Zheng Guogu     郑国谷

1970, born in Yangjiang, Guangdong province
1992, graduated from the printmaking department of the Guangzhou
Academy of Fine Arts.
Lives and works in Yangjiang, Guangdong province
 

The winner of 2006 Chinese Contemporary Art Reward

1970 Born in Yangjiang, Guangdong province

1992 Graduated from the printmaking department of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.

Lives and works in Yangjiang, Guangdong province.

2008

Hundred-Year-Old Tree Blooms Again, Recent Works by Zheng Guogu, CHAMBERS FINE ART, New York (Solo)     

Art Statements,Art 39 Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Art Unlimited, Art 39 Basel, Basel, Switzerland

2007     

“Basel”: New Paintings by Zheng Guogu, Switzerland (Solo)

Zheng Guogu, Barbara Gross Gallery, German (Solo)

Surprise Urban Discoveries, New Works by Zheng Guogu, Hong Kong (Solo)

2007 New Brave Worlds, Walker Art Centre, U.S.A

Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany

Art Statements,Art 38 Basel, Basel

China Welcomes You ...Desires, Struggles, New Identities, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz

The Real Thing: contemporary art from China, Tate Modern Liverpool (March 30 to June 10, 2007)

It’s all right, Hangzhou

CHAOS CITIES, Beijing

 “Accumulation--Canton Express Next Stop”, Beijing

City in Progress, Live from Zhang Jiang, Shanghai

TWELVE, Shanghai

Surplus value, Beijing

2006

Mouse Cow Tiger Hare Dragon Snake (Cooperation with Yangjiang Group), Beijing (Solo)

Infiltration · Idylls and Visions - the second Contemporary Ink-wash Space, Guang Zhou

take down, Beijing

Solo Exhibition, Shanghai

Through Popular Expression, Of the University of Central England in Birmingham (UCE), UK

Popular Expression, Het Domein Museum,Sittard,Holland

Guangzhou – Cantones Artists in the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern,Switzerland

2005    

The Second Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou

“Black Extreme Vigorous Figurative”, Shenzhen

“Out of Sight”, Amsterdam

“Follow me! Chinese art at the threshold of the new millennium”,  Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

' Living in Interesting Times—A Decade of New Chinese Photography', Israel Museum of Photography Tel Hai, Israel

2004      

Zheng Guogu-My home is your museum, Vitamin Creative Space, Guang Zhou (Solo)

Past in Reverse: Contemporary  Art of East Asia, San Diego Museum of Art 

the Exhibition of Express Mail Service, Shanghai

2004 March 20th - May 30th, ALL UNDER HEAVEN, Ancient and contemporary Chinese art, The Collection of the Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation, MuHKA (Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp), Antwerp, Belgium

 All under heaven, MuHKA (Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp) and KMSKA (Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp), Belgium

A l'ouest du sud de l'est，Center of Contemporary Art, Sète/Villa Arson in Nice,France

Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China, ICP International Center of Photography, New York

2003   

Photo works 1997-2000, ShanghART, Shanghai (Solo)

The Fifth System: Public Art in the Age of "Post - Planning", Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen

Fabricated Paradises, Le Parvis Centre of Contemporary Art, France

"Zooming into Focus" - Chinese Contemporary Photography from the Haudenschild Collection, San Diego State University & San Diego Museum of Art

50th Biennale di Venezia, (Canton Express), Venezia,  Italy

2002  

Are you going to enjoy calligraphy or measure blood pressure? Shanghai (together with Sha Yeya, Chen Zaiyan, Sun Qinglin) (Solo)

Fan Mingzhen & Fan Mingzhu (Twin exhibition) - Glad to meet, Jin Sha Jiang Rd., Shanghai

Urban Creation, 4th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai

Paris-Pekin, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris

Too Much Flavour, 3H Art Center, Shanghai

Asianvible:Asian Contemporary Art ESPAI D'ART CONTEMPORANI DE CASTELLÓ

To see The calligraphy or to measure the blood pressure, Yang Jiang

Guangju Biennual Korea

2001                

Zheng Guogu—The compressing world Yang Jiang Guang Dong (Solo)

Hot Pot Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway

Photo Festival Naarden Naarden city, Holland

City Slang He Xiang Ning Art Museum,Shen Zhen

Chinese Photography Show Passage de Retz, Paris

Cross Pessures Oulu Art Museum; Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland

HangZhou New medium art festival China Fine Art Academy,Hang Zhou

Living in time-29 Contemporary Artists from China Hamburger Bahnhof,

Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin

Art Forum Berlin

Chengdu Biennual Cheng Du

2000                

Zheng Guogu – More Dimensional Caaw, Beijing (Solo)

Zheng Guogu – More Dimensional in Shanghai at BizArt Space, Shanghai (Solo)

Clash! 100 artists Canvas International Art, Amsterdam, Holland

Individual and Society in Art - A Collection of Works of Art By Eleven Chinese Artists Guangdong Museum of Art

Cities of the 21st Century: Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen Bauhaus Dessau, Germany

The Sun Rises in the East – the current atistic scene in Asia Rencontres internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France

Post Material - Interpretatians of Everyday Life by Contemporary Chinese Artists Red Gate Watch Tower, Beijing

Fuck Off Xi Suzhouhe 1133, Shanghai

Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups from the Mcaf Foundation, BizArt, Shanghai

1999

Post-Sense Sensibility Alien Bodies & Delusion Basement third ring road, Beijing

Innovations Part I China Art Archives and Warehouse, Beijing

Changing Views Kunsthal Hof 88 Almelo, Holland

Art For Sale Huaihai Zhonglu, Shanghai

International Photography Biennale Centre de la Imagen, Mexico city

The Other X/Change Galerie Objektiv und Edition, Cologne, Germany

Concepts, Colors and Passions China Art Archives and Warehouse, Beijing

Shanghai Art Fair Shanghai

Unveiled Reality – Contemporary Photography Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok; Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Beautiful Like Materialism Shanghai; Beijing; Nanjing; Honking

Intimate Moments Hanart Gallery, Honking

Hsin: a visible spirit – Contemporary Photography from the People’s Republic of China Cypress College Photography Galleries; BC Space Gallery, USA

Cities on the Move 4 Hayward Gallery, London

Love: Chinese Contemporary Photography & Video International Arts Festival Tachikawa, Japan

Cities on the Move 5 Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

Modern Chinese Art Foundation Caermerklooster, Gent, Belgium

1998 

Sixteen of the Ten Thousand Customers and other Works Beijing Photo Gallery, Beijing (Solo)

Biennale de l'imago Paris 98 Centre national de la photographie, Paris

Site art project Walking Museum in Takashimaya, Tokyo

Cities on the Move 2 capcMusee, Bordeaux, France

Taipei Biennal Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan

Confused… Kunst Rai 98, Art Amsterdam, Holland

Photography as Concept - 4. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen Esslingen, Germany

Guarene Arte Turin, Italy

The Corruptionists Basement, third ring road, Beijing

Cities on the Move 3 P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York

Images Telling Stories Shanghai

1997

Contemporary Photo Art from P. R. China Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin Staedtische Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz   Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany          

Cities on the Move 2 Secession, Vienna, Austria

1996

Possibility - Installation exhibition with the Big Tail Elephant Group, Guangzhou        

1994                

The Third Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art Documentation Library of East China Normal University, Shanghai      

Hanmo New Art Special Show, Guangzhou         

No Room - Installation exhibition with the Big Tail Elephant Group No.14 Sanyu Rd, Guangzhou