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Zhang Huan (Chinese, 1965)
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Zhang Huan
Chicken Pox 2000
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Zhang Huan
Foam (3) 1998
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Zhang Huan
My America (hard to acclimatize) 1999
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Zhang Huan
Nine Holes 1995
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Zhang Huan
To Raise the Water Level in a Fishpond (distant view) 1997
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Biography |
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1965 |
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Born in An Yang City, He Nan Province, China |
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1988 |
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BA, He Nan University, Kai Feng, China |
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1993 |
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MA, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China |
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Lives and Works in Shanghai and New York |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Zhang Huan: Blessings, Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2008 |
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Zhang Huan: Blessing, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China (solo) |
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2008 |
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Zhang Huan: Altered States, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (solo) |
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2008 |
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Body Language: Chinese Photography, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
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2008 |
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Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Collection of Kent and Vicki Logan, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA |
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2008 |
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Person of the Crowd, Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, USA |
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2007 |
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Exposed: Defining Moments in Photograph from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA |
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2007 |
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ZHUYI! CHINA. Contemporary Photography from China, Artium of Alava, Center Museum of Contemporary Art, Spain |
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2007 |
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Altered States, Asia Society, New York, USA (solo) |
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2007 |
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Haunch of Venison, London, England (solo) |
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2007 |
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PhotoEspana 2007, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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2007 |
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Drawings, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany (solo) |
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2006 |
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Shoot the Family, Cranbrook Art Museum, Michigan, USA |
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2006 |
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Making a Scene, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel |
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2006 |
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Zhang Huan, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany (solo) |
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2006 |
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Zhang Huan, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia (solo) |
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2005 |
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The Museum Collections, New Presentation of Art Works from 1960 to the Present Day, Center Pompidou, Paris, France |
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2005 |
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Mahjong, Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Swizerland |
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2005 |
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Locus Loppem 2005, Kunsthalle Lophem, Lophem, Belgium |
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2005 |
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Between Skin and Orgasm--The Alchemistic Body, Kunsthalle Lophem, Center for Contemporary Art, Lophem, Belgium |
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2005 |
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Monuments for the USA, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA |
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2005 |
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The Great Beyond, Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Swizerland |
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2005 |
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Text Me: An Exploration of Body Language, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia |
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2005 |
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On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, California, USA |
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2005 |
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Person of the Crowd, Contemporary Museum, Maryland, USA |
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2005 |
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Future Face, National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan |
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2005 |
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The Wall, Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art, The China Millennium Monument Art Gallery, Beijing, China |
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2005 |
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The Pictures of Dorian Gray, Galeria de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico |
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2005 |
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Fusion: Aspects of Asian Culture in the MUSAC Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Leon, Spain |
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2005 |
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Zhang Huan: Seeds of Hamburg, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA (solo) |
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2004 |
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Zhang Huan: Seeds of Hamburg, Norton Museum of Art, Florida, USA (solo) |
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2004 |
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Zhang Huan, La Fabrica Galeria, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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2004 |
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Zhang Huan, Tri Postal, Lille 2004, Cultural Capital of Europe, Lille, France (solo) |
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2004 |
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Witness, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia |
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2004 |
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Regeneration, Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the US, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, USA |
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2004 |
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Face/off, The Association of Arts and Crafts Pforzheim, Pforzheim, Germany |
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2004 |
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Dialogue with Pop, The Tank, Spaceworks Gallery, New York, USA |
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2004 |
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The Art Project Goetzen, Houses of an Idol, Frankfurt (Oder)/Slubice, Germany/Poland |
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2004 |
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The Amazing and the Immutable, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Florida, USA |
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2004 |
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Supernova: Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA |
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2004 |
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Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, International Center of Photography, New York, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA |
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2004 |
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Me, Myself & I, University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Florida, USA |
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2004 |
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Supernova: Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA |
