Zhang Rongqiang

Jiajiang Woodblock printing and I are companions. We've grown and evolved together, sharing a journey of mutual development.

Rongqiang Zhang

1971

Birth

2010

Start Apprenticeship with Zhongui Dong

2021

recognized as the representative inheritor for Jiajiang Woodblock Printings

Simplicity begets magnificence

Born in 1971 in Jiajiang county, Sichuan, China, Zhang Rongqiang is one of only two inheritors dedicated to reviving the local woodblock printing craftsmanship from obscurity.

In 2010, Zhang abandoned his mounting business to fully immerse himself in the restoration of the traditional knowledge and techniques of Jiajiang woodblock printing.

Since then

Since then, Zhang Rongqiang has successfully rediscovered the recipes for natural pigments used in printing colors including sophora flower bud yellow, haematein red, indigo, dark reddish purple etc. His artistic prints are now held in various domestic and international art institutions.