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Wang Chuan

(American/Chinese, born 1953)

Wang Chuan

Stop, 2006

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Wang Chuan

Qingcheng Mountain No.8, 2014

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Biography

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 - 1984: Art editor and photographer for Modern Art
1982: BA Degree, Chinese Painting, The Sichuan Art Academy, Chongqing, China
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
: Boundary of freedom, Fourth round, fourth round,Chinese Contemporary InkTowards Basel, Miami Nina Torres Art Gallery-- the Branch of Taihe Art Gallery in America
: Mind and Hand in Accord—The Sixth Exhibition of Chinese abstract Art, PIFO Gallery, Beijing, China
: Locus - Wang Chuan Solo Exhibition, A Thousand Plateaus Art Space, Chengdu, China (solo)
: The Parallel show of the 55th Venice Biennale, Italy
: 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
: Undoing Shuimo, Internationational Contemporary Shuimo Invitational Exhibition, Shanghai,
: Wang Chuan’s Ink Painting Exhibition, Galerie 99 Aschaffenburg, Germany (solo)
: 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)
: Geneva International Art Fair, Geneva, Switzerland
: Open Flexibility: Innovative Contemporary Ink Art, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
2009: Return to the Modern, Zhejiang Museum of Arts, Hangzhou, China
: Art 2008 Beijing, National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
: Case Studies of Arts History and Art Criticism,Art Space of Perspective, Chang Art Beijing, China
2008: 2008 YiSchool 30 Years of Chinese Abstract Arts, Barcelona Museum of Arts, Caixa Frum Madrid, Spanish
: My Landscape, The Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China (solo)
2007: Everloving SHUIMO: The 2nd Invite Exhibition of the SHUIMO Union of Songzhuang, China Songzhuang Gallery, Beijing, China
: From Southwest: Contemporary Art from Southwest of China, Guandong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
: Lines: Chinese Abstract Art, Greek Art Centre, Shanghai, China
: Ink Had Five Colors, PIFD New Art Studios, Beijing, China
: Qi Yun: The International Travelling Exhibition of Chinese Abstract Art, Shenzhen, Beijing, China, Hong Kong and New York, USA
: Case Studies of Artists in Art History and Art Criticism, SZ Art Centre, Beijing, China
: Art 2007 Beijing, National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
2006: Chinese Abstract Arts by Wang Chaun, Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Shanghai (solo)
: 1st Annual Exhibition of Asia Contemporary Art, Shi Ji Tan, Beijing, China
: Chinese Painting Documentaries Exhibition, Nanjing Visual Art Museum, Nanjing, China
: Chinese-Korean Contemporary Ink Painting, Guan Shanyue Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China
: Wang Chuan & Yan Shanchun, Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong
: Create History: Commemoration Exhibition of Chinese Modern Art in 1980s, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen, China
: 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)
: 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
: Retrospection of Experimental Ink & Wash 1985-2000, Shenzhen Art Museum
2005: Contemporary Art Exhibition of Zhujiang Delta, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
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)
: Art Museum, Shenzhen, China (solo)
: The 2nd International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
1999: Chineseche Tuschmalerel, Herrenhof Mussback, Germany
: Abstractions, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong (solo)
: Looking East, Goldstrom Gallery, New York, New York, USA
1998: Ink Paintings by Wang Chuan, Gallery 456, New York, USA (solo)
1997: Modern Ink Painting Art in China, Shanghai Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
: 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
: 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 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
: New Arts in China Post 1989, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Centre
1993: Chinese Fine Arts in 1990s, Sichuan Museum of Art, Chengdu, China
1992: The Second Exhibition of Modern Chinese Art, Guangzhou, China
: The First Biannual Exhibition of Chinese Art, Guangzhou, China
1990: Shenzhen Museum of Art, China (solo)
: Hanart Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
: Hanart 2 Gallery, Hong Kong (solo)
: Hanart (Taipei) Gallery, Taiwan (solo)
: Metamorphosis: Contemporary Chinese Paintings, Hong Kong Arts Centre
: Singapore Art Fair ’90, Singapore
1989: China’s Avant-Garde, Beijing, China
: Blackness, Hanart 2 Gallery, Hong Kong
: Blackness, Hanart (Taipei) Gallery, Taiwan
1988: Aspetti Della Pittura Chinese Contemporanea, Ferrara Art Museum, Italy
: Words, Words, Words, Hanart 2 Gallery, Hong Kong
: Words, Words, Words, Hanart (Taipei) Gallery, Taiwan
: China Museum of Art, Beijing, China (solo)
1986: Street Exhibition-O, Shenzhen, China
: The 1985 New Wave in Art Seminar, Guangzhou

Public Collections

: Guangzhou Art museum
: Hufuni Art Museum
: Shanghai Liu Haishu Art Museum
: He Xiangning Art Museum
: Shenzhen Art Museum
: Guangdong Art Museum
: Hong Kong Museum of Art
: San Francisco Asia Art Museum
: AIG, Hong Kong
: Norway Natinal Art Museum
: Shanghai Duolun Contemporary Art Museum
: HSBC Hong Kong Etc.
: Citibank N.A
: Hefner Art Museum of U.S
: SOAR Foundation
: National Museum of Fine Arts in Netherlands
: Deutsche Bank
: Shanghai 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
: Chinese Contemporary Art Catalogue•Painting•Oil Painting I. Written by Lu Hong. Published by Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Press.
: 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.
: 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.
: 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.

Wang Chuan

(American/Chinese, born 1953)

Wang Chuan

Wang Chuan

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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