Wang Dongling (Chinese, born )

Timeline

1945
Born in Rudong, Jiangsu, China
1966
BA, Department of Fine Arts, Nanjing Teacher's College, Nanjing
1981
M.A. in Calligraphy Studies, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China National Academy of Fine Arts), Hangzhou
1981–1988
Professor, China National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou
1989–1992
Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota
1992
Visiting Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
1993
Research Professor, Research Department of Chinese Calligrapher's Association, Beijing
1994
Professor, China National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou
1997
Visiting Professor, Jifu Women's College, Nagoya
1997
Awarded by Worldwide Calligraphy of Jeollabuk-do Biennale
1998
Visiting Professor, Muthesius-Hochschule Polytechnic School for Art, Architecture and Design, Kiel
2011
Named Annual Influential Artist of the 6th AAC Art China
Professor of Calligraphy Department of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Director of Contemporary Calligraphy Research Centre of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, ChinaK
Present
Lives and works in Hangzhou, China

Exhibitions

2013
Beyond Black and White: Chinese Contemporary Abstract Ink, Pearl Lam Fine Art, Shanghai, China
2013
Strokes in Dialogue, Wang Dongling and Samir Al Sayegh Joint Exhibition, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2013
Wang Dongling: Brushing the Tides, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China (solo)
2013
The Moon over the River, Wang Dongling Public Performance of Calligraphy, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China (solo)
2012
Decanter Ink: Hangzhou Cross-year Exhibition - Wang Dongling solo, Sanshang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China (solo)
2012
Art Stage Singapore, Pearl Lam Galleries, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
2012
Work by Wang Dongling, Qiu Zhenzhong and Xu Bing, He Xiangning Art Museum Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen, China
2011
Wu Ming, Form is Formless: Chinese Contemporary Abstract Art, Contrasts Gallery (now Pearl Lam Fine Art), Shanghai, China
2011
Wiesbaden International Modern Calligraphy Exhibition, Baden, Hamburg, Germany; Belgium
2011
Wang Dongling Solo exhibition, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China (solo)
2010
Lanting Pavilion Review: China Calligraphy Exhibition, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
2010
Beauty of Chinese Character: China Calligraphy Exhibition, Paris, France
2010
Trace and Qualitative Leap—Beijing Film Academy’s 60th anniversary exhibition, Beijing Film Academy 4 ° Space Gallery, Beijing, China
2009
Ink Painting, Calligraphy: The Third Abstraction, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
2009
Calligraphy and non- Calligraphy: 2010 Hangzhou International Modern Calligraphy Exhibition Hangzhou, China
2009
In the Hand of Paper, Art Academy of Roma, Rome, Italy
2009
The First Linzhou Ink Brush Biennale (International), Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2009
The Orchid Pavilion: The Art of Writing in China, Royal Art Museum of Belgium, Belgium Asian Ink Masters, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, USA
2008
Seoul Biennial Calligraphy Art Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
2007
Solo Happiness & Group Happiness-Public Art Exhibition of China Academy of Art, Sino-Japanese Friendship Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Reboot: The Third Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu, China
2007
Opening Fun-International Modern Calligraphy Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
2007
Made in China-Contemporary Art Exhibition, Louisiana Art Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007
Share the Perpateticism—Calligraphy Exhibition by Wang Dongling, National Art Museum of China, Beijing (solo)
2006
Brush and Ink: The Chinese Art of Writing, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
2006
The Young Mandarins 2006, Goedhuis Contemporary at the Mandarin Oriental, Miami, Florida, USA
2006
Calligraphy Night on the Christmas Eve, Hangzhou, China
2006
Ink & Brush - Chinese Writing Art Exhibition, Metropolis Museum, New York, USA
2006
International Calligraphy Exhibition in Memory of the 300th Issue of Calligraphy Magazine, Seoul, South Korea
2005
Word Is Not Word: The Open Calligraphy Space-International Modern Calligraphy Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
2005
The 1st International Cursive Script Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
2005
International Calligraphy Exhibition, World Exposition, Nagoya, Japan
2005
The 1st Nomination Exhibition of The Works of Contemporary Celebrities, China Art Museum,Bejing, China
2005
National Nomination Exhibition of The Works of Chinese Celebrities, Museum of The Forbidden City, Bejing, China
2005
