speaker
Independent Curating: Concepts, Challenges, Collabs symposium, 2019, Verge Gallery, panellist
Strategies of Curatorial Resistance – Socially-engaged practices in the Asia-Pacific, AAANZ conference, 2018, convenor
Lux Eterna, Decolonising the Gaze, 2018, Peacock Gallery, moderator
Feminist Futures in Colour: Beyond White Feminism, Women, Art & Feminism in Australia since 1970 symposium, 2018, chair
Feminism x Culture x Art, 2017, Doing Feminism/Sharing the World & Favour Economy, facilitator
Re-Imagining Equality, 2017, National Association of the Visual Arts, panellist

AWARDS, PROGRAMS & RESIDENCIES

Leo Kelly OAM Arts & Culture Award, 2022, for Songlines & Sightlines
Parallel Fellowship, 2022-23, UNSWA&D, SCA, WSU & MAMA
International Curators Program, 2022-23, Australia Council for the Arts
’Curatorium’, Deer Lake Residency, 2022, Vancouver, Canada, residency
MGNSW Imagine Award, 2021, Highly commended for Here: After
Curators Intensive, 2021-22, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
Digital Diasporas, 2021, Gendai, China Residencies & Australia Council for the Arts, online residency
MGNSW Imagine Award, 2020, for Gallery Warming
Creative Fellowship, 2020, City of Sydney
Contingencies of Care, 2020, OCAD University & Toronto Biennial, online residency
Dhaka Art Summit, 2020, delegate with Australia Council for the Arts
INTERSECT, 2019, British Council Australia & Diversity Arts Australia
AGYU Visiting Curator, 2019, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto
Critical Distance, 2019, Toronto, residency
Parasite: Experimental Arts Laboratory w/ Gabi Ngobo & Ema Tavola, AAANZ, All Conference & West Space, 2018
Future Leaders, 2018, Australia Council for the Arts
ZEST Award 2017 for Home: Country
ZEST Award 2016 for Bankstown: Live
FBi SMAC Award 2015 for Bankstown: Live

EDUCATION
Masters of Art Curating, University of Sydney, 2020
Diploma of Arts (Art History), University of Sydney, 2015
Bachelor of Science (Psychology) - Honours, University of Queensland, 2009
Bachelor of Science (Psychology) / Bachelor of Business Management (Industrial Relations & HR), dual degree, University of Queensland, 2008

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Coghlan, Hayley, Em Harbridge & Tian Zhang. “More than a gallery: Weaving knowledge and sharing space at Pari.” In Artlink 44:3 (2024).
Zhang, Tian. “Radical care in the arts.” In Encyclopaedia of Radical Helping. Thick Press, Washington/Los Angeles, US, 2024.
“Safest Place on Earth: Reflections on collective practices in Gudskul’s Sekolah Temujalar at documenta fifteen.” In Runway Journal 48 (2024).
Constellations. Curated and edited by Tian Zhang. Blacktown, NSW: Blacktown Arts, 2023. Exhibition catalogue.
Toma, Amy, Rebecca Gallo, Tian Zhang and Disorganising. “Runway x disorganising: Pari - Tian Zhang, Rebecca Gallo and Amy Toma.” Runway Journal. Published October 2022:
Gudskul. Harvest Book. Lumbung Press/Documenta Fifteen, Kassel, Germany 2022.
Zhang, Tian. A manifesto for radical care or how to be a human in the arts. 2nd ed. Kingston, Canada: Agnes Etherington Art Center, 2022.
”Artist Self-Organisation” in Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design, The National Association for Visual Arts (NAVA), 2022, writer & researcher.
Zhang, Tian. A manifesto for radical care or how to be a human in the arts. 1st ed. Kassel, Germany: Lumbung Press, documenta 15, 2022.
Zhang, Tian. A manifesto for radical care or how to be a human in the arts. Sydney Review of Books, 2022.
Zhang, Tian. “Capturing Starlight: Lindy Lee.” Mutual Art. Published November 10, 2021.
Here: After. Curated and edited by Tian Zhang. Smithfield, NSW: Fairfield City Museum & Gallery, 2021. Exhibition catalogue.
“A golfer’s guide to being on par in life.” In Half Time Oranges. Parramatta: Pari, 2020. Published in conjunction with Sports Show, shown at Pari.
Zhang, Tian. “My House is Not Your House.” In Permanent Recession: a Handbook on Art, Labour and Circumstance. Edited by Channon Goodwin. Eindhoven, Netherlands: Onomatopee, 2019.
Zhang, Tian. “Talking and not talking about race: Curating Asian-Australian identities in the early years of 4A.” In 4A Papers 6, 2019.
Zhang, Tian. “My House is Not Your House.” In Runway Australian Experimental Art 35, 2017. Edited by Keg de Souza.
I Am, You Are, We Are They Are. Curated and edited by Tian Zhang. Auburn, NSW: Peacock Gallery & Auburn Arts Studio, 2017. Exhibition catalogue.
So You Want To Be An Artist & Still Be Able To Eat? Edited by Tian Zhang. Brisbane: Queensland Artworkers Alliance, 2010. 
Zhang, Tian & Lauren Hadler. “Stones Corner: Creative Community Development Within a Changing Urban Habitat.” National Symposium Press. Brisbane, Australia: Young People in the Arts Australia, 2010.