Wang Keping

1949 born in Beijing, China
Works and lives in France
 

Wang Keping (1949 Beijing) is one of China's pioneering artists. Wang was a member of the experimental Stars Group of artists that formed in 1979, breaking with China's propaganda art and setting the stage for avant-garde art in China. Huang Rui and Ai Wei Wei were also members. Wang's unique wooden sculptures, including one that featured a Buddha like Mao figure, shocked the art world in Beijing. He later moved to Paris. His wooden sculptures are still popular in the auction world.

Exhibitions :

2007

Painters as Printmakers, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch
Chinese Contemporary Art. La lunga marcia dell'avanguardia, Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa
Gallery Artists Group Show, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
2006
Wang Keping - Recent Works, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong (Solo)
Wang Keping - Nouvelles sculptures, Galerie Zürcher - Paris, Paris (Solo)
Gallery Artists Group Show 6, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
2005
Gallery Artists Group Show 5, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
2004
Gallery Artists Group Show 4, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
Gallery Artist Group Show 3, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong

Wang Keping - Recent Works, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong (Solo)
2003

Wang Keping, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong (Solo)
Galerie Bernard & Gwenolee Zürcher - Paris, Paris (Solo)
Gallery Artists Group Show 2, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
Gallery Artists Group Show 1, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
2001
Galerie Bernard & Gwénolée Zürcher, Paris, France
De Tilly-Blaru Gallery, Hong Kong
China Without Borders, Sotheby's, New York, USA
2000
Le Corps Morcelé, Fondation Daniel et Florence Guerlain, Les Mesnuls
Museum of Modern Art, Chengdu, China
Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups - from the MCAF collection, BizArt, Shanghai, China
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
CAAW, Beijing, China
1999
Galerie Bernard & Gwénolée Zürcher, Paris, France
Galerie de l'IUFM, Lyon, France
The Pu-Yeo International Modern Sculpture Symposium, Korea
1998
Galerie Bernard & Gwénolée Zürcher, Paris, France
Museum of Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
1997
Alisan Fine Art, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
National Museum of Art, Beijing, China
1995
Galerie Bernard & Gwénolée Zürcher, Paris, France
1996
Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York, USA
Face à l'Histoire, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1994
At Work Gallery, Chicago, USA
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Francfort, Germany
Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Francfort, Germany
1993
Galerie Bernard & Gwénolée Zürcher, Paris, France
Aidekman Art Center, Boston, USA
Chinese Modern Art Center, Osaka, Japan
1992
Hôtel de Ville de Paris, Salle Saint-Jean, Paris, France
Galerie Bernard & Gwénolée Zürcher, Paris, France (solo)
1991
Galerie Bernard & Gwénolée Zürcher, Paris, France
Galerie Leuenberger, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
Hommage à Camille Claudel, Villeneuve-sur-Fère, France
1990
Chapelle de la Salpétrière, Paris, France
Monte Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo (solo)
Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (solo)
Galerie Bernard & Gwénolée Zürcher, Paris, France
Chinese Modern Art Center, Osaka, Japan
China Forum, Zürich, Switzerland
1989
Museum of Modern Art, Taiwan
Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Hanart 2 Gallery, Hong Kong(solo)
Salon de Mars, Paris, France (solo)
The Stars-Group from Beijing, Albany University, New York, USA
Galerie du Forum, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1988
Blue Hill Cultural Center, New York, USA
Hanart 2 Gallery, Hong Kong (solo)
Galerie Bernard & Gwénolée Zürcher, Paris, France
1987
Art Waves Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Cadogan Contemporary Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
1986
Painting the Chinese Dream - Chinese Art 30 Years after the Revolution, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, USA
Galerie Bernard & Gwénolée Zürcher, Paris, France (solo)
Avant-Garde Chinese Art - Beijing/New York, Vassar College Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie de Graaf, Chicago, USA (solo)
1985
Galerie Gérard Laubie, Paris, France (solo)
1984
Carrefour de la Chine, Paris, France
1983
Painting the Chinese Dream - Chinese Art 30 Years after the Revolution, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA and Massachusetts; Northampton Smith College Museum of Art
1980
The Stars, National Gallery, Beijing, China
1979
The Stars, Beihai Park, Beijing, China