Gao Xingjian (Chinese/French, born )

Timeline

1940
Born in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China
1952–1957
Learned sketching, watercolor and oil painting at Nanjing 10th Secondary School
1957–1962
Wished to study art at the Central Academy in Beijing but his family persuaded him to study French at the Beijing Institute of Foreign Language
1962–1970
Worked as a translator while continuing to paint and to write novels in Beijing
1979
First publications of essays, short stories in literary reviews
1981
Published First Essay on the Techniques of the Modern Novel
1982
His play, Alarm Signal, was the start of experimental theatre in China
1983
Forbidden to publish and perform in China
1985
His play The Wild Man gives rise to a new debate. Invited by the DAAD (Germany) and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he spends eight months in EuropeHis first exhibition at the Berliner Kunsterhaus Bethanien was successful.
1985
His first exhibition at the Berliner Kunsterhaus Bethanien was successful.
1986
The rehearsals of The Other Shore are suspended in Beijing before the play is even staged
1987
Invited by the Morat Institute for Kunst and Kunstwissenshaft and the French Ministry of Culture, he leaves China to settle in Paris
1987
He pursues the writing of The Soul Mountain that he had started in China in 1982
1989
After the Tian An Men events, Gao finishes The Soul Mountain and writes the play Escape that gives rise to a total ban on the entirety of his works in China
1989
He settles in France as political refugee
1990
His novel The Soul Mountain is published in Taiwan
1992
Awarded the title Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France
1994
Awarded the French Community of Belgium Prize for his play
1997
Awarded Le Prix du Nouvel An Chinois for his novel la Montagne de l'âme
1997
Granted French citizenship
1998
His novel One Man’s Bible is published in Taipei
1994–2000
His plays are translated, published and performed internationally
2000
Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature for Soul Mountain and the Chevalier de la Légiond'Honneur
2001
Honorary doctorate degrees bestowed by Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Aix-Marseille, Provence, France
2002
Awarded the Golden Plate Award by the American Academy of Achievement
2002
Member on the editorial board of La Comédie Française
2003
Year of Gao in Marseille, France, featuring his painting, theatre, opera and cinema
2003
Member of the Académie universelle des Cultures
2005
Honorary doctorate degree bestowed by the University of Taiwan
2006
Awarded Library Lions by the New York public library
Currently lives and works in Paris, France

Exhibitions

2013
Essence of Contemporary Chinese Art by Alisan Fine Arts, Art Basel in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2011
“Selected Asian Cultural Council Fellows: Then and Now” Works by Gao Xingjian, Wei Ligang, Wei Qingji, Zhang Jianjun, Asian Cultural Council Hong Kong & Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2010
Gao Xingjian, The Nobel Laureate & painter, New works ink on canvas & on paper, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong (solo)
2009
Hong Kong International Antiques & Art Fair, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2008
New Works by Gao Xingjian 2007-2008 (as part of Gao Xingjian Arts Festival by the Chinese University of Hong Kong & Le French May Festival 2008 by Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macao), Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong (solo)
2008
Museum Wurth la Rioja, Spain (solo)
2007
Gao Xingjian: End of the World, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany (solo)
2007
The Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame University, USA (solo)
2007
The New Face of Ink Paintings – Modern Ink Painting Group Exhibition and Symposium, Sino Group, Central Plaza Wan Chai, Olympian City 1 West Kowloon
2006
Gao Xingjian Experience, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (solo)
2006
iPRECIATION, Singapur (solo)
2006
Institut Français, Berlín, Germany (solo)
2006
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
2005
Gao Xingjian Experience, Singapore Art Museum, Singapur (solo)
2005
Galerie Frank Pagès, Baden-Baden, Germany (solo)
2005
Encre/Chine: Ink Paintings by Jean Degottex, Gao Xingjian and T’ang Haywen,” University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong
2004
Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux, Marseille, France (solo)
2004
“Encres” in Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France (solo)
2004
Centre of Contemporary Culture, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
2004
Alisan Fine Arts/Artemis Fine Arts, New York, USA (solo)
2003
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mons, Belgium (solo)
2003
Musée des Tapisseries, Aix-en-Provence, France (solo)
2003
Haggerty Museum, Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (solo)
2003
Musée de La Vieille Charité, Marseille, France (solo)
2003
Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporian (FIAC), Paris, France (solo)
2002
Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong (solo)
2002
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2002
Museo d'Arte Moderna, La Corogne, Spain (solo)
2001
Gao Xingjian – A Retrospective, Palais des Papes, Avignon, France (solo)
2001
National History Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (solo)
2000
Morat Institut für Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg, Germany (solo)
2000
Espace d’ art contemporani Le Cercle Bleu, Metz, France (solo)
2000
Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan (solo)
2000
Galerie Frank Pagès, Baden-Baden, Germany (solo)
2000
Galerie d’Art la Tour des Cardinaux, l’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France (solo)
2000
Bibliothèque de l’Académie Suédoise, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
1999
Le printemps du Livre, Cassis, France (solo)
1999
Boulevard des Potes, Bordeaux, France (solo)
1999
Scène Nationale, Bayonne, France (solo)
1998
Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, China (solo)
1998
Galerie d’Art la Tour des Cardinaux, l’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France (solo)
1998
4 Arts, Caen, France (solo)
1998
Michael Goedhuis Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1997
The Gallery Schimmel Center for the Arts, New York, USA (solo)
1996
Palais de Justice, Luxembourg (solo)
1996
Espace d'art contemporain le Cercle Bleu, Metz, France (solo)
1996
Galerie d'art la Tour des cardinaux, l'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France (solo)
1996
Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, China (solo)
1995
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (solo)
1994
Espace d’Art Contemporain le Cercle Bleu, Metz, France (solo)
1994
Teatr Polski, Poznam, Poland (solo)
1994
Galerie d’Art la Tour des Cardinaux, l’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France (solo)
1993
Galerie d’Art la Tour des Cardinaux, l’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France (solo)
1993
Maison de la Culture, Bourges, France (solo)
1993
Galerie Hexagone, Aachen, Germany (solo)
1992
Espace d’Art Contemporain le Cercle Bleu, Metz, France (solo)
1992
Centre Culturel de l’Asie, Marseille, France (solo)
1991
Espace d’Art Contemporain Confluence, Rambouillet, France (solo)
1990
Centre Culturel de Lumière de Chine, Marseille, France (solo)
1989
Ostasiatiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
1989
Krapperus Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden (solo)
1988
L’Office Municipal des Beaux-Arts et de la Culture, Wattrelos, France (solo)
1987
Département de la Culture, Lille, France (solo)
1985
People’s Art Theatre, Beijing, China (solo)
1985
Berliner Kunsterhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1985
Alte Schmid, Vienna, Austria (solo)

Public Collections

University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Musée des arts modernes, Stockholm, Sweden
Morat Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg, Germany
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA
National History Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Artothèque de Nantes, France
Musée Guimet, Paris, France
Théâtre Molière, Paris, France
Maison de la Culture de Bourges, France
La Ville de Marseille, France
Nobel Foundation, Sweden
KrapperrusKonsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden
Ostasiatiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Leibnitz Gesellschaft für Kulturellen Austausch, Berlin, Germany
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