biography of WANG Jianwei (1958)

Personal data


Birth : 1958 - Suining, China
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : China

Address

Beijing, China

Representatives

The CourtYard Gallery – 95 Donghuamen Dajie – Beijing, China


Education

1983 – 1985 : Chengdu Painting Institute – Chengdu, China
1985 – 1987 : National Academy of Fine Arts (MA in Oil Painting Departement) – Hangzhou, China

Work


Categorie and medium


Audiovisual-Multimedia : Video - Video installation

Subject

documentation
family
history/society
communities
TV
violence

Movements and styles

Chinese New Wave Art Movement

Works

Me and We ?
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Video installation
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

1993

Incident – Process. State
HKAC Hong Kong Arts Centre – Hong Kong, Hong-Kong
1993

1992

HKAC Hong Kong Arts Centre – Hong Kong, Hong-Kong
1992

1991

Cultural Palace of China’s Ethnic Minorities – Beijing, China
1991

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2002

FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Papillon-Fiat – 16 Rue des Coutures Saint-Gervais – Paris, France

ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Papillon-Fiat – 16 Rue des Coutures Saint-Gervais – Paris, France


Festivals

2001

KunstenFESTIVALdesArts, n°6
Brussels, Belgium
05/04/2001 – 05/26/2001

1997

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival’97
Yamagata, Japan
1997


Group exhibitions

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

Bridge the Gap
CCA Centre for Contemporary Art Kitakyushu – Kita-Kyushu, Japan
2002

Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
Parque do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
03/23/2002 – 06/02/2002

1999

Cities on the Move, n°4
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
1999

Signs of Life – 1st Melbourne International Biennial
The Ian Potter Museum of Art – Melbourne VIC, Australia
05/14/1999 – 06/27/1999

1997

The First Academic Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art
China National Gallery – Beijing, China
1997

Documenta X
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/21/1997 – 09/28/1997

1996

2nd Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Queensland Art Gallery – Brisbane QLD, Australia
1996

1995

Kwangju Biennale, n° 1
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
09/20/1995 – 11/20/1995

1993

Mao goes Pop
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Sydney NSW, Australia
1993

1988

Artists of Beijing Painting Institute
China Art Gallery – Beijing, China
1988

1987

Beyond the Open Door
Asia Pacific Museum – Pasadena CA, United States
1987

Legals