biography of WANG Guangyi (1957)

Personal data


Birth : 1956 - Harbin, China
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : China

Address

Beijing, China

Education

1984 : Oil Painting Department – Zhejiang Academy of Fine Art (Graduate) – Zhenhai, China

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Oil/canvas
Sculpture-Volume : Plastic

Subject

history/society
portrait
publicity
consumer society

Movements and styles

1989 : Political Pop Art
Chinese 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

Legals