| 2012-2014 | MA in Painting, Royal College of Art (London) |
| 2008-2012 | BA in Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL (London) |
| 2025 | Paths Unseen, Aranya Art Centre (Beidaihe) |
| 2024 | Flat Earth, Pilar Corrias (London) |
| 2022 | undo undo undo, Pilar Corrias (London) |
| 2021 | Lorem Ipsum, Long March Space (Beijing) |
| 2020 | New Peril, TANK Shanghai (Shanghai) |
| Soft Borders, Lawrie Shabibi (Dubai) | |
| 2018 | Codescape, Long March Space (Beijing) |
| Uzumaki, House of Egorn (Berlin) | |
| 2017 | Vivien Zhang (curated by Sarah McCrory), Monteverdi (Castiglioncello del Trinoro) |
| 2016 | Cavity Drift, Galerie Huit (Hong Kong) |
| 2015 | Vivien Zhang | The Chadwell Award Exhibition, PSW (London) |
| 2026 | (upcoming) On Paper, Galerie Max Hetzler (Berlin) |
| 2025 | The Roots Know More, He Art Museum (Foshan) |
| 360°: Why We Paint?, By Art Matters (Hangzhou) | |
| Abstraction (Re)creation, X Museum (Beijing) | |
| 2024 | Dream Screen, Leeum Museum of Art (Seoul) |
| Abstraction (Re)creation, Le Consortium (Dijon) | |
| Nature Painting Nature, curated by Lydia Yee, Pilar Corrias (London) | |
| Boundless Reverie, K11 MUSEA (Hong Kong) | |
| 2023 | Duo presentation: Rirkrit Tiravanija and Vivien Zhang, Paris+ par Art Basel, Pilar Corrias (Paris) |
| Steadfastly Revise for the Standards in Nonproductive Construction, curated by Evonne Jiawei Yuan, Long March Space (Beijing) | |
| Dust Piles Us Up, curated by Sun Yitian, SUHE HAUS (Shanghai) | |
| Let The Sunshine In, Pilar Corrias (London) | |
| 2022 | Barbe À Papa, curated by Cédric Fauq, CAPC (Bordeaux) |
| The Infinite Conversation, curated by Zhu Zhu, 1st Beijing Biennial (Beijing) | |
| The Disconnected Generation, Song Art Museum (Beijing) | |
| 2021 | Mixing It Up: Painting Today, Hayward Gallery (London) |
| Ex Roma V, the Abbey Awards exhibition of past award holders, APT Gallery (London) | |
| 2020 | after image, Mamoth (London) |
| Fortune Teller: The Undefinable Youth Project I, Wanying Art Museum (Shijiazhuang) | |
| L'Heure Bleue (Part II), PLUS-ONE Gallery and Gallery Sofie Van de Velde (Antwerp) | |
| 2019 | Echo Chamber, PLUS-ONE Gallery (Antwerp) |
| Generation Y, Platform Foundation (London) | |
| To Cite A Body, Sluice (London) | |
| 2018 | BE:YO:ND, PLUS-ONE Gallery (Antwerp) |
| Bone Memory, Lychee One (London) | |
| 2017 | Digital Natives: Vivien Zhang and Thomas van Linge, The RYDER (London) |
| High Noon (curated by Adrienne Drake, Sarah Linford, and Donatella Saroli), Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma (Rome) | |
| Referencing Alexander Calder, Eli Klein Gallery (New York) | |
| June Mostra, British School at Rome (Rome) | |
| All As Long Distance Neighbours (curated by Marialuisa Pastò), SOYUZ (Pescara) | |
| March Mostra, British School at Rome (Rome) | |
| 2016 | Trembling Surfaces, Long March Space (Beijing) |
| South of Meaning: Travis Jeppesen and Vivien Zhang, House of Egorn (Berlin) | |
| Beyond Borders (with UNICEF Next Generation), Blain|Southern (London) | |
| December Mostra, British School at Rome (Rome) | |
| Cue Collision, House of Egorn London Lounge (London) | |
| Sunny Side Up!, Rook & Raven (London) | |
| PAPER | PUBLICATION | PERFORMANCE, Lychee One (London) | |
| 2015 | Deeper Bite: Teresita Dennis and Vivien Zhang, Lychee One (London) |
| Visions from a New Generation (commissioned by Swarovski), Lane Crawford (Shanghai) | |
| East London Painting Prize, The Rum Factory (London) | |
| Mapping in Memory, House of Egorn (Berlin) | |
| 2014 | Laurence Owen and Vivien Zhang, Rook & Raven (London) |
| Saatchi New Sensations, Victoria House (London) | |
| 2016-17 | British School at Rome: Abbey Award Scholarship (Rome) |
| 2014-15 | Chadwell Award (London) |
| 2013 | Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris) |
| 2019-20 | Appointmented by the Contemporary Art Society, signature artwork for Quintain's Wembley Park development |
| 2015 | Appointmented by Futurecity and the Royal College of Art: site-specific artwork for Riverlight 2, Vauxhall |
| 2025 | Visiting artist, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL (London) |
| 2024 | Visiting artist, Arts University Bournemouth (Bournemouth) |
| 2021-23 | Associate Lecturer, Camberwell College of Art, UAL (London) |
| 2021-23 | Visiting artist, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL (London) |
| 2021 | Visiting artist, University of Brighton (Brighton) |
| 2020 | Visiting artist, Royal College of Art (London) |
| 2019 | Visiting artist, Turps art school (London) |
