Fang Lijun

1963   Born in Handan, Hebei Province

1972-1980   Railroad School, Handan, Hebei province

1980-1983   Hebei Light Industry College, Ceramic Art Studies

1985-1989   Graduate at Print Dept. the Central Institute of Fine Arts, Beijing

2004   Visiting Professor of Jilin College of The Arts School of Visual Arts

2005   Part-Time Professor of Hebei Training University Art College

2005   Visiting Professor of Shanxi Training University Art College

2007   Visiting Professor of Sichuan Art College

2007   Visiting Professor of Hunan Training University Art College

2008   Concurrent Professor of Hebei Polytechnic University

2008   Visiting Professor of Nanjing University Jinling College

2009   Visiting Professor of Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Art Design College

Solo Exhibitions:

1995   Fang Lijun, Galerie Bellefroid, Paris, France

Fang Lijun, Galerie Serieuse Zaken, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

1996   Fang Lijun, Human Images in an Uncertain age. the Japan      

Foundation. Tokyo, Japan

1998   Fang Lijun, Stedeljik Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Fang Lijun, Galerie Serieuse Zaken. Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Fang Lijun, Max Protetch Gallery, NYC, U.S.A.

2000 Fang Lijun, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore

2001 Fang Lijun, New Woodcuts & Paintings, Prüss & Ochs Gallery, Berlin,German

2002 Fang Lijun, Between Beijing & Dali, Woodcuts & Paintings 1989-2002, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst Aachen,Germany

2002 Fang Lijun, HanArt TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2002 Fang Lijun, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong, China

2004 Fang Lijun, Prüss & Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2004 Fang Lijun, Gravures Sur Bois (Translationwood Cuts !) Galerie de France, Paris, France

2006 Fang Lijun, Holzschnitte and Zeichnungen, SMB Kupferstichkabinett Staatliche Museumzu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2006 Life is Now-Solo Exhibitions by Fang Lijun, Galeri

Nastonal Indonesia, JakArta, Indonesia

2006 Life is Now-Solo Exhibitions by Fang Lijun, CP Foundation, JakArta, Indonesia

2006 From My Hand, Sculptures & Woodcuts by Fang Lijun, Mickael Berger Gallery, USA

2006 Fang Lijun: Today,Today Art Museum,Beijing,China

2006 Fang Lijun Heads, The Laboratory of Art and Iedas at Belmar, Denver, U.S.A.

2006 Fang Lijun Places to Places Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin / Beijing, Berlin, Germany

2007 Fang Lijun,Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha, China

2007 Fang Lijun Solo Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

2007 Fang Lijun Print Exhibition, Dartex (The Danish Art Exchange), Beijing, China First Exhibition DArtet (The Danish Art Exchange), October 20-November 11, 2007 Exhibition Tour: The Kastrupgaard Collection Denmark, January 11-March 24, 2008 The Art Gallery of the Faroe Island, April 11-June 1, 2008 The Art Gallery of Vendsyssel Denmark, June 20-September 14

2008 Fang Lijun, Arario New York, New York, U.S.A.

2009 Endlessness of Life-25 Years Retrospect of Fang Lijun, Living Like A Wild Dog 1993-2008   Fang Lijun's Archive, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Tai Wan, China

2009 Fang Lijun Sea and Sky, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

2009 Fang Lijun: Thread of Time, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China

2010 Fang Lijun, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

Group Exhibitions:

1984   6th National Art Exhibition. Guangzhou

1989   China Avant-Garde Art Exhibition. China Art Gallery, Beijing

1991   Fang Lijun and Liu Wei Private Exhibition. Beijing

1992   Fang Lijun and Liu Wei Oil Painting Exhibition.

Beijing Art Museum, Beijing

New Art from China/Post-Mao Product.

Toured the Art Gallery of New South Sales.

Sydney: Queensland Art Gallery.

Brisbane: City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery,

Ballarat: Canberra School of Art Gallery. Canberra, Australia

1993   China’s New Art, Post’89, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong

Mao Goes Pop. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

Passagio ad Oriente. 45th Biennale di Venezia, Italy

New Art From China, Post’89. Marlborough Fine Art, London, U.K.

China Avant-Garde.

Toured Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

Kunsthal Rottterdam.  The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, U.K.

Kunsthallen Brandts Klcedefabrik. Odense, Denmark

1994   Welt-Moral. Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland

Chinese Contemporary Art at San Paulo.

22nd International Biennale of San Paulo, Brazil

New Chinese Art. Hanart T Z Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

The 4th Asian Art Show.

Fukuoda Art Museum, Fukuoka, toured Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1995   Visions of Happiness-Ten Asian Contemporary Artists.

The Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan

  Unser Jahrhunder. Museum Ludwig Köln, Gemany

The 1st Kwangju Biennial. Kwangju, Korea

Toured Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Netherland

Avantguardes Artistiques Xinesses. Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain

1996   Begegnungen mit China. Ludwig Forum. Aachen, Germany

Beijing No, No Soap Opera?, MarstallTheater München, curated by Alexander Ochs, Germany

New Collection of Commissioned Works on the Theme “Hiroshima”.

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan

China!, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany

1997   Die anderen Modernen, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

1997   Chinese Walls. Gasunie’s Kunstkomitee, Groningen, the Netherlands

1998   Inside Out: New Chinese Art. Asia Society, New York, U.S.A.

China!, Haus der Kulturen de Welt, Berlin

Black & White. Chinses Contemporary, London, U.K.

5000+10. Chinese Contemporary, Bibao, Span

It’s me. Forbidden City, Beijing, China

1999   Open Channels. Dong Yu Museum of Fine Arts, Shenyang, Chian

APERTO. The 48th Venice Bennial, Venice, Italy

New Modernism for a new Millennium.

Limm Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.

The 5th Asian Art Show.

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

Art Cologne,

Asian Fine Arts Berlin, Prüss & Ochs Gallery, Germany

Kunst Zürich,

Switzerland, Asian Fine Arts Berlin, Prüss & Ochs Gallery, Germany

2000 Visage: Painting and The Human Face in 20th Century Art.The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan

2000 Between, Upriver Residence, Kunming Yunan, China

2000 The Collection of Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

2000 Portrait of China Contemporaries, Espace Culture Francois Mitterand, France

2000 The 20th Century Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, China Arts Museum, Beijing, China

2000 Shanhai Biennial, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

2001 Painting Genius: Academic and Un-academic, YiBo Gallery, Shanghai, China

2001 Songzhuang, Top Space, Beijing, Städtische Gallery, Bremen, Germany

2001 Shanghai International Print Invitation Exhibition, Erdongqiang Print Centre, Shanghai, China

2001 Towards a New Image: Twenty Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting, National Art Museum, Beijing, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, Sichuan Art Museum; Chengdu, Art Museum Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

2001 Dream, Red Mansio, London, U.K.

2001 Bienal de Artes, Visuais do Mercosul,Porto Alegre, Brasilien

2001 China Art Now! , Singapore Art Museum,Singapore

2001 In Hoiz Geschnitten-Dürer, Gauguin, Penck und die Anderen, Museum Bochum, Germany

2001 Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Chengdu, China

2001 Art Forum Berlin, Prüss & Ochs Gallery, Germany

2001 Art Cologne, Prüss & Ochs Gallery, Germany

2002 A Point in Time-Changsha, Meilun Museum, Changsha, China

2002 Guangzhou Triennial 2002, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China

2002 Fang Lijun & Jörg Immendorff, Shanghai, China Contemporary Albrecht, Ochs & Wei, Shanghai, China

2002 Image is Power: Wang Guangyi, Zhang Xiaogang, Fang Lijun, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China

2002 Art Forum Berlin, Prüss & Ochs Gallery, Germany

2003 New Painting, Shanghai Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China

2003 Der Rest Der Welt, Neuffer Am Park, Pirmasens, Germany

2003 Alors, la Chine, Pompidou Center, Paris

2003 An Opening Era, China National Museum, Beijing, China

2003 From China with Art, National Gallery, JakArta, Indonesia

2003 CP Foundation Biennale, National Gallery, JakArta, Indonesia

2003 3 Faces + 3 Colors, Artside Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2003 Chinese Printmaking Today, British Libtary & Muban Foundation, British Libtary, London, U.K.

2003 Surpass Infinitude, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China

2003 Zuoyi China Modern Art Fair, Beijing Zuo’an Commune, Beijing, China

2004 China, The Body Everywhere? , Museum of Contemporary Art, Marseilles, France

2004 China Now, Tang Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2004 Face to Face-China. Now. Tai Wan, Robert & Art Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan, China

2004 Celebrating 20 Years of HanArt TZ Gallery, HanArt TZ Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hongkong, China

2004 Dafeng, Motif International Design Organization, Beijing, China

2004 Painting and Sculpture Exhibition ‘Faces of Illusion’ by Fang Lijun, Ye Yongqing and Yue Minjun, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China

2004 The Group Exhibition Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin / Beijing Presents Artworks of Fang Lijun, Ik-Joong Kang, John Young, Kyungwoo Chun, Ling Jian, Qiu Shihua, Xu Bing, Yin Xiuzhen, Yoo. Jung Hyun, Yue Min Jun,

Exhibition Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin / Beijing, Belin, Germany

2004 Commemorate《Art Literature》10 Years Anniversary, Art Literature Newsroom, Wuhan, Hubei, China

2004 Dreaming of the Dragon’s Nation: Contemporary Art Exhibition from China, Ministry of Culture of People's Republic of China & DepArtment of Arts, Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Ireland, Irish Museum of

Modern Art in Dublin, Ireland

2004 East Wind, Museum Franz Gertsch, Switzerland

2004 Stone Face-China Art Now First Group Printing Exhibition, Beijing Art Now Gallery & Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Beijing, Shanghai, China

2004 Twenty-Four Living Artists in China, Alexander Ochs, White Space Beijing, Beijing, China

2005 Kinderszenen-Child’s Play, Wasserschlos Grob Luthen / Spreewarld, Berlin, Germany

2005 New Works of Fang Lijun,Wang Guangyi, Yue Minjun, Zhang Xiaogang Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China

2005 Always to the Front-China Contemporary Art Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts Taipei National University of the Arts Taipei, Taiwan, China

2005 The Languages of Nature Franz Gertsch+Fang lijun White Space Gallery, Beijing, China

2005 New Work / New Acquisitions, MOMA, New York, U.S.A.

2005 China Contemporary Art, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China

2005 Mahjong, Bern Museum, Switserland

2005 Clues-Fang Lijun, Wang Yin, Xiao Yu, Yang Maoyuan White Space Beijing, Beijing, China

2005 CP Biennale II 2005, CP Foundation, JakArta, Hyperlink Indonesia

2005 Sky of Lot, Shenzhen Museum, Shenzhen, China

2005 New Works of Fang Lijun, Wang Guangyi, Yue Minjun, Zhang Xiaogang, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China

2005 Plato and His Seven Spirits, OCAT, Beijing, China

2005 Artforum Berlin, Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin, Germany

2005 History of River-The Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition in New Era, Culture Ministry Art Bureau of P.R.China, China National Museum, China Oil Painting Institute, China Artist Association Oil Painting Art commission

China National Museum, Beijing, China

2005 Beautiful Cynicism-Arario Beijing Opening Exhibition, Arario Beijing, Beijing, China

2005 Land of Warmth-The Opening Exhibition of Red Bridge Gallery, Red Bridge Gallery, Shanghai, China

2005 Conspire-The TSI Exhibition of TS1 Contemporary Art Center, Beijing TS1 Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China

2006 Red, Diya Art, Tainan, China

2006 China Coup, The Red Mansion Foundation, London, U.K

2006 A Point in Time-in Wuhan, Fine Arts Literature, Wuhan City Fine Arts Literature Art Center, Wuhan, China

2006 Expressions of Contemporary Chinese Water and Ink Painting, Huitai Art Center, Tianjin, China

2006 Change, Taipei Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, China

2006 Best Asia, Gallery Artside, Kwanhoon-Dong, Seoul, Korea

2006 Absolute Images Chinese Contempoprary Art, Arario, Cheonan, Korea

2006 The Sacred and the Profane, Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin I Beijing, Berlin, Germany

2007 We Are Your Future-Contemporary Art from Latin America and China Special Project for the 2nd Moscow Biennale, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

2007 Post-MArtial Law vs Post-’89-The Contemporary Art in Taiwan and China, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, China

2007 Chinese Contemporary SotsArt, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2007 Inferno in Paradise: 10 Years Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin, Beijing, Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin, Beijing, Berlin, Germany

2007 Black White Gray, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

2008   Cina XXI secolo Arte fra identità e trasformazione, the Palazzo delle Esposizionz, Roma, Italy

2008  2007 China Contemporary Art Exhibition, Qiao Art Museum, Gehua Art Museum, Beijing, Chian     

2008   Feidi—China Contemporary New Painting, Nanjing Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China

2008   New Convenant-exhibition of contemporary Chinese artists, Triumph Art Space Beijing, China

2008  Beijing-Athens, Contemporary Art from China, Greek Athens national contemporary art center, Athens, Greece

2008   Facing China, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland

2008   Academic and Un-academic Ⅱ, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China

2008   Artists in Art History Curator, SZ Art Center, Beijing, China

2008   Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, U.S.A.

2008   Case Studies of Artists in Art History and Art Criticism, SZ Art Center, Beijing, China

2008   Museum für Asiatische Kuns Exhibition, Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany

2008   Encounter, Pace Beijing, Beijing, China

2008   living in Songzhuang, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China

2008   Art Beijing 2008,  National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China

2008   Asia 3rd Nanjing Triennial, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China

2008   2008 Kunadu Biennale, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei

2008   1st.12—Taida Contemporary Art Museum Collection Exhibition,

Taida Contemporary Art Museum, Tianjin, China

2008   Avant-Garde China：Twenty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Janpan

2009   Paperwork, DF2 Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A

2009   China's ReVision, the Opening of Aye Eastation Gallery, Beijing, China

2009   Body, Center of Contemporary art ShangDong, Nanjing, China

2009   Arrange of the Journey-Zhang Yichun Teacher & Students Join-Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

2009   A Gift To Marco Polo, Island of San Servolo, Venice, Italy

2009   The Chinese Pavilion at the 53rd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale：See a World in Grain of Sand, Giardini, Arsenale, Venice,Italy

2009   CHINAMANIA, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark

2009   The First Academic Contemporary China Engraving Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

2009   Embrace Suzhou Exhibition of the Chinese Contemporary Arts, Suzhou Museum, Suzhou, China

2009   Collision—Cases of Contemperary China Art Experiment, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China

2009   Open Vision—Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art of the National Gallery in Prague, Czekh

2009   The Home Court :AN Exhibition of Contemporary Art, White Box Museum of Art, Beijing, China

2009   The Contemporary Art Achievement Exhibition in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing Hotel, Beijing, China

2009   The Face of the Chinese Avant-Garde, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, USA

2010   Clouds：Power of Asian Contemporary Art, Soka Art Center Beijing, Beijing, China

2010   Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 1979—2009, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China

2010   Reshaping History: Chinart from 2000 to 2009, CNCC, Beijing, China

2010   The Constructed Dimension, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

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