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Yang Jiechang (Chinese, 1956)
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Yang Jiechang
100 layers of ink 1990-1991
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Yang Jiechang
Scroll of secret merit 2004
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Yang Jiechang
Untitled 2003
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Biography |
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1956 |
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Born on November 16thin Foshan city, Guangdong Province, PR China |
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1973 |
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Received his diploma. Was also subjugated to the influence of the Cultural Revolution and Maoist propaganda during this period. In 1970, he becomes a red gaurd. During his last year of school, he begins to study les arts plastiques |
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1974 - 1978 |
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Studies at the Institut d'Art Populaire de Foshan. He starts his studies in calligraphy and collages, he also publishes his first article "Les collages dans l'art populaire de Foshan qui n'ont pas de caractère folklorique" |
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1978 - 1982 |
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He continued his studies in traditional chinese painting at the Académie des Beaux-Arts de Canton, where he received his Masters in Art. He published 4 studies during this time: "The origins of chinese countryside painting", "How to admit the "copy" as an educational method in Chinese painting", "The Lingnam school of painting has already become revolutionary history", "The end of idols: there is no art in the art schools". |
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1982 - 1988 |
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He becomes a professor at the Académie des Beaux Arts de Canton. During his research on Chinese art and its theories, he comes into contact with Zen Buddhism and Taoism. Study of the Tao with Master Huangtao at Mount Luofu, Canton and study of Zen Buddhism at Guangxiao Temple, Canton, PR China. |
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1992 - 1993 |
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Fellowship of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, USA |
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2003 |
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Residency at the Kunst Werke, Berlin, Germany |
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2005 |
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Visiting artist at Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, California, USA. |
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2008 |
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Sterling visiting Professorship at the Stanford University Medical School, Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford, California, USA. |
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Lives and works in Paris and Heidelberg |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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On Ascension, Galerie Jaeger Bucher, Paris, France (solo) |
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2009 |
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time versus fashion, Kunstverein Nürtingen, Nürtingen, Germany |
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2008 |
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Expansion - Résonance, Galerie Jaeger Bucher, Paris, France |
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2008 |
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Onda Anomala - Manifesta 7, Trento, Italy |
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2008 |
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Too early for vacation, RV&A, Limerick, Irlande |
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2008 |
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3rd Guangzhou Triennal, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, PR China |
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2008 |
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Our future, special project, UCCA, Beijing, PR China |
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2008 |
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Eurasia, ShContemporary 2008, Shanghai Artfair, Special Project, together with Santomatteo, Shanghai, PR China |
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2008 |
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No - Shadow Kick, Duolum Museum, Shanghai. PR China (solo) |
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2008 |
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Biennale di Venezia, Tibetan Pavilion, Edicola Notte, Rome, Italy (solo) |
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2008 |
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In God We Trust, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, California, USA (solo) |
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2007 |
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The Most Beautiful Country of China, HanArtTZ Gallery, Hong Kong, PR China (solo) |
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2007 |
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Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey |
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2007 |
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Metamorphosis - The Generation of Transformation in Chinese Comtemporary Art, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland |
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2007 |
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Made in China, Louisianna Museum, Kopenhagen, Denmark |
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2007 |
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Gu Dexin, Yang Pei-Ming, Yang Jiechang, Red Mansions Foundation, London, UK |
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2007 |
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New Wave '85, UCCA, Beijing, PR China |
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2006 |
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Tomorrow Cloudy Sky, HanArtTZ Gallery, Hong Kong, PR China (solo) |
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2006 |
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Idylls, Grace Li Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland (solo) |
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2006 |
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Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK |
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2006 |
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Laboratoires pour un avenir incertain, La Force de l'Art - 1st Paris Triennial, Grand Palais, Paris, France |
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2006 |
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La revoluzione siamo noi, Isola Art Center, Milan, Italy |
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2006 |
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Micro-Macro Politics, Macao Art Museum, Macao |
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2006 |
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Taste, 5th Shenzheng International Ink Painting Biennial, Shenzheng, People's Rebublic of China |
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2006 |
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Capolavoro, Palazzo di Primavera, Terni, Rome, Italy |
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2006 |
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Infiltration - Idylls and Visions, Guangdong Museum of Art, People's Rebublic of China |
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2006 |
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Surplus Value, Tang Contemporary Art Centre, Beijing, People's Rebublic of China |
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2006 |
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Accumulation, Tang Contemporary Art Centre, Beijing, People's Republic of China |
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2005 |
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Beyond, Second Guangzhou Triennial, Guanzhou, People's Republic of China |
