Artist's arttributes:
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Painting |
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Abstract Expressionism, Tachisme, Nouvelle École de Paris |
Most exhibitions in:
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| France | 21 |
| USA | 11 |
| Taiwan | 9 |
| Germany | 9 |
| Canada | 8 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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Lin & Lin Gallery, Taiwan |
9 |
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Marlborough New York, USA |
6 |
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Galerie Simon Blais, Canada |
4 |
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J. Bastien-Art, Belgium |
4 |
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Musée Fabre, France |
3 |
Biography: 
1921 Born in Beijing (CN)
Awards 1994 Awarded the Praemium Imperiale prize for painting.
Lives and works in Paris (FR)
9.4.2013 Died
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 82 
Solo shows 23
2011
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| Group Show: Post War and Contemporary Masters - de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, SAR |
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| Zao Wou-Ki: Paintings: 1950s - 1950s - de Sarthe Gallery, Paradise Valley, AZ |
2010
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| Jeux d’encres - Galerie DX, Bordeaux |
2009
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| Zao Wou-Ki - Zao Wou-Ki Œuvres 1956-2007 - Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, QC |
2008
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| Zao Wou-Ki: “Tribute to Jean-Paul Riopelle” and Recent Paintings - Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec City |
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| Zao Wou-Ki - Marlborough New York, New York City, NY |
2006
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| Zao Wou-Ki - Estampes 1956-1994, et Estampes Internationales - Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, QC |
2004
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| Zao Wou-Ki - Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo |
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| Zao Wou-Ki. La quête du silence - Musée Fabre, Montpellier |
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| Zao Wou-Ki - Une quète du silence - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dunkerque, Dunkerque |
2003
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| Zao Wou Ki - Rétrospective - Jeu de Paume, Paris |
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| Parcours - Galerie Olivier Vanuxem, Paris |
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| Zao Wou-Ki - Recent Works - Marlborough New York, New York City, NY |
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| Zao Wou-Ki - Taidehalli - Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki |
2001
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| Zao Wou Ki - Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels |
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| Zao Wou-Ki - J. Bastien-Art, Brussels |
2000
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| Zao Wou-Ki’s First Chinese Ink Painting Exhibition in Taiwan - Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei |
1999
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| Zao Wou-Ki 1948 - 1999 Retrospective Exhibition - Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei |
1997
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| The Exhibition of Zao Wou-Ki’s Art Works - Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei |
1996
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| Zao Wou-Ki - J. Bastien-Art, Brussels |
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| Infinite Image and Space – A Retrospective of Zao Wou-ki - Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, SAR |
1979
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| Zao Wou-ki : grafisch werk - Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam |
1968
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| Zao Wou-Ki - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
Group shows 59
2012
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| Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949–1960 - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY |
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| Made In France Iii - Galerie d'Art Jean-Claude Bergeron, Ottawa, ON |
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| Shanghai ! La Tentation de l’occident - Institut culturel Bernard Magrez, Bordeaux |
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| Shanghai ! La Tentation de l’occident - Polka Galerie, Paris |
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| Du Bon Usage De L'acide... - Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, QC |
2011
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| Groupshow - Galerie DX, Bordeaux |
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| Les Sujets de l’Abstraction (1946 – 1962); 101 masterpieces from the Gandur Foundation for Art, Geneva - Musée Fabre, Montpellier |
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| Commemoration -10th Anniversary of Soka Art Beijing - Soka Art Center - Beijing, Beijing |
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| Colectiva de Verano 2011 - Galería Vértice - Guadalajara-México, Guadalajara |
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| Group Show: Post War and Contemporary Masters - de Sarthe Gallery, Paradise Valley, AZ |
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| Parcours d'un galeriste. François Ditesheim - Musée des beaux-arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel |
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| Group Show - Marlborough New York, New York City, NY |
2010
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| The Way is Not Merely Between Two Points - Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei |
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| Monet et l'Abstraction - Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris |
2009
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| Exhibition of Masters of 20th Century Chinese Art - Anna Ning Fine Art, Beijing |
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| Works on Paper - Marlborough New York, New York City, NY |
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| Colors of the Sea, Shapes of the Sea - Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo |
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| Accrochage de groupe - Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris |
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| Abstractions (1956-2006) - Musée Fabre, Montpellier |
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| Double Happiness - Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei |
2008
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| Clue — Abstract Works Exhibition - Aura Gallery - Shanghai, Shanghai |
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| Abstractions - Galerie 1900-2000, Paris |
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| Die Hände der Kunst - MARTa Herford, Herford |
2007
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| Exploration: New Ink Art, Shanghai, 2007 - Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai |
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| Hommage à l´Atelier Lacourière-Frélaut - Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris |
2006
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| La tentation de l´Orient - Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris |
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| Peintures / Painting - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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| The Landscape of the Mind - Galerie Helene Lamarque - Paris, Paris |
