biography of WANG Guangyi (1957)
Personal data
Birth : 1956 - Harbin, China
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : China
Address
Beijing, ChinaEducation
1984 : Oil Painting Department – Zhejiang Academy of Fine Art (Graduate) – Zhenhai, China
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Oil/canvas
Sculpture-Volume : Plastic
Subject
history/societyportrait
publicity
consumer society
Movements and styles
1989 : Political Pop ArtChinese New Wave Art Movement
Works
Le visage de la ferveur B | |
Date of creation : 2002 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 200 x 200 cm | |
Visa Dog Sharpei | |
Date of creation : 1998 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 150 x 150 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
1997
Galerie Littmann – Basel BS, Switzerland
1997
1994
Hanart TZ Gallery – Hong Kong, Hong-Kong
1994
1993
Galerie Bellefroid – Paris, France
1993
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Xin-Dong Cheng – Dong Tang Zi Hutong n°35 – Beijing, China
2003
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Chinese Contemporary Ltd. – 21 Dering Street – London, United Kingdom
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Chinese Contemporary Ltd. – 21 Dering Street – London, United Kingdom
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Kwai Po Collection – 5A, HK Diamond Exchange Building 8 Duddell Street, Central – Hong Kong, Hong-Kong
2002
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Chinese Contemporary Ltd. – 21 Dering Street – London, United Kingdom
2001
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Asia Contemporary Art – 49, Lamb’s Conduit Street – London, United Kingdom
1996
Art 27 Basel
Basel BS, Switzerland
1996
Festivals
1994
Seoul International Contemporary Art Festival
National Museum of Contemporary Art – Seoul, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
1994
Group exhibitions
2004
Chine, le corps partout ?
MAC Galeries Contemporaines des Musées de Marseille – Marseille, France
04/02/2004 – 05/30/2004
Nouvel Art Chinois
Galerie Loft – Paris, France
01/22/2004 – 02/19/2004
2003
1st CP Open Biennale
National Gallery – Jakarta, Indonesia
09/04/2003 – 10/03/2003
Alors la Chine ?
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
06/25/2003 – 10/13/2003
2002
Paris-Pékin
Espace Pierre Cardin – Paris, France
10/05/2002 – 10/28/2002
2001
Towards a New Image: Twenty years of Chinese Contemporary Painting
China National Museum of Fine Arts – Beijing, China
2001
Towards a New Image: Twenty years of Chinese Contemporary Painting
The Contemporary Art Museum – Chengdu, China
2001
Next Generation/Art Contemporain d’Asie
Passage de Retz – Paris, France
06/28/2001 – 09/09/2001
1998
China
Haus der Kulturen der Welt – Berlin, Germany
1998
1997
Face and Bodies of the Middle Kingdom
Galerie Rudolfinum – Prague, Czech Republic
1997
China!
Künstlerhaus – Vienna, Austria
1997
China ! Zeitgenossische Malerei
Kunstmuseum Bonn – Bonn, Germany
1997
1996
2nd Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Queensland Art Gallery – Brisbane QLD, Australia
1996
1995
Art to Swatch
Chicago Athenaeum – Museum of Architecture and Design – Chicago IL, United States
1995
Out of the National Ideology, Avant-Garde Art in China
Kampnagel Hamburg – Hamburg, Germany
1995
1994
Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n°22
São Paulo, Brazil
1994
1993
Aperto 93 – 45° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
1993
Mao goes Pop
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Sydney NSW, Australia
1993
China Avant-garde
Haus der Kulturen der Welt – Berlin, Germany
1993 – 1994
1992
The First Oil Painting Biennal
Guangzhou Exhibition Center – Canton, China
1992
1991
I don’t want to play cards with Cézanne : Chinese Avant-Garde exhibition
Pacific Asia Museum – Pasadena CA, United States
1991
1989
China Avant-Garde
NAGC National Art Gallery of China – Beijing, China
1989