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2004 |
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Queens International 2004, Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA |
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2004 |
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Camera/Action: Performance and Photography, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, USA |
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2004 |
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Constructed Identities, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, USA |
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2004 |
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Anthro/Socio, The: Artist: Network, New York, USA |
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2003 |
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Me and More, Museum of Art Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland |
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2003 |
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Come Rally, Basque Museum of Contemporary Art (Artium), Vitoria, Spain |
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2003 |
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Skin Deep, The Trento and Rovereto Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rovereto, Italy |
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2003 |
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Performance and Almost Performance, Reina Sofia National Museum, Madrid, Spain |
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2003 |
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BQE, White Box, New York, USA |
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2003 |
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Blood Lines & Connections, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, USA |
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2003 |
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Full Frontal: Contemporary Asian Artists from the Logan Collection, Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA |
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2003 |
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Spiders and Flies, Newcontemporaries, Sydney, Australia |
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2003 |
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New Zone, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsow, Poland |
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2003 |
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Somewhere Better Than This Place, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA |
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2003 |
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2003 Beaufort, Triennial for Contemporary Art by the Sea, The PMMK, the Museum of Modern Art, Ostend, Belgium |
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2003 |
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Art Project, DiverseWorks Artspace, Houston, USA |
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2003 |
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Temporal Mood, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, USA |
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2003 |
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Rituals, Academy of Arts, Berlin, Germany |
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2003 |
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Family Ties, Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts, USA |
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2003 |
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Body Politics, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, USA |
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2003 |
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Windstil, Cotthem Gallery, Brussels, Belgium |
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2003 |
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Banquet, Metabolism and Communication, ZKM, Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany |
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2003 |
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Photo Espana 2003, International Photography Festival, Madrid, Spain |
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2003 |
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Phantom of Desire: Visions of Masochism in Art, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria |
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2003 |
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Zhang Huan, Bochum Museum, Bochum, Germany (solo) |
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2003 |
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Zhang Huan, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany (solo) |
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2003 |
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Zhang Huan, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Danmark (solo) |
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2002 |
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Zhang Huan, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (solo) |
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2002 |
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2002 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, New York, USA |
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2002 |
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Skin Talks, Musee de la Civilisation, Quebec, Canada |
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2002 |
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Attachment+, Kunsthalle Lophem, Center for Contemporary Art, Belgium |
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2002 |
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China Contemporary Art Exhibition--Red Continent, Gwangju Art Museum, Korea |
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2002 |
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Paisajes del Cuerpo, Sala Zapateria 40, Pamplona, Spain |
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2002 |
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La Mirada Ajena, Basque Museum of Contemporary Art(Artium), Vitoria, Spain |
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2002 |
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SAM Collects, Contemporary Art Projects, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA |
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2002 |
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The Gift, Generous Offerings, Threatening Hospitality, The Bronx Museum of Art, New York, USA |
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2002 |
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Subjectivity: Photographs of Themselves, Arizona State University Art Museum, Arizona, USA |
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2001 |
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The Gift, Center of Contemporary Art, Siena, Italy |
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2001 |
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Subject Plural: Crowds in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Texas, USA |
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2001 |
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Metamorphosis and Cloning, Museum of Contemporary Art in Montreal, Canada |
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2001 |
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Naked, Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, USA |
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2001 |
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Lateral Thinking, Art of the 1990s, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA |
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2001 |
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Yokohama 2001: International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Pacific Yokohama, Japan |
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2001 |
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Translated Acts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany, and Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA |
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2001 |
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Zhang Huan, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, USA (solo) |
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2001 |
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Zhang Huan, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo) |
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2001 |
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Zhang Huan, Museo das Peregrinacions, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (solo) |
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2001 |
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Zhang Huan: Famliy Tree, Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris, France (solo) |
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2000 |
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My America, Deitch Projects, New York, USA (solo) |
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2000 |
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Zhang Huan Survey, Adam Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand (solo) |
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2000 |
