Wang Xingwei
1969 born in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
lives and works in Beijing, China
Solo Exhibitions
2011 “Wang Xingwei”, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Beijing, China
2008 “Wang Xingwei – one-man show”, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Beijing, China
2007 “Wang Xingwei – Large Rowboat”, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Beijing, China
“Wang Xingwei – Large Rowboat”, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
2004 “Interlinked Dreams”, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, 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”, Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 “Picture·History·Existence – Taikang Life Art Collection 15th Anniversary Exhibition”, National Art Museum of China (NAMOC), Beijing, China
“5x5Castelló2011 – Premi Internacional d'Art Contemporani Diputació de Castelló”, Espai d’ Art Contemporani de Castelló (EACC), Castelló, Spain
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. Brussels/Beijing”, 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 Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China
“Marcel Duchamp and the Forestay Waterfall”, Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp, Cully, Switzerland
2009 “The State of Things. Brussels/Beijing”, BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium
“The Home Court – An Exhibition of Contemporary Art”, White Box Museum of Art, Beijing, China
“Bourgeoisified Proletariat – Contemporary Art Exhibition in Songjiang”, Shanghai Songjiang Creative Studio, Songjiang, 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, Beijing, China
“Sky”, Red Space, Beijing 798 Art District, Beijing, China
“Community of Tastes”, La Exposición Inaugural del Centro de Arte Contemporánea Iberia, 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 ‘Tiexi District' – 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
“ALLOOKSAME? / TUTTUGUALE? Art from Japan, China, 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”, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York, USA; Millenium Art Museum, Beijing, China
“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, Beijing-Lucerne, 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, Beijing-Lucerne, 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
“Futuro - Chinese Contemporary Art”, Contemporary Art Centre (CACOM), Macau
1999 “d'APERTutto”, La Biennale di Venezia, 48. Esposizione Internationale d'Arte, Venice, Italy
“Zeitwenden – Rueckblick und Ausblick”, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Kuenstlerhaus & 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 Five Thousand Years”, Guggenheim Art Museum, Bilbao, Spain
“Opportunists”, 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”, Beijing Central Art College Gallery, Beijing, China