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Zhan Wang Biography
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1962 |
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Born in Beijing, China
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1978 - 1981 |
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Graduated from Beijing Industrial Arts College, Beijing, China
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1983 - 1988 |
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Graduated from Sculpture Department, Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China
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2000 |
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100 Global Most Discussed Artists Art Handbook
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2006 |
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Martell Extraordinary Artist Award
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Currently lives and works in Beijing
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2011
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Collecting History, China New Art, Chengdu MOCA, Sichuan, China
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2011
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The Emperors Private Paradise, Treasures From The Forbidden City, Milwaukee Art Museum, USA
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2011
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Louis Vuitton, Voyages, National Museum of China, Beijing
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2011
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Urben Arcadia, MOT/ARTS, Taipei (solo)
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2010
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One Hour Equals 100 Million Years, Suyuan Stone Generator, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (solo)
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2010
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Reflection, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (solo)
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2010
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Art for the World: the Sculpture Project of the EXPO Boulevaro World, Shanghai 2010, Shanghai EXPO, China (group)
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2010
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Suyuan Stone Generator 1 Hour Equals 100 Million Years, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (solo)
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2009
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Collision, Experimental Cases of Contemporary Chinese Art, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China (group)
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2009
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Sculpture in Nature, Nature of Sculpture, Foundation de 11 Lijnen, Oudenburg, Belgium (group)
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2009
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Contemporary Sculpture in the Historic, Bad Homburg Kurpark and Castle Gardens, Germany (group)
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2009
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Vancouver Biennale, Vancouver, Canada
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2009
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Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Artists, Suzhou Museum and Suzhou Art Museum, Suzhou, China
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2009
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The Paramount, A Collective Portrait of Asian Contemporary Art, Boao Asian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Boao Asian Forum International meeting Center, Hainan, China
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2008
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Biennial Cuvee, OK Centre of Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
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2008
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The Revolution Continues, New Chinese Art, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
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2008
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798 Art Festival, Factory 798, Beijing, China
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2008
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Wonder 2008, Singapore Biennale, Singapore
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2008
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SHcontemporary 08, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
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2008
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Hanging in the Sky, Drifting on the Surface, Linda Gallery, Beijing, China
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2008
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ShContemporary 08, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China (group)
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2008
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Zhan Wang Garden Utopia, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China (solo)
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2008
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Rocks into Gold, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA (solo)
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2008
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86 Divinity Figures, Long March Space, Beijing, China (solo)
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2008
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Zhan Wang, Hannise Gallery, San Francisco, USA (solo)
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2008
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Hypallage - The Post - Modern Mode of Chinese Contemporary Art, OCT Art and Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China (group)
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2008
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Accumulations - The Spirit of the East, Asia Art Center, Beijing, China (group)
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2008
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New World Order Contemporary Installation Art and Photography from China Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands (group)
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2008
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Case Studies of Artists in Art History, SZ Art Center 798, Beijing, China (group)
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2007
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Energies-Synergy, Foundation De 11 Lijinen, TOP10 Chinese Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Asia Art Center, Beijing, China (group)
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2007
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Contemporary Cultural Venation - China Version 2007 Credit Suisse Reincarnation, Doris Mcarthy Gallery University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, USA (group)
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2007
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Beijing Comprehensive Art Exhibition Florilegium, Museum of Art Today, Beijing, China (group)
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2007
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Escape by Crafly Scheme Salvation from Traditional and Revolutional, Language, Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China (group)
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2007
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China Under Construction, Contemporary Art from the People's Republic, ART Houston, Houston, USA (group)
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2007
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China Onward - The Estella Collection - Chinese Contemporary Art 1966-2006, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark (group)
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2007
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Re-incarnation, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Canada
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2007
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Recapture History, Contemporary Chinese Art From the Collection, Guangdong Museum of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
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2007
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Net, Re-Imagining Space, Time and Culture, Chambers Fine Arts, Beijing, China
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2007
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Rejected Collection, Ke Center for Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
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2007
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The Power of the Universe, The Frontier of Contemporary Chinese Art, Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
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2007
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The Contemporary Road of Media and Tradition Group Exhibition of Ten Leading Contemporary Sculptors, Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
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2007
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Transparent Frame, Contemporary Art in Tibet, Lhasa, Tibet, China
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2006
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The New Chinese Landscape, Arthur M Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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2006
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Beaufort Sea Triennium, PMK Museum of Modern Art Ostende, Belgium
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2006
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Heyri Asia Project /Chinese Contemporary Art Festival, Seoul, Korea
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2006
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Martell Artists of the Year 2006, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
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2006
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1st Annals Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Millennium Art Museum, Beijing
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2006
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Exchange Value of Pleasure, Pusan Museum of Modern Art, Korean
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2006
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The Festival of China, The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C
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2006
