Wang Chuan (American/Chinese, born )

Timeline

1953
Born in Chengdu, China
1960
Began painting during the Cultural Revolution, while working building Railway tracks
1978
Accepted into the Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts, majoring in Chinese and oil painting
1982
BA Degree, Chinese Painting, The Sichuan Art Academy, Chongqing, China
1982–1984
Art editor and photographer for Modern Art
1984
Moved to Shenzhen and experimented in ink and oil
1987
Member of the Chinese Artist Association
1997
Moved to the United States
1998
Diagnosed with Gastric Cancer, had an operation and chemotherapy in Sichuan Hospital, China
1999–2002
Made a pilgrimage to Pokhara in Napel third. Practised Buddhism, wrote articles, took pictures and DVD
2002–2003
Lived in solitude in a small fishing village, Shenzhen, China
2005–2006
Became an artist in residence at the Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, China
Awards
1980 2nd Award, National Young Artists Exhibition, Beijing, China
1981 Two Excellent Awards, Sichuan Province Fine Art Exhibition, Chengdu, China
1983 Award in the National Workers Art Exhibition, Beijing, China
1983 Award in the National Railway Art Exhibition, Beijing, China
1986 The Artistic Contribution Award, Shenzhen, China
1989 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 8 large scale paintings (acrylic on canvas) commissioned
1992 Award, Oil Painting Section, First Biannual Exhibition of Chinese Art, China
Lives and works in Beijing, China

Exhibitions

2013
ART13 London, Olympia Grand Hall, London, UK
2013
Boundary of freedom, Fourth round, fourth round,Chinese Contemporary InkTowards Basel, Miami Nina Torres Art Gallery-- the Branch of Taihe Art Gallery in America
2013
Mind and Hand in Accord—The Sixth Exhibition of Chinese abstract Art, PIFO Gallery, Beijing, China
2013
Locus - Wang Chuan Solo Exhibition, A Thousand Plateaus Art Space, Chengdu, China (solo)
2013
The Parallel show of the 55th Venice Biennale, Italy
2013
RE-INK Contemporary Ink and Wash Painting, Hubei Museum of Art, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China, DuoLun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2012
Chinese Contemporary Ink Painting Art Exhibition, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany
2012
Undoing Shuimo, Internationational Contemporary Shuimo Invitational Exhibition, Shanghai,
2012
Wang Chuan’s Ink Painting Exhibition, Galerie 99 Aschaffenburg, Germany (solo)
2012
The Elements of Chinese Ink Art: Wang Chuan Solo Exhibition , Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, China (solo)
2010
Wang Chuan's Oil Painting Exhibition, PIFO New Art Gallery, Beijing, China (solo)
2010
Geneva International Art Fair, Geneva, Switzerland
2010
Open Flexibility: Innovative Contemporary Ink Art, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
2009
Return to the Modern, Zhejiang Museum of Arts, Hangzhou, China
2008
2008 YiSchool 30 Years of Chinese Abstract Arts, Barcelona Museum of Arts, Caixa Frum Madrid, Spanish
2008
Art 2008 Beijing, National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
2008
Case Studies of Arts History and Art Criticism,Art Space of Perspective, Chang Art Beijing, China
2007
Everloving SHUIMO: The 2nd Invite Exhibition of the SHUIMO Union of Songzhuang, China Songzhuang Gallery, Beijing, China
2007
From Southwest: Contemporary Art from Southwest of China, Guandong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2007
Lines: Chinese Abstract Art, Greek Art Centre, Shanghai, China
2007
Ink Had Five Colors, PIFD New Art Studios, Beijing, China
2007
Qi Yun: The International Travelling Exhibition of Chinese Abstract Art, Shenzhen, Beijing, China, Hong Kong and New York, USA
2007
Case Studies of Artists in Art History and Art Criticism, SZ Art Centre, Beijing, China
2007
Art 2007 Beijing, National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
2007
My Landscape, The Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China (solo)
2006
Chinese Abstract Arts by Wang Chaun, Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Shanghai (solo)
2006
1st Annual Exhibition of Asia Contemporary Art, Shi Ji Tan, Beijing, China
2006
Chinese Painting Documentaries Exhibition, Nanjing Visual Art Museum, Nanjing, China
2006
Chinese-Korean Contemporary Ink Painting, Guan Shanyue Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China
2006
Wang Chuan & Yan Shanchun, Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong
2006
Create History: Commemoration Exhibition of Chinese Modern Art in 1980s, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen, China
2006
Du: the Expressions of Contemporary SHUIMO Art, Huitai Art Centre, Tianjin, China
2005–2006
Oil on canvas by Wang Chuan, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal of He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China (solo)
2005
Contemporary Art Exhibition of Zhujiang Delta, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2005
The Act of Writing and of Non-writing: The Open Space for Chinese Calligraphy: International Exhibition of Modern Calligraphy 2005 Hangzhou China, West Lake Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
2005
Retrospection of Experimental Ink & Wash 1985-2000, Shenzhen Art Museum
2004
The 4th International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
2001
Trace of Life: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Wang Chuan, He Xiangning (solo)
2000
Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong (solo)
2000
Art Museum, Shenzhen, China (solo)
2000
The 2nd International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
1999
Chineseche Tuschmalerel, Herrenhof Mussback, Germany
1999
Abstractions, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong (solo)
1998
Ink Paintings by Wang Chuan, Gallery 456, New York, USA (solo)
1998
Looking East, Goldstrom Gallery, New York, New York, USA
1997
Modern Ink Painting Art in China, Shanghai Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
1997
Chinese Abstraction and Beyond, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Arts Centre
1996
1996 The Artistic Trend of Modern Chinese Ink and Wash in the Late 20th Century, Guangzhou, China
1996
Returning to Homeland, Gallery on the RIM, San Francisco, USA
1995
Xubaizhai International Symposium: Perspectives of 20th Century Chinese Painting, The Urban Council, Hong Kong
1995
1995 Wonders of Chinese Abstraction: Zao Wou-Ki, Hsiao Chin, Wang Chuan, Chao Chung-hsiang, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
1994
Interior Forms, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
1993
Chinese Fine Arts in 1990s, Sichuan Museum of Art, Chengdu, China
1993
New Arts in China Post 1989, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Centre
1992
The Second Exhibition of Modern Chinese Art, Guangzhou, China
1992
The First Biannual Exhibition of Chinese Art, Guangzhou, China
1990
Shenzhen Museum of Art, China (solo)
1990
Hanart Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
1990
Hanart 2 Gallery, Hong Kong (solo)
1990
Hanart (Taipei) Gallery, Taiwan (solo)
1990
Metamorphosis: Contemporary Chinese Paintings, Hong Kong Arts Centre
1990
Singapore Art Fair ’90, Singapore
1989
China’s Avant-Garde, Beijing, China
1989
Blackness, Hanart 2 Gallery, Hong Kong
1989
Blackness, Hanart (Taipei) Gallery, Taiwan
1988
Aspetti Della Pittura Chinese Contemporanea, Ferrara Art Museum, Italy
1988
Words, Words, Words, Hanart 2 Gallery, Hong Kong
1988
Words, Words, Words, Hanart (Taipei) Gallery, Taiwan
1988
China Museum of Art, Beijing, China (solo)
1986
Street Exhibition-O, Shenzhen, China
1986
The 1985 New Wave in Art Seminar, Guangzhou

