PROFILE
1967
Born in Xi'an, China

EDUCATION
1998-2000
MFA Photo and Related Media, at the School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
1988-1992
BFA Fine Art (Painting), at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
1982-1986
Fine Art (Painting), at the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi'an, China

SOLO EXHIBITION
2004
"disCONNEXION", Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, USA
"URBAN FICTION", Galerie Piece Unique, Paris, France
"DIS + DUP", Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2002
"disLOCATION", 2nd PingYao International Photo Festival, Shanxi, China
"CHINA AVANT-GARDE", LEE, Ka-sing gallery, Toronto, Canada
1994
"WITH CHINESE EYES", Gallery Grauwert, Hamburg, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
"ON THE EDGE", Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley, USA; Indianapolis Museum of Art, in Indianapolis, USA
"BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE: NEW PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO FROM CHINA", Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, USA
2005
"ON THE EDGE", The Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford, USA
"BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE: NEW PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO FROM CHINA", Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
2004
"GROTESQUE REALITY", The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
"DIE CHINESEN: CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO IN CHINA", Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
"STRANGE PLANET: THE EFFECTS OF CULTURAL AMBIGUITY", Georgia State University, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery, Atlanta, USA
"THE 55th PREMIO MICHETTI", Museo Michetti, Francavilla al mare, (Ch) Italy
"REALITY SPELLS: EXHIBTION OF CHINESE CONCEPTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY FROM 90'", Art Map, Hong Kong, China
"MIX-ED", The Sherman Gallery, Sydney, Australia
"REASON & EMOTION", Biennale of Sydney at Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
"BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE: NEW PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO FROM CHINA", International Center for Photography & Asian Society, New York, USA; the Smart Museum of Art & Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
"CHINESE EYES", Goedhuis Contemporary Gallery, New York, USA
"GLOBALIA", Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany
"GUANYIN - TEMPI DI DONNE", Galleria Sala 1, Rome, Italy
"SHE", Art Season Gallery, Beijing, China
"ME, ME, ME", Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
"JE T'ENVISAGE: LA DISPARITION DU PORTRAIT (MAKING FACES: THE DEATH OF THE PORTRAIT)", Musee de l'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland
2003
"TOGETHER WITH MIGRANTS", Today Art Gallery, Beijing, China
"CHINESE MAXIMALISM", UB Art Gallery, in Buffalo, U.S.A; Millennium Art Museum, Beijing, China
"Contemporary Chinese Art" at Kristianstads Konsthall, in Kristianstad, Sweden
"CARA A CARA", Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
"GLOBAL DETAIL", Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Ja Groningen, Netherlands
"LES RECONTRES D'ARLES FESTIVAL", Arles, France
"THE AMERICAN EFFECTS", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
"ALORS, LA CHINE?", Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
"SPATIAL NARRATIVE: CONTEMPORARY ASIAN PHOTOGRAPHY", Japan Society, New York, USA
"ROMA PHOTO FESTIVAL", Rome, Italy
"SPLIT: WOMAN IN DISLOCATION", The Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, New York, USA
"CHINE(S): VIDEO ART & EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA FROM CHINA & TAIWAN", LightCone, Paris, France
2002
"REINTERPRETATION: A DECADE OF EXPERIMENTAL CHINESE ART (1990-2000)", 1st Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
"NEW YORK", Damasquine Contemporary Art gallery, Brussels, Belgium
"LANDSCAPE OF SUR-CONSUMING", Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou, China
"QUEENS INTERNATIONAL", Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA
2001
"MEGA WAVE: TOWARDS A NEW SYNTHESIS", Yokohama Treinnial, Japan
"MOIS DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE", MAMAC - Nice Museum of Modern Art, Nice, France
"1st TIRANA BIENNALE", Tirana, Albania
"CHINA FEST", Berlin, Germany
"SVA 10 YEARS MOVING ../IMAGES", Anthology Cinema, in New York, USA
"DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS", Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, USA
2000
"4 PERSON SHOW", Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London, UK
"CHINESE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY", Ethan Cohen Fine Arts Gallery, New York, USA
1999
"BEIJING: THE REVOLUTIONARY CAPITAL", Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, UK "TRANSIENCE: CHINESE EXPERIMENTAL ART AT THE END OF THE 20th CENTURY", Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA; Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA; University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, USA
1998
"CENTURY/WOMEN", China National Gallery, Beijing, China
1996
"CHINA TODAY", China Art Festival, Munich, Germany
1995
"WITNESS", Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Whitney Museum of American Art, USA
- The Progressive Corporation, USA
- JGS Foundation, USA
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art, USA
- ICP, International Center for Photography, USA
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA
- George Pompidou Center, France
- Guangdong Museum of Art, CHINA
- Private Collectors

GRANT/AWARD
2003
Best Publishing Project Award from Les Rencontres d'Arles Festival, Arles, France
1998-2001
Grant & Fellowship from Asian Cultural Council, New York, USA
1998-2000
Chairman's Grant from School of Visual Arts, New York, USA

PUBLICATION
2004
"A Personal Diary of Chinese Avant-garde Art in 1990s", a book by SCALO

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