Wang Gongxin
Beijing, China, 1960

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Wang Gongxin's work deals with the interaction between Chinese and Western culture. Amongst others he made a photo series 'Portrait Right'. The portrayed are protected each by different objects, but at the same time they are not recognizable and thep ortrait looses its function.

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CV
Education
Capital Normal University, Beijing, Fine Arts Department, 1982
State University of New York, visiting scholar, 1987

solo exhibition (selection)
2010 Relating, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute Space A, Beijing
2009 It's Not About the Neighbors, Arrow Factory, Beijing
2005 Portrait Right, Canvas International Art, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
2002 Wang Gongxin from Beijing, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
2001 My Sun - Artspace Sydney, Sydney, NSW
1997 Myth Powder NO.1, SOLO Show, Cifa Gallery, Beijing
1995, BIAO, Halle 10, Ludwigsburg, Duitsland

group exhibitions (selection)
2011 Almost Tangible, Arario Gallery, Beijing
2010 Asia Now - MiFa - Melbourne International Fine Art, Melbourne
2010 Reshaping History: Chinart from 2000 to 2009, Today Art Museum, Arario Gallery, China National Convention Center, Beijing
2010 Jungle Close-Up Focus on Chinese Contemporary Art Trends, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute Space A, Beijing
2010 Highlights of the Collection, Arrow Factor, Beijing
2010 Shanshui 2010 H2O, Beijing Center for the Arts, Beijing
2009 Surprise, Proud Gallery, Beijing
2008 Christian Dior & Chinese Artists - UCCA - Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
2008 Drawn in the clouds - Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2008 Food and Shelter, Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing
2008 New World Order - Contemporary Installation Art and Photography from China - Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
2008 Where are We, Beijing Center for the Arts, Beijing
2007 All about laughter, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
2007 Chinese Contemporary Art. La lunga marcia dell'avanguardia - Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa, Italy
2007 Whispering Wind - Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
2007 Art in Motion - Chinese Contemporary Art meets The BMW Art Cars, Long March Foundation, China
2007 The Power of Universe, The Frontier of Contemporary Chinese Art, Asia Art Center, Beijing
2006 Fiction@Love - MOCA Shanghai, Shanghai
2006 Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC
2006 Transizione. Dal Passato al Futuro. La Nuova Generazione di artisti cinesi, Luxardo, Roma
2006 Building Code Violations, Long March Project, Beijing
2006 Art In Motion, Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
2005 Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
About Beauty, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlijn
2005 Soul - Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende, Belgium
2005 Electroscape International - Himalayas Art Museum (the former Zendai Museum of Modern Art) , Shanghai
2005 Competition - The CourtYard Gallery, Beijing
2005 Conspire, TS1 Galery, Beijing
2004 Concrete Horizons, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington, Nieuw Zeeland
Cyber Asia-media Art in the near future, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
2004 All under heaven - China now! - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
2004 On the Edge - Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York City, NY, United States
2003 In the Shadow of Summer Bliss - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, United States
2003 Media Center Project - Long March Space, Beijing
2002 Sorry for the Inconvenience, Bangkok University Art Gallery, Bangkok
2002 Under Construction : New Dimensions of Asian Art - Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
2001 Translated Acts: Performance and Body Art from East Asia 1990 to 2001 - Queens Museum of Art (QMA), New York City, NY
2001 Living in time - 29 zeitgenössische Künstler aus China - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
2000 Photography as fine art - galerie skala, Cologne