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 Most exhibitions in: |
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| USA | 26 |
| Japan | 15 |
| Italy | 9 |
| France | 7 |
| Germany | 5 |
| Most exhibitions held at: |
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Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, France |
5 |
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Watari-Um - Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan |
3 |
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Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Japan |
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Biography: 
1957 Born in Quanzhou, Fujian (CN)
The son of a historian and painter, Cai was trained in stage design at the Shanghai Drama Institute from 1981 to 1985 and his work has, since the outset, been scholarly and often politically charged. Having accomplished himself across a variety of media, Cai initially began working with gunpowder to foster spontaneity and confront the suppression that he felt from the controlled artistic tradition and social climate in China at the time. While living in Japan from 1986 to 1995, Cai explored the properties of gunpowder in his drawings, an inquiry that eventually led to his experimentation with explosives on a massive scale, and the development of his signature explosion events, exemplified in his series, Projects for Extraterrestrials. These explosion projects, both wildly poetic and ambitious at their core, aim to establish an exchange between viewers and the larger universe around them.
Cai Guo-Qiang's practice draws on a wide variety of symbols, narratives, traditions and materials such as fengshui, Chinese medicine, dragons, roller coasters, computers, vending machines and gunpowder. Through the years, Cai has formulated collaborative relationships with specialists and experts from various disciplines, including scientists, doctors, fengshui masters, designers, architects, choreographers and composers such as Issey Miyake, Raphael Vinoly, Zaha Hadid and Tan Dun.
Among many of the artist's solo exhibitions and projects are Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune, Mass MoCA, North Adams, 2005; Cai Guo-Qiang: Unlucky Year and Traveler, Freer & Sackler Gallery and Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, 2004; Light Cycle: Explosion Project for Central Park, Creative Time, New York, 2003; Ye Gong Hao Long: Explosion Project for Tate Modern, Tate Modern, London, 2003; Transient Rainbow, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002; Cai Guo-Qiang, Shanghai Art Museum, 2002; APEC Cityscape Fireworks Show, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, Shanghai, 2001; Cai Guo-Qiang: An Arbitrary History, Musee d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, 2001; Cultural Melting Bath: Projects for the 20th Century, Queens Museum of Art, New York, 1997; Flying Dragon in the Heavens, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humblebaek, 1997; The Earth Has Its Black Hole Too, Hiroshima, 1994; and Project to Extend the Great Wall of China by 10,000 Meters, Jiayuguan City, 1993. The Everything Is Museum series, in which the Cai Guo-Qiang turns alternative spaces into exhibition sites where contemporary art and culture meet the local communities, includes DMoCA: Dragon Museum of Contemporary Art, Niigata, Japan; UMoCA: Under Museum of Contemporary Art, Colla di Val d�fElsa, Italy and, most recently, BMoCA: Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art: 18 Solo Exhibitions, which was curated by the artist and opened in September 2004 in Kinmen (Quemoy), Taiwan. Cai Quo-Qiang also curated the inaugural China pavilion at the 51st Biennale di Venezia, 2005.
Among the many honors bestowed upon Cai Guo-Qiang are the prestigious Golden Lion Award at the 48th Biennale di Venezia and the 2001 CalArts/Alpert Award in the Arts. He was also selected as a finalist for the 1996 Hugo Boss Prize.
Lives and works since 1995 in New York, NY (US)
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Public exhibitions 100
until 21.2.2010
Solo shows 23
2009
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| Cai Guo-Qiang: Quiero creer - Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao |
2008
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| The 7th Hiroshima Art Prize Cai Guo-Qiang - Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima |
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| Cai Guo Qiang - I want to believe - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY |
2006
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| Searching for Dreams in the Canals - Suzhou Museum, Suzhou |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - Long Scroll - National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang. Stage - Galleria Continua - San Gimignano, San Gimignano |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - Innopportune - Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM |
2005
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - Life Beneath the Shadow - Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (Scotland) |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang: Ghosts - Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (Scotland) |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - Paradise - Zacheta - National Gallery of Art, Warsaw |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia |
2004
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| Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune - Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art - MASS MoCA, North Adams ,MA |
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| Directions - Cai Guo-Qiang - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC |
2003
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| Cai Guo-Qiang An Explosion Event: Light Cycle over Central Park - Asia Society and Museum, New York City, NY |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang / Matrix 204 - Macromatrix For Your Pleasure - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - An Arbitrary History - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
2002
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - Ethereal Flowers - Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento |
2001
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - CAG - Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
2000
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
1999
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - I am the Y2K Bug - Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquartier), Vienna |
1997
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| Contemporary Currents – Cai Guo-Qiang: Cultural Melting Bath: Project for the 20th Century - Queens Museum of Art, New York City, NY |
1994
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| Chaos - Cai Guo Qiang - Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo |
Group shows 76
2009
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| 4. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken |
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| The China Project - Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD |
2008
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| Prospect.1 New Orleans - Prospect New Orleans, New Orleans, LA |
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| AVANT-GARDE CHINA: Twenty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art - The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo |
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| God & Goods - Villa Manin. Centro d'arte contemporanea, Codroipo (UD) |
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| Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art - Barbican, London (England) |
2007
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| A selection from the collection of contemporary art - Kröller-Müller museum, Otterlo |
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| Chinese Relativity:Part 2 - Stux Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art from GuangDong Museum of Art - The Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, Guangdong |
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| MADE in CHINA - the Estella collection - The Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
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| Out of Time - A Contemporary View - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| Light Passage - Cai Guo-Qiang & Shiseido - Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo |
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| Hunter and Gatherer - Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe |
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| MADE in CHINA - the Estella collection - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk |
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| 6 Billion Perps Held Hostage! Artists Address Global Warming - The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg, PA |
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| Speed 3: Contrarreloj (Against the clock) - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia |
2006
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| Captured Wind Arrested Shadow: Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Hwai-min's Wind Shadow - Eslite Gallery, Taipei |
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| Chinese Relativity - Stux Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| hu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art - China Institute, New York City, NY |
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| 3. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken |
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| Eldorado - MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg |
2005
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| Made for this World - Contemporary Art and the Places We Build - Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD |
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| "Translation" - Palais de Tokyo, Paris |
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| Licht und Schatten - MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg |
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| (my private) Heroes - MARTa Herford, Herford |
