Zhan Wang


1962 Beijing, China
1978 - 1981 Graduated from Beijing Industrial Arts College, Beijing, China
1983 - 1988 Graduated from Sculpture Department, Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China
Currently lives and works in Beijing


Selected Exhibitions

2005
ElectroScape, International New Media Art Exhibition, Zhengdai MoMa, Shanghai
Xianfeng! Chinese avant-garde sculpure, Museum Beelden aan Zee/Waanders Uitgevers
On The Edge Visiting Artists Program, Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, San-, USA
The Elegance of Silence, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Universal Experience- Art, Life, and the Tourist¢®?s Eye, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

2004
Chinese Imagination, Paris, Jardin des Tuileries
Beyond Boundaries, Shanghai Gallery of Art
Between Past and Future : New photography and Video from China,International Center of Photograph (ICP), NewYork
Playing with the Energy, House of Shiseido, Tokyo
Mount Everest Project ?to the Summit Everest 8853.5m (solo)

2003
Dreams and Conflicts-The Dictatorship of the Viewer
50th Venice Biennale: Synthi-Scapes: Chinese Pavilion

2002
From Sweden to Taibei, Taibei-Taizhong (solo)

2001
Inlay Great Wall, Remnant Great wall of Badaling, Beijing (solo)
Sham Nature : Zhan Wang¢®?s Artificial Jiashanshi, Hanart Gallery, Hongkong
Insaid out: Floating Rock on Sweden, Gothenbog, Sweden

2000
Beyond Twelve Nautical Miles: Floating Rock Drifts On The Open Sea, Lingshan Island Jiaonan City, Shandong Provence

1999
Volume and Form, Singapore International Sculpture, Singapore
Transience: Chinese Experimental Art at the End of the Twentieth Century, The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Chinese Contemporary Art, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA

1998
Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, He Xiang Ning Museum, Shenzhen, China
Building Blocks, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
A Revelation of 20 Years of Contemporary Chinese Art, Worker¢®?s Cultural Palace, Beijing, China
Commemorating Life, Jinshan, Taiwan
Half a Century of Footprints, Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
Autonomous Action, Art Space Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Signs of Life: Group Exhibition of Modern Chinese Art, Modern Art Studio, Beijing, China

1997
Continue, Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
The First Sculpture Activities in Guilin Dayanggu Art Palace, Guilin, China
Dream of China 1997: Chinese Contemporary Art, Yan Huang Art Museum, Beijing, China
Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Watari-UM, Tokyo, Japan
Forever Return 1997: Nanshan Sculpture Exhibition, Nanshun Sculpture Institute, Shenzhen, China

1996
The First Exhibition in Mountain-Forest Sculpture Park, Huar Rou, Beijing, China
International Sculpture Wild: Open Show, Fukouka Seaside Park, Fukouka, Japan
The First Academic Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Artists, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong
Reality, Present and Future, International Art Place, Beijing, China

1995
Woman¢®?s Her: The Second Triplicate Studio Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Open Your Mouth, Close Your Eyes, Beijing?Berlin Art Exchange, Beijing, China