Wang Jianwei (b.1958, Sichuan Province, China) lives and works in Beijing. Since the 1990s, he has been researching the influence of multiple sciences and interdisciplinary knowledge on contemporary art. Well-versed in philosophy, he draws from mathematics, data-collection methods, scientific experimentation, and neurology to develop a new language for art and to practice a cross-sector methodology. Such a vision illuminates his practice spanning new media, film, performance, painting, sculpture, and installation.<\/p>\n
Wang\u2019s major solo exhibitions include: \u201cVariations\u201d, He Art Museum, Shunde, 2024; \u201cTreading in Sludge\u201d, MadeIn Gallery, Shanghai, 2022; \u201cAlways Being, But not the Whole\u201d, Long March Space, Beijing (2021); \u201cTime Temple\u201d, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2014); \u201cYellow Signal\u201d, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2011); \u201cWelcome to the\u00a0Desert\u00a0of the\u00a0Real\u201d,\u00a0 Sharjah Biennial & Beijing & Zurich & Basel (2010); Chambers Fine Art, New York (2007 & 2005); \u201cGiant Steps\u201d, Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Sydney (2004); Walker Art Center (2003). <\/p>\n
His group exhibitions include: \u201cH Box\u201d, Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 2024; \u201cA Blue-Flowering Day\u201d, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, 2024; \u201cA Journey FROM the Center of the Earth\u201d, Shanghai Bund Art Center, \u201cA Blue-Flowering Day\u201d, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, 2024; Sharjah Biennial 15, Sharjah, UAE, 2023; \u201cSTART\u201d, Start Museum, Shanghai, 2022-23; \u201cWe Borrow Dreams from Others, Like Debt\u201d, MadeIn Art Museum, Shanghai, 2022-23; \u201cThe Arts of Memory\u201d, OCAT Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China (2021);\u00a0 \u201cCosmopolis #1.5: Enlarged Intelligence\u201d, Centre Pompidou, Chengdu, China (2018); \u201cArt and China after 1989: Theater of the World\u201d, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2017); \u201cWhat About the Art? Contemporary Art from China\u201d, Qatar Museums, Doha, Qatar (2016); \u201cArt of Change: New Directions from China\u201d, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London (2012); \u201cEdge of Elsewhere\u201d,\u00a0Campbelltown Arts Centre, Australia (2010); \u201cFacing Reality\u201d, National Art Museum of China, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria (2008); \u201cChina Contemporary\u201d, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam, Netherlands (2006); \u201cChina Now\u201d, Museum of Modern Art, New York (2004); 50th Venice Biennale (2003); 25th Sao Paulo Bienal (2002); \u201cTranslated Acts\u201d, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin & New York\u00a0Queen Art Museum, New York (2001); documenta\u00a0X, Kassel (1997).<\/p>\n
Wang was the FCA (Foundation for Contemporary Art) Grant Recipient in 2008. He was also awarded the 10th Martell Artist of the Year (2013), Robb Artist of the Year (2013), the 7th AAC (Award of Art China) Artist of the Year \u2013 Installation and Multi-media (2012), and the CREDIT SUISSE Today Art Award (2011). Wang\u2019s work is among the collection of prestigious institutions as Guggenheim Museum, New York, US; Museum of Modern Art, New York, US; M+ Museum, Hong Kong, China; Museum of Modern Art, New York, US; Pinault Collection, Paris, France; National University of Singapore Museum, Singapore; MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Art, Rome, Italy; Museum f\u00fcr Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Fondation Guy & Myriam Ullens, Switzerland; Nationalgalerie, Munich, Germany; White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia; etc.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"artists_categories":[5],"class_list":["post-424","artists","type-artists","status-publish","hentry","artists_categories-representing-artists"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"artists_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_categories?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}