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Xia Xiaowan Biography
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1982 |
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Graduated from the Third Studio of Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts
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1983 - 1984 |
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Art Editor in China Machinery Publishing
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2008 |
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Martell Artists of the Year 2008, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Today Art museum, Beijing, China
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Currently living in Beijing. Works as a professor of Stagecraft Department of the Central Academy of Drama
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2013
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National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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2012
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Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Singapore, Singapore
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2011
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Soliloquist – Xia Xiaowan Solo Exhibition, aye gallery, Beijing, China
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2010
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Spirit of the East II - Bridging, Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
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2010
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The Tao of Now, White Rabbit Museum, Sydney, Australia
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2010
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Three Dimensional, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland (solo)
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2010
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The Official Opening of Minsheng Art Museum – Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 1979-2009, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
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2010
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Reshaping History - Chinart from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
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2009
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Body, Shangdong Contemporary Art Center, Nanjing, China
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2009
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The State of Things. Brussels/Beijing, BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium
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2008
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2D-3D – Negotiating Visual Languages, PKM Gallery, Beijing, China
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2008
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Hypallage – the Post-Modern Mode of Chinese Contemporary Art, the OCT & Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China
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2008
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Pursuing Source and Doctrine – Oil Painting Research Exhibition, the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
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2008
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"The Origin, the First Annual Moon River Sculpture Festival, Moon River Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
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2008
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China’s Revision, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
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2008
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Early Spring: New Work by Xia Xiawan, Today Art Museum; aye gallery, Beijing, China
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2008
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XIA XIAOWAN: Landscapes with Soul, Dolores de Sierra Gallery, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2008
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The Power Of The Universe—Exhibition of Frontier Contemporary Chinese Art, Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
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2008
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Chinese Contemporary Art Document Exhibition, Yonghe Museum, Wall Museum, Beijing, China
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2008
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Martell Artists of the Year 2008 Shanghai Art Museum Shanghan, Guangdong Museum of Art Guangdong, China
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2007
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Ecole de Beaux-Arts de la Réunion, Paris, France
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2007
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The Portrait of Zero Degree—Oil Painting by Xia Xiaowan and Mao Yan, aye gallery, Beijing, China
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2007
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Living in Songzhuang, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China
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2007
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First Today’s Documents 2007, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
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2007
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’85 New Wave—The Birth Of Chinese Contemporary Art, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
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2007
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Imagination Becomes Reality, ZKM, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
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2007
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VANGUARDIAS CHINAS, Dolores de Sierra Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
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2006
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Hyper Design – the 6th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
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2006
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2006 New York Asia Art Fair, New York, USA
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2006
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The 2nd Biennale of Austria 2006, Klagenfurt, Austria
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2006
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Painting From The Inside, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China (solo)
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2006
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Mahjong – Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
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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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Yellow River – A Review of New Chinese Oil Painting, National Museum of China, Beijing, China
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2005
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Hand in Hand with the New Century – The Third Exhibition of Chinese Oil Painting, National Museum of China, Beijing, China
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2005
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2005 – Pingyao International Photography Art Exhibition, Pingyao, China
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2004
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Posers – Group Exhibition of Courtyard Gallery Artists, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing China
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2004
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2004 Asia contemporary Art Exhibition, Gwangju, Korea
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2004
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Art of Xiaxiaowan, Time Gallery, Qingdao, China (solo)
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2003
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How do you see with your mind & body? Xia Xiaowan's works on paper, Today Art Gallery, Beijing, China (solo)
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2003
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The International Sketch Art, China, England, Australia
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2002
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Vigor of the Century - Contemporary Art of Chinese 50 Artists, China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
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2001
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Anxiety: the drawn figure, The University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts, New South Wales, Australia
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2001
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Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China
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2000
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20th Century Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, National Museum of Art, Beijing, China
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1998
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The Mediawave festival, Hungary
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1998
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Looking Up, SCHOENI Gallery, Hong Kong, China (solo)
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1996
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The Repetition of Beginning, China
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1996
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Chinese Oil Painting Annual Exhibition, Beijing Museum of Art, China
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1996
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Group Exhibition in Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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1995
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The April Exhibition, the Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts,China
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1994
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The Annual Exhibition of Works of the artists Nominated by Art Critics, Beijing Museum of Art, Beijing, China.
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1992
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Chinese New Art Post 1989, Marlborough Gallery, London, UK; Sydney, Australia
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1991
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91 March Exhibition, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
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1991
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Chinese New Art Post 1989, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong. Marlborough Gallery, England and Australia
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1989
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Modern Art from China, Beijing Museum of Art, Beijing, China
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1988
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An exhibition of modern Art Chinese Art, National Museum of China, Beijing, China
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1987
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Towards the Future, Beijing Museum of Art, China
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1985
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The November Exhibition, the Palace Museum, Beijing, China
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University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong; YKQ Art Center; PORSCHE Art Foundition, Switzerland; Uli Sigg Art Collection, Switzerland
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| Literature |
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2006
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Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne-Beijing (2006). Xia Xiaowan - Painting From The Inside. Beijing.
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2006
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Colonnello, N., Xia, X. (2006). Painting From The Inside - Interview with Xia Xiaowan. Beijing Lucerne: Galerie Urs Meile. pp. 6-11.
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2006
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Xia, X. ( 2006). Some Thoughts about Space Paintings. The illustrated Magazine for World Knowledge, World Knowledge Publishing House, 292, pp. 6-17.
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2005
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Kai, E., Liu, Y. (2005). Artist Who Draw Anamorphic Person on Glass. Prestige Magazine, 11, pp. 139-141.
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2004
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Xia, X. (2004). Capriccio of My Composition. Chinese Art, China Fine Art Central Publishing House, 3, pp. 54-57.
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2004
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Han, W. (2004). Interpreting Experiences and Models of Thought - Notes About An Interview with Xia Xiaowan. Gallery Magazine Publishing House, 1, pp. 115-125.
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2004
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Song, X. (2004). What Is The Way You See?. Chinese Art, China Fine Art Central Publishing House, 3, pp. 51-53.
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2003
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Y. Q. K. Art Center (2003). Xia Xiaowan - Works On Paper.Beijing.
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2003
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Xia, X. (2003). I Saw It So. Contemporary Artist Publishing House, 29, pp. 60-61.
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2001
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Hebei Education Press (2001). Drawings of Xia Xiaowan. Hebei, China.
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1998
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Schoeni Art Gallery (1998). Looking Up. Hong Kong, China.
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