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Wu Shanzhuan Biography
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1986 |
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graduated from Normal Department of the Zejiang Art Academy.
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1990 |
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founded Red Humour International. Since 1991 has been working and exhibiting collaborative with Thorsdottir Thor’s Daughter’s Pulverization Service.
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1995 |
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graduated from the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg.
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Lives and works in Hamburg and Shanghai.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2013
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What A Form - A Reportage, OCAT, Shenzhen, China (solo)
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2012
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EDIT: Image Fetish and PhobiaShanghART H-Space Bldg 18, 50 Moganshan Road, Shanghai, China
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2012
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SURPLUS AUTHORS, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, The Netherlands
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2011
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Waterworks: GENG Jianyi, WU Shanzhuan, YANG Fudong, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China
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2011
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The Poster Exhibition, TOP COntemporary Art Center, Shanghai, China
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2011
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THE COUPLE SHOW! Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai (collaboration with Thorsdottir). (Publication)
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2011
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Kuo Xuan, Wu Shanzhuan & Inga Svala Thorsdottir, Long March Space, Beijing, China (solo)
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2011
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SMS & Its Enemy, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong (solo)
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2010
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Butterfrog, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong (solo)
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2010
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Rehearsal, the 8th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China (Publication)
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2010
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West Heavens, Place-Time-Play:India-China Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai, China (collaboration with Thorsdottir)
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2010
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Act I LONG MARCH PROJECT–HO CHI MINH TRAIL (Beijing), Long March Space, Beijing China
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2009
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Thing’s Right(s) 09 The More, Wu Shanzhuan, Red Humour International & Inga Svala Thorsdottir, Thor’s Daughter’s Pulverization Service, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Three on the Bund, Shanghai, China (solo)
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2009
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A Gift to Marco Polo, la Biennale di Venice, Italy (collaboration with Thorsdottir)
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2008
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Wu Shanzhuan BUT STILL RED, Red Humour International in collaboration with Inga Svala Thor’s Daughter’s Pulverization Service, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (solo)
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2008
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Farwell to Post-Colonialism The Third Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (Publication)
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2008
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Bae Bae Iceland, Listasafn Akureyrar-Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland (collaboration with Thorsdottir)
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2007
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´85 NEW WAVE, The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing 798, China
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2007
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Metamorphosis: The Generation of Transformation in Chinese Contemporary Art, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland (collaboration with Thorsdottir)
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2006
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Yellow Box Projects, in Qingpu, Shanghai, China (collaboration with Thorsdottir). (Publication)
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2005
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The Second Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (Publication)
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2005
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Inward Gazes – Documentaries of Chinese Performance of Art, Macau Museum of Art, Macau (Publication)
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2005
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Something’s Happening, BizArt, Shanghai, China
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2004
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20 Years of Hanart TZ Gallery, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
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2004
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On the Edge - Contemporary Chinese Photography & Video, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, USA (collaboration with Thorsdottir)
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2003
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Illusion, Hong Kong Artist Commune, Hong Kong
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2003
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A Strange Heaven: Contemporary Chinese Photography, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic; toured to Art Museum Tennis Palace, Helsinki, Finland (collaboration with Thorsdottir). (Publication)
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2002
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Mirage I: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Godot Art Museum, Suzhou, China
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2002
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Made by Chinese #6, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris (collaboration with Thorsdottir). (Publication)
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2002
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China: Contemporary Art, Museu de Arte Brasileira, São Paulo, Brazil
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2002
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Paris-Pekin, Espace Cardin, Paris
The 1st Guangzhou Triennial – Reinterpretation, A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990-2000), Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
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2001
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III Biennale Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
