Artist's arttributes:
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Cynical Realism |
Most exhibitions in:
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| China | 39 |
| USA | 26 |
| Germany | 15 |
| Austria | 7 |
| United Kingdom | 6 |
Biography: 
1962 Born in Daqing, Heilongjiang (CN)
Lives and works in Beijing (CN)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 139 
Solo shows 15
2012
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| Yue Minjun, L'ombre Du Fou Rire - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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| Yue Minjun - Paintings and sculptures - Gallery S.E., Bergen |
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| Yue Minjun - Trapped - Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art MoCA, Chengdu, Sichuan |
2011
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| Yue Minjun - ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus |
2010
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| The Spirit Scenes from Time Past - Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai |
2009
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| Archeological Discovery in AD 3009 - Today Art Museum, Beijing |
2008
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| The Grassland Series - Pace Prints, New York City, NY |
2007
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| Yue Minjun - Queens Museum of Art (QMA), New York City, NY |
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| Looking for Art - Beijing Commune, Beijing |
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| Yue Minjun - Meulensteen (Former Max Protetch), New York City, NY |
2006
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| Looking for Terrorists - Beijing Commune, Beijing |
2005
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| Yue Min Jun - Art Beatus - Vancouver, Vancouver, BC |
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| Post Auratic Self-Portrait of - CP Foundation, Jakarta |
2004
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| Yue Min Jun - Sculptures & Paintings - Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, SAR |
2003
Group shows 124
2013
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| Pure Views - FAAM - Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka |
2012
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| Yue Minjun, Aakash Nihalani, Mark Jenkins - Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, Culver City, CA |
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| Asia Week at Pace Prints - Pace Prints, New York City, NY |
2011
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| The Decade Show: An Anniversary Exhibition - Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY |
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| Group exhibit - Canvas International Art, Amsterdam |
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| Rising - 34FineArt, Cape Town |
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| Incongru. Quand l'art fait rire - Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne |
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| World Beats: Global Contemporary Art - The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN |
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| Collecting History: China New Art - Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art MoCA, Chengdu, Sichuan |
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| Den Haag Sculptuur 2011 - Den Haag Sculptuur, The Hague |
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| Living Masters - Opera Gallery, Paris |
2010
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| Recycling of the classic - limited edition art famous Carnival - Gallery Yang, Beijing |
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| Monumental - Walsh Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| Liebhaberstücke - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus fünf Mülheimer Privatsammlungen - Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Mülheim/Ruhr |
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| Sothebys - Beyond Limits - Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire (England) |
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| Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art - Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai |
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| I love you - ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus |
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| Facing East - Initial Access Frank Cohen Collection, Wolverhampton (England) |
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| Facing East: Recent Works from China, India and Japan from the Frank Cohen Collection - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (England) |
2009
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| Enliven- In Between Realities and Fiction - Animamix Biennial 2009-2010 - Beijing - Beijing Today Art Museum Gallery, Beijing |
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| Facing China - Ystads Konstmuseum, Ystad |
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| Pete and Repeat - Works from the Zabludowicz Collection - Zabludowicz Collection London, London (England) |
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| Face of Chinese Avant-Garde - Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York City, NY |
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| Summer Chinese Print Show - Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York City, NY |
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| Chinamania - ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishoj |
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| Yue Minjun & Wilhelm Mundt - Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD |
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| Four - 4 - photography-painting-sculpture-drawing and video - Black Cube Gallery - Calle Horitzontal, Barcelona |
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| With You I Want to Live: Gordon Locksley & George T. Shea Collection - Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL |
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| Chinese Print Show - Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York City, NY |
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| Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection - Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA |
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| Vancouver Sculpture Biennale 2009-2011 - Vancouver Sculpture Biennale, Vancouver, BC |
2008
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| Five Years of DUOLUN - Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai |
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| Lovely Blossoms And Full Moon - Yuz Art Museum, Jakarta |
