Ah Xian (b.1960, Beijing) is one of Australia’s most prominent contemporary artists, known for his striking life-sized sculptures made of materials including cloisonné, porcelain, concrete, fibreglass, bronze, jade and Ox-bone inlay and latex.
A self-taught painter, Ah Xian became a professional artist in the 1980s and has been involved in the avant-garde art movement in China. Since moving to Australia, Ah Xian has exhibited across the country and around the world since the 1990s. Major solo exhibitions include Ah Xian: Naturepgysica, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA, 2016); Metaphysica, QAGOMA (2013); Ah Xian, Gemeentemuseum, the Hague, the Netherlands (2008); Ah Xian: Skulpturen, Städtische Museen, Heilbronn, Germany (2007); China Reconfigured: The Art of Ah Xian, Asia Society Museum, New York, United States (2002); China, China: recent works in porcelain by Ah Xian, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney (2001); China: a series of works in porcelain by Ah Xian, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne (2000).
Ah Xian is the winner of the National Gallery of Australia’s inaugural National Sculpture Prize (2001), the recipient of the Clemenger Contemporary Art Award from the National Gallery of Victoria (2009) and the recipient of the QAGOMA Medal (2019). He is the first artist to receive the Gallery Medal.
Ah Xian’s work is held in notable collections in Australia and overseas including Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria; Melbourne; National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; Powerhouse Museum, Sydney; QAGOMA, Brisbane; Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Asia Society Museum, New York; the Kirishima Open-air Art Museum, Kagoshima, Japan.
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| 1960 | Born in Beijing, China |
| Present |
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia
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| 2022 |
Fledging, Vermilion Art, Sydney, Australia
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| 2016 |
AH XIAN Axiom (A retrospective exhibition), Hamilton Gallery, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
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Ah Xian: Naturepgysica. (Coincides with the exhibition of “A worldView: Tim Fairfax Gift”), Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
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| 2013-2015 |
Metaphysica, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art; touring 14 regional galleries in Queensland, Australia
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| 2008 |
Gerish-Stiftung, Nuemunster, Germany
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Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany
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Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, Netherlands
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Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany
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| 2007 |
Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
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| 2003 |
Ah Xian: A retrospective exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
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| 2002 |
China Refigured: the Work of Ah Xian, with selections from the Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller 3rd Collection”, The Asia Society Museum, New York, USA
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China Refigured: the Work of Ah Xian, with selections from the Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller 3rd Collection”, The Asia Society Museum, New York, USA
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China Refigured: the Work of Ah Xian, with selections from the Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller 3rd Collection”, The Asia Society Museum, New York, USA
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Ah Xian Meets Jingdezhen, Museum fur Angewandte Kunst (MAK Frankfurt), Germany
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| 2001 |
China, China-Recent works in porcelain by Ah Xian, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
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China, China: Recent works in porcelain by Ah Xian, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
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China, China: Recent works in porcelain by Ah Xian, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
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| 2000 |
China, China-A series of works in porcelain by Ah Xian, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
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China, China-Recent porcelain works of Ah Xian, Art Gallery of Beijing Teacher’s University, Beijing, China
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| 1986 |
Ah Xian’s Works – a solo exhibition, Old Observatory, Beijing, China
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| 2022 |
Agent Bodies, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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| 2021 |
Clay Dynasty, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
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The way we eat, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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| 2020 |
A drop of Water, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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| 2019 |
Walking with Gods, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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| 2018 |
Chaos & Order: 120 Years of Collecting at RMIT, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
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| 2016 |
Refugees, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, NSW, Australia
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| 2015 |
Reshaping Tradition: Contemporary Ceramics from East Asia, USC Pacific Asia Museum, California, USA
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| 2014 |
The Dialogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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China’s Changing Landscape, Nordic Watercolour Museum, Sweden
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Revelations: Sculptures from the RMIT University Art Collection, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
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Dark Heart,2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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Dark Heart,2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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| 2013 |
New Blue and White, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
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| 2012 |
New “China”: Porcelain Art from Jingdezhen, 1910-2012. China Institute Gallery, New York, USA
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Theatre of the World, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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| 2011 |
The Porcelain City – four contemporary approaches to Jingdezhen, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
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Human Nature, The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) with the National Gallery of Canada
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| 2010 |
21st CENTURY – Art in the first decade, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
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| 2009 |
2009 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
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UberPortrait, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, USA
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Reinventions: sculpture in the making, National Gallery of Australia, ACT, Australia
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The China Project – 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art Collection, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
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| 2007 |
Cross Currents, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
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Down Under – Den Haag Sculpture 2007, Den Haag, Netherlands
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| 2006 |
Prism: Contemporary Australian Art, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
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2006 Contemporary Commonwealth, National Gallery of Victoria & Australian Centre for the Moving Images, Melbourne, Australia
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| 2005 |
The Upper Half // The Busts from August Rodin (a survey exhibition tour to 3 venues), July, 8th, 2005 – October, 9th, 2005. Städtische Museen Heilbronn Germany; October, 22th, 2005 – January, 15th, 2006. Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany; January, 29th, 2006 – April, 23th, 2006, Museum Liner Appenzell. Svizzerland.
