Biography

  • 1963

    born in China

    lives and works in Switzerland

  • 1979 – 83

    Fine Arts studies, Normal University, Hunan

  • 1983

    Bachelor of Arts

  • 1983 – 87
    Assistant Lecturer, Fine Arts faculty, Normal University, 
    Hunan
  • 1984

    Hunan province prize, China

  • 1985

    Founder and member of “ 0 Art Group”

  • 1994
    Prix Ernst Anderfuhren, Biel/Bienne
  • 1996
    Prix Ernst Anderfuhren, Biel/Bienne
  • 1998
    Aeschlimann-Corti Stipendium, Kunstmuseum, Thun
  • 2002
    Aeschlimann-Corti Stipendium, Musée Art, Moutier
  • 2007

    Stipendium Pro Helvetia

    Stipendium Kanton Berne / Biel/Bienne

  • 2008
    Frauenkunstpreis, ArchivArte Galerie, Bern
  • 2009

    Frauenkunstpreis, ArchivArte Galerie, Bern

    Stipendium Pro Helvetia

    Stipendium Kanton Berne / Biel/Bienne

  • 2010

    Research Residencies in Shanghai University, China

    Stipendium Pro Helvetia

    Stipendium Kanton Berne / Biel/Bienne

  • 2011

    Stipendium Pro Helvetia

    Stipendium Kanton Berne / Biel/Bienne

  • 2012
    Reisestipendium, Kanton Bern
  • 2015
    Stipendium Kanton Berne / Biel/Bienne
  • 2016

    Art Alliance Residency, Xichang 505 Art Center, Sichuan Province, China

  • 2017
    “Ici et ailleurs” Stipendium, Kanton Bern

Solo exhibitions (sélection)
  • 1993
    Berner Galerie, Bern
  • 1998
    Kunstkeller, Bern
  • 2000
    Kunstkeller, Bern
  • 2001
    Noah ark, Espace Libre, Biel/Bienne
  • 2004
    Kunstkeller, Bern
  • 2006
    Aches, Wenwork, Beijing *
  • 2007
    1&1/2 Alien, Creek Art Center of Shanghai/Beijing
  • 2008

    Poussière Rouge, Centre d’Art Pasquart, Biel/Bienne

    La goutte deau dans locéan, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel

  • 2009

    Déchiffré, Fondation Louis Moret, Martigny

    Sich noch erinnern können, Galerie Pretty Land, Krefeld

  • 2010
    Ici ou là bas, Kunstkeller, Bern 
  • 2011

    Brises, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel

    Go and back, LDX, Songzhuang, Beijing

    Au sud des nuages, Atelier Raynald Métraux, Lausanne

  • 2012

    Parfum de poussière, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel

    Dust, Beijing Fine Arts, Beijing

    Du riz, Galerie davel 14, Cully

  • 2013
    Proche de quelque part, Fondation Louis Moret, Martigny
  • 2014
    Le Troisième Espace, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel &
    & Aeroplastics contemporary, Brussels
  • 2015
    Bâteau de papier, Galerie Kunstkeller, Basel
  • 2016

    Ici et maintenant, Musée d’art, Pully

    Ouvrir la porte, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel

  • 2017

    The path of Time, AYE Gallery, Beijing

    Faraway Place, Artscape, Luxembourg

  • 2018
    En scène, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel
  • 2019
    I walk beside you, AYE Gallery, Beijing
  • 2020

    Under the sky, Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Lausanne

    Lointains, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel

    En scène, Musée jurassien des Arts, Moutier

  • 2021
    Border, Kunstverein Konstanz, Konstanz
  • * catalog

Group exhibitions
  • 1984

    6th Chines national exhibition, Senyang

    Exhibition of young artists from Huan, Changsha

  • 1985
    Founder of the 0 Art Group and participant at its exhibition, Changsha
  • 1992
    Berner Biennale, Centre PasquArt, Biel/Bienne
  • 1997 – 98
    Bienne-Genèva, Exchange exhibition, Biel/Bienne & Geneva
  • 1999

    Change directory, Kunsthalle, Bern

    Skulptur 99, Bern

  • 2002

    Open, Temple allemand & Eglise Pasquart, Biel/Bienne

    Skulptur 02, Muri

  • 2003
    Fest der Künste, intervention, Bern
  • 2004
    Christmas exhibitions, Centre PasquArt, Bienne & Musée Art, Moutier
  • 2005
    Ten women artists, International photography Festival, Pingyao
  • 2006

