Dongfang Tenghong

Officially began publishing artistic works

Woodblock print "Sweet" selected for the "National Military Woodblock Print Exhibition" (China Military Museum) and toured 16 major cities

Woodblock print "Sweet" traveled to North Korea for "Chinese Art Exhibition" (Pyongyang Art Museum); work participated in "Sichuan Youth Art Exhibition" (Sichuan Fine Arts Museum)

Oil painting "Journey" selected for the "55th Anniversary of the Army Founding National Art Exhibition" (China Military Museum)

Oil painting "Sister" participated in "Sichuan Native Painting Exhibition" (Sichuan Fine Arts Museum)

Oil painting "Beyond the River" selected for "Sichuan Art Exhibition" (Sichuan Fine Arts Museum). Inspired by Zhu Ziqing's essay "Back View," the work profoundly depicted the silhouette of a Sichuan farmer and drew widespread response in the art world

Oil painting "Window" selected for "Advancing Chinese Youth National Art Exhibition" and won Bronze Award, one of the highest awards among participants from the military and Sichuan. This exhibition is an important milestone in Chinese art history, igniting the '85 Art Movement (China Art Museum)

Four oil paintings "Small White Flower," "Silent Night," "New Moon," and "Army Soul" simultaneously selected for "National Military Art Exhibition," with the most entries selected nationwide. "Small White Flower" won the highest award—Excellence Prize (China Art Museum)

Oil painting "Outside the Window" selected for "60th Anniversary of the Army Founding National Art Exhibition" and won Excellence Award (China Art Museum)

Oil painting "Heaven" selected for the Seventh National Art Exhibition (Nanjing Fine Arts Museum); participated in "Chinese Oil Painting Masters Exhibition" (Beijing Zuiyixian Gallery); name changed from Zhang Jun to "Dongfang Yiren," later formally named "Dongfang Tenghong"

Held "Dongfang Tenghong Art Exhibition" (Beijing Dalu Gallery)

Oil painting "Distance" selected for "China's First Oil Painting Annual Exhibition" (China National Museum, Hong Kong Convention Center, Taipei Fine Arts Museum)

Participated in "Chinese Painting Art Exhibition" (Hong Kong Jiuhua Hall); participated in "Chinese Masters Art Exhibition" (Singapore Ziyun Zhai)

Participated in "Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition" (Singapore); participated in "Classical Painting Exhibition" (Tokyo, Japan)

Participated in "Rongbaozhai Centennial Masters Exhibition" (Beijing Rongbaozhai)

Participated in "Second Chengdu Oil Painting Exhibition" (Chengdu Art Center, China Art Museum)

Visited and conducted exchanges in seven Western European countries and participated in art exchange exhibitions

Oil painting "Wind Gently Blows" selected for "Tianfu Centennial and One Hundred People Painting Art Exhibition" (Chengdu Convention Center); held "Ideals and Passion—Dongfang Tenghong Exhibition" (Sichuan Museum, Yafeng Gallery)

Oil paintings "Morning Light" and "Sunlight on the Grassland" honored with Excellence Awards at "Bashu Land Mountain and Water Landscape Art Exhibition" (Sichuan Fine Arts Museum)

Participated in "Sichuan Contemporary Oil Painting Fine Works Exhibition" (Sichuan Museum)

Oil painting "Wandering Monk" selected for the Third China Oil Painting Annual Exhibition and nominated for Excellence Award (China Art Museum)

Oil painting "Lost Traces" selected for the Tenth National Art Exhibition (Guangdong Fine Arts Museum); published personal art catalog "Twenty Chinese Oil Painters—Dongfang Tenghong" by Beijing Fine Arts Photography Publishing House

Participated in "Chinese Art Exhibition" (UNESCO Headquarters)

Participated in "Integration and Creation—Chinese Oil Painting Masters Academic Invitational Exhibition" (Capital Museum)

Oil painting "Wandering Monk" selected by the Beijing 29th Olympic Games Organizing Committee for inclusion in "Famous Chinese Painters Ceramic Hanging Plates," serving as official gifts to International Olympic Committee officials, national leaders, and participating delegations

Oil painting "Deep in the Desert" participated in "Feelings for China" Oil Painting National Tour (Beijing Poly)