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Zhang Huan, Cotthem Gallery, Belgium (solo) |
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2000 |
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Zhang Huan, Cotthem Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (solo) |
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2000 |
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Art and Religion, Parkabdij Heverlee, Belgium (Organized by Museum S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium) |
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2000 |
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On the Edge of the Western World, Yerba Buena Center of the Arts,San Francisco, USA |
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2000 |
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Emotional Rescue: The Contemporary Art Project Collection, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, USA |
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2000 |
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Utopia, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway |
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2000 |
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Betreff, Expo 2000, Themenpark, Basic Needs, Hannover, Germany |
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2000 |
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Waterfront--Cultural Bridge 2000, Helsingborg Museum, Sweden and Danmark |
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2000 |
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Sharing Exoticisms, 5th Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France |
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2000 |
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The Standard Projection: 24/7, The Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, USA |
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2000 |
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Video via Venice, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA |
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2000 |
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Socialisms, Special Exhibition / Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden |
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2000 |
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6 Signals: Video by Contemporary Artists, Cheekwood, Nashville, USA |
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2000 |
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Potent /Present: Selections from the Vicki and Kent Logan Collection, CCAC Institute, Oakland, USA |
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2000 |
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Recent Acquisitions, The Doron Sebbag Art Collection, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Isael |
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1999 |
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Contemporary Collectors, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA |
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1999 |
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Transience: Chinese Art at the End of the Twentieth Century, The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA |
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1999 |
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In Your Face, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, USA |
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1999 |
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Self-Portrait, Mercer Union, Centre for Contemporaty Art, Toronto, Canada |
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1999 |
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Five Continents and a City: Second International Salon of Painting, Museum of Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico |
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1999 |
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Best of the Season, Aldrich Museum of Contemporaty Art, Rigefield, USA |
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1999 |
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Stories, A/C Projects, New York, USA |
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1999 |
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Summit, Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria |
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1999 |
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Art-Worlds in Dialogue, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany |
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1999 |
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Risk Cinema, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA |
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1999 |
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Zhang Huan: A Video Survey 1994-1998; Performance Art from China, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
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1999 |
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48th La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy |
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1999 |
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The Kent and Vicki Logan Collection, San Francisco, USA |
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1999 |
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The Century of the Body: Photoworks 1900-2000, Culturgest, Lisbon, and Musee de LElysee, lausanne, France |
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1999 |
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Last Paradise, Presenca Galeria, Portugal |
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1999 |
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Zhang Huan, Works From 1994-1998, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, USA (solo) |
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1999 |
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Zhang Huan: Performance on Video, Artspace, Sydney, Australia (solo) |
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1999 |
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Zhang Huan: Performance, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand (solo) |
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1998 |
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Inside Out: New Chinese Art, Asia Society, New York, NY, PS 1 Museum of Contemporary Art, Long Island City, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA |
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1998 |
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In Your Face, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA |
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1998 |
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City, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA |
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1997 |
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China Art Festival, Munich, Germany |
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1996 |
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Chinese Contemporary Art 1997, Watari Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
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1996 |
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Art Material of China, Avant Garde, Fugang, Tokyo, Japan |
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1995 |
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Configura 2, Erfurt, Germany |
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1993 |
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Graduate Show, Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China |
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1988 |
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Zhang Huan, He Nan University, Kai Feng, China (solo) |
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Literature |
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2007 |
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China Art Book. Uta Grosenick / Caspar Schübbe (Ed.), 680 pages, approx. 850 images, trilingual: Engl./Ger./Chin., Dumont Buchverlag, Cologne 2007. www.chinaartbook.de |
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2006 |
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“Shooting the Family,” Independent Curators International (cat.), Ralph Rugoff |
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2005 |
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“Art Today,”, Brandon Taylor |
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2005 |
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“Losing Himself in His Art”, Theme, Spring 2005, Premier Issue, Kim, Jiae |
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2004 |
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“Zhang Huan, Weihong and Zhang Jian-Jun at DiverseWorks and Barbara Davis”, Art in America, No. 2, Richard Vine |
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2004 |
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Chinese Photography: Beyond Stereotypes”, ARTnews, Vol. 103, No. 2, Barbara Pollack |
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2004 |
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“Zhang Huan - Performances”, TAASA Reviews, Vol. 13, No. 1, Alicia Ritson |
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