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Electrical Scape, International New Media Art Exhibition, Zheng Da Art Museum, Shanghai
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2006
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Chinese Avant-garde Sculpture, Museum Beelden aan Zee Holland
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2006
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On the Edge--Visiting Artists Program, Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, USA
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2006
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Hyper Design 6th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum
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2006
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Entry Gate: Chinese Aesthetics of Heterogeneity, MoCA, Shanghai
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2006
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City in Progress/ Live from Zhang Jiang, Zhangjiang, Shanghai
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2006
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Chinese in Indigenous Mode: Contemporary Renaissance in Aesthetic Reconstruction, Today Art Museum, Beijing
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2006
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The New Chinese Landscape, Arthur M Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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2006
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ZHAN WANG Urban Landscape-Beijing, Williams College Museum of Art (solo)
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2005
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The Elegance of Silence, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
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2005
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Universal Experience--Art, Life, and the Tourists Eyes, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Haywood Gallery, London
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2005
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The Wall-- Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art, Millennium Art Museum, Beijing; UB Art Gallery and Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
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2005
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Flowers in the Mirror, Han art Gallery, Hong Kong (solo)
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2005
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ElectroScape, International New Media Art Exhibition, Zhengdai MoMa, Shanghai
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2005
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Xianfeng! Chinese avant-garde sculpure, Museum Beelden aan Zee/Waanders Uitgevers
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2005
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On The Edge Visiting Artists Program, Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, San-, USA
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2005
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The Elegance of Silence, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
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2005
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Universal Experience- Art, Life, and the Tourists Eye, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
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2004
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Mount Everest Project, to the Summit Everest 8853.5m (solo)
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2004
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Chinese Imagination, Paris, Jardin des Tuileries
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2004
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Beyond Boundaries, Shanghai Gallery of Art
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2004
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Between Past and Future : New photography and Video from China, International Center of P hotograph (ICP), NewYork
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2004
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Playing with the Energy, House of Shiseido, Tokyo
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2003
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Dreams and Conflicts-The Dictatorship of the Viewer
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2003
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50th Venice Biennale: Synthi-Scapes: Chinese Pavilion
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2002
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From Sweden to Taibei, Taibei-Taizhong (solo)
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2002
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Sham Nature--Zhan Wangs Artificial Jiashanshi, Han art Gallery, Hong Kong (solo)
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2002
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In & out --Floating Rock on Sweden, Gothenburg, Sweden (solo)
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2001
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Inlay Great Wall, Remnant Great wall of Badaling, Beijing (solo)
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2001
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Sham Nature : Zhan Wangs Artificial Jiashanshi, Hanart Gallery, Hongkong
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2001
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Insaid out: Floating Rock on Sweden, Gothenbog, Sweden
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2000
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Beyond Twelve Nautical Miles: Floating Rock Drifts On The Open Sea, Lingshan Island Jiaonan City, Shandong Provence
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1999
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Volume and Form, Singapore International Sculpture, Singapore
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1999
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Transience: Chinese Experimental Art at the End of the Twentieth Century, The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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1999
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Chinese Contemporary Art, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
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1998
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Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, He Xiang Ning Museum, Shenzhen, China
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1998
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Building Blocks, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
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1998
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A Revelation of 20 Years of Contemporary Chinese Art, Workers Cultural Palace, Beijing, China
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1998
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Commemorating Life, Jinshan, Taiwan
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1998
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Half a Century of Footprints, Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
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1998
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Autonomous Action, Art Space Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
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1998
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Signs of Life: Group Exhibition of Modern Chinese Art, Modern Art Studio, Beijing, China
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1997
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Continue, Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
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1997
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The First Sculpture Activities in Guilin Dayanggu Art Palace, Guilin, China
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1997
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Dream of China 1997: Chinese Contemporary Art, Yan Huang Art Museum, Beijing, China
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1997
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Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Watari-UM, Tokyo, Japan
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1997
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Forever Return 1997: Nanshan Sculpture Exhibition, Nanshun Sculpture Institute, Shenzhen, China
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1996
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The First Exhibition in Mountain-Forest Sculpture Park, Huar Rou, Beijing, China
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1996
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International Sculpture Wild: Open Show, Fukouka Seaside Park, Fukouka, Japan
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1996
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The First Academic Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Artists, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong
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1996
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Reality, Present and Future, International Art Place, Beijing, China
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1995
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Womans Her: The Second Triplicate Studio Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery, Beijing, China
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1995
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Open Your Mouth, Close Your Eyes, Beijing Berlin Art Exchange, Beijing, China
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1994
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Vacant Empty- Seduction Series, Works of Zhan Wang, CAFA Gallery, Beijing (solo)
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1994
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Agree to 11/26 as a Reason: Postcard Exchange, Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing
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1994
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Kong Ling Kong Seduction Series: Works of Zhan Wang, Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
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1993
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Taiwan, Beijing, Two Sides of Straits: Sculpture Exchange, Gao Xiaong Art Gallery, Taiwan and Beijing, China
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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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