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Ai Weiwei Biography
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1957 |
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Born in Beijing, China
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1958 - 1978 |
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Resides in Xinjiang, China
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1978 |
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Enrolls in Beijing Film Academy
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1982 |
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Enrolls in Parsons School of Design
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1981 - 1993 |
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Lives in the United States, mostly in New York City
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1994 - 1997 |
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Founds China Art Archives and Warehouse, Art Director. Beijing, China
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Special Expert on design of National Olympic Stadium for Beijing’s 2008 Olympics in conjunction with Herzog & de Meuron
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Lives and works in Beijing, China
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2008
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Under Construction, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Cambelltown Arts Center, Sydney, Australia (solo)
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2008
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Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
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2008
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Go China! Ai Weiwei, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands (solo)
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2008
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Delirious Beijing, PKM Gallery, Beijing, China
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2008
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Community of Tastes - The Inaugural Exhibition Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
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2008
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RED Aside: Chinese Contemporary Art of the Sigg Collection, Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
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2008
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The Real Thing. Contemporary Art from China, Institut Valencia d'Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia, Spain
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2007
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EI – Entity Identity – Beijing Series. Western Concepts – Chinese Drafts, Stedelijk Museum s' Hertogenbosch, MB 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
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2007
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Fortunate Objects: Selections from the Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection, CIFO – Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA
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2007
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Inspired by China – Contemporary Furnituremakers Explore Chinese Traditions, Museum of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, USA
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2007
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Branded and on Display, Ulrich Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Wichita, USA
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2007
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China Now, Cobra Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2007
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Get It Louder, SOHO Shangdu, Beijing, China
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2007
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Something New Pussycat, Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin, Germany
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2007
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Energies – Synergy, Foundation DE 11 LIJNEN, Oudenburg, Belgium
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2007
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Chinese Video: Chord Chances in the Megalopolis, Morono Kiang Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
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2007
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Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
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2007
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documenta 12, Kassel, Germany
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2007
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Contemporary Art Exhibitions of Kogo Art Space, Kogo Art Space, Hangzhou, China
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2007
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Metamorphosis: The Generation of Transformation in Chinese Contemporary Art, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
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2007
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Thermocline of Art. New Asian Waves, ZKM - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
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2007
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Art from China – Collection Uli Sigg, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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2007
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China Welcomes you... Desires, Struggles, New Identities, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
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2007
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The Year of the Golden Pig – Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork University College, Cork, Ireland
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2007
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Money, Beijing Today Gallery, Beijing, China
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2007
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Forged Realities, UniversalStudios, Beijing, China
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2007
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The Real Thing: Contemporary Art from China, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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2007
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Project 'We are the future', 2nd Moskow Biennial of Contemporary Art, Art Centre Winzavod, Moskow, Russia
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2007
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Branded and on Display, Kannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, USA
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2007
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A Continuous Dialogue, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy
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2007
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Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland (solo)
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2007
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Traveling Landscapes, AedesLand, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2006
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Fragments, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China (solo)
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2006
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Antique Modernity – Breaking Traditions, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, USA
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2006
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2006 Beaufort Outside, Museum of Modern Art, Oostende, Belgium
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2006
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China zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft / Between Past and Future – New Photography and Video from China, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
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2006
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Regeneration. Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the US, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, USA
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2006
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China Power Station I, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
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2006
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Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, USA
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2006
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Herzog & de Meuron. No 250. Eine Ausstellung, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
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2006
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Busan Biennial 2006, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, Korea
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2006
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Misleading Trails, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg; Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs; Boyden Gallery, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, USA
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2006
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Cityscapes 'Beijing Welcomes You'. Ein Stadtmodell von Lu Hao sowie Fotografien von Ai Weiwei, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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2006
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A Continuous Dialogue, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China
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2006
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Inspired by China – Contemporary Furnituremakers Expolre Chinese Traditions, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA
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2006
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China Contemporary. Architecture, Art and Visual Culture, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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2006
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Black and Blue, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA
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2006
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Art in Motion – Chinese Contemporary Art meets BMW Art Cars, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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2006
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This Is Not For You – Sculptural Discourses, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
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2006
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Detours. Tactical Approaches to Urbanization in China, Eric Arthur Gallery, Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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2006
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CHINA NOW. Faszination einer Weltveränderung, Sammlung Essl, Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg / Vienna, Austria
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2006
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Mahjong – Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
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2006
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MoCA Envisage / Entry Gate: Chinese Aesthetics of Heterogeneity, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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2006
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The 5th Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
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2006
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Zones of Contact, 15th Biennial of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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2006
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Territorial. Ai Weiwei und Serge Spitzer, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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2006
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Altered, Stitched and Gathered, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, USA
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2005
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The 2nd Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
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2005
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Misleading Trails, Fine Arts Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville; Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem; University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton; Altgeld Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA
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2005
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Regeneration. Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the US, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, USA
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2005
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Convergence at E116'/N40', Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China
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2005
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Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
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2005
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A Strange Heaven – Contemporary Chinese Photography, Tennis Palace Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
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2005
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Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, Kunstmuseum Bern, Berne, Switzerland
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2005
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1st Monpellier Biennial of Chinese Contemporary Art, Montpellier, France
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2005
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Cina. Prospettive d'Arte Contemporanea / China: As Seen by Contemporary Chinese Artists, Provincia di Milano, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy
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2005
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Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China", Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
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2005
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Herzog & de Meuron. An Exhibition, Tate Modern, London, UK
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2005
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Regeneration. Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the US, University Art Gallery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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2005
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No 250. An Exhibition. Beauty and Waste in the Architecture of Herzog & de Meuron, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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2004
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Silknet – Emerging Chinese Artists, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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2004
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Persona3, China Art Archives & Warehouse, Beijing, China
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2004
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Le Printemps de Chine, CRAC ALSAC, Altkirch, France
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2004
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Regeneration, Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the US, David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center Brown University, Providence, USA
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2004
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Regeneration. Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the US, John Paul Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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2004
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On the Edge – Contemporary Chinese Photography & Video, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, USA
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2004
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Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
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2004
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Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland (solo)
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2004
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Caermerklooster - Provinciaal Centrum voor Kunst en Cultur, Gent, Belgium (solo)
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