| Born in Beijing, China | ||
| 1958-78 | Resides in Xinjiang, China | |
| 1978 | Enrolls in Beijing Film Academy | |
| 1981-93 | Lives in the United States, mostly in New York City | |
| 1982 | Enrolls in Parsons School of Design | |
| 1994 | Returns to China | |
| CURATION & JURY EXPERIENCE
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| 2006 | Participant of Davos. World Economic Forum Annual Meeting [Mahjong- Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg] Co-curator. Bern, Basel |
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| 1998-04 | Jury Member for Annual Chinese Contemporary Art Awards | |
| 2003-08 | Special Expert on design of National Olympic Stadium for Beijing’s | |
| 2008 | Olympics in conjunction with Herzog & deMeuron | |
| 2002 | Edits Chinese Artists, Texts and Interviews: Chinese Contemporary Art Awards 1998-2002 | |
| 2000 | [Fuck-off] Co-curator. Xi Sushouhe 1133, Shanghai | |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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| [Ai Weiwei] “Fragments” Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing [Ai Weiwei] Kunsthalle Bern [Ai Weiwei] Caermerklooster, Gent [Ai Weiwei] Robert Miller Gallery, New York |
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| GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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| 2007 | Dragon Evolution, ChinaSquare, New York | |
| 2006 | [] Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne [Fairytales] Documenta12, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel [Monumental Junkyard] Cork Exhibition, Cork [Transfusion] Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow [Fountain of Light] Tate Liverpool. London [“This Is Not For You, Diskurse der Skulpture”] Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna [Detours] Eric Arthur Gallery, Toronto [CHINA NOW Faszination einer Weltveränderung] Vienna [Mahjong- Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg] Hamburg [Portable Temple] Triennial for Contemporary Art by the Sea, Beaufort [Asia Pacific Triennial] Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane [15th Biennale of Sydney] Sydney [Ghost Gu-Coming Down From Mountain] Frankfort [Shanghai MOCA Biennale] Shanghai [Busan Biennale] Busan |
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| 2005 | [Guangzhou Triennale] Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou [Mahjong- Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg] Co-curator. Bern, Basel [Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China] Seattle Art Museum, Seattle [Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China] Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago [Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China] The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago [Herzog & De Meuron. An Exhibition] Tate Modern, London [A Strange Heaven, Contemporary Chinese Photography] Art Museum Tennis Palace, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki [Beijing 2003] Tate Modern, London [Herzog & De Meuron NO. 250] Basel [Video: Sixteen Days in Beijing] La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| 2003 | [New Zone. Chinese Art] Warsaw [A Strange Heaven, Contemporary Chinese Photography] Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague |
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| 2002 | [First Guangzhou Triennale] Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou [China-Tradition und Moderne] Ludwig Gallery Castle, Oberhausen [Take Part I] Gallery Urs Meile, Lucerne [Take Part II] Gallery Urs Meile, Lucerne [Tumu, Young Chinese Architecture] Aedes Galerie, Berlin [Fuck Off] Xi Sushouhe 1133, Shanghai [Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups from the Mcaf Foundation] BizArt, Shanghai [Innovations Part I] CAAW, Beijing [Exposition China 1999] Limn Gallery, San Fransisco [Innovations] Biennale d’issy les Moulineaus [D’Apertutto] La Biennale di Venezia, Venice [Modern Chinese Art Foundation Caermerklooster] Gent [D’Apertutto] La Biennale di Venezia, Venice [Modern Chinese Art Foundation Caermerklooster] Gent [Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups from the 2000 MCAF] BizArt, Shanghai [Our Chinese Friends (in collaboration with Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne)] ACC Galerie + Galerie der Bauhaus-Universitat, Weimar [A Point of Contact, Korean, Chinese, Japanese Contemporary Art] Taegu Art & Culture Hall [Art of China, Japan and Korea] Korea [Peter Ludwig Collection] Cologne [Configura 2] Dialog der Kulturen Erfurt [Foeraendering/Utveckling (Change) Konsthallen, Goteborg] Jonkopiing Lans Museum, Jonkoping [China Art Exhibition] Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo [Contemporary Chinese Art] Goteborg Art Museum, Goteborg [Contemporary Chinese Art] Gutenberg Art Museum, Gutenberg [International Print Exhibition] Taipei [The Star: Ten Years] Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong, Taipei, Paris [Old Shoes] Safe Sex Art Waves Gallery [The Star of Harvard] Fairbank Center, Harvard University, Cambridge [Seven Chinese Artsts] Vorpal Gallery, San Fransisco [China’s New Expression] Municipal Gallery, New York [Chinese Avant-Garde Art] Vassar College Gallery, New York [Asian Foundation] San Fransisco [The Stars- second exhibition] National Gallery, Beijing |
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| 1979 | [The Stars- first exhibition] National Gallery, Beijing | |
| ARCHITECTURAL WORKS
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| nanhui Seven villas] Hangzhou China (not yet constructed) [Jiangnanhui Seven Villas] Hangzhou (not yet constructed) [Gubinhnu Subject] Kunming (not yet constructed) [Three Shadows Photography Arts Center] Beijing (under construction) [Kunming Artist Studio] Kunming (under construction) [Naga Interior Design] (concept design) [17 Studio] Caochangdi, Beijing (under construction) |
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| 2005 | [Museum of Neolithic Pottery] Jinhua Architectural Art Park, Zhejiang (constructed) [By The Canal—“Nine Boxes”] Thaihot Real Estate, Beijing (constructed) [Villa G12] Thaihot Real Estate, Beijing (under construction) [Villa Design] Thaihot Real Estate, Beijing (constructed) [Bian Bian Shopping Street] JiuzhaiGou Sichuan (constructed) [Beijing Film Academy, Quingdao Branch Consultant (in conjunction with Herzog & DeMueron)] Beijing [TreeHouse, Clubhouse for WaterVille (in collaboration with HHF)] Lijiang, Yunnan [Extension of the Studio House] Caochangdi, Beijing [Huan Bi Tang Gallery, Interior Design] Beijing [Haikou Villa] Hainan [Mountain Climbers Memorial] Huangshan (not yet constructed) [Showlong Factory] Yantai (under construction) [Urs Meile Galerie I] Caochangdi, Beijing (constructed) [Jinhua Architectural Art Garden & Garden Landscape] Zhejiang (constructed) [Go Where Restaurant] Beijing (constructed) [National Stadium for Beijing’s 2008 Olympics (in conjunction with Herzog & DeMueron [Landscape Design for Beijing’s 2008 Olympics] Beijing [Landscape design for Ai Qing High School] Zhejiang (constructed) [Collaboration with Herzog & DeMueron on master-plan and architecture design on The Commercial & Culture Centre of Jingdong New District] Zhejiang (under construction) [Songshan Lake Cultural Camp Exhibition Hall] Dongguang, Guangzhou [Chinese International Architecture Exhibition, “Six Rooms”] Nanjing [Yeah Bar space design] Beijing (constructed) |
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| 2002 | [University of Visual Art] Shanghai (master plan) [Jinhua Ai Qing Cultural Park] Zhejiang (constructed) [Jinhua Jingdong Yiwu River Dam] Zhejiang (constructed) [Stokota Special Purpose Vehicle Premise] Jiangsu (constructed) |
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| 2001 | [Landscape design of Commune By The Great Wall] Beijing (constructed) [Bar Jia 55] Beijing (constructed) |
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| 2000 | [China Art Archives and Warehouse] Beijing (constructed) [Curator of SOHO Contemporary City Art Collection] Beijing (constructed) |
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| 1999 | [Ai Weiwei Studio] Beijing (constructed) | |
| PUBLICATIONS
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| 1994-7 | Black Cover Book, White Cover Book, Grey Cover Book | |


