Xu Zhen

From Asian Art Documentation

Xu Zhen (b. 1977, Shanghai, China)

Lives and works in Shanghai

image source, the-artist.org:[1]

Contents 1 Education 2 Solo Exhibitions 3 Group Exhibitions 4 Projects 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Education

1996 Graduated from Shanghai Arts & Crafts Institute

[edit] Solo Exhibitions

2006

• "8848" 1.86 , ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai

• An Animal - Xu Zhen's solo exhibition , 2577 Longhua Road, Xuhui district, Shanghai

• Xu Zhen Solo Exhibition 8848-1.86 , Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2002

• Careful, Don't Get Dirty , Galerie Waldburger, Berlin

• A Young Man , Bizart, Shanghai

[edit] Group Exhibitions

2006

• Restless, Photography and New Media , MOCA, Shanghai

• Microscope, Chinese Contempory Art , Macao Art Museum

• The Thirteen: Chinese Video Now , PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, U.S.A.

• On Mobility , De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2005

• Something is Happening , Maple-poplar Woods - In Orioles Singing in the Willows Park, Hangzhou

• Follow Me! -Contemporary Chinese Art at the Threshold of the Millenium , Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

• Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China , Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA

• Yokohama 2005 -International Triennale of Contemporary Art , Yokohama, Japan

• The Second Guangzhou Triennial -BEYOND: an extraordinary space of experimentation for modernization , Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou

• Shanghai Constructions , Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai

• Videozoom: Chinese Video Artists -The City: Mirage and reflection , Galeria Sala 1, Centro Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy

• Zooming into Focus (NAMoC) -Contemporary Chinese Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection , National Art Museum Of China, Beijing

• Mahjong -Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection , Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

• Monuments of the USA, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, USA , Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, USA

2004

• Chine: Generation Video , Mep-Maison Europeene de la photographie, Paris, France

• Zooming into Focus (SAM) -Chinese Contemporary Photography from the Haudenschild Collection , Shanghai Art Museum, China

• Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China , ICP and the Asia Society, NY, USA (traveling, Museum of Contemporary Art and the Smart Museum of Art, Chicago; Seattle Art Museum, the Santa Barbara Museum, V&A, London, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin)

• Zooming into Focus (Tijuana) -Chinese Contemporary Photography from the Haudenschild Collection , Cultural Tijuana, Mexico

• China Now , MOMA Film at the Gramercy Theater, New York, USA

• 5th Shanghai Biennale -Techniques of the Visible , Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai

• Is It Art? - Black Show , Noanoa Center, Xian

• Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art From China and the US , Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, USA

• Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the US , Samek Art Gallery, Bucknewll University, Lewisburg, USA

• Light as Fuck! Shanghai Assemblage 2000-2004 , The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway

• Shanghai Surprise , Lothringer 13, Munich, Germany

• A I'Ouest du Sud de l'Est - L'annee de la chine , CRAC centre regional d'art contemporain, Nice, France

• The Monk and The Demon , Musee Art Contemporain Lyon, France

• Shanghai Duolun Exhibition of Young Artists , Shanghai Duolun Art Museum, Shanghai, China

• Zooming into Focus (Singapore) -Chinese Contemporary Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection , Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts，Singapore

2003

• Dajia-Studying on Design from Contemporary Art , The Museum of Fudan University, Shanghai

• +System, Short videos from the world 2002-2003 , BizArt Art Center, Shanghai

• Nasty -a group exhibition of paintings , Bizart, Shanghai

• Fabricated Paradises , Le Parvis centre d'art contemporain, Pau, France

• Department, -Contemporary art exhibition , Hangzhou

• Control-Z , Top Space, Beijing, China

• The minority is subordinate to the majority , BizArt Art Center, Shanghai

• The Fifth System: Public Art in the Age of Post-Planning , He Xiangning Art Gallery, Shenzhen

• Zooming into Focus (San Diego) -Chinese Contemporary Photography from the Haudenschild Collection , University Gallery of San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

2002

• "24:30" Contemporary Art Exhibition , Bizart, Shanghai, China

• Art in General -4th Annual Video Marathon, 12 hour screening , New York,USA

• VideoROM, Le Toit du Monde - , Centre Multidisciplinaire Pour la Culture Actuelle, Vevey. Switzerland

• VideoROM 2.0 , Giancarla Zanutti Gallery, Milan, Italy

• Too Much Flavour , 3H Art Center, Shanghai

• Quick Look! -Shanghai Zhejiang Jiangsu Anhui Contemporary Art Exhibition , Consulate General of Switzerland, Shanghai

• Fan Mingzhen & Fan Mingzhu - Glad to meet you -(Twin exhibition) , Jin Sha Jiang Rd., Shanghai

2001

• Developing Time / Temps de Pause , Bizart Shanghai

• Living in Time -Contemporary Artists form China , Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof Museum fuer Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany

• Hotpot Kinesisk Samtidskunst , Hustnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway

• Inside the body , ISE foundation, New York, USA

• 49th Biennale di Venezia , Italy

• ARCO -Asian Party, Global Game (curated by Hou Hanru) , Madrid, Spain

• The First Valencia Biennale , Valencia, Spain

• Mantic Ecstasy-Photography & Video , Hangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing

2000

• Useful Life , Temporary Space, Dong Daming Rd, Shanghai

• BIG Torino 2000 , Torino, Italy

• Inertia & Mask- Works on Paper , Shanghai Oil Painting & Sculpture Institute, Shanghai

• Uncooperative Approach (Fuck Off) , Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai

• Exit , Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK

• Video-Circle , Hongkong, Berlin

1999

• The Same but Also Changed -Photography Exhibition , 859 Tian Yao Qiao Road, Shanghai

• Art for Sale , Shanghai Plaza, Shanghai

• BM99, Bienal da Maya , Maya, Portugal

• Exchange , Paris, France

• Idea & Concepts , Shanghai

• Love-Tokyo Art Festival , Japan

• Food for Thought , MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

1998

• Jin Yuan Lu , Jin Yuan Lu 310, Shanghai

[edit] Projects

2003

• Three Projects for the AZIA Bldg. Pudong, Shanghai -The Building Alive , AZIA Bldg. Pudong, Shanghai

[edit] External links

• 49th Venice Biennial:[2]

• On Mobility Exhibition:[3]

• Passing Time with Xu Zhen:[4]

• ShangART:[5]

[edit] References

• ShanghART, Xu Zhen:[6]

• the-artist.org, Xu Zhen:[7]