1961 Born in Xinjiang, China 1985 Graduated from the Shandong Art Institute, Shandong, China 1985-90 Employed at publishing houses, research institutes and universities 1996 Moved to Berlin, Germany Taught at Berlin University of Art, HDK 1997 Invited by the City of Berlin to serve as the Curator for Sino-German Cultural Exchange 1999 Moved to the United States 2006 Began teaching and serving as graduate advisor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing Selected One-Person Exhibitions2008 Exhibition Tour (Asia, Europe and North America) 2007 Raab Gallery, Berlin Goedhuis Contemporary, New York and London Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China 798 Avant Gallery, New York 2006 Goedhuis Contemporary, New York and London Modern Art Museum, Beijing, China Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt 2005 Toll Collect, Berlin, Germany Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York 2004 Raab Gallery, Berlin, Germany Art Beatus Gallery, Hong Kong HaiShangShan International Art Center, Shanghai, China 2003 Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York 2002 HaiShangShan International Art Center, Shanghai, China 2001 MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire, U.S 2000 Tremont Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. 1999 Raab Gallery, Berlin, Germany 1997 Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany 1996 Benario Gallery, Berlin, Germany Center of Contemporary Arts, Amsterdam, the Netherlands New China Center, Hague, the Netherlands 1994 Ammonal Gallery, Beijing, China Selected Joint Exhibitions 2009 Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2008 Beijing Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China 2007 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museum of Contemporary Art, Genoa, Italy Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia Beijing Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China 2006 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York CAS Gallery, Kean University, New Jersey 2005 Goedhuis Contemporary, New York Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 2004 Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York 2003 Radical Line, Bowling Green State University Museum, Ohio Asia Pacific Museum, Pasadena, California World Art Museum, Beijing, China 2002 Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 2001 Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston 2000 South Boston Art Center, Boston, Massachusetts 1999 International Art Exhibition, Köln, Germany 1998 New Art from China, Enpassant Gallery, Hamburg, Germany 1994 New Trends—Art Hong Kong and Avant-Garde Chinese Art Exhibition, Hong Kong 1987 International Art Exhibition, Lucia Art Gallery, New York, New York 1985 Third Annual China Art Exhibition, Beijing, China 1984 China Anonymous Artist Association Exhibition, Chongqin, Sichuan Selected Curated (and participated) Exhibitions 2002 Start Over Exhibition, Wulumuqi, Xinjiang, China 1999 Chinese Face Exhibition, The Capital Center, Hamburg, Germany 1998 Thirteen Chinese, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany 1997 Chinese Art in Berlin, in cooperation with the German Humanities Association, Berlin, Germany 1995 Second Annual Joint Exhibition of Chinese Professional Art, Ammonal Gallery, Beijing, China 1994 Chinese Professional Painters’ Works, Winter Exhibition, Shenzhen, China 1993 Founded Ammonal Gallery, Beijing, China 1986 Founded the Artist Circle BLUE Selected Awards, Lectures, and Performance 2007 Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Poly auctions (from the mid-90s to present) 2007 Founded Beijing Museum of Contermporary Art 2005 Syndicat National des Antiquaires at Le Louvre, Paris, and many other international art fairs 1992 to present. 2003 Zero Space Ink Performance, Asia Society and Museum, New York 2001 Fellowship and Residency, MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire 2000 Award from the Vermont Art Center 1998 Art Award from the City of Berlin 1993 Founded the Center for Chinese Professional Artists and Ammonal Gallery 1983 Awarded the Third Prize of the National Art Competition Invited lectures at the Leucorea, Martin Luther University, Halle/Wittenberg; Berlin Art University HDK; International Society–Boston; Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts; Emerson College, Boston; and Mobius Gallery, Boston |