The 1st Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Chengdu, China
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2001
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Today No Water, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York
Thing’s Right(s) –Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York (Solo)
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2001
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Art and Media, China Internationl Exhibition Centre, Bejing
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2001
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Ink, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York
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2000
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Conceptualist Art: Points of Origin 1950s-1980s, the Walker Art Center; Miami Art Museum Continental Shift, Musee d’Art Moderne Liege, Belgium
Nordicliveart.org, Paletten, Gothenburg, Sweden
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1999
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Thing’s Right(s) – Cuxhaven 1999, Cuxhavener Kunstverein, Germany
Vege-Pleasure, Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong(Solo)
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1999
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Power of the Word, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taizhong, Taiwan. Toured in Grinnell College, Iowa; Hamilton College, New York; University of Arizona, Arizona and Skidmore College, New York until January 2002. Stipendiaten, Kunsthaus, Hamburg
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1998
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Inside Out – New Chinese Art, Asia Society Galleries, New York,
P.S 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York;
toured in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Contemporary Art Museum of Mexico; Tacoma Art Museum and Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; National Gallery of Art, Canberra; and Hong Kong Museum of Art until 2000 Conceptualist Art: Points of Origin 1950s-1980s, Queens Museum of Art, New York. Toured in Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada in 2001 Berlin/Berlin, Platform, Berlin, Germany
NEID 7 Release, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany Schnittstelle/Produktion, Shedhalle, Zürich, Switzerland
...es grünt so grün..., Bonner Kunstverein, Germany
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1998
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Vege-Pleasure, Ingolfsstraeti 8 Gallery, The Reykjavik Art Festival 1998, Iceland (Solo)
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1997
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The 7th Bienal International E.D.C.R., Portugal Another Kind of Communism, The Cable Gallery, Helsinki
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1997
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Griffelkunst, Germany
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1997
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Another Kind of Communism, The Cable Gallery, Helsinki, Finland (collaboration with Thorsdottir)
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1996
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Unfrieden. Sabotage von Wirklichkeiten, Hamburger Woche der Bildenden Kunst, Hamburg, Germany (collaboration with Thorsdottir). (Publication)
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1996
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The Scream, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, Kopenhagen, Denmark (collaboration with Thorsdottir). (Publication)
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1996
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Unfrieden..., Hamburger Woche der Bildende Kunst, Hamburg
The Scream, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, Copenhagen
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1996
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Please Don’t Move, Bahnwärterhaus, Gallery der Stadt, Esslingen (Solo)
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1995
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Der Abschied von der Ideologie, Kampnagelfabrik, Hamburg, Germany
Nordic Wells, Nordic House Reykjavik Des del País del Centre – Avantguardes artístiques Xineses, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain
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1994
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Maos Ungezähmte Kinder, Römer Museum Hildesheim, Germany
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1994
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Aus der Eisenzeit, Kampnagelfabrik K3, Hamburg, Germany (collaboration with Thorsdottir). (Publication)
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1994
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[no title], Living Art Musuem, Reykavik, Iceland (collaboration with Thorsdottir)
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1994
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Festival der Künste, Bad Gleichenberg, Austria (collaboration with Thorsdottir)
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1993
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China’s New Art, Post-1989, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong Arts Centre; toured in Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; University of Oregon Art Museum, Eugene; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana; Salina Arts Center, Kansas; Chicago Cultural Center, Illinois; San Jose Museum of Art, California from 1994 to 1997 Mao Goes Pop, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Made in Hamburg, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany
Chinese Avant-Garde, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK.
Toured in Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odensee, Denmark and Kunsthall Rotterdam, The Netherlands. La Biennale APERTO, Venice Fontanelle, Kunstspeicher, Potsdam, Germany
Fragmented Memory – The Chinese Avant-Garde in Exile, Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Frankfurt
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1991
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Today No Water, 22 Bar, Reykjavik (Solo)
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1991
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Hospital, Visa, Water Cooking, Galerie Vorsetzen, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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1989
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Wu Shanzhuan, Red Humour, Hladvarpinn, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)
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1989
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China/Avant-Garde ’89, National Gallery, Beijing, China
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1988
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3 x China, Galerie Vorsetzen, Hamburg, Germany (Publication)
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1986
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75%Red 20%Black 5%White, Institute for Mass Culture, Zhoushan, China
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1985
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75%Red 20%Black 5%White, Buddha Temple, Zhoushan, China
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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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