Wang Xingwei
Biography
1969 born in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
lives and works in Beijing, China
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Love Expert, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
Oriental Nobility, No. 6 Warehouse, Hetong Aoyuan, Beijing, China
Wang Xingwei, Galerie Urs Meile, Zurich, Switzerland
2022
Wang Xingwei in Shanghai 2002 – 2008, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
2019
The Code of Physiognomy, Galerie Urs Meile, 798 space, Beijing, China
Shenyang Night, Galerie Urs Meile, Caochangdi space, Beijing, China
2016
Honor and Disgrace, Organised by Galerie Urs Meile, Supported by Platform China; Exhibition Venue: Platform China, Beijing, China
2013
Wang Xingwei, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China Wang Xingwei (Sketches), 01100001, Beijing, China
2012
Wang Xingwei, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2011
Wang Xingwei, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2008
Wang Xingwei – one-man show, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2007
Wang Xingwei – Large Rowboat, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China Wang Xingwei – Large Rowboat, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2004
Interlinked Dreams, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2003
Fostered Art, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China
2001
Still Paint – Wang Xingwei & Chen Danqing, China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing, China
1996
The Dust of the Romantic History of Male Heroism, China Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
New Artistic Styles of Contemporary Painting, The National Art Museum of China (NAMOC), Beijing, China
ABSENCE / ENCORE: THE FLOW OF ART VALUE, Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, Yinchuan, China
arts, civilizations: Echoes of Camel Bells along the silk roads, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China
2023
Twenty Years of Iteration - Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art 20th Anniversary Special Exhibition, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
THUS SPOKE THE MOMENT, INAURAL EXHIBITION SEASON 2, Start Museum, Shanghai, China
A Leisurely Stroll – The Tenth Anniversary of The Long Museum, Long Museum West Bund, Shanghai, China
Uncanny Valley, Gagosian, Hong Kong, China
2022
A Place for Concealment (2022), Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2021
M+ Sigg Collection: From Revolution to Globalisation, M+ Museum, Hong Kong, China
SNAPSHOT, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
Minestrone, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland
2020
Forget the Horizon, chi K11 art museum, Shanghai, China
Duration: Chinese Art in Transfer Motion, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China
Longing for Nature - Reading Landscapes in Chinese Art, Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzelrand
Shifting, Pop-up Art Parcours, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland
Being of Evils, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2019
Chinese Whispers 中国私语 - Recent Art from the Sigg Collection, MAK Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
2018
Force as Fulcrum - Selected works from the collection of Wang Bing & Xue Bing, New Century Art Foundation, Beijing, China
The Orientation and Taste of New Painting, B131, Zhi Art Space, Huxi Commune, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World, Museum Guggenheim, Bilbao
2016
New Capital: Huang Yu Collection Exhibition (2007–2016), Museum of Contemporary Art Chengdu, Chengdu, China
M+ Sigg Collection: Four Decades of Chinese Contemporary Art, ArtisTree, Hong Kong, China
Chinese Whispers, Kunstmuseum Bern and Zentrum Paul Klee, Berne, Switzerland
2015
Now Then – China’s Avant-Garde twenty years later, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Media – Dali: Major Exhibtion of Surrealism Art, chi K11 art museum, Shanghai, China NOTES ON PAINTINGS, Blue Roof Museum of Chengdu, Chengdu, China
The Garden of Forking Paths – Tracks and Intersections of 15 Artists, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
Absolute Collection Guideline, Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China
28 Chinese, Rubell Family Collection, Asian Art Museum, San Franciso; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, USA
2014
Dai Hanzhi: 5000 Artists, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China; Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Right is Wrong, Four Decades of Chinese Art from the M+ Sigg Collection, Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
1960, Springs Center of Art, Beijing, China Early, Platform China, Beijing, China
2013
28 Chinese, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back – Us and Institution, Us as Institution, Times Museum, Guangzhou, China
DUCHAMP and/or/in CHINA, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China Portrait of the Times – 30 Years of Contemporary Art, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
2012
Go Figure! Contemporary Chinese Portraiture, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia
CAPITAL – Merchants in Venice and Amsterdam, Swiss National Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
The 7th Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale – Accidental Message: Art Is Not a System, Not a World, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal (OCAT), Shenzhen, China
Face, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2011
Picture·History·Existence – Taikang Life Art Collection 15th Anniversary Exhibition, National Art Museum of China (NAMOC), Beijing, China
5x5 Castelló2011 – Premi Internacional d’Art Contemporani Diputació de Castelló, Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló (EACC), Castelló, Spain
Youth – On Wu Tao (1969–2001), 01100001, Beijing, China
2010
The Official Opening of Minsheng Art Museum – Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 1979–2009, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
