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Biography 1965:Born in Anhui Province, China 1988:Graduated from the Central Academy of Art and Design, Beijing 1989:Lived and worked in Italy (1989-1992) 1998:Graduated with an MFA from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London Solo exhibitions 2017 “Riding alone”. GX Gallery, London “Outflow”. La Galleria Pall Mall, London. 2014 Galerie Daniel Besseoche 2012 6 November - 20 December 2012, Hua Gallery, London 2011 Square, March 19 - May 21, Opening: March 19 (6-8) - Fabien Fryns Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA 2010 'My painting has no colour', Poligono Gallery, Marbella, Spain 2009 New Paintings, F2 Gallery, Beijing, China China: Fluid Witness, Opal Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel Sheng Qi, Galerie Bork, Copenhagen, Denmark 2008 Most Wanted, Cramer contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland History in Black and Red, Andrew James Art, Shanghai, China History in Black and Red, DF2 Gallery, Los Angeles, USA Paintings, Gallery Köhler Müller, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2007 History in Black and Red, Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China 2006 Missing…, 798 Avant Gallery Salute to Artists, 798 / RedGate Gallery, Beijing, China Confidential, F2 Gallery, Beijing, China 2004 Madness and Appropriation, RedGate Gallery, Beijing, China 2003 Transcription, RedGate Gallery, Beijing, China 2000 Melbourne Fringe Festival, Mass Gallery, Melbourne 1998 Nine Pigeons + Nurse + Sheng Qi, Beijing, China Are You Willing to Shake My Hand?, Tokyo 1997 Fortune Cookies, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London Group exhibitions 2024 Don’t forget to call your mother. The Met Museum. NYC. USA 2023 Refocusing Photography: China at the Millenium. Cleveland Museum of Art. USA 2023 Trace – Formations of Likeness. Photography and Video from The Walther Collection. Haus der Kunst. Munich. Germany. 2023 “Framing the Revolution": Contemporary Chinese Photographs from the Jack and Susy Wadsworth Collection Part I. JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART. Eugene, Oregon, USA 2022 contemporary Chinese photography. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC China-the past is present. NGV. Melbourne. Australia 2021 Constellations: Photographs in Dialogue,SFMOMA,San Francisco 2020 Reframing the Passport Photo, Wallach Art Gallery, New York 2019 Your Mirror: Portraits from the ICP Collection, International Center of Photography Museum, New York 2017 Red Gate on the Move, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing 2016 My living room, Red Gate Gallery 25th anniversary, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing 2008 Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the collection of Kent and Vicki Logan, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco 2007 Zhu Yi! Fotografia actual en China, ARTIUM Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz 2006 RedGate Gallery’s 15th Anniversary. Mobile Socialism, Contemporary Art, 798 / Beijing 2005 Observing the Senses, Red Gate Gallery. Body Scape, ARC One Gallery, Melbourne 2004 Between Past and Future, International Center of Photography, NY Over A Billion Served, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver China’s Photography Painting, Art Season Gallery, Beijing 2002 Beijing Afloat, Beijing Tokyo Art Projects 2001 Clues to the Future – RedGate Gallery’s 10th Anniversary 2000 Post – Material, RedGate Gallery 1999 Departure from China, Beijing Design Museum 4th NIPAF Asian Performance Art Series & NIPAF Contemporary Art Seminar, Nagoya, Tokyo, Nagano 8th Mexican International Performance Exhibition, Mexico City 1998 Inside Out: New Chinese Art, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NY 1993 China Avant-Garde, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford 1989 China Avant-Garde, National Art Gallery of China (NAGC), Beijing 1988 Great Earthquake, Great Wall, Beijing University 1986-87 Concept 21 – Tai Ji, Great Wall, Beijing University PUBLIC COLLECTIONS The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Various photos - 2010 The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY "My Left Hand: Me", 2000, Colour photograph, 80 x 54 cm - acquired in 2008 International Center for Photography, New York, NY "Memories (Mao)", 2000, Colour photograph, 47 x 32 inches - acquired in 2004 "Memories (Mother)", 2000, Colour photograph, 33 x 31 inches - acquired in 2004"Memories (Me)", 2000, Colour photograph, 33 x 33 inches - acquired in 2004Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL"Untitled", 1996-1997, Gelatin silver print, 104 x 179 cm - acquired in 2000 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark "Revolution", 2007, Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 400 cm - acquired in 2009 "My Left Hand - Family", 2007, Colour photograph (six prints), 90 x 60 cm - acquired in 2009
