Wang Jin 王晋
1962 born
in Datong, Shanxi province
1985 graduated from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (present: China
Academy of Fine Arts), Hangzhou
Works and lives as independent artist in Beijing
Exhibitions
and Performances
2008
"RED Aside: Chinese Contemporary Art of the Sigg Collection" Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
2007
"The Year of the Golden Pig - Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection" Lewis Gluckman Gallery, University College, Cork, Irland
"Contemporary Photography from China Zhùyi! China!", Artium, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
2006
"Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg", Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
2005
"THE WALL Reshaping the Contemporary Chinese Art"
Millennium Art
Museum, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
"Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg", Kunstmuseum Bern Switzerland
"Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China", Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
"Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China", Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, USA
"Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China", The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA
2004
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from
China, ICP International Center of Photography, New York, USA; ; The
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA ; Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, USA
"Le Printemps de Chine", CRAC ALSAC, Altkirch, France
"Chinese Object: Dreams & Obsessions"
Salvatore Ferragamo Gallery, New York, USA
2002
Self Talking: New Works by Young Photographers, CAAW, Beijing,
China
"Guangzhou Triennial", Guangzhou, China
"Triennial of Chinese Arts", Guangzhou, China
"The Long March - A Walking Visual Display", Jing Gang Shan, Jiangxi, China
"Transit", Gallery René Steiner, Erlach, Switzerland
"Welcome China!", Gallery Soardi, Nice, France
2001
"Take Part II", Gallery Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
"Take Part, I" Gallery Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
"My Tooth", Shandong, China
2000
Portraits, Figures,
Couples and Groups - from the MCAF collection,
BizArt, Shanghai, China
Expo 2000 Hannover
"Our Chinese Friends" ACC Galerie +
Galerie der Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany (in collaboration with
Galerie Urs Meile Lucerne)
1999
"Inside, Out: New Chinese Art", SFMoMA, San Francisco, USA
"dApertutto" La Biennale di Venezia
"Inside, Out: New Chinese Art", Museo de Arte Contemporaneo,
Monterry, Mexico
Art 30 Basel, Galerei Urs Meile
ART COLOGNE, Galerie Urs Meile
Transience: Chinese Experimental Art at the End of the Twentieth Century" the University of Chicago, The Smart Museum of Art, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Datmouth College, U.S.A.
"100 %" Performance in Beijing
"POLY PHENOLREMMNE" Beijing
48th Internatinal Exhibition of Contemporary Art, La Biennale di Venezia, Italy
1998
"Ink Art Released", China Art Gallery, Beijing, China
"Museum City Fukuoka 1998", Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
"Basel Art Fair", Basel, Switzerland
"Inside, Out: New Chinese Art", PS1, Comtemporary Art Center / Asia Society Galleries, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Asia Art Museum of San Francisco; Museo de Arte Contemporàneo, Monterrey, Mexico; Tacoma Art Museum, the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
"Eight Chinese Artists", Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
"A Chinese Dream", Beihai Park, Beijing
"A Chinese Dream", the Forbidden City, Beijing
1997
"Chinese Contemporary Art 1997",Tokyo Exposure 1997, 4 Seconds, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
"W2 - Z2" (multimedia Slide-Show), Well-Cover,CIFA Gallery, Central Academy of fine Arts, Beijing, China
"A Chinese Dream", the long Corridor in the Imperial Summer Palace, Beijing
"Dream of China 97", Chinese Contemporary Art, Beijing
1996
"Ice Central Plains (interactive site-specific piece)", Zhenghou,
Henan Province, China
"Reality: Today & Tomorrow", International Art Place Beijing, China
"Chinese Art Festival", Munich, Germany
"Ice 96,Central China" (interactive site-specific piece)", Zhenzhou, Henan Province, China
1995
"Quick Stir-Frying RMB", Jianxin Hotel, Xicheng District,Beijing,
"Knocking at the Door (a continuation of the 1993 project)(photography & video)", on the wall of the Forbidden City, Beijing, China
"Fried Land", Stand 79, Dong'anmen night-market, Wangfujing Dajie, Beijing,
"To Marry a Mule (photography)", Lai Guangying Village, Beijing, China
"The Third Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition", Knocking at the Door, Beijing
1994
"Red: Beijing-Kowloon, Beijing-Kowloon Railroad (video, photography)", Daxiing County, Beijing "Fighting the Flood - Red Flag Canal (photography)", Lin Xian, Henan Province, China
"Investment Guide - The last Bus (photography)", Beijing Railway Station, Beijing
"Endorse a Declaration - Insect Spray", the wall of the Forbidden City, Beijing
1993
"Works: 1992-1993 (photography & video)", Beijing City Wall, southern section, Beijing, China
"Knocking at the Door", Site-Specific work on the wall of the Forbidden City, Beijing, China
1992
"100 Straw Portraits", the Beijing Youle Amusement, Works March 1992, Beijing
1986
"Trend", Ink Body, the Beijing International Art Center, China
1985
"Advanced Chinese Youth Art", Pure Brightness, the National Gallery, Beijing