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| ChinasRevision - Fokus Beijing - Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz |
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| Print Show - Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York City, NY |
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| China in Transition - Stiftung Ahlers Pro Arte / Kestner Pro Arte, Hannover |
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| LOSS OF CONTROL - Grenzgänge zur Kunst - von Félicien Rops bis heute - MARTa Herford, Herford |
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| Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA |
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| 3rd Nanjing Triennial - Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, Jiangsu |
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| 7th Shanghai Biennale - Translocalmotion - Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai |
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| FACING CHINA - Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz |
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| FACING CHINA - Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck |
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| Red, Smooth and Luminescent - Xin Dong Cheng - Paris, Paris |
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| Red, Smooth and Luminescent - Xin Dong Cheng - Beijing, Beijing |
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| Fluxion Stars - Triumph Art Space, Beijing |
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| Asian Contemporary Art - Rudolf Budja Galerie / Artmosphere Salzburg, Salzburg |
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| The Moments of Arario - Arario Cheonan, Cheonan-si |
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| THE OLYMP - Works on Paper - - Burkhard Eikelmann Com, Dusseldorf (closed, 2010) |
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| The ORIGIN: The First Annual Moon River Sculpture Festival - The Moon River Museum of Contemporary Art (MR MoCA), Beijing |
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| Facing China - Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri |
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| Writing on the Wall, Chinese New Realism and Avant-garde in the eighties and nineties - Groninger Museum, Groningen |
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| Asian Printmaking Collection - 2008 The spring banquet - Gallery Road to the Museum, Seoul |
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| New Covenant Exhibition Of Early Works By Contemporary Chinese Artists - Triumph Art Space, Beijing |
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| Rojo a parte - Arte contemporáneo chino de la Colección Sigg - Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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| China macht Druck. Zeitgenössische Chinesische Druckgrafik - Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Bietigheim-Bissingen |
2007
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| RE-collection - A Retrospective Look at 15 years of Art and Vision - Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, SAR |
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| Absolute Images II - Arario New York, 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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| China - Facing Reality - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna |
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| RISING - 34FineArt, Cape Town |
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| China Now - Cobra Museum, Amstelveen |
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| MADE in CHINA - the Estella collection - The Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
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| Unholy Truths - Initial Access Frank Cohen Collection, Wolverhampton (England) |
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| RED HOT — Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX |
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| The Age of Prints 2 - Soobin Art International, Singapore |
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| MADE in CHINA - the Estella collection - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk |
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| Passion for Art - 35 Jahre Essl Museum - ESSL MUSEUM - KUNST DER GEGENWART, Klosterneuburg |
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| The Year of the Golden Pig - Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection - Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork |
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| We are your Future - Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York City, NY |
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| 2 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - Moscow Biennale of contemporary art, Moscow |
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| Chinese Art Stars - Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York City, NY |
2006
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| Under the Radar: Chinese Contemporary Art - Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO |
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| hu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art - China Institute, New York City, NY |
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| China now - Kunst in Zeiten des Umbruchs - ESSL MUSEUM - KUNST DER GEGENWART, Klosterneuburg |
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| SAMMELN UND ENTDECKEN - Galerie Schrade - Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
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| Sammeln und Entdecken - Galerie Schrade & Blashofer, Karlsruhe |
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| ABSOLUTE IMAGES: Chinese Contemporary Art - Arario Cheonan, Cheonan-si |
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| Jiang Hu - Jack Tilton Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Jiang Hu - Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA |
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| Zeitgenössische Chinesische Druckgrafik - Galerie Schrade - Schloss Mochental, Schloß Mochental |
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| 34 Contemporary Chinese Artists - Anna Kustera Gallery, New York City, NY |
2005
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| Beautiful Cynicism - ARARIO GALLERY (BEIJING), Beijing |
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| Beautiful Cynicism - Arario Beijing, Beijing |
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| The Age of Print - Soobin Art International, Singapore |
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| Image is power - Tang Contemporary Art - Bangkok, Bangkok |
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| Urban / Culture the 2nd CP Biennale - Museum Bank Indonesia, Jakarta |