    Art Beijing

    Centre PasquArt, Biel/Bienne

    Musée Art, Moutier

  • 2007

    ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Art Shanghai

    My drawer, Wenwrok, Sunzhuang Art Festival, Beijing

    Carte Blanche, Musée Jurassien des Arts, Moutier

    Self-taught Society – Exhibition in Deviation, FeiArt Center Shanghai,

    Summertime 07, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel

  • 2008

    ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Art Séoul

    L’art abstrait chinois des 30 dernières années, La Caixa Forum, Spain

    Liberation feet, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, The University of New South Wales, Australia

    Summertime 08, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel 

    Papier, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel 

    Miniatrisation, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel 

    Good Morning, Galerie Une, Beijing

  • 2009

    ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Art Forum Berlin

    Contemporary Art in Hubei & Hunan1985-2009, Museum of fine Art Guangdong

    Ma couleur préférée, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel

    Des mondes voisins, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel

    Les visages de l’industrie, Musée des beaux-arts Le Locle

  • 2010

    ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Lines & Clusters, Bern, Basel, Lucerne

    Traffic Art-highway, Shanghai

    Invisible City, Shanghai

    Now Asian Artist, Busan Biennale, South Korea

  • 2011

    ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Art Shanghai

    Cantonale Berne Jura, Musée jurassien d’art Moutier & Kunsthaus Langenthal

    Paris-Martigny, la carte et le territoire, Paris

    Seconds souffles, Pavés dans la mare, Besançon

    Accrochage, Museum of fine Art, Lausanne

  • 2012

    ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthaus Centre d’Art Pasquart, Biel/Bienne

    This is a women’s world, Kunstmuseum Thun

    Undoing Shuimo, Duolun Art museum, Shanghai

    Journée des photographes, Biel/Bienne

    I am the space where I am, He Xianging Art museum, Shenzhen

    Paris-Martigny, la carte et le territoire, Fondation Louis Moret, Martigny

    Quo Vadis, Cath Alexandrine Danneskiold-Samsøe Gallery, Copenhagen

  • 2013

    ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    ART Basel Hongkong

    Wunderland, Exposition d’art contemporain au Château de Rue

  • 2014

    ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Artgenève, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Cantonale Berne Jura, Centre PasquArt, Bienne & Kunsthaus, Interlaken

    Xinjiang International Art Biennale

    Plateformes, Centre d’Art contemporain, Yverdon-les-Bains

    China.ch, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal

    Accrochage, Musée cantonal des beaux-arts, Lausanne

  • 2015

    ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Art Genève, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthaus Centre PasquArt, Biel/Bienne & Kunsthaus, Interlaken

    Liberating, Museum of V. V. Nabokov SPbGU, St. Petersburg

    Liberating, Galleri Astley, Uttersberg

    Des seins à dessein 2015, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne

    3, SZ Art Center, Beijing

  • 2016

    ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Artgenève, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Fundamental – 5th Mediations Biennale, Poznan

    Mon Art à moi, Kunsthaus Centre d’art Pasquart, Biel/Bienne

  • 2017

    ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Artgenève, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    ART Basel Hongkong

    Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthaus Centre PasquArt, Biel/Bienne & Kunsthaus, Intrlaken

    Blank Cheque, Aye Gallery, Berlin

    The World, Qianxing Art Museum, Changsha

  • 2018

    ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Artgenève, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    ART Basel Honkong

    Art Shanghai

    Cantonale Berne Jura, Espace d’art contemporain (les halles) & Musée jurassien des Arts, Moutier

    d’Effacement(s), Galerie C, Neuchâtel

  • 2019

    ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    Artgenève, Galerie Gisèle Linder

    ART Basel Honkong

    Art Shanghai

    Cantonale Berne Jura, Kunsthaus Centre PasquArt, Biel/Bienne

    Cartographie du don, Musée cantonal des beaux-arts, Lausanne

    Chinese Art today, Kunsthaus Interlaken

  • 2020
    Salon de l’Estampe Contemporaine, Musée du papier peint, Mézlères
  • 2021

    Sur PapierMusée d’Art et d’Histoire Neuchâtel

    Existence, Wind H Art, Beijing

    ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

Public Collections

Städtische Kunstsammlung Bern

Kunstsammlung Kanton Bern

Musée d’art de Lausanne

Musée d’art et l’histoire de Neuchâtel

Musée d’art de Pully

Museum Zeughaus Rapperswil

Sturzenegger-Stiftung im Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen

Fondation Kunsthaus Centre d’art Pasquart, Biel/Bienne

Die Mobiliar

Hoffmann La Roche

La Fondation Herzog

Collections Uli Sigg

Banque Nationale Suisse

Berner Kantonalbank

SRG SSR Idée Suisse

White Rabbit Contemporary se Art Collection, Australia

Morgan Stanley collections

Beijing He jingyuan Art center, China

Publications

A history of China modern Art 1979-1989, China, text by: Lu Peng, Yi Dan, p. 235, 1992

