Wang Xingwei

 

1969        born in Shenyang, Liaoning Province

1988-1990                studies at the Shenyang Normal University, Fine Art Department

1990-1991                teaching at a middle scholl in Shenyang

Lives and works as indepenedent artist in Shanghai

 

Solo Exhibition

 

1996        The Dust of the Romantic Male Heroism Cifa Gallery, Beijing

 

Group Exhibitions

 

1994        Put to Trial - four men exhibition Cifa Gallery, Beijing

1996        China - Aktuelles aus 15 Ateliers Reithalle, Munich

Reckoning with the Past Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh

1996-1997                China Now Littmann Kultur Projekte, Basel subsequently the exhibition travelled to Parco Square and Kirin Art, Tokyo

1997        Biennale d'art Contemporain de Lyon France

1997        Scholarly Documents Art Gallery of the Lu Xun Art Academy, Shenyang

1998                Confused... Reckoning with the Future Rai Artfair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

China Five Thousand Years Guggenheim Art Museum, Bilbao, Spain

Opportunists Basement at the north third ring, Beijing

1999                Innovations Part I CAAW, Beijing

Changing Views Kunsthal Hof 88. Almelo, Holland

Concepts, Colors and Passions CAAW, Beijing

China's High Potentials Canvas, International Art, Amsterdam

APERTO over all - the 48th Biennale of Venice Italy

Modern Chinese Art Foundation Caermerklooster, Gent, Belgium

Hsin: a visible spirit - Contemporary Photography from the People's Republic of China Cypress College Photography Galleries; BC Space Gallery, USA

1999/2000                Zeitwenden - Rueckblick und Ausblick Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany and Kuenstlerhaus & 20er Haus Vienna, Austria

Futuro - Chinese contemporary art Contemporary Art Centre

(CACOM) Macau

2000        Fuck Off  Xi Suzhouhe 1133, Shanghai

                Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups from the Mcaf Foundation, BizArt, Shanghai

                Unusual & Usual – Contemporary Art Exhition Yuangong Art Museum, Shanghai

2001                Inauguration of the New Gallery CAAW, Beijing

         Still paint-Wang Xing wei And Chen Danqing

              China art archives and warehouse Beijing

              Chengdu Biennual, Chengdu Art Forum, Berlin
200        2"The First Guangzhou Triennial" Guangdong Museum of Art
       Mirage--- An Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Suzhou Art Museum
2003        Junction • Architectural Experiment of Chinese Contemporary Art,
       Lianyang Architecture Art Museum
       New year & New location Exhibition, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai
       Second Hand Reality, Today Art Gallery, (satellite exhibition of the First Beijing Biennale), Beijing

 

Bibliography: Wang Xingwei

 

JIANGSU HUAKAN 江苏画刊 (ART MONTHLY) 1994 - 10; 1995 - 3 – p. 57;

Hu Fang et al., “Aktuelles aus 15 Ateliers, Performances, Installationen” (cat.) Hahn Produktion Muenchen 1996;

Zhang Songren et al., 张颂仁 “Reckoning with the Past - Contemporary Chinese Painting” (cat.) The Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh 1996, pp. 11, 12, 19. pic.: pp. 45, 46;

Leng Lin “Reality: Present and Future - ‘96 Chinese Contemporary Art” 冷林 “现实：今天与明天” 盛佳拍卖公司，北京 (auction cat.) Sungari Intern. Beijing 1996. pic.: no. 1;

CHINESE TYPE (E MAIL MAG. HARD COPY) 1997 VOL. 1 - ISSUE 5 – p. 47;

“China Now” (cat.) Parco Co. Ltd 1997;

YSJ 1998 - 7;

“失效自救学术文献“ (cat.) 1998;

“Confused... - Reckoning with the Future, Contemporary Paintings and Photography” (cat.) Canvas & Gall. Serieuze Zaken, Amsterdam 1998. pic.: pp. 36, 37;

Xu Ruotao and Xu Yihui “Corruptionists” (cat.) 徐若涛, 徐一晖 ”偏执” Beijing 1998. pic.: pp. 20, 21;

Leng Lin “It’s Me!” 冷林 “是我” (cat.) Beijing 1998 pic.: p. 20;

CHINESE TYPE (E MAIL MAG. HARD COPY) 1998 VOL. 1 - ISSUE 6 – pp. 28, 32;

“Chinese Contemporary 96 - 98” (cat.) London 1998, pic.: pp. 11, 37;

“CCAA 1998” Report, pic.: p. 14;

JIANGSU HUAKAN 江苏画刊 (ART MONTHLY) 1998 – 12 – p. 23. pic.: pp. 24, 27;

Kielstra, Martijn “Platform 99 - 70 young visual artists from asia and latin america” (cat.) Canvas Foundation, Amsterdam 1999, p. 66. pic.: pp. 66, 67;

CHINESE TYPE (E MAIL MAG. HARD COPY) 1999 VOL. 2 - ISSUE 2 – pp. 41, 59; VOL. 2 - ISSUE 4 – pp. 5, 14, 21, 41; VOL. 2 - ISSUE 5 – p. 36; VOL. 2 - ISSUE 6 – pp. 50, 51;

Clark, John and Dijk, Hans van. “Modern Chinese Art Foundation” (cat.) Provincieraad Oost - Vlaanderen, Belgium 1999, pp.17, 18, 29, 70. pic.: pp. 71 - 73;

Spada, Clayton “hsin: a visible spirit - Contemporary Photography from the People’s Republic of China” (cat.) Cypress College, USA 1999;

“Chinese Oil Paintings - Beijing Hanhai ‘99 Spring Auctions” Beijing Hanhai Art Auction Corp. 1999, no 59;

Xu Xiaoyu “Talking is the Road” (Chinese) Hunan Meishu Chubanshe 1999, pp. 192 - 203;

Decrop, Jean et al., “Futuro - Chinese Contemporary Art” (cat.) Fundacao 2000, pp. 16, 17, 48. pic.: pp. 48, 49;

Lu Peng, 吕澎, 90s Art China, 1990-1999, 中国当代艺术史, 1990-1999, Hunan Fine Art Publ. House, 湖南美术出版社,2000, pic.: pp. 176, 177;