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2005 |
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Experimental Ink, Museum of the University of Science, Taipei and Taichung, Taiwan |
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2005 |
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Memorandums, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France (solo) |
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2005 |
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Hei Ji Sheng Xiang, Shenzhen Painting Institute, PR China (solo) |
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2005 |
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Who Occupies the Space?, Isola d'Arte, Milan, Italy (solo) |
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2005 |
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Shenzhen Hxiangning Art Museum, RP China (solo) |
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2005 |
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On the Edge, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, USA |
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2005 |
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Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong Province, China |
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2005 |
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Warte nur, Balde!, Gdog Gdog, Weimar, Germany |
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2005 |
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International Ink Painting Exhibition, Art Centre University of Science, Taiwan, China, USA |
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2005 |
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Emergency Biennial, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France and Grosny, Chechnya |
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2005 |
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He Xiang Ning Art Museum, Guangdong Province, China |
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2005 |
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Layered Landscapes, with Yan Lei, Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford, USA |
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2004 |
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Nuit Blanche, Paris, France |
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2004 |
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Gap, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany |
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2004 |
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Le moine et le démon, Musée d’art contemporain, Lyon, France |
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2004 |
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A l'Ouest du Sud de l’est/A l'Est du Sud de l'Ouest, Villa Arson, Nice and Centre Régional d’art contemporain Languedoc Roussillon, Sète, France |
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2004 |
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All under Heaven Collection Ullens, Museum of Contemporary Art, Anvers, Belgium |
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2004 |
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Odyssey(s) 2004, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, People's Republic of China |
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2004 |
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The Fifth System, 5th International Shenzhen Sculpture Exhibition, People's Republic of China |
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2004 |
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Stop over Hong Kong, HanArtTZ Gallery, Hong Kong |
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2003 |
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Lookchat, Centre A, Vancouver, Canada (solo) |
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2003 |
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Zone of Urgency, Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy |
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2003 |
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Shenzhen Ink Painting Biennial, Shenzhen Painting Institute, People's Republic of China |
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2003 |
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The Fifth System, 5th International Shenzhen Sculpture Exhibition, People's Republic of China |
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2003 |
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For Emily, 4A Gallery, Sydney, Australia (solo) |
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2002 |
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Der Längste Tag, Kunstverein Nürtingen, Allemagne (solo) |
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2002 |
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Guangzhou Triennale, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China |
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2002 |
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Pause - Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, South Korea |
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2002 |
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Variations of Ink, Chambers Fine Arts, New York, USA |
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2002 |
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First Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu, People's Republic of China |
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2001 |
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French May, Hong Kong University Museum, Hong Kong (solo) |
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2001 |
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Enlightened Blackness, Alice King Gallery, Hong Kong (solo) |
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2001 |
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100 Layers of Ink, Galerie Cherng Piing, Taipei, Taiwan (solo) |
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2001 |
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Double vue, Galerie Jeanne-Bucher, Paris (solo) |
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2001 |
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20 Main Chinese Painters, National Gallery Beijing, Bejing; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Chengdu Art Museum, Chengdu; Canton Art Museum, Canton, People's Republic of China |
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2001 |
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China 20 Years of Ink Experiment, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangsong, People's Republic of China |
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2001 |
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Centre de Refuge, Centre International de Poesie, Marseille, France |
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2001 |
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Institut Français, Frankfurt, Germany (solo) |
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2000 |
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You – Double View, Project Room, ARCO 2000, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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2000 |
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Paris pour Escale, Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France |
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2000 |
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Continental Shift, Musée d'art Moderne et d'art Contemporain, Liège, Belgium |
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2000 |
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A Portrait, Agnès B. Gallery, New York, USA |
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2000 |
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Fuori Uso - The bridges, Pescara, Italy |
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1999 |
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Art in March - Legend 99, Nantou, Taiwan |
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1999 |
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Asiart 99 - Biennale d'arte contemporanea, Museum of Contemporary Art Genova, Genova, Italy |
