Wu Ming Zhong
Chinese,b. 1963
Wu Ming Zhong was born in Hebei, China in 1963. He has been extensively featured in both solo and group exhibitions throughout Asia, Europe and Americas. His notable exhibitions include the 31st
Art Basel (2006, Basel, Switzerland}, and the 2008 Shanghai Biennale (Shanghai, China}, in which he created o high-profile three-port installation of paintings, videos, and mixed media for Room 501 in Park Hotel.
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Wu Ming Zhong's works are notable for their intense colour, use of classical motifs in a contemporary aesthetic, and his repeated theme of glass - with its connotations of transparency and fragility. Using oil and acrylic on canvas, he transforms humans and objects into somewhat transparent glass-like figures to describe man's psychological connections. Wu Ming Zhong's works have been described by critics as an avant-garde form of Chinese contemporary art, incorporating elements of Political Pop, Cynical Realism, and Gaudy Art, while featuring symbols of international
politics, history, religion, and pop culture. Influenced greatly by Western art in the postmodernist tradition, his works express his individuality and unique personal perspective, one that is often defiant of social order and its harsh realities. His personal struggles with cancer influenced his views of nature and man's relation to it, which can be seen reflected in his more recent works, which, in
addition to featuring glass figures, also include imagery common to classical Chinese paintings such as pine trees and red-crowned cranes.
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He is the Associate Professor and Director of the Oil Painting Research Office for the College of Fine Arts at Capital Normal
University.
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He was a visiting scholar at Liebin Academy of Fine Arts in Russia & Buffalo State College in the USA
Wu Ming Zhong's works have been described by critics as an avant-garde form of Chinese contemporary art, incorporating elements of Political Pop, Cynical Realism, and Gaudy Art, while featuring
symbols of international politics, history, religion, and pop culture.
Has participated in over 30 international exhibitions, including HK, Beijing, Singapore, Basel, Germany, Korea, etc.
His works have been exhibited in international art museums, including The National Art Museum of China, Greek Athens National Contemporary Art Centre, Singapore Art Museum, The National
Museum of Fine Art Cuba, etc. Has an auction record of HK$3M set at Poly auction in China in 2008.
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Education and Background
1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fine Arts Department of Hebei Teachers College, Shijiazhuang
1997 Masters of Fine Arts, Fine Arts Department of Capital Normal
University, Beijing
2003-2004 Visiting Scholar, Repin State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Russia
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2005
Visiting Scholar, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York,
United States
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Solo Exhibitions
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2019
"In-Outward Observations" Wu Ming Zhong Solo Exhibition,
Parkview Green Beijing, China
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2014
Hey Just Chill! Wu Mingzhong Solo Exhibition, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
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2011
Hi,2011- Wu Mingzhong Solo Exhibition , Leeahn Gallery, Korea
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2009
Fake Authenticity - Wu Mingzhong Solo Exhibition, Today Art
Museum, Beijing, China
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2007
Hey, Be careful - Wu Mingzhong Solo Exhibition, Xin Dong Cheng
Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing China
lmplosion - Art Work of Wu Mingzhong, Gallery Beijing Space,
Beijing, China
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2006
Chinese Reporting - Oil Paintings of Wu Mingzhong, 798 Avant Gallery 2006, New York, USA
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2004
Wu Mingzhong Painting Exhibition - the visiting scholar of Liebin Academy of Fine Arts, Art Museum of Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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Group Exhibition
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2019
Art Beijing 2019, Beijing, China
"The Power of Academy" Group Exhibition, Soka Art Centre, Beijing, China
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2017
Premier Art Fair Hong Kong 2017, The Excelsior Hotel, Hong Kong
Parkview Art Action - On Sharks & Humanity Global Art Exhibition (2017 Hong Kong), Hong Kong Maritime Museum