Held "Dongfang Tenghong Chinese Ink Painting Art Exhibition" (Beijing 798 Art District); participated in "Second Classic and Style—Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Artists Worth Noting" (Beijing Military Museum); Chinese ink work "Highland·White Steed" won "Painting Spirit Chengdu" Excellence Award; honored as brand ambassador for "Phoenix Rising" Children Aid Foundation and donated works for charity auction (Great Hall of the People)

Oil painting "Startled" honored with Annual Academic Award at "Sichuan New Contemporary Art Academic Annual Exhibition"; participated in "Third Classic and Style—Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Artists Worth Noting" (Beijing China Century Altar); participated in "Chinese Spirit·National Soul—Invitational Exhibition of Famous Chinese Art Schools" (Chongqing); participated in "Highland·Plateau" China Western Art Works Tour Exhibition

Participated in "Oriental Colors—New Coordinates of Chinese Sichuan School Oil Painting" exhibition (Düsseldorf, Germany; Linz, Austria); "Transcendence of Technique—Gromov and Chinese Artists Joint Exhibition" (Florence, Italy); participated in "Australian National Art Exhibition" (Melbourne) and "Chinese Art Exhibition" (Sydney)

Honored as "China's New Contemporary Artist of the Year" (Sichuan Fine Arts Museum); held "Extreme Dignity Self-Beauty" tour exhibition and Wanda Time Light Art Museum Opening Exhibition

Participated in "Ten Masters of Western Sichuan Chinese Painting Art Exhibition" and published "Ten Fine Works of Western Sichuan Chinese Painting·Dongfang Tenghong" art catalog (Wenxuan Art Museum, Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House); participated in "Tianfu Centennial Art Documentary Exhibition" (Daguan Art Museum); participated in "Belt and Road Brocade Tianfu—China-ASEAN Art Institute Professors Art Works Nomination Exhibition" (Chengdu Art Museum); participated in "Expressive Spirit—Six Heads of Chinese Art Institutes Art Works Tour Exhibition" (Lingnan Fine Arts Museum, South China Fine Arts Museum); participated in "China New Contemporary Art Academic Annual Exhibition" (Jinsha Theater)

Curated "Continuous Flow—2021 First Sichuan Oil Painting Exhibition (Dazhou)"; works "Wandering Monk" and "Between Heaven and Earth" selected for "Boundless East and West—International Young Artists Outstanding Works Exhibition" (Rodin Art Foundation, New York); oil painting "Wandering Monk" and paper work "White Steed" honored on the NASDAQ Times Square Screen in New York

Participated in "Gaze: Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition" (Palazzo del Secretariato di Stato, Leonardo da Vinci Museum, Rome, Italy); "Sichuan Contemporary Oil Painting Institute Tenth Anniversary Creation Achievement Exhibition" (Lantop Art Museum); "2022 Fukuoka Asian Art Biennial" (Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan); "August Painting" Art World Top Masters Suixi Exhibition (Guiyang)

"Warmth" Contemporary Art Exhibition (Carrousel Gallery, Louvre, Paris, France); "First Asia-Pacific Intangible Cultural Heritage Art Exhibition" (Huazhong Cultural Center, Singapore); "Art Shanghai International Art Expo" (Shanghai Westbund); Joint art appreciation exhibition with Rémy Martin XO (Hangzhou)

Honored with Thailand's First "International Era Art Golden Pen Award·Era Art Innovation Award"; "Life Totem" series collected by Florence National Academy of Fine Arts, Rome Academy of Fine Arts, and Berlin University of the Arts Fine Arts Museum; "Life Totem Series" collected by Thai Royal Family, "Life Totem Series #2" collected by Chulalongkorn University; participated in "Art Collection Together" Chengdu Gallery Association Nomination Exhibition (Chengdu Art Museum)

"Life Totem" series collected by Royal College of Art (RCA) Fine Arts Museum and Paris School of Fine Arts Fine Arts Museum, marking the highest recognition of artistic standards by global mainstream academia; participated in "Third National New Chinese Ink Masters Invitational Tour Exhibition"; participated in "Boundless Art Museum Opening Art Exhibition" (Wenzhou)