Public Collections

Guangzhou Art museum
Shanghai Art Museum
Deutsche Bank
National Museum of Fine Arts in Netherlands
SOAR Foundation
Hefner Art Museum of U.S
Citibank N.A
HSBC Hong Kong Etc.
Shanghai Duolun Contemporary Art Museum
Norway Natinal Art Museum
AIG, Hong Kong
San Francisco Asia Art Museum
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Guangdong Art Museum
Shenzhen Art Museum
He Xiangning Art Museum
Shanghai Liu Haishu Art Museum
Hufuni Art Museum
Hong Kong Conevntion and Exhibition Center
Italy Ferrara Art Museum

Literature

2010
Contemporary Chinese Art Primary Documents. Written by Wu Hong. Published by the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York
2010
Chinese Contemporary Art Catalogue•Painting•Oil Painting I. Written by Lu Hong. Published by Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Press.
2010
Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art•Paintings. Published by Culture and Art Publishing House.
2009
60 years Art China 1949-2009. Written by Pan Gongkai, etc. Published by People Publishing House.
2009
Ink on Paper by Wang Chuan 2009. Published by Violet Books, Hong Kong
2008
Studies of Artists in Art History and Art Criticism. Written by Lv Peng. Published by Hunan Fine Art Publishing.
2007
90s China Art 1990 - 1999. Written by Lv Peng. Published by Peking University Press.
2007
Qi Yun: International Traveling Exhibition of Chinese Abstract Art. Written by Huang Zhuan. Published by Lingnan Art Publishing House. 
2006
China Avant-Garde Art. Written by Lu Hong. Hubei Fine Arts Publishing House.
2005
Retrospection of Experimental Ink & Wash 1985-2000. Published by Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House. 
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