Parkview Art Action - On Sharks & Humanity Global Art Exhibition (2017 Singapore), Parkview Square, Singapore
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2015
Parkview Art Action - On Sharks & Humanity Global Art Exhibition (2015 Beijing), National Museum of China, Beijing
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2014
Re-Modernization - 2014 Wuhan 3rd Documentary Exhibition of Fine Arts, Hubei Art Museum
Ansesen - The Second Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, The National
Museum of Art of China
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2013
Beijing--Sophia New Vision of Chinese Contemporary Art, Beijing
Art Center of Sophia National Telecommunication
Museum, Bulgaria
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2012
ReHistory - Invitation Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Shenzhen Art Museum
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2011
Unable Absence - Winxuan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Winxuan
Museum Chengdu China
Mountains Beyond Mountains - San Qing Mountain Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Yue Art Museum Beijing, China
Group Exhibition
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2010
Negotiation-The Second Today's Documents, Today Art Museum Beijing, China
Reshaping History-Chinart from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Centre, China
China Welcomes You, Oldenburg Museum, Germany
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2009
Historical Image - China's Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition,
Shenzhen Art Museum, China
Speak-Describe - 2009 Cross-Strait Contemporary Art , Taiwan Art Museum Taiwan, The National Museum of Fine Art, Beijing
Beijing-Havana The Revolution of Art, The National Museum of
Fine Art, Cuba
Serious Condition - 12 Contemporary Artists Show, Wall Art Gallery, Beijing, China
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2008
Shanghai Biennale 2008, Shanghai Art Museum , Shanghai, China
YOUniverse - Biennale of Seville Monastery de Ntra, Sra De las Cuevas., Spain
Beijing-Athens: Contemporary Art from China, Greek Athens National Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece
Accelerate: Chinese Contemporary Art, Singapore Art Museum,
Singapore
"Chinese Reputation - Influence" Osage Gallery, Hong Kong
3.15 Let's Consume, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary
Art, 2008, Beijing, China
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2007
Chinese Contemporary SOCART, The State Tretyakov Gallery,
Moscow, Russia
Pocheon Asia Biennale 2007, Pocheon, Korea
The Thermocline - New Asian Waves, ZKM Museum,
Karlsruhe, Germany
Floating - New Generation Art in China, Korea National Museum of
Modern Art, Korea
"Chinese Whispers" - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Osage
Gallery, Hong Kong
China Contemporary Art Exhibition, China Visual Arts Centre, Beijing, China
The Power of the Universe - An Exhibition the Frontier of
Contemporary Chinese Art, Asia Art Centre, Beijing, China
A New Realm - A Grand Vision of Contemporary Chinese Art, Soka
Art Center, Taipei
Shanghai Art Expo - International Modern Art, Shanghai Expo
Centre, China
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2006
37'Basel International Contemporary Art Fail, Basel, Switzerland
Re-excavate the Contemporary Realism, Soka Art Center/ Soka
Contemporary Space, Beijing, China
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2005
Grounding Reality - New Chinese Contemporary Art, Seoul Art Centre, Seoul, Korea
Chinese Young Artist Fine Works Exhibition - The Second Beijing
International Art Biennale 2005, The Art Museum of China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
Beijing Art Document Exhibition, Beijing, China
"So beautiful Landscape" painting Exhibition, Baiwang Gallery, Beijing, China
Born in China--Chinese Contemporary Art, Goedhuis Contemporary Gallery, New York, USA
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2004
the Nominative Exhibition of Youth Artists Exhibition 1960'-1970', Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
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2003
Embracing the New Century Third China National Exhibition of Oil Paintings, National Museum of Fine Art, Beijing, China
Chinese Art Today, The Art Museum of China , Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
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2000
The Academic Exhibition of Beijing Oil Painting, Huanyu Sutra Gallery, Beijing, China
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1999
Juxtapositions-Seven Painters, National Museum of Fine Art, Beijing, China
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1998
The Academic Exhibition of Beijing Youth Oil Painters , Art Gallery of
Beijing International Art Palace, Beijing, China