Berner Biennale 1992, CH, text by: Bernard Fibicher, p. 20 to 21

Exhibition notebook, 20 pages,  Kunstkeller Berne, CH Texts by : Hélène Cagnard, Annelise Zwez, 2004

1/2 Alien published for the exhibition 1&1/2 Alien (Mingjun Luo & René Zäch) at Creek Art Center of Shanghai/Beijing, Shanghai/Beijing Chine in 2006/2007 Published by the artist Texts by : Bernard Fibicher, Liaowen, Chen Tong, 2006

My drawer, Wenwrok, Suongzhuang Art Festival, Beijing, China, text by: Liaowen, 2007

Poussière Rouge published for my solo exhibition Poussière Rouge presentend by Kunsthaus Centre d’art Pasquart, CH from 29th June to 31st August 2008, Texts by : Dolores Denaro,  Zou Yuejin  Verlag für monderne Kunst Nürnberg Edition

The 85 movement – Vol 1: The enlightnment of Chinese Avent-garde, China, p. 379, 2008

The 85 movement – Vol 2: An anthology of historical sources, China, p. 465, Contemporary Art series of China, Guangxi normal university press, China, texte by: Gao Minglu, 2008

Jahresbericht Erwerbungen 2008, Sturzenegger Stiftung Schaffhausen, CH p. 103 to 108

Liberation feet, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fin Arts, The University of New South Wales, Australia, p. 22 to 25, 2008

Trends in Hubei and Hunan – the Contemporary Art in Hubei & Hunan 1985-2009, Musée Art de Guangdong, China, p. 214 to 217, 2009

Kunst Bulletin 05. 2009, CH, text by: Annelise Zwez, p. 54

Art Time, July 2009, China, text: He Wanli, p. 44, 48

Art Time, November 2009, China, text: Dolores Denaro, p. 58 to 65

Now! Asian artiste, The busan Biennale organizing Committee, South Korea, p.104, 2010

Kunsthaus Centre d’art Pasquart 1990 – 2010, CH, texts by: different writers, p. 88, 133, 288, 292, 2010

The Big Bang, 2010, contemporary Chinese Art from the White Rabbit Collection, Australia, text by: Judy Nelson, Wang Zhiyuan, John McDonald, Huang Du, Pi Li, p. 222 to 225, 390

Artcollector, CH, text by: Gallery Gisèle Linder, p. 1G, 2011

Made in China, 2012, Contemporary Chinese artists Luciano Benetton collection.  295, 296, 556

This is a women’s world, 2012, Kunstmuserum Thun, CH, p. 44 to 45 

Journée des photographes, Biel/Bienne, CH, p. 82 to 85, 2012

I am the space where I am, Swiss women’s contemporary art exhibition in Hexingning Art muserum, Shenzhen, China, text by: Feng Boyi, p. 52 to 57, 2012

Jahresbericht Erwerbungen 2012, Sturzenegger Stiftung Schaffhausen, CH, p. 160 to 163

Undoing Shuimo, Duolun Art muserum, Shanghai, China, p. 78 to 93, 286 to 289, 2012

Arts Antiques Auction, Belgium, text by: Chris Van Peteghem, p. 14 to 17, 2012

One meter square situation, China, text by Liaowen ,  Linda Gallery , p. 100 to 107, 2013
China.ch, Kunsthalle Palazzo, CH, 2014

Made in Switzerland, Contemporary Chinese artists Luciano Benetton collection, p. 146 to 147, 2015

Chinese Contempory Art, St-Petersburg, Russia, text by: Peng Feng, p. 40 to 41, 2015

Liberating the past from the présent, China, text by: Peng Feng, p. 40 to 43, 2015

Abstract Art and its Chinese Reference, China, text by: Peng Feng, p. 30 to 33, 106 to 107, 2015

From 1984 to the brave new world, China, text by: Liu Xun, p. 71 to 74, 2015

Ici et maintenant published for my solo exhibition Ici et maintenant presentend by the Musée d’art de Pully, CH, from 3rd March to 15th May 2016. Texts by: Bernard Fibicher,   Delphine Rivier and Stéphanie Lugon, Till Schaap Edition

Women of China 03. 2016, China, Text by: Ye shan, p. 62 to 63

Kunst Bulletin 05. 2016, CH, text by: Alice Henkes, p. 79

1997 – 2017 Fondation Louis Moret, CH, text by: Marie-Fabienne Aymon, p. 144 to 145, 180 to 181, 2017

Art Monthly, 03. 2017, China, text by: Bernard Fibicher, p. 52 to 53