The State of Things – Contemporary Art from China and Belgium, National Art Museum of China (NAMOC), Beijing, China
Reshaping History – Chinart from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
Jungle – A Close-Up Focus on Chinese Contemporary Art Trends, Platform China, Beijing, China
Marcel Duchamp and the Forestay Waterfall, Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp, Cully, Switzerland
2009
The State of Things – Contemporary Art from China and Belgium, BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium
The Home Court – An Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Whitebox Art Center, Beijing, China
Bourgeoisified Proletariat, Contemporary Art Exhibition in Song jiang, Shanghai Songjiang Creative Studio, Shanghai, China
Textbook: An Exhibition of Lively Chinese Paintings, Li-Space, Beijing, China
2008
Opening Exhibition, Nam June Paik Art Center, Suwon-Seoul, South Korea
Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, USA
Our Future: The Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation Collection, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China
Sky, Red Space, Beijing, China
Community of Tastes: The Inaugural Exhibition of Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
RED Aside – Chinese Contemporary Art of the Sigg Collection, Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
2007
1997–2007. Awakening From a Ten-Year Long Sleep, Hejingyuan Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
Energies – Synergy, Foundation DE 11 LIJNEN, Oudenburg, Belgium
Mahjong – Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
The Year of the Golden Pig – Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork University College, Cork, Ireland
STRATEGY ON PAPER – Works on Paper Invitational, Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
2006
Double Sound Cracker, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
FROM ‘POLAR REGION’ TO ‘TIE XI QU’ – Contemporary Art in Northeastern China 1985–2006, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Instants. 1st Exhibition of Left Right Art Zone, Left Right Art Zone, Beijing, China Mahjong – Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Alllooksame? / Tuttuguale? Art from China, Japan and Korea, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
6th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2005
Show Me… Catch Me… Sight Unseen – Xie Nanxing and Wang Xingwei, China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing, China
The Wall – Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art, Millenium Art Museum, Beijing, China; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York, USA; University at Buffalo, Anderson Gallery and Center for the Arts, New York, USA
Cina. Prospettive d’Arte Contemporanea / China: As Seen by Contemporary Chinese Artists, Provincia di Milano, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy
PICTORIAL DNA Made in China, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
Mahjong – Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, Kunstmuseum Bern, Berne, Switzerland
China – Contemporary Painting, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Palazzo Saraceni, Bologna, Italy
2004
Persona3, China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing, China Degenerated, Modern Chinese Art Foundation (MCAF), Gent, Belgium
The Monk and the Demon – Contemporary Chinese Art, Musée d’ Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
Beyond Boundaries, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
Silknet – Emerging Chinese Artists, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
All under Heaven, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (MuHKA), Antwerp, Belgium
2003
Junction – Chinese Contemporary Architecture of Art, Shanghai Lianyang Architecture Museum, Shanghai, China
Prague Biennale, Prague, Czech Republic Open Sky – Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Second Hand Reality – Post-Reality, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2002
The 1st Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Mirage, Suzhou Art Museum, Suzhou, China
2001
Between Earth and Heaven – New Classical Movements in the Art of Today, P.M.M.K Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Oostende, Belgium
The First Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
2000
Fuck Off, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China
Unusual & Usual, Yuangong Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups, BizArt, Shanghai, China
Future - Chinese Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Centre (CACOM), Macau, China
1999
d’APERTutto, La Biennale di Venezia, 48. Esposizione Internationale d’Arte, Venice, Italy Zeitwenden – Rueckblick und Ausblick, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Künstlerhaus & 20er Haus, Vienna, Austria
Concepts, Colors and Passions, China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing, China Modern China Art Foundation Collection, Caermersklooster - Provinciaal Centrum voor Kunst en Cultuur, Gent, Belgium
Innovations Part I, China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing, China
Changing Views, Kunsthal Hof 88, Almelo, The Netherlands China’s High Potentials Canvas, Canvas International Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hsin: a Visible Spirit – Contemporary Photography from the People’s Republic of China, Cypress College Photography Galleries, Cypress, USA; BC Space Gallery, Laguna Beach, USA
1998
It’s Me!, Main Ritual Hall of the former Imperial Ancestral Temple (Workers’ Cultural Palace, Forbidden City), Beijing, China
China: 5000 Years, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
CORRUPTIONISTS, North Third Ring No. 10, Basement, Beijing, China
1997
4th Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
1996
China Now, Littmann Kultur Projekte, Basel, Switzerland; Parco Square and Kirin Art, Tokyo, Japan
China – Aktuelles aus 15 Ateliers, Artcircolo Kunstprojekt GmbH, Munich, Germany Reckoning with the Past – Contemporary Chinese Painting, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
1994
Put to Trial, China Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China