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Biography 1965:Born in Anhui Province, China 1988:Graduated from the Central Academy of Art and Design, Beijing 1989:Lived and worked in Italy (1989-1992) 1998:Graduated with an MFA from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London Solo exhibitions 2017 “Riding alone”. GX Gallery, London “Outflow”. La Galleria Pall Mall, London. 2014 Galerie Daniel Besseoche 2012 6 November - 20 December 2012, Hua Gallery, London 2011 Square, March 19 - May 21, Fabien Fryns Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA 2010 'My painting has no colour', Poligono Gallery, Marbella, Spain 2009 New Paintings, F2 Gallery, Beijing, China China: Fluid Witness, Opal Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel Sheng Qi, Galerie Bork, Copenhagen, Denmark 2008 Most Wanted, Cramer contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland History in Black and Red, Andrew James Art, Shanghai, China History in Black and Red, DF2 Gallery, Los Angeles, USA Paintings, Gallery Köhler Müller, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2007 History in Black and Red, Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China 2006 Missing…, 798 Avant Gallery Salute to Artists, 798 / RedGate Gallery, Beijing, China Confidential, F2 Gallery, Beijing, China 2004 Madness and Appropriation, RedGate Gallery, Beijing, China 2003 Transcription, RedGate Gallery, Beijing, China 2000 Melbourne Fringe Festival, Mass Gallery, Melbourne 1998 Nine Pigeons + Nurse + Sheng Qi, Beijing, China Are You Willing to Shake My Hand?, Tokyo 1997 Fortune Cookies, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London Group exhibitions 2024 Don’t forget to call your mother. The Met Museum. NYC. USA 2023 Refocusing Photography: China at the Millenium. Cleveland Museum of Art. USA 2023 “Framing the Revolution": Contemporary Chinese Photographs from the Jack and Susy Wadsworth Collection Part I. JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART. Eugene, Oregon, USA. 2023 Trace - Formations of Likeness Photography and Video from The Walther Collection Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany. 2022 contemporary Chinese photography.Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC China-the past is present. NGV. Melbourne. Australia 2021 Constellations: Photographs in Dialogue,SFMOMA, San Francisco 2020 Reframing the Passport Photo, Wallach Art Gallery, New York 2019 Your Mirror: Portraits from the ICP Collection, International Center of Photography Museum, New York 2017 Red Gate on the Move, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing 2016 My living room, Red Gate Gallery 25th anniversary, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing 2008 Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the collection of Kent and Vicki Logan, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco 2007 Zhu Yi! Fotografia actual en China, ARTIUM Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz 2006 RedGate Gallery’s 15th Anniversary. Mobile Socialism, Contemporary Art, 798 / Beijing 2005 Observing the Senses, Red Gate Gallery. Body Scape, ARC One Gallery, Melbourne 2004 Between Past and Future, International Center of Photography, NY Over A Billion Served, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver China’s Photography Painting, Art Season Gallery, Beijing 2002 Beijing Afloat, Beijing Tokyo Art Projects 2001 Clues to the Future – RedGate Gallery’s 10th Anniversary 2000 Post – Material, RedGate Gallery 1999 Departure from China, Beijing Design Museum 4th NIPAF Asian Performance Art Series & NIPAF Contemporary Art, Seminar, Nagoya, Tokyo, Nagano 8th Mexican International Performance Exhibition, Mexico City 1998 Inside Out: New Chinese Art, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NY 1993 China Avant-Garde, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford 1989 China Avant-Garde, National Art Gallery of China (NAGC), Beijing 1988 Great Earthquake, Great Wall, Beijing University 1986-87 Concept 21 – Tai Ji, Great Wall, Beijing University PUBLIC COLLECTIONS The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Various photos - 2010 The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY "My Left Hand: Me", 2000, Colour photograph, 80 x 54 cm - acquired in 2008 International Center for Photography, New York, NY "Memories (Mao)", 2000, Colour photograph, 47 x 32 inches - acquired in 2004 "Memories (Mother)", 2000, Colour photograph, 33 x 31 inches - acquired in 2004 "Memories (Me)", 2000, Colour photograph, 33 x 33 inches - acquired in 2004Smart Museum of Art, Chicago IL"Untitled", 1996-1997, Gelatin silver print, 104 x 179 cm - acquired in 2000 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark "Revolution", 2007, Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 400 cm - acquired in 2009 "My Left Hand - Family", 2007, Colour photograph (six prints), 90 x 60 cm - acquired in 2009
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