Biographie / Biography
1970
Geboren in Yangjiang, Provinz Guangdong, China
Born in Yangjiang, Guangdong province, China
Lebt und arbeitet in Yangjiang, Provinz Guangdong, China
Lives and works in Yangjiang, Guangdong province, China
Preise und Auszeichnungen / Awards and Distinctions
2006
Chinese Contemporary Art Award,
Chinese Contemporary Art Award Foundation
Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl) / Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019
Zheng Guogu: Visionary Transformation,
PS1 MoMA, New York, USA
Zheng Guogu: Photoworks 1993-2016, Even a click of the shutter is unnecessary,
Eli Klein Gallery, New York
2017
The Winding Path to Trueness,
Mirrored Gardens, Guangzhou, China
2015
Zheng Guogu: Visionary Transformation,
VW(VeneKlasen/Werner), Berlin, Germany
Ubiquitous Plasma,
OCAT Xi'an, Xi’an, China
2014
Images of Magnetic Resonance,
Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2013
Fuck off the Rules: Yangjiang Group (in cooperation with Yangjiang Group),
Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2012
Zheng Guogu: Spirit Linger with Dust,
Vitamin Creative Space, Beijing, China
2011
Zheng Guogu,
The Pavilion/Vitamin Creative Space, Beijing, China
2010
Garden of Pine - Also Fierce Than Tiger II (in cooperation with Yangjiang Group) ,
Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2008
Zheng Guogu: A Hundred Year Old Tree Blooms Again,
Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA
Zheng Guogu - Factory,
Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2007
Zhen Guogu - New Paintings,
Grace Li Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Zhen Guogu,
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
2006
Zheng Guogu,
ShanghART, China
2005
Puzzle - It is from Yangjiang,
Grace Alexander Contemporary Art Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2004
Zheng Guogu. My Home Is Your Museum,
Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou, China
2003
Photo works 1997-2000,
ShanghART, Shanghai, China
2002
Are You Going to Enjoy Calligraphy or Measure Blood Pressure? (together with Sha Yeya, Chen Zaiyan, Sun Qinglin),
ShanghART, Shanghai, China
2001
Zheng Guogu—The Compressing World,
Yangjiang Guangdong, China
2000
Zheng Guogu – More Dimensional Caaw,
Beijing, China
Zheng Guogu – More Dimensional in Shanghai,
BizArt Space, Shanghai, China
Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl) / Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
Ji Dachun, Qiu Anxiong, Zheng Guogu,
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
Chinese Whispers: New Art from the Sigg Collection,
MAK, Vienna, Austria
Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World,
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA
Other lives of the alternative spaces,
Taikang Space, Beijing, China
2018
Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World,
Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World,
Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain
The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art,
The Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Australia
2017
Frontier: Re-assessment of Post-Globalisational Politics,
OCAT Shanghai, China
Canton Express: Art of the Pearl River Delta,
M+ Pavilion, Hong Kong, China
2016
Digging a Hole in China,
OCAT Shanghai, China
Mountain Sites: Views of Laoshan,
Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China
2015
The System of Objects,
Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Nonfigurative,
Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Actions for Tomorrow, in cooperation with Yangjiang Group,
4A Centre for Conteporary Asian Art, Sydney, Australia
From a Poem to the Sunset,
Daimler Contemporary Berlin, Berlin, Germany
On Curbstone jewels and Cobblestones,
Daimler Contemporary Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Back Home, Run Away: A Sample of Artistic Geography,
Taikang Space, Beijing
2014
Landscape: the Virtual, the Actual, the Possible?,
Times Museum, Guangzhou, China; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (ybca), San Francisco, USA
Harmonious Society at Manchester Cathedral,
Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester, UK
Hans van Dijk - 5000 Names,
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
“Social Factory” - 10th Shanghai Biennale,
Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
2013
New Framework: Chinese Avantgarde Photography 1980s-90s,
Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Zizhiqu - Autonomous Regions (in cooperation with Yangjiang Group), ,
Times Museum, Guangzhou, China
Eastern Promises - Contemporary Architecture and Spatial Practices in East Asia,
MAK Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
2012
Suspicion, Night breezes, Neverending Voyage,
Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Rites, thoughts, notes, sparks, swings, strikes. a hong kong spring,
Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong, China
2011
CREDIT SUISSE TODAY ART AWARD 2011 FINALISTS EXHIBITION,
Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
4th Guangzhou Triennial: Back to Basics - The Museum Per Se,
Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Shanshui,
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
Museum on Paper: 12 Chinese Artists,
Iberia Art Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2010
Micro-Intervention / Celsius 36.5,
Magician Space, Beijing, China
Back to the Future?,
Osage Soho, Hong Kong, China
The State of Things. Brussels/Beijing,
National Art Museum of China - NAMOC, Beijing, China
Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art,
Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Seconde main,
Musée d‘Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, MAM/ART, Paris, France
2009
Cina - Renascita Contemporanea,
Palazzo Reale, Milano, Italy
Images Recalled - Bilder auf Abruf,
3. Fotofestival Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg, Kunsthalle Mannheim / Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany