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Elements of Nature, National Gallery of Canada, Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
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| 2003 |
Face Up-Contemporary Art from Australia, Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
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NOW & NOW-World Contemporary Ceramics – The 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003, Icheon World Ceramic Centre, Korea
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| 2001 |
National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition 2001. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition 2001. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Lines of descent: The family in contemporary Asian art. Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
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Triennale Kleinplastik. Fellbach, Germany
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Rent, Overgaden Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark / ACCA, Melbourne, Australia
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| 1999 |
The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
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Bilingual, Gallery 4A, Sydney, Australia
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| 1998 |
Cultural Graft, Gallery 4A, Sydney, Australia
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Construction In Process VI – The Bridge, Melbourne (An international art event and exhibition )
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| 1997-2000 |
In and Out – Contemporary Chinese Art from China and Australia. An international tour exhibition
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| 1996-1997 |
Above and Beyond – Australia/Asian interaction. A tour exhibition in Australia
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| 1996 |
Flagging the Republic, Sherman Galleries, Sydney and tour in Australia
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Implements of the art project DEDUCTION #3 in Australia
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“3 x 3”- An international touring exhibition, Sydney, Christchurch, Auckland, Berlin, Beijing, Canberra.
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| 1995 |
Documentary show, Fire Station Gallery, Sydney, Australia
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Implements of the art project DEDUCTION #3 in Australia
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| 1994 |
New Art from China, Noosa Gallery, Noosa, Queensland, Australia
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New Art in China Post 1989: A Retrospective, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong
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Chinese New Wave – Contemporary Art from China, Fire Station Gallery, Sydney, Australia
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| 1993 |
Mao Goes Pop: New Art in China Post 1989, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
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Six Contemporary Chinese Artists. Palace Gallery, Academy of the Arts, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, Australia
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| 1992 |
New Wave, Touring Exhibition in Australia
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The Emperor’s New Clothes – an exhibition of artists from mainland China sojourning Australia, Irving (Sherman) Galleries, Sydney, Australia
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Six Contemporary Chinese Artists, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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| 1991 |
Twelve Contemporary Chinese Artists, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Echoes of China – From behind the Bamboo Curtain – 3 Contemporary Chinese Artists, Irving (Sherman) Galleries, Sydney, Australia
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| 1990 |
Confession – Youth Arts Exhibition, Ri-Tan Park, Beijing, China
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First Sydney Spring International Festival of New Music and Visual Arts, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Three Unofficial Chinese Artists, Twin Cranes Gallery, Seattle, USA
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| 1989 |
Three Chinese Artists, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Australia
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Exhibition of the Second Party of the Survivors Poet Club, Central Drama Institute, Beijing, China
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| 1988 |
Exhibition of works of Ah Xian and Guan Wei, Beijing University, Beijing, China
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10 works, touring exhibition, France
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Salon du Grand Palais Exhibition, Paris, France
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Four City Artists, Beijing, China
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Six Beijing Painters, Great Wall Hotel, Beijing, China
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| 1987-1989 |
Beijing – New York Art Exchange, New York City and Boston, USA
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| 1987 |
Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting, Harkness House, New York, USA
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The Second Exhibition of Beijing Youth Artists. National Art Gallery of China, Beijing, China
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Autumn Salon Exhibition, Paris, France
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Ah Xian and Guan Wei Paintings, Beijing University, Beijing, China
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| 1986 |
Exhibition of Beijing Youth Artists, National Art Gallery of China, Beijing, China
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Exhibition of Beijing and Dalian Youth Artists, National Art Gallery of China, Beijing, China
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| 1985 |
Exhibition of Works of Ah Xian, Ma De-Sheng and Huang Jian-Xing, Jin-An Culture Centre, Shanghai, China
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| 2019 |
Look – Art Gallery Society of New South Wales, March-April 2019 (P52)
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| 2018 |
The Tao-Conversations on Chinese art in Australia, by Tianli Zu, ISBN 978 172704 032 6
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The Geoff Raby Collection of Contemporary Chinese Art, by Damian Smith, ISBN 978-0-9875155-2-0
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| 2017 |
Art-iculate. ART FOR VCE UNITS 1-4 (second edition), by Lou Chamberlin, Deryck Greenwood, textbook (P42, 43, 48, 49), ISBN 978-1-316-62425-8
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| 2016 |
Treasures of Aisan Art. The Asia Society Museum Collection.
