Dove was born in Shaoxing, China in 1965, and his original name was Zhang Feng.
He graduated from Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts, China Academy of Art, Universität der Künste Berlin , and obtained a master's degree in painting.
In the early 1990s in Beijing,Dove participated in the "Yuanmingyuan Artist Village", which had a profound influence on Chinese contemporary art. He is part of the first well-known professional art groups in China.
Main exhibitions:
·In 1993, the personal exhibition "Materials in Art" was exhibited in the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
·1993, the first "93 Chinese Oil Painting Biennial", National Art Museum of China, Beijing.
·2009, "Yuanmingyuan Artists Retrospective Exhibition", Beijing.
·2012, "Autumn Art Exhibition", Berlin University of the Arts, Germany.
·In 2013, personal exhibition "Cross Duofu", Hangzhou.
·In 2013, a three-person exhibition of Yuanmingyuan artists "Remaining Image", Hangzhou.
·In 2015 and 2016, two consecutive "International Art Exhibitions", Nanjing, won awards.
Representative works:
·In the early 1990s, "Cover Design", "The Tacit Understanding of Power and Music", "Pointer", "Rope".
At the beginning of 2000, "Bacon", "24 People", "Berlin", "Cross Lilac", "Cross Series",etc.
Since the 1990s, Dove's work style and artistic ideas have been studied and documented in
the "History of Chinese Contemporary Art".He is a pioneer in Chinese Contemporary Art.