ZHANG XIAODONG   张晓栋
(b. 1981 in Hebei Province, China)

Graduated from Shenyang Aerospace University in 2006, Zhang Xiaodong started studying ancient book binding techniques in 2007.

Zhang Xiaodong is the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage – Dragon-Scale Binding. The Dragon Scale Binding, which derives its name from the scale-like appearance the pages have when it is opened, disappeared from the world since Tang Dynasty. The most recent surviving book of dragon scale binding is《唐人刊谬补缺切 韵》, a 1,000-year-old report by Wang Renxu (王仁煦), handcopied by his wife and master calligrapher Wu Cailuan (吳彩鸞) housed as private collection at the National Palace Museum in Beijing.

In 2010 Zhang Xiaodong brought back this lost art form to life with dragon scale binding “Diamond Sutra”.

Zhang lives and works in Beijing.

Has been with Sin Sin Fine Art since 2017.

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