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  Biography
1957  Born in Wuhan, China
1979-83  Obtained Bachelor‘s degree, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
1986-89  Obtained Master‘s degree, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
1993  Joined Big Tailed Elephant Working Group
2002  Awarded by Asia Cultural Council
2004  Awarded by DAAD, Berlin, Germany
  Currently Living in Zhuhai, China and New York
  Exhibitions
2008  "Critical Moment-New Media & Installation", Oriental Vista Gallery   Shanghai, China 
  "Transmediale.08-CONSPIRE"   Berlin 
  "Art Sheffield 08"   Sheffield’s, Britain 
2007  "Searching for Key Words", Location 1 Art Centre   New York 
  "Transit City"   Luxemburg, Belgium 
  "Hyper City"   Berlin, Germany 
  "Salzburg Sommerszene-Festival"   Salzburg, Austria 
  "Mahjong", Centre of The City of Salzburg   Salzburg, Austria 
  "Video Art in Internet Time", Chelsea Museum   New York, USA 
  "China Welcomes You.. Desires, Struggles, New Identities", Kunsthaus Graz   Austria 
2006  "Through Popular Expression", University of Central England; Het Domein Museum   Sittard, UK, Holland 
  "Guangzhou-Cantones Artists in The Sigg Collection", Kunst Museum Bern   Switzerland 
  "Great Expectations", OCT Contemporary Art Terminal   Shenzhen, China 
  "Take Down", Universal Studios-Beijing   Beijing 
  "13 Chinese Video", PS1 Art Centre(MOMA)   New York 
  "China Power Station:Part 1", Serpentine Gallery   London 
  "Asian Video Art Selection", Moma New York and Asia Society   New York 
  "Guangdong Express(II)"   Beijing,Milan 
  "Zhang Jiang Art Festival", Shanghai Gallery of Art-Three on the Bund, Zhang Jiang Development Zone   Shanghai, China 
  "The Second Guangzhou Triennial-BEYOUND:An Extraordinary Space of Experimentation for Modernization", Guangdong Museum of Art   Guangzhou, China 
  "2nd Chinese Contemporary Art Triennial"   Nanjing, China 
  "Out of Sight", De Apple, Amsterdam   Holland 
  "Loose",Vitamin Creative Space   Guangzhou 
  "In South, West of West"   Nise, Sete, France 
  "Object System:Doing Nothing", ARCO 2004   Madrid, Spain 
2003  "Open Sky:Contemporary Art Exhibition" Duolun MOMA   Shanghai, China 
  "Z.O.U-50th Venice Biennial"   Venice, Italy 
  "Alors Le Chinese", Centre Pompidou   Paris, France 
  "Left Wing"   Beijing, China 
2002  "Blue and White Porcelain", Location 1 Art Centre   New York 
  "Pause-4th Gwanju Biennial"   Gwanju, Korea 
2001  "2nd Berlin Biennial"   Berlin, Germany 
  "Polypolis-Art from Asian Pacific Megacities"   Hamburg, Germany 
  "2nd Chengdu Biennial"   Chengdu, China 
  "Transportation in the place-Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition of Artist from China and France"   Shenzhen, China 
  "Virtual Reality-Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition"   Guangzhou, China 
2000  "The Bridge Under Bridge, 2000 Piscara Biennial"   Piscara, Italy 
  "Our Chinese Friend", Bauhaus University and ACC Art Centre   Weimmar, Germany 
  "2000 Chinese Video Festival in Hong Kong"   Hong Kong, China 
  "Fuck off"   Shanghai, China 
1999  "The 3nd Triennial of Asian and Pacifica Contemporary Art", Queensland   Australia 
  "Unveiled Reality:Chinese Contemporary Photography"   Vancouver;Bangkok;Chicago 
  "Unusual Way of Writing"   Nanjing, China 
  "Food of Thought-Chinese Contemporary Art Festival"   Amsterdam 
  "Chinese, Korean and Japanese Artists Joint Exhibition"   Pusan, Korea 
1998  "The first Taipei Biennial"   Taipei, China 
  "Inside Out-Chinese New Art Exhibition"   New York;Hong Kong, China 
  "Big Tailed Elephant"   Bern, Switzerland 
  "Traffic Jam"   Berlin, Germany 
  "Four Sides-Hong Kong, Macao, Guangzhou and Shenzhen Contemporary Art Exhibition"   Hong Kong, China 
1997  "Another Long March-Chinese Conceptual Art 97"   Netherlands 
  "Cities on The Move"   Vienna,Austria,Bordeaux,France;New York,USA;Copenhagen,Denmark;London,UK;Bangkok,Thailand 
  "New City, New Art, New Asia-Chinese, Korean New Art"   Shanghai, China 
1996  "Question-Twenty Cubic Yard of Soil", Vermont Art Centre   U.S.A 
  "Possibility-Big Tailed Elephant 96"   Guangzhou, China 
  "Container 96-European Cultural Festival 96"   Copenhagen, Denmark 
  "Munich Chinese Contemporary Art Festival"   Munich, Germany 
1994  "Ha, Ch, Ch-Chinese and German Joint Contemporary Art Show"   Cologne, Germany 
1992  "No Room-Big Tailed Elephant"   Guangzhou, China 
  "Big Tailed Elephant 1992"   Guangzhou, China 
 
 
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Email: pr@ovgallery.com  .  Website: www.ovgallery.com