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| persistence - Aura Gallery - Shanghai, Shanghai |
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| Rotational Summer Exhibition - Chinese Paintings & Antique Furniture - Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, SAR |
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| Figur / Skulptur - ESSL MUSEUM - KUNST DER GEGENWART, Klosterneuburg |
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| Xiānfēng! - Chinese avant-garde - Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen |
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| Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst - Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
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| The Game of Realism - Beijing Commune, Beijing |
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| New Works - Yibo Gallery, Shanghai |
2004
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| Twenty-Four Living Artist in China - WHITE SPACE BEIJING, Beijing |
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| "Stone Face" BANG - China's first group printing exhibition - Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai |
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| Dream Producers (I/VI) - Xin Dong Cheng - Beijing, Beijing |
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| 5th Shanghai Biennale - Techniques of the visible - Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai |
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| 5th Gwangju Biennal 2004 - A Grain of Dust A Drop of Water - Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju |
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| Through the Artists´ Eyes - A Tribute to Manfred Schoeni - Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, SAR |
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| Rotational Summer Exhibition - Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, SAR |
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| Contemporary Lithography Group Exhibition - MICHAEL SCHULTZ GALLERY BEIJING | BERLIN | SEOUL, Beijing |
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| Fruits Of Change - Galeri Semarang, Semarang |
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| CHINA NOW - Art Exhibition - Tang Contemporary Art - Bangkok, Bangkok |
2003
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| Rotational Summer Exhibition - Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, SAR |
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| New Painting 2003 - Yibo Gallery, Shanghai |
2002
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| Rotational Summer Exhibition - Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, SAR |
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| Babel 2002 - National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Gwacheon |
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| Spring Group Exhibition - Art Beatus - Vancouver, Vancouver, BC |
2001
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| TAKE PART II - zeitgenoessische chinesische Kunst - Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne |
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| Initial Image - Yibo Gallery, Shanghai |
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| Made In China - IKON Ltd, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Summer Exhibition-From Neo-realism to Postmodernism - Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, SAR |
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| Ornament und Abstraktion - Fondation Beyeler, Riehen |
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| "TAKE PART" - Zeitgenössische Chinesische Kunst - Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne |
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| Gallery Artists - Art Beatus - Vancouver, Vancouver, BC |
2000
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| Photography as fine art - galerie skala, Cologne |
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| the LIGHTS are on but nobody´s HOME - DDM Warehouse, Shanghai |
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| Song Zhuang Art Exhibition - EASTLINK Gallery, Shanghai |
1999
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| 48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
Dealer Directory 23 |
Canada
| | Art Beatus - Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
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China
| | Chinese Contemporary (Beijing), Beijing
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| | CHINESE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY (BEIJING), Beijing
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| | Hanmo Arts Gallery, Beijing
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| | MICHAEL SCHULTZ GALLERY BEIJING | BERLIN | SEOUL, Beijing
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| | Xin Dong Cheng - Beijing, Beijing
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| | Art Beatus - Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR
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| | Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai
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| | ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
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France
| | Xin Dong Cheng - Paris, Paris
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Netherlands
| | Willem Kerseboom Modern & Contemporary Art, Amsterdam
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Norway
Russia
Singapore
| | Art Seasons - Singapore, Singapore
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| | HaKaren Art Gallery, Singapore
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| | Soobin Art International, Singapore
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South Korea
| | Gallery Artside - Seoul, Seoul
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Taiwan
| | Pata Gallery | Taipei, Taipei
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USA
| | Michelle Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY
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Austria
| | ESSL MUSEUM - KUNST DER GEGENWART, Klosterneuburg
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China
| | Long March Space, Beijing
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| | Today Art Museum, Beijing
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| | Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art MoCA, Chengdu, Sichuan
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Germany
| | Burger Collection, Berlin
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United Kingdom
| | Initial Access Frank Cohen Collection, Wolverhampton (England)
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Catalogs
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