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MCA Collection Handbook, by Natasha Bullock (and 58 others), catalogue (P374~375), ISBN 9781921034848
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AH XIAN, by Michael Young, Artist Profile issue 34, 2016, ISBN 9771834794007
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| 2015 |
Ah Xian-Challenging the Spatial Limitations of Sculptural Art, by Mabel Lee, Humanities Australia No.6, 2015, ISBN 1837-8064 (P47~56)
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AH XIAN: BITWIXT EAST AND WEST, by CAO, Yin, Look magazine – Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 0215 (P.25~27)
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| 2014 |
KUNST AUS CHINA. HERAUSGEGEBEN VON DER, GALERIE RADOWITZ, MUNCHEN
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Revelations-Sculpture from the RMIT Art Collection, catalogue, the front cover, ISBN 978-0-9807710-9-1
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2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Dark Heart, Nick Mitzvich, ISBN 978-1-921668-17-3 (hardback)
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| 2013 |
The Chinese Art Book, Phaidon Press. ISBN-13: 9780714865751 ISBN-10: 0714865753
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| 2012 |
Theatre of the World, by Martin, Jean-Hubert, Museum of Old and New Art, exhibition catalogue (P82 & P51), ISBN 9780980805840
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Art eathetic of porcelain sculptures of Jingdezhen. by Prof. Chunsheng Cao, Jiangxi Province Art Publication House, ISBN 978-7-5480-1471-3
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| 2011 |
ARTWISE 2 – Visual Arts 9~10. second edition, Glenis Israel, textbook (P46~47), ISBN: 978 1 7421 6350 5 (pbk), 978 1 7424 6224 0 (ebook)
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Making Art: Form and Meaning, 1st Edition, Terry Barrett, textbook (P217~218), ISBN-13: 978-0-07-252178-8
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Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria magazine, May/June 2011, Collector’s Edition (P84)
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The Exceptional Brain and How It Changed the World, Robert M. Kaplan, non fiction, the cover artwork, details, ISBN-978 1 74237 444 4
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| 2010 |
Asian Art Now by Melissa Chiu / Bejamin Genocchio, The Monacelli Press, ISBN978-1-58093-298-1 (hardcover) (frontcover image, P35, P52~54, P237.)
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21st CENTURY – Art In the First Decade, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, catalogue (P13, P139), ISBN 9781921503177 (pbk)
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21st CENTURY – Art for Kids, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, catalogue (the back cover, P73~81), ISBN 9781921503221(hardcover)
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Australian Art Collector, magazine, issue 51, January – March 2010 (the cover image and P198~199), ISSN 1328-9586
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| 2009 |
2009 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, National Gallery of Victoria, catalogue (P16~17), ISSN1833-8097
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THE CHINA PROJECT, catalogue, Queensland Art Galler, National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data: The China Project, 9781876509934 (pbk)
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Beep … Crackle: Contemporary Art from the Middle of Nowhere, Stuart Koop, ISBN 978-1-875792-62-7
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| 2008 |
HQ high quality-best of advertising, art, design, photography, writing, ISBN 978-3-89904-330-3
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FRAGILES – Porcelain, Glass &Ceramics, ISBN978-3-89955-208-9
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Chinese in Australian Fiction 1888-1988, OuYang Yu, (The work image details is used for the front cover of the book)
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123NPG – The images of “Dr John Yu” on the front and the back cover, ISBN9780977576135, National Portrait Gallery
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| 2007 |
Sculpture Today, Judith Collins, Phaidon Press, ISBN-10: 0714843148
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Breakout: Chinese Art Out of China. Melissa Chiu, ISBN-10:88-8158-639-8; ISBN-13: 978-88-8158-639-4
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AH XIAN Sculpture (German/English monograph catalogue. Full-colour 100 pages including 5 essays by Dr.Melissa Chiu, Dr.Stephan von der Schulenburg, Dr.Hans-Jurgen Schwalm, Dr.Britta Schmitz and Mr.Dieter Brunner together with 106 illustrations), ISBN 978-3-936921-04-5 (Museum edition), ISBN 978-3-89904-304-4 (Retail edition)
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Cross Currents: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art, catalogue (P140~149) ISBN 9781921034206 (pbk.)