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| Japanese, Korean and Chinese Art - BTAP (Beijing Tokyo Art Projects) - Tokyo, Tokyo |
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| Trading Place - Contemporary Art Museum - MOCA Taipei, Taipei |
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| Interessi Zero - Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento |
2004
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| Past in Reserve: COntemporary Art of East Asia - San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA |
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| 26° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| CAFE in Mito 2004 - Art Tower Mito ATM, Mito |
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| Everything is Connected, he, he, he - Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo |
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| All under heaven - China now! - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
2003
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| Happiness - A Survival Guide for Art and Life - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| The Heroic Century: The Museum of Modern Art Masterpieces, 200 Paintings & Sculp - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX |
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| THE GIFT: Generous Offerings, Threatening Hospitality - Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON |
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| Pulse: Art, Healing, and Transformation - ICA Boston, Boston, MA |
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| The Gift - Generous Offerings, Threatening Hospitality - Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL |
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| Apparition - The Action of Appearing - Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (England) |
2002
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| Ce qui arrive - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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| Unknown Quantitiy by Paul Virilio - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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| THE GIFT - Generous Offerings, Threatening Hospitality - Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), New York City, NY |
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| La Biennale de Montréal 2002 - Biennale de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| OPEN / INVITED e v+ a 2002 - ev+a, Limerick |
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| Art That Heals - Apexart, New York City, NY |
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| THE GIFT: Generous Offerings, Threatening Hospitality - Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - SMoCA, Scottsdale, AZ |
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| Malerei ohne Malerei - Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Leipzig |
2001
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| Forms Follows Fiction - Museo d´arte contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Turin |
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| Yokohama 2001 - International Triennale of Contemporary Art - Yokohama Triennale, Tokyo |
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| I Bienal de Valencia - The Body of Art - Bienal de Valencia, Valencia |
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| il Dono - SMS Contemporanea, ex Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena |
2000
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| 1. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken |
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| 5e Biennale de Lyon - Partage d'exotismes - La biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon |
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| La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire - Académie de France à Rome - Villa Médicis, Rome |
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| Biennale of Sydney 2000 - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
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| Over The Edges - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
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| Whitney Biennial 2000 - Whitney Biennial, New York City, NY |
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| Outbound - Passages from the 90's - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1999
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| Inside Out: New Chinese Art - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT3) - Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, QLD |
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| SITE Santa Fe's Third International Biennial - Looking for a place - SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, NM |
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| 1 monde réel (1 real world) - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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| 48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| Passage - I Love Art 5 - Watari-Um - Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
1998
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| Inside Out: New Chinese Art - Asia Society and Museum, New York City, NY |
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| to the Living Room - Watari-Um - Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
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| Taipei Biennial 1998 - Site of desire - Taipei Biennial, Taipei |
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| Global Vision: new art from the 90's (Part I,II,III) - Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens |
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| Performance Anxiety - Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM |
1997
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| Cities on the move - Wiener Secession, Vienna |
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| 5. International İstanbul Biennial - International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul |
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| 47th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
1996
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| 23° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Report from the johannesburg Biennale - Watari-Um - Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
1994
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| Open System 94 - Art Tower Mito ATM, Mito |
1993
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| Azur - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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China
| | Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing
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| | Chambers Fine Art - Beijing, Beijing
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Japan
| | BTAP (Beijing Tokyo Art Projects) - Tokyo, Tokyo
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USA
| | Chambers Fine Art - New York, New York City, NY
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Public collections 30
Australia
| | Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
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| | Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation - SCAF, Sydney, NSW
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Belgium
| | SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
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Brazil
| | MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador
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China
| | Long March Foundation, Beijing
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| | The Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, Guangdong
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Denmark
| | Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
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France
| | Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
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| | Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
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Germany
| | Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
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| | Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn
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Japan
| | FAAM - Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka
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| | Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki
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| | Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Naoshima
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| | Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Saitama
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| | MOT Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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| | Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
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Luxembourg
| | MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
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Netherlands
| | Kröller-Müller museum, Otterlo
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Norway
| | Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo
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Sweden
| | Moderna Museet, Stockholm
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Taiwan
| | National Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung
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United Kingdom
| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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USA
| | Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
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| | The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
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| | Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
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| | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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