XIA XIAOWAN

1959
born in Beijing, China
lives and works in Beijing


Selected Solo Exhibitions


2010
"Three Dimensional", Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

2008
"Landscapes with Soul", Dolores de Sierra Gallery, Madrid, Spain
"Early Spring – Xia Xiaowan’s New Art", Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
"Ming" Installation Project, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China

2006
"Painting From the Inside", Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Beijing, China

2004
"Art of Xiaowan", Time Gallery, Qingdao, China

2003
"How do you see with your mind & body? Xia Xiaowan’s works on paper", Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

1998
"Looking Up", Schoeni Gallery, Hong Kong, China


Selected Group Exhibitions


2010
"Reshaping History - Chinart from 2000 to 2009", China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
"The Official Opening of Minsheng Art Museum – Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 1979-2009", Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China

2009
"Body", Center of Contemporary Art Shangdong, Nanjing, China
"The State of Things. Brussels/Beijing", BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium

2008
"The Origin", The First Annual Moon River Sculpture Festival, Moon River Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
"Hypallage – the Post-Modern Mode of Chinese Contemporary Art", the OCT & Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China
"The Power of the Universe – the Exbition of Frontier Contemporary Chinese Art", Asia Art Centre, Beijing, China
"2007 Chinese Contemporary Art Document Exhibition", Yonghe Museum; The Wall Art Museum, Beijing, China
"Martell Artists of the Year 2008", Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
"2D-3D – Negotiating Visual Languages", PKM Gallery, Beijing China
"China’s Revision", Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
"Pursuing Source and Doctrine – Oil Painting Research Exhibition", The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

2007
"Imagination Becomes Reality", ZKM, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
"85 New Wave – The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art", Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
"Living in Songzhuang", Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China
"The First Today’s Documents 2007", The Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
"The Portrait of Zero Degree", Aye Gallery, Beijing, China
"Art Breakthrough – Art Beijing 2007", Beijing, China
"Vanguardias Chinas", Dolores de Sierra Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2006
"Mahjong – Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg", Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
"Hyper Design – the 6th Shanghai Biennale", Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
"The 2nd Biennale of Austria 2006", Klagenfurt, Austria
"Brush Hour 2", Space ieum, Beijing, China; Korea
"Art Breakthrough – Art Beijing 2006", Beijing, China

2005   
"Mahjong – Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg", Kunstmuseum Bern, Berne, Switzerland
"Yellow River – A Review of New Chinese Oil Painting", National Museum of China, Beijing, China
"Hand in Hand with the New Century – The Third Exhibition of Chinese Oil Painting", National Museum of China, Beijing, China
"2005 – Pingyao International Photography Art Exhibition", Pingyao, China

2004
"Posers – Group Exhibition of Courtyard Gallery Artists", Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
"2004 Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition", Gwangju, Korea
"Appropriation and Pastiche – Pittura, fotografia e video dalla Cina. Special Project in Gotha VII", Parma, Italy

2003
"The International Sketch Art", China, England, Australia

2002
"Vigor of the Century – Contemporary Art of Chinese 50 Artists", China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China

2001
"Anxiety: The Drawn Figure", The University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts, New South Wales, Australia Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China

2000
"20th Century Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition", National Museum of Art, Beijing, China

1998
The Mediawave Festival, Györ, Hungary

1996
"Restarting", The Palace Museum, Beijing, China
Chinese Oil Painting Annual Exhibition, Beijing Museum of Art, Beijing, China
"Group Exhibition in Düsseldorf", Düsseldorf, Germany

1995
"The April Exhibition", The Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

1994
"The Annual Exhibition of Works of the artists Nominated by Art Critics", Beijing Museum of Art, Beijing, China

1992
"Chinese New Art Post 1989", London, UK; Marlborough Gallery, Sydney, Australia
England and Australia

1991
"91 March Exhibition", the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
"Chinese New Art Post 1989", Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong, China; Marlborough Gallery, England and Australia

1989
"Modern Art from China", Beijing Museum of Art, Beijing, China

1988
"An Exhibition of Modern Chinese Art", National Museum of China, Beijing, China

1987
"Towards the Future", Beijing Museum of Art, Beijing, China

1985
"The November Exhibtion", the Palace Museum, Beijing, China