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| Homenaje a Chillida - Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao |
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| Blanc Silence - Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, QC |
2005
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| Works on Paper - Marlborough New York, New York City, NY |
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| gift - Aura Gallery - Shanghai, Shanghai |
2004
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| The best of the contemporary Chinese art market — Lin Fengmian, Sanyu, Yun Gee, Wu Da-Yu, Zao Wou-Ki - Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei |
2003
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| Collection D'Estampes Contemporaines - Galerie Akié Arichi, Paris |
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| Paris 1945 bis 1965 - Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz |
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| Group Exhibition - Works by gallery artists - Marlborough New York, New York City, NY |
2002
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| Arte Múltipla - Galeria 111 - Lisboa, Lisbon |
2001
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| Ausgewählte Werke - Künstler der Galerie seit 1971 - Galerie Dorn, Stuttgart |
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| Druckgraphik aus Frankreich nach 45 - MMK Museum Moderner Kunst - Stiftung Wörlen, Passau |
2000
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| Continental Shift - Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen |
1999
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| Du noir au blanc pendant 100 ans - J. Bastien-Art, Brussels |
1998
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| Between Abstract and Figuration—40 Years of Dialogue - Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei |
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| The gallery holds a re-opening exhibition - Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei |
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| Mesure et Démesure - J. Bastien-Art, Brussels |
1997
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| The Language of Abstraction: Post-War Painting from the Collection - Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
1994
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| New Chinese Painting: The Twentieth Century Selection Exhibition - Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei |
1988
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| Abstraction : expressions - confrontation 1950 - 1970 - - Galerie Bernard Davignon, Paris (closed) |
1985
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| Western Modern Arts - Gana Art Gallery, Seoul |
1981
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| Les maîtres de l'abstraction lyrique - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1979
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| L'abstraction lyrique en Europe - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1969
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| Hommage à René Char - Musée d'art moderne de Céret, Céret |
1963
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| Deutsche und französische Graphik der Gegenwart - Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden |
1961
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| Französische Graphik - Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden |
1959
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| Internationale Ausstellung Graphik der Gegenwart 1959 - Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden |
1957
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| Junge Graphik aus Paris - Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden |
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| Graphik vom Oeuvre gravée - Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna |
Dealer Directory 36 |
Belgium
Canada
| | Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, QC
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China
| | Xin Dong Cheng - Beijing, Beijing
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| | Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, SAR
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France
| | Galerie Ducastel, Avignon
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| | Galerie Applicat-Prazan, Paris
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| | Galerie Berthet-Aittouarès, Paris
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| | Galerie Raymond Dreyfus, Paris
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| | Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris
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| | Galerie Pascal Lansberg, Paris
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| | Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris
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| | Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris
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| | Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris
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| | Xin Dong Cheng - Paris, Paris
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Italy
Japan
| | Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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Monaco
| | Marlborough Monaco, Monaco
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Netherlands
| | Willem Kerseboom Modern & Contemporary Art, Amsterdam
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Singapore
Spain
Switzerland
| | Galerie Frank Pages, Geneva
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Taiwan
| | Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei
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| | Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei
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| | Pata Gallery | Taipei, Taipei
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United Kingdom
| | Scolar Fine Art, London (England)
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USA
| | Galerie Denise Cadé, New York City, NY
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| | Marlborough Chelsea, New York City, NY
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| | Marlborough New York, New York City, NY
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| | de Sarthe Gallery, Paradise Valley, AZ
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Austria
Canada
| | Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
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Finland
| | Ateneum Art Museum - Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki
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| | Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
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| | Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
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France
| | FRAC - Basse-Normandie, Caen
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Germany
| | Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen
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Indonesia
| | Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta
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Japan
| | Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo
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Mexico
| | Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
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USA
| | MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
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| | Knoxville Museum of Art (KMA), Knoxville, TN
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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