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‘ChinaChina’: autoethnography and Ah Xian’s porcelain forms, Marita Bullock, P105~117 other contact zones. New Talents 21C Vol 7, 2007. ISBN 9781920845414. ISSN 1834-9080
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Art InSight – second edition. Lou Chamberlin, textbook (P212~215), ISBN 0 07471 626 3.
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DownUnder – Den Haag Sculptuur 07, catalogue (P156~157), ISBN 9789086900954
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WHO’S WHO in Australia 2007, XLIII Edition 2007 (P1258~1259), ISSN 0810-8226, ISBN 1 74095 130 1
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| 2006 |
Prism: Contemporary Australian Art, catalogue (P021) ISBN4-901528-06-8
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Slow Art of Ah Xian, by Claire Roberts, Art & Australia, magazine. Vol.43 No.3, March 2006 (cover1 & 2, P390~397), ISSN 0004-301X 03
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2006 Contemporary Commonwealth, catalogue (P8 & P130-133), ISBN 0 7241 0266 3
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LOVE IN A FALLEN CITY, by Eileen Chang (cover image), ISBN-13: 978-1-59017-178-3 ISBN-10: 1-59017-178-0
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| 2005 |
Die Obere Hälfte // Die Buste seit August Rodin, catalogue (P124-127) ISBN 3-936921-01-6 (Museumsausgabe), ISBN 3-89904-177-1 (Buchhandelsausgabe)
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‘Involuntary Lyrics’ by Aaron Shurin (front and back covers of a poem book), ISBN-13: 978-1-890650-23-0 ISBN-10: 1-890650-23-4
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‘Original Face’, Nicholas Jose, (front cover of a novel), ISBN 1-920882-13-8
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A.R.T.2 Practice. OXFORD University Press, (P163, P207~210), ISBN 0-19-555057-9
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From iconic to symbolic: Ah Xian’s semiotic interface between China and the west, by Stefano Catalani, Yishu – Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, March 2005, Spring Issue (P76-86) ISSN 1683 3082
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Education School Programs 2005-06, National Gallery of Victoria, booklet, F/B cover
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| 2004 |
AH XIAN, monographic catalogue by Queensland Art Gallery, ISBN 1-876509-79-1
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My Brother’s Culture, Limelight magazine, February 2004 (P24-27), ISSN 144-2800
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| 2003 |
Face Up – Contemporary Art from Australia, catalogue (P202-213, P220 and P221), ISBN3-7757-1363-8
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Now & Now–World Contemporary Ceramics, catalogue (P130-133), ISBN 89-89748-21-6-03630
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| 2002 |
Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968-2002, catalogue (P7 & P149), ISBN 0 7241 0213 2
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The Full Dress, An encounter with the National Gallery of Australia, Les Murray, Illustrated poem book, National Gallery of Australia (P65) ISBN 0 642 54166 3.
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Australia Council Support For the Arts Handbook 2003 (F/B cover) ISSN 1326 2866
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The Cultural Revolution, John McDonald, The Australian Financial Review Magazine (P18, 21), ISSN 1328-3774
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Ah Xian: Circles in Time, Ben Divall, Craft Arts International, magazine, No.56 (P26-31), ISSN 1038-846X
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The New Yorker magazine, Nov 18, 2002 (P16, 21), ISSN 0028-792X
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China Refigured, Holland Cotter, The New York Times, news paper, 8 November 2002
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China, Mon Amour, Alexander Hosch, Architectural Digest, magazine, November 6/2002 (P190-195)
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Diskurs oder Dialog? Australian Art in the National Gallery of Australia, catalogue. (P420) ISBN 0 642 54142 6 (hbk), ISBN 0 642 54148 5 (pbk)
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A Journey to China, Roni Feinstein, Art in America, magazine, February 2002 (P108-113)
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Ah Xian, recent works in porcelain, Linda Jaivin, Art Asia Pacific, magazine, Issue33, 2002 (P28-30), ISSN 1039-3625.
