1961     Born in Xinjiang, China

1985     Graduated from the Shandong Art Institute, Shandong, China

1985-90 Employed at publishing houses, research institutes and universities

1996     Moved to Berlin, Germany Taught at Berlin University of Art, HDK

1997     Invited by the City of Berlin to serve as the Curator for Sino-German Cultural Exchange

1999     Moved to the United States

2006      Began teaching and serving as graduate advisor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing

 

Selected One-Person Exhibitions

2008      Exhibition Tour (Asia, Europe and North America)

2007      Raab Gallery, Berlin

Goedhuis Contemporary, New York and London

              Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York

              Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China

              798 Avant Gallery, New York

2006      Goedhuis Contemporary, New York and London

              Modern Art Museum, Beijing, China

              Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2005      Toll Collect, Berlin, Germany

              Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York

2004      Raab Gallery, Berlin, Germany

              Art Beatus Gallery, Hong Kong

HaiShangShan International Art Center, Shanghai, China

2003     Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York

2002     HaiShangShan International Art Center, Shanghai, China
Tao Water Gallery, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

2001     MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire, U.S
Revolving Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Asian Cultural Center, New York, New York
Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Germany

2000     Tremont Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

1999     Raab Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Leucorea, Martin Luther University, Halle/Wittenberg, Germany

1997     Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany

1996     Benario Gallery, Berlin, Germany Center of Contemporary Arts, Amsterdam, the Netherlands New China Center, Hague, the Netherlands

1994         Ammonal Gallery, Beijing, China

 

Selected Joint Exhibitions

2009      Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

2008      Beijing Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

2007      The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

              Museum of Contemporary Art, Genoa, Italy        

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark

              Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia

              Beijing Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

              Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China

2006      The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

CAS Gallery, Kean University, New Jersey

2005      Goedhuis Contemporary, New York

              Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2004      Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York

2003     Radical Line, Bowling Green State University Museum, Ohio

Asia Pacific Museum, Pasadena, California

World Art Museum, Beijing, China

2002     Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York

2001     Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston
Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York
Beijing Literary Center, Beijing

2000     South Boston Art Center, Boston, Massachusetts

1999     International Art Exhibition, Köln, Germany
Asian Modern Paintings Auction, Christie’s, London, U.K.

1998     New Art from China, Enpassant Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

1994     New Trends—Art Hong Kong and Avant-Garde Chinese Art Exhibition, Hong Kong

1987     International Art Exhibition, Lucia Art Gallery, New York, New York

1985     Third Annual China Art Exhibition, Beijing, China

1984     China Anonymous Artist Association Exhibition, Chongqin, Sichuan

 

Selected Curated (and participated) Exhibitions

2002     Start Over Exhibition, Wulumuqi, Xinjiang, China

1999     Chinese Face Exhibition, The Capital Center, Hamburg, Germany

1998     Thirteen Chinese, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany

1997     Chinese Art in Berlin, in cooperation with the German Humanities Association, Berlin, Germany
Poets in the Sunlight, Kulturbrauerei Berlin, Sponsored by the City of Berlin, Germany

1995     Second Annual Joint Exhibition of Chinese Professional Art, Ammonal Gallery, Beijing, China

1994     Chinese Professional Painters’ Works, Winter Exhibition, Shenzhen, China
Avant-Garde Chinese Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong

1993     Founded Ammonal Gallery, Beijing, China
First Joint Exhibition of Chinese Professional Art, Beijing, China

1986     Founded the Artist Circle BLUE
The First 12-Artist Joint Exhibition, Wulumuqi, Xinjiang, China

 

Selected Awards, Lectures, and Performance

2007      Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Poly auctions (from the mid-90s to present)

2007      Founded Beijing Museum of Contermporary Art

2005      Syndicat National des Antiquaires at Le Louvre, Paris, and many other international art fairs 1992 to present.

2003     Zero Space Ink Performance, Asia Society and Museum, New York

2001     Fellowship and Residency, MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire

2000     Award from the Vermont Art Center

1998     Art Award from the City of Berlin

1993      Founded the Center for Chinese Professional Artists and Ammonal Gallery

1983      Awarded the Third Prize of the National Art Competition

 

Invited lectures at the Leucorea, Martin Luther University, Halle/Wittenberg; Berlin Art University HDK; International Society–Boston; Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts; Emerson College, Boston; and Mobius Gallery, Boston