biography of ZAO Wou-Ki (1921-2013)

Personal data

Birth : 02/13/1921 - Beijing, China
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France

Education

1935 : NAFA – National Academy of Fine Art – Hangzhou, China
Pupil of / student of LIN Fengmian 林风眠 林風眠 [ 1900-1991 ]

Work

Categorie and medium


Painting :
Print-Multiple : Lithograph

Movements and styles

Abstraction
Second School of Paris - Abstraction France 1940-1965
Chinese Art 20th century

Works

La cité se réveille
Date of creation : 1956
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 65 x 100 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2005

Paysages Intérieurs 1947-2004
Palais Bénédictine – Fécamp, France
02/05/2005 – 06/12/2005

2004

Hommages
Musée Fabre – Montpellier, France
07/03/2004 – 10/03/2004

Un univers silencieux, 60 ans de peinture
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Dunkirk, France
04/04/2004 – 07/26/2004

La quête du silence, 60 ans de peintures
Musée du Dessin et de l¿Estampe Originale – Gravelines, France
04/04/2004 – 09/30/2004

Musée Rignault – Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, France
03/20/2004 – 06/06/2004

2003

Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume – Paris, France
10/13/2003 – 12/07/2003

Parcours
Galerie Vanuxem – Paris, France
10/03/2003 – 12/13/2003

Le Petit Camarguais – Gallargues-le-Montueux, France
06/27/2003 – 09/21/2003

Recent Works
Marlborough Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/30/2003 – 05/24/2003

2002

Rêve de nature
Château de Chenonceaux – Chenonceaux, France
06/16/2002 – 11/03/2002

2001

Musée d’Ixelles – Brussels, Belgium
09/2001

De la dualité à la sérénité
Galerie J. Bastien Art – Brussels, Belgium
06/22/2001 – 09/30/2001

1996

Brussels, Belgium
09/19/1996 – 11/03/1996

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Applicat-Prazan – 16 Rue de Seine – Paris, France

2005

Salon du Collectionneur
Paris, France
09/16/2005 – 09/25/2005

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 J. Bastien Art – 61 Rue de la Madelaine – Brussels, Belgium

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Marwan Hoss – 12, rue d’Alger – Paris, France

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Marlborough Gallery – 40 West 57 Street – New York NY, United States

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Marlborough Gallery – 40 West 57 Street – New York NY, United States

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Marwan Hoss – 12, rue d’Alger – Paris, France

ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie J. Bastien Art – 61 Rue de la Madelaine – Brussels, Belgium

2002

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Ditesheim – 8 Rue du Château – Neuchâtel NE, Switzerland

ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie J. Bastien Art – 61 Rue de la Madelaine – Brussels, Belgium

Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l’Eau
Espace Auteuil – Paris, France
01/24/2002 – 02/04/2002

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie – 29-31 Grand-Rue – Geneva GE, Switzerland

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Thessa Herold – 7 rue de Thorigny – Paris, France

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Ditesheim – 8 Rue du Château – Neuchâtel NE, Switzerland

Arte Fiera – Mostra Mercato d’Arte contemporanea
Quartiere Fieristico – Bologna BO, Italy
01/25/2001 – 01/29/2001
Represented by : Galleria Maggiore – Via d’Aglezio 15 – Bologna BO, Italy

2000

FIAC, n°27
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/25/2000 – 10/30/2000
Represented by : Thessa Herold – 7 rue de Thorigny – Paris, France

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Thessa Herold – 7 rue de Thorigny – Paris, France

SAGA – 12ème Salon des Arts Graphiques Actuels
Espace Eiffel Branly – Paris, France
04/23/1998 – 04/27/1998
Represented by : Atelier Lacourière Frélaut – 11 rue Foyatier – Paris, France

Group exhibitions

2003

Paris 1945 bis 1965 – Metropole der Kunst. Malerei, Plastik, Graphik, Photographie
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz – Linz, Austria
12/11/2003 – 04/12/2004

2001

Portraits photographiques d’artistes
Salle Rossini – Paris, France
10/04/2001 – 10/06/2001

1994

Zao Wou-Ki/Tung Wen Margue
Le Cercle Bleu – Espace d’Art Contemporain – Metz, France
1994

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Exhibition catalogues

2003

Zao Wou-Ki
Publisher: Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume – 1 Place de la Concorde – Paris, France
2003
ISBN : 2908901943

Periodicals

2003

EGO Renaud – Zao Wou-Ki, bonjour et au revoir
in: Art Actuel n° 29 p. 48
Paris, France
11/2003-12/2003

EBONY David – Zao Wou-Ki at Marlborough
in: Art in America n° 11 p. 164
New York NY, United States
11/2003

LAMOTHE Nicole – La Divine Symphonie de Zao Wou-Ki
in: Univers des Arts n° 84 p. 10
Paris, France
11/2003

Legals