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National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition catalogue (P12-13) ISBN 0 642 54183 3
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| 2001 |
Blooming lotus strides ahead, Benjamin Genocchio, The Weekend Australian, newspaper, December 8-9, 2001
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When heavy metal carries no weight, Bruce James, Sydney Morning Herald, newspaper, December 5, 2001 (P15)
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Turn your head to the shore, Jeremy Eccles, Art Monthly Australia, magazine, July 2001. No.141, ISSN 1033 4025
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China China, Claire Roberts, Ceramic Review, magazine, Issue No.189, May/June 2001, ISSN 0144 1825
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Kirishima Open-Air Museum Catalogue of Collections catalogue (P88)
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Ah Xian’s “China, China”: Journey as counter world. Rhana Devenport
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8 Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach 2001, catalogue (P.32-35), ISBN 3-9805984-9-7 2000
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Local heroes MadeleineO’Dea.Vive, Ansett Australia magazine, vol.16 Spring 2000 (P212)
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Ah Xian China China, Self-published catalogue.
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| 2000 |
Facsimile and the Impossibility of Perfection: Ah Xian’s ‘China, China’, Rhana Devenport, Object, magazine, Issue No.2, 2000 (front and back cover; P50-54), ISSN 1038-1856
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artonview, Issue No.22, Winter 2000 (P26-29), ISSN 1323-4522
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Powerline, Autumn 2000, No.57 (front cover), ISSN 1030-5750
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ART AUSTRALIA, magazine, vol.37, No.2, 1999 (P256-257), ISSN 004-301X
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BEIJING YOUTH, magazine, vol.253, No.19, 2000 (P36-37), ISSN1005-3549
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| 1999 |
BEYOND THE FUTURE – The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, catalogue (P24, 228-229), ISBN 1-876509-66-X
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Self-Exile of the Soul, Ah Xian.
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TAASA REVIEW – The Journal of the Asia Arts Society of Australia, ARBN 057463582, 1 March, 1999 (P14-15), ISSN 1037.6674.
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BILINGUAL, catalogue cover image; 2nd cover leaf; P8-9), ISBN 0 95857 40 4 9.
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POSTWEST, magazine, No.14, 1999), ISSN 1323-1449
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| 1998 |
ART ASIA PACIFIC, Issue 17, 1998 (P32-33), ISSN 1039 3625
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| 1997 |
IN & OUT- Chinese Contemporary Art from China and Australia, catalogue, ISBN 981-00-9104-41996
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| 1996 |
ABOVE AND BEYOND – Austral/Asian interactions, catalogue, ISBN 0 947220 58 5
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ABOVE AND BEYOND – Austral/Asian interactions, catalogue, ISBN 0 947220 58 5
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| 1994 |
ART AND ASIA PACIFIC, magazine, Vol.1, No. 2 (P78-83), ISSN 1039-3625
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ART AND ASIA PACIFIC, magazine, Vol.1, No. 2 (P78-83), ISSN 1039-3625
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| 1993 |
CHINA’S NEW ART, POST 1989, catalogue (P182)
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MAO GOES POP, CHINA POST-1989, catalogue (P19), ISBN No,1-875632-15-8
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ART AND AUSTRALIA, magazine, Vol.30, No.4, Winter (P525), ISSN 004-301X
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ART AND ASIA PACIFIC, magazine (P14), ISSN 1039-3625
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| 1992 |
CHINESE NEW WAVE, catalogue, ISBN No, 0-947335-09-9
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SIX CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ARTISTS, catalogue
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ORIENTATIONS, magazine, Vol.23, No.7, July (P53-58)
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| 1991 |
THE SYDNEY REVIEW, paper, October (P7)
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TWELVE CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ARTISTS, catalogue
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| 1988 |
CHINA RECONSTRUCTS, magazine, June (P1&P47), USPN No,659-850.
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CONTEMPORARY OIL PAINTINGS FROM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, catalogue (P164), ISBN 0-9618287-0-6.
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THE POSTER OF THE EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY OIL PAINTINGS FROM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
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| 1986 |
ASIA WEEK, magazine, April (P62), USPS No,369-410.
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SEEDS OF FIRE – Chinese Voices of Conscience, (P240 & back cover), ISBN 962-7010-26-X
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THE NINETIES, magazine, July (third cover), USPS No,469-190.
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FINE ARTS IN CHINA, paper, No,24, 1986. (P1) Register No,1-113.
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BEIJING YOUTH HERALD, paper, April 29, 1986 (P4) Register No,1-43.
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National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
National Portrait Gallery of Australia
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Powerhouse Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art
Art Gallery of South Australia
Asia Society Museum, Asia Society New York
National Gallery of Canada
Hamilton Gallery
Kirishima Open-Air Museum
RMIT University
University of Tasmania
Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania
GHK Company, Oklