b. 1986 in Wuhan, China
Currently based in Germany
Education:
2018 – now Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Klasse Prof. Julian Rosefeldt
2010 – 2013 China Academy of Art, School of Intermedia Art, MA in Curatorial Studies while working as teaching assistant in Studio of Experimental Image
2004 – 2008 Wuhan University, Business School, BA in Business Administration
2006 – 2008 Huazhong University of Science & Technology, School of Foreign Languages, BA in English Studies (double major)
Residency:
2012.07 Cité internationale des Arts, Paris
Award:
Excellent Graduation Thesis: Redemption of Images: Mnemosyne and Angelus Novus
Art Projects:
2017.03 – 2017.05 Fleeting Strangers, Yuan Keru Film Project, deputy director, Shanghai
2014.05 – 2017.12 Long term art project The Grand Voyage, collaborate with Guo Xi
2013.07 – 2014.09 Yang Fudong Studio, artist's assistant
Exhibitions:
2022 Super BOOKS, Haus der Kunst, München
Group Show Preis der Stiftung Kunstakademie, KARL & FABER, München
Fresco, AdBK, München
*CLOUD COATING, Астаналык, Astana
LASSITUDE, Goethe Institut, Paris
2021 The Knickknack Peddler, public art section of Guangzhou Contemporary Art Fair, Guangzhou
Super BOOKS, Haus der Kunst, München
Ground Art Fest, Gyumri, Armenia
Haha's 10000 Days on Earth, AkademieGalerie, München
2020 In the dark times, will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times. Blitz Club, München
2019 STRATA Museum for the Age of Penumbra, AdBK, München
Microscopic Eyes Detective Minds, VACATION, NYC
Yellow Reflection, Galerie Liusa Wang, Paris
2018 Tell Me a Story: Locality and Narrative, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino
2017 Frontier – Re-assessment of Post-Globalisational Politics, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai
2016 Creative Operational Solutions, Para Site, Hong Kong
Huayu Young Artist Award Nominees' Exhibition, Sanya
HOLZWEGE , ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
*The Grand Voyage: A Man Upside Down, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai
Annals of Floating Island, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
Tell Me a Story: Locality and Narrative, Rockbund Art Museum Shanghai
2015 The Ballad of Generation Y , OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai
Jimei x Arles International Photography Festival, Xiamen
* The Grand Voyage: The Fifth Prophecy and Four Characters, Imagokinetics project space in West Bund Art and Design Fair, Shanghai
*Preview: The Grand Voyage, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
Folklore of the Cyber World, Chronus Art Center, Shanghai
2014 *Prophecy Release: the Grand Voyage, 80 WSE Gallery, New York
2010 Investigating Project about Stone Sculpture Industry in Quyang, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
solo shows are marked with *
Curatorial Projects:
2016 Trembling Surfaces, Long March Space, curator, Beijing
2014 Tales from the Taiping Era, co-curator, Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing
2013 One Meter Theater, executive curator, Imagokinetics, Hangzhou
Limited Knowledge, executive curator, City University of Hong Kong, HK
Greenbox: Remapping- the Space of Media Reality, co-curator, Media City Research Center, Hangzhou
2012 The Surprise of Existence - A Moment of Youth Image, executive curator, Lianzhou Foto
Limited Knowledge, executive curator, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
Experimental Image Theater: The Deferred Realm, co-planner, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
Salmon Without Summer, curator, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
2011 Free Speech: Graduation Exhibition of School of Intermedia Art, China Academy of Art, project manager, Hangzhou
Wax & Wane, curator, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
The Light Driver, curator, Community Art Space, Hangzhou
Publications:
2015 Journal from the Grand Voyage, co-artist
2013 Eleven Fictional Captions for group show Wave (3rd), Bund 18 Temporary Art Space, Shanghai
One Meter Theater, editor
2012 Limited Knowledge, editor