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1999 |
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Rebuild Dong Cunrui, Galerie Cherng Piing, Taipei, Taiwan (solo) |
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1999 |
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Another Turn of the Screw, Galerie de l’Académie Centrale de Beaux-Arts, Pékin, RP Chine (solo) |
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1999 |
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Ink And Wash Photos, Libreria Borges, Canton, RP Chine (solo) |
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1998 |
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Your Customs – Our Customs, Altes Zollamt, Frankfurt, Germany (solo) |
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1998 |
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Les magiciens de la terre, Anina Nosei Gallery, New York, USA |
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1998 |
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2nd International Biennial Shanghai, People's Republic of China |
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1998 |
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4696 - 1998, Lehman Maupin Gallery, New York, USA |
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1997 |
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In Between Limits, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju, South Korea |
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1997 |
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Uncertain Pleasure, Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada |
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1996 |
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Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany |
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1996 |
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Galerie Jeanne-Bucher, Paris, France (solo) |
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1995 |
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Art Cologne, Galerie Jeanne-Bucher, Germany (solo) |
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1995 |
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West-östliche Kontakte - Yang Jiechang, Young-Hyang Lee, Teruko Hiramatsu, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany. |
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1995 |
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Happening with Andreas Schmid, Hölderlinturm, Tübingen, Germany |
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1995 |
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FIAC, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Grand Palais, Paris |
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1995 |
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Ostwestliche Kontakte, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany (solo) |
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1995 |
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Galerie Samuel Lallouze, Montreal, Canada (solo) |
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1995 |
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Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland (solo) |
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1994 |
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Cut the Fingernails from My Body, Espace d’art contemporain Le Faubourg, Strasbourg, France (solo) |
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1994 |
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Out of the Centre, Museum of Modern Art, Pori, Finland |
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1994 |
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Galerie Jeanne-Bucher, Paris, France (solo) |
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1993 |
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Rencontres dans un Couloir, private apartment of Hou Hanru, Paris, France (solo) |
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1993 |
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Coalition, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, UK |
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1993 |
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Silent Energy, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK |
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1993 |
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Construction in Process Nr. 4 - My Home is your Home, The Artists' Museum, Lodz, Poland |
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1993 |
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Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt/Main, Germany |
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1993 |
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Galerie Lauter, Mannheim , Germany (solo) |
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1992 |
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Galerie Jeanne-Bucher, Paris, France (solo) |
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1992 |
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Galerie Turbulences, New York, USA (solo) |
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1992 |
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The Artists' Museum, Lodz, Poland |
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1992 |
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History of the Rocket, The Tree of Life - A Journey to Asian Contemporary Art, Saitama Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan |
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1992 |
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Testament, Dritte Welt Haus, Frankfurt, Germany (solo) |
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1991 |
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Works on Paper, Galerie Frith Street, London, Great Britain (solo) |
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1991 |
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Exceptional Passage, Museum City Project, Fukuoka, Japan |
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1990 |
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Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico |
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1990 |
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Chine demain pour hier, Pourrières, France |
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1990 |
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FIAC, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Grand Palais, Paris, France |
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1990 |
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Salon de mars et Galerie Jeanne-Bucher, Paris, France (solo) |
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1990 |
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Voyage au Mexique, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico (solo) |
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1990 |
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Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France (solo) |
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1989 |
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Blackness, Hanart Gallery 2, Hong Kong, PR China; Taipei, Taiwan |
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1989 |
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Chinese Avant-garde Art, Fine Arts National Gallery, Peking, China |
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1989 |
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Les magiciens de la terre, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France |
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1989 |
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FIAC, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Grand Palais, Paris, France |
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1989 |
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Today, Galerie Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
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1988 |
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Milky Way Exhibition N°9, Galerie du Parc Central, Association des Artistes de Canton, Canton, RP Chine (solo) |
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