Zhang Kaitong was born in 1991 in Cangzhou, Hebei Province. He currently lives and works between Berlin, Athens, and Beijing. He graduated in 2014 with a degree in Graphic Design from Hebei University of Science and Technology. In 2018, he began studying at the Kunsthochschule Kassel under Professor Andrea Büttner and completed his Meisterschüler degree in 2024.

Zhang has long led a transnational life, moving between Berlin, Athens, and Beijing. This experience has gradually blurred his sense of boundaries in many aspects of life. In his creative practice, he maintains a consistent habit of reading and observation—for instance, visiting art museums in accordance with the chronological development of cultural history. This broad and long-term reading has shaped his tendency toward an analytical approach to artmaking, placing greater emphasis on the meanings and discussions behind forms. At one point, he struggled with psychological illness, an experience that gradually guided his artistic direction toward a visual exploration of multiculturalism, ancient art, Eastern philosophy, and the field of psychology.