| 2017 | Listmaker, Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia: The Arts |
| 2016 | Awardee, Abbey Award Scholarship for the British School at Rome |
| 2015 | Shortlisted, East London Painting Prize 2015 |
| 2014 | Awardee, Chadwell Award |
| 2014 | Shortlisted, Saatchi New Sensations 2014 |
| 2014 | Winner, Riverlight Award (award by St James Group, the Royal College of Art and Futurecity) |
| 2009 | Awardee, Andor Scholarship, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL |
| 2024 | French, Anneka, ed. The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 3, London: Anomie Publishing, 2025. |
| 2024 |
Keshav Anand, “Interview: Vivien Zhang on ‘Phantom Memories’ and the Element of Chance.” Something Curated, https://somethingcurated.com/2024/10/04/interview-vivien-zhang-on-phantom-memories-and-the-element-of-chance/, 4 October 2024. |
| 2023 |
Paul Laster, “6 Standout Booths at Paris+ par Art Basel.” Galerie Magazine, https://galeriemagazine.com/6-standout-booths-paris-par-art-basel/, 20 October 2023. |
| 2022 |
Enke Huang, “In the Studio with Vivien Zhang”, émergent magazine, https://www.emergentmag.com/interviews/vivien-zhang, 2024. |
| 2022 | Sammi Gale, “Vivien Zhang and the Paradoxes of the Digital Age.” Plinth, https://plinth.uk.com/blogs/magazine/vivien-zhang-and-the-paradoxes-of-the-digital-age, 29 April 2022. |
| 2022 |
Charlotte Brook, “A Bigger Picture: Vivien Zhang”, Harper's Bazaar (Issue May 2022): 38, 80. |
| 2022 |
Xinfeng Jiang, "Art Feature: Monologue", GQ China (Issue November 2022): 76. |
| 2022 |
Han Xia, "Oriental Verve: Vivien Zhang", Wallpaper* China (Issue October 2022): 158-159. |
| 2022 |
Arya and Daqi, "Vivien Zhang", Bazaar Art China (Issue September 2022): 116-119. |
| 2022 |
Yiren Shen, “张月薇：当艺术成为穿越时空褶皱的'通行证'”, artnet (China), https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/OBpIbd-rJClyoJ4kCEyZNA, 17 June 2022. |
| 2021 |
Mixing It Up: Painting Today, Hayward Gallery, 8 September – 12 December 2021. [Exhibition Catalogue]. London: Hayward Gallery Publishing. |
| 2021 |
Laura Cumming, “Mixing It Up: Painting Today review – a showcase of devotion to an
age-old medium”, The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/sep/12/mixing-it-up-painting-today-review-hayward-gallery-london, 12 Sep 2021. |
| 2021 |
Gerald Li and Kevin Ma, editor, “Vivien Zhang: The Symbol, The Contrast”, ELLE Decoration (China) (Issue 204, September 2021): 60-63. |
| 2020 |
Ruhui Wang, “Vivien Zhang: Carte Blanche”, Numéro Art (China) (Issue November 2020): 198-207. |
| 2020 |
Lauren Long, “Reports: Vivien Zhang”, ArtAsiaPacific (Issue May-June 2020): 23. |
| 2020 |
Vanessa Murrell and Martin Mayorga, “Vivien Zhang: creating a personal ecology of motifs”, DATEAGLE ART, https://dateagle.art/vivien-zhang-interview/, Mar 2020. |
| 2018 |
Irene Ramón, “Vivien Zhang – Mechanical vs Unique”, METAL magazine, http://metalmagazine.eu/bi/post/interview/vivien-zhang-mechanical-vs-unique, March 2018. |
| 2018 |
Avita Guo and Rachel Jiu, editor, “Vintage Cyber Girl”, VOGUE me (China) (Issue 292, October 2018): 98-99. |
| 2017 |
Charlotte Jensen, “New Establishment: Vivien Zhang”, ELEPHANT magazine (Issue 30, Spring 2017): 74-77. |
| 2017 |
“Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia: The Arts”, Forbes, https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30-asia/2017/the-arts/#61a618994bda, April 2017. |
| 2016 |
“Hans Ulrich Obrist in Conversation About Inventing New Languages”, Sleek magazine, http://www.sleek-mag.com/2016/12/02/hans-ulrich-obrist-zhang-jeppesen-miralda/, November 2016. |
| 2016 |
“Her Orchestra: Vivien Zhang, an interview with Monica Chung”, ART.ZIP, (Issue 15, March 2016): 153-156. |
| Arts Council Collection, UK |
| Aspen Art Collection, UK |
| By Art Matters, China |
| CC Foundation, China |
| Chadwell Collection, UK |
| De Heus-Zomer Collection, Netherlands |
| East West Bank, USA |
| Groeninghe Art Collection, Belgium |
| He Art Museum, China |
| Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Miami, USA |
| K11 Art Foundation, China |
| Kistefos Museum, Norway |
| Long Museum, China |
| Longlati Foundation, China |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), USA |
| Museum Azman, Malaysia |
| Museum Inimá de Paula, Brazil |
| Nanjo Art Museum, Japan |
| Royal College of Art, UK |
| Sammlung Goetz, Germany |
| Shah Garg Foundation, USA |
| Start Museum, China |
| The Perimeter, UK |
| Tanoto Art Foundation, Singapore |
| White Rabbit Collection, Australia |
| Yageo Foundation, Taiwan |