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Zhang states that after graduating from the Central Academy she, “wanted to go abroad to see the outside world,” so she moved to London to study at the Byam Shaw School of Art and made two new series, Water Moon (2001–02) and Black Hair.

[10] For Water Moon, Zhang employed the same method used in Masterpieces in my Eyes, however, she projected Ming dynasty erotic paintings, which were outlawed in China, on faceless models.

[12] Zhang received her second MA in London at The Royal College of Art where she began to plan her next project that would involve her returning to China, Horizon (2004).

[13] Zhang's inspiration for Horizon came from the Chinese Cultural Revolution slogan, “rebellion is the rule.”[14] Her goal was to produce a series of images that question current assumptions about the primacy of western power.

[22] Zhang's book (in Chinese) that documents her experiences as a Chinese art student living in London titled, An Empire Where The Moon Light Never Fades was published by Shanghai Art and Literature Publishing House in January 2009[23] Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers marks the 70th anniversary of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair.

[25] Zhang is a participant in the Artists Residency Program at Queens Museum of Art, New York and is the recipient of fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, The MacDowell Colony, and the Wilson Centre for Photography.

[26] Zhang was the first student from mainland China to receive the Royal College of Art MA Photography degree which requires an approval honor by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.