Zhao Bandi     赵半狄

1966 born in Beijing
1988 graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Lives as an independent artist in Beijing
 

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2008
“ShanghART Night: Zhao Bandi gracefully reaches Shanghai with his Panda Couture”, Shanghai Jinmao Shengrong Yacht, Bund, Shanghai, China (Solo)
“Body Media”, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
“Community of Tastes: The Inaugural Exhibition of Iberia Center for Contemporary Art”, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

2007

“Bandi Panda Fashion Show: Chinese International Fashion Week (08 Spring/Summer)”, Central Hall, D. Park, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China (Solo)
2007 Shanghai Art Fair, Art Fair Shanghai WTO Mall, Shanghai, China
ShanghART Autumn Exhibition, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Floating: New Generation of Art in China”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
The 38th Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
“Zhuyi! Contemporary Chinese Photography”, Artium; Basque Museun-Center of Contemporary Art; Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
“Individual Positions 1”, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China

2006

“The Tales of Zhao Bandi and the Panda”, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai, China (Solo)
“Moving in the Margins Between History and Society, Zhao Bandi Creates a New, Hitherto Latent Subject of Social Action. What Does this Mean?”, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China (Solo)
“News”, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia
“Entry Gate: Chinese Aesthetics of Heterogeneity”, MoCA, Shanghai, China
The 5th Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5), Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Queensland Art Gallery, Australia

2005

“Bandi 2008 Olympic”, a huge event in Bern, Switzerland (Solo)
“Zooming into Focus (NAMOC): Contemporary Chinese Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection”, National Art Museum Of China, Beijing, China
“Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection”, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
“The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art”, UB Art Gallery, UB Anderson Gallery and Albrigh-Knox Art Gallery, University at Buffalo Art Galleries, Buffalo, New York, USA; Millennium Art Museum, Beijing, China
2004

“Uh-Oh! Pandaman”, Piccadilly Circus Underground Station, Platform for Art, London, UK (Solo)
“The Panda Man Film Party: Who will attend the event?”, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China (Solo)
“Zhao Bandi”, Inside Space, Selfridges, UK (Solo)
“Dreaming of the Dragon's Nation: Contemporary Art from China”, IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art), Dublin, Ireland
Zheng Guogu, Zhao Bandi, Shi Yong, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China”, ICP and the Asia Society, NY, USA (traveling, Museum of Contemporary Art and the Smart Museum of Art, Chicago; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, USA; V&A, London, UK; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany)?
“Zooming into Focus (SAM, Singapore, Tijuana): Chinese Contemporary Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection”, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China; Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore; Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
“Chine, le corps partout? (China, the Body Everywhere?)”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Marseilles, France
“Is It Art? Black Show”, Noanoa Center, Xi'an, China
2003
Conceptual Photography from the People's Republic of China, Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, Colorado
Urbanart2003, Shanghai, China; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Zooming into Focus - Chinese Contemporary Photography from the Haudenschild Collection, San Diego State University & San Diego Museum of Art, USA
2002
Paris-Pékin, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
The First Triennial, Guangzhou Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Too Much Flavour, 3H Art Center, Shanghai
2001
Zhao Bandi and the Panda, Macau
Inside the Body, ISE Foundation, New York, USA
Hotpot Kinesisk Samtidskunst, Hustnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2000
Zhao Bandi and the Panda, Pudong International Airport, Shanghai, China
Dystopia + Identity in the Age of Global Communications, Tribes Gallery, New York, USA
(curated by Cristine Wang)
Lo spazio e la pelle, Milano, Italy
Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China (curated by Hou Hanru, Toshio Shimizu, Zhang Qing, Li Xu)
Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
The Sun Rises in the East - the current artistic scene in Asia, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie - Arles, France
Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups - from the MCAF collection, BizArt, Shanghai, China
Post Material - Interpretatians of Everyday Life by Contemporary Chinese Artists, Red Gate Watch Tower, Beijing, China
1999
Zhao Bandi and the Panda, Huaihai Road, Shanghai, China
Love: Chinese Contemporary Photography and Video - International Arts Festival Tachikawa, Japan
Balanced Experience: A Project for the Future of Biological City, Shenzhen, China
China - Aktuelles aus 15 Ateliers - Performances - Installationen, Munich, Germany
China's New Art Post '89, Hong Kong; Sydney, Australia
Concepts, Colors and Passions, CAAW, Beijing, China
APERTO Over All - the 48th Biennale of Venice, Venezia, Italy
Modern Chinese Art Foundation, Caermersklooster, Gent, Belgium
1997
25x25x25 cm Exchange of Earth Between China and Great-Britain, Beijing, China; London, UK
Every day - the 11th Biennale of Sydney, Australia
1996
Calendar, Zhao Bandi and Zhang Qiang, China Today Publishing Company
China - Recent Art from 15 Studios, Reithalle Muenchen, Germany
30x30x30 cm Exchange of Earth Between China and Germany, Beijing, China; Munich, Germany
1995
Moonfight, Installations, Hanmo Art Center, Beijing, China
Calendar, Zhao Bandi and Zhang Qiang, China Today Publishing Company
China - Recent Art from 15 Studios Reithalle Muenchen, Germany
Exchange 30x30x30 cm of Earth between China and Germany, Beijing - Munich, Germany
1994
Configura 2 , Erfurt, Germany
Sculptures from four countries, Stuutgart, Germany
Moonflight Hanmo Art Centre, Beijing
1993
China Avantgarde, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany; Kunsthallen, Rotterdam, The Nederlands; Museum of Modern Art Oxford, UK; Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark; Art Gallery, Heldesheim, Germany
Red Star Over China, Keen Gallery, New York, USA
1992
A New Painting by Zhao Bandi, The Art Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
1991
The 4th Gallery, Beijing, China
Zhao Bandi and Li Tianyuan, Universe Building, Beijing, China
1989
23rd Monte Carlo International Painting Exhibition, Monte Carlo