Zhang Huibin (1942) hails from Jinan, Shandong Province. Handicapped because of an accident at the age of 11, he was paralyzed for seven years and received no formal art education. In 1967, he joined the Creative Office of the Jinzhou Municipal Revolutionairy Committee in Liaoning Province. A year later, he went to work in the Guta District Cultural Center in Jinzhou, where he now is an assistant researcher.
Zhang is known for his portraits.