The State of Things, BOZAR,
Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
In the Mood for paper,
F2 Gallery, Beijing, China
2008
The Revolution Continues: New Art from China,
The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Art Focus Jerusalem 2008,
Art Focus Jerusalem, Israel
Crouching Paper, Hidden Dragon - Works on paper,
F2 Gallery, Beijing, China
Farewell to Post-Colonialism,
3rd Guangzhou Triennial, China
2007
Brave New Worlds,
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
Documenta 12,
Kassel, Germany
What About Sculpture?,
Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA
New Photo - Ten Years,
Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
China Welcomes You,
Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
Mahjong,
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
2006
Take Down,
Beijing, China
Through Popular Expression,
The University of Central England in Birmingham, Great Britain
Popular Expression,
Het Domein Museum, Sittard, The Netherlands
Guangzhou – Cantones Artists in the Sigg Collection,
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
2005
Guangzhou Triennial,
Guangzhou, China
Black Extreme Vigorous Figurative,
Shenzhen, China
Out of Sight,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Follow me! Chinese art at the threshold of the new millennium,
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Living in Interesting Times— A Decade of New Chinese Photography,
Israel Museum of Photography Tel Hai, Israel
2004
Past in Reverse: Contemporary Art of East Asia,
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, USA
The Exhibition of Express Mail Service,
Shanghai, China
ALL UNDER HEAVEN, Ancient and contemporary Chinese art, The Collection of the Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation,
Museum of Contemporary Art 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, USA
2003
The Fifth System: Public Art in the Age of ‘Post – Planning’,
Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen, China
Fabricated Paradises,
Le Parvis Centre of Contemporary Art, France
Zooming into Focus - Chinese Contemporary Photography from the Hauenschild, Zooming into Focus
,
Contemporary Chinese photography from the Haudenschild Collection - San Diego State University Art Gallery, San Diego, CA, USA
A Strange Heaven - Contemporary Chinese Photography
,
Galerie Rudolfinum, Prag, Czech Republc
50th Biennale di Venezia, (Canton Express),
Venice, Italy
2002
Fan Mingzhen & Fan Mingzhu (Twin exhibition) - Glad to meet,
Jin Sha Jiang Rd., Shanghai, China
Urban Creation, 4th Shanghai Biennale,
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Paris-Peking,
Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
Too Much Flavour,
3H Art Center, Shanghai, China
Asianvible: Asian Contemporary Art,
Espai D'Art Contemporani de Castelló, Castelló, Spain
To See The Calligraphy or to Measure the Blood Pressure,
Yang Jiang Guangju Biennual, Korea
2001
Hot Pot Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Photo Festival Naarden,
Naarden City, The Netherlands
City Slang,
He Xiang Ning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Next Generation / Art Contemporain D’asie,
Passage de Retz, Paris, France
Cross Pessures,
Oulu Art Museum; Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
HangZhou New Media Art Festival,
China Fine Art Academy, Hang Zhou, China
Living in time- 29 Contemporary Artists from China,
Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin, Germany
Chengdu Biennual,
Cheng Du, China
2000
Clash! 100 Artists Canvas International Art,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Individual and Society in Art - A Collection of Works of Art By Eleven Chinese Artists,
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
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, China
Fuck Off,
Xi Suzhouhe 1133, Shanghai, China
Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups from the Mcaf Foundation,
BizArt, Shanghai, China
1999
The Other X/Change,
Galerie Objektiv und Edition, Cologne, Germany
Concepts, Colors and Passions,
China Art Archives and Warehouse, Beijing, China
Unveiled Reality – Contemporary Photography,
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok; Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Intimate Moments,
Hanart Gallery, Honkong, China
Hsin: a Visible Spirit – Contemporary Photography from the People’s Republic of China,
Cypress College Photography Galleries, CA, USA
Cities on the Move 4,
Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Love: Chinese Contemporary Photography & Video,
International Arts Festival Tachikawa, Japan
Cities on the Move 5,
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Post-Sense Sensibility Alien Bodies & Delusion,
Basement, Third Ring Road, Beijing, China
Innovations Part I,
China Art Archives and Warehouse, Beijing, China
Changing Views,
Kunsthal Hof 88 Almelo, The Netherlands
Art For Sale,
Huaihai Zhonglu, Shanghai, China
International Photography Biennale,
Centre de la Imagen, Mexico city, Mexico
Modern Chinese Art,
Foundation Caermerklooster, Gent, Belgium
1998
Biennale de l'imago,
Centre national de la photographie, Paris, France
Site art project,
Walking Museum in Takashimaya, Tokyo, Japan
Cities on the Move 2,
capcMusee, Bordeaux, France
Taipei Biennal,
Taiwan
Confused... Kunst Rai 98,
Art Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Photography as Concept ,
4. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen Esslingen, Germany
The Corruptionists Basement,
third ring road, Beijing, China
Cities on the Move 3,
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA
1997
Contemporary Photo Art from P. R. China,
Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Cities on the Move 2,
Secession, Vienna, Austria
Sammlungen (Auswahl) / Collections (Selection)
Long March Space, Beijing, China
Burger Collection, Berlin, Germany
The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Initial Access Frank Cohen Collection, Wolverhampton, UK
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