Inside & Outside-Calligraphy Exhibition of Chinese and American Artists, Shenzhen, China
2005
Spread of Ink- Seoul Calligraphy Biennial 2005, Seoul, South Korea
2005
INK, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York
2005
Contemporary Art from Greater China, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, USA; London, United Kingdom
2004
Maze-The 2nd National Media Art Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
2004
International Invitation Exhibition of the Ink Color in The E-era, Taiwan, China; Berlin, Germany
2004
The 8th National Calligraphy and Seal Exhibition, Xi’an, China
2004
Invitation Exhibition of The Works of Contemporary Chinese Artists, Nanjing, China
2003
Edge of The Earth-Asian Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
2003
Calligraphy Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
2003
International Calligraphy Biennial, Chonju, South Korea
2003
The 1st Exhibition of The Works of Chinese Leading Calligraphers, Tokyo, Japan
2003
Exhibition of Wang Dongling’s Calligraphy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (solo)
2002
“Music without Sound: Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy”, Goedhuis Contemporary, London, UK
2002
“Brushes with Surprise: The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China”, British Museum, London, UK
2002
Silent Music- Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, London, UK
2002
“The Paintings of Wang Dongling”, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, USA
2002
“On the Edge of the Millennium: New Art from China”, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, USA and London, UK
2002
“Avant-garde Calligraphy”, Lower Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA
2002
The Paintings of Wang Dongling, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, USA
2002
Music without Sound: Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy, Goedhuis Contemporary, London, UK
2001
“China without Borders”, Goedhuis Contemporary, Sotheby’s New York, USA
2001
“Invitational Exhibition of Works from Both Sides of the Taiwan Straits”, National Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2001
“Wang Dongling Calligraphy Show”, China Lan Ting Calligraphy Festival, Shaoxing, China
2001
“It is Not Calligraphy”, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York, USA
2001
“The Calligraphy of Wang Dongling”, Shaoxing Museum, Zhejiang, China
2000
“20th Century Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition”, Beijing, China
2000
“The Gate of Century Exhibition”, Chengdu
1999
Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, Paris, France
1999
“20th Century Chinese Calligraphy Show”, Tokyo, Japan
1999
Contemporary Chinese Art -Art Sans Frontiers International Art Exhibition, Australia
1999
Contemporary Chinese Art: Art Sans Frontiers International Art Exhibition, Australia
1998
Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, Hong Kong
1998
Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, Malmo Konsthall Gallery, Malmo
1998
Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, Columbia University, New York, USA
1998
Chinese Five Thousand Years Civilization Exhibition, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA and Bilbao, Spain
1998
Chinese Academy of Arts Exhibition, Shanghai Museum of Arts, Shanghai, China
1998
d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose
1998
Muthesius Hochschule, Polytechnic School for Art, Kiel
1998
d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, USA
1997
Nagoya Zie Mien Gallery, Nagoya
1997
Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1997
Jifu Women’s College, Nagoya
1997
'97 World Calligraphy Art Biannual Exhibition, Korea
1997
“21st Century Calligraphy Exhibition”, Chinese National Arts Museum, Beijing, China
1994
The Chinese National Art Gallery, Beijing, China
1993
d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose
1993
The International Press, Tokyo, Japan
1993
Minnesota State Exhibition Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
1991
North Dakota Museum of Art, North Dakota, USA
1991
University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA
1990
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
1990
d.p.Fong Galleries, San Jose
1989
York University, Montreal, Canada
1989
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
1989
University of Kansas, Kansas, USA
1989
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
1988
Jiangsu Tishing Culture Center, Hangzhou, China

Public Collections

North Dakota Museum of Art, North Dakota, USA
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, Beijing, China
British Museum, London, UK
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
The Palace Museum, Beijing, China
National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
Peking University, Beijing, China
National Library of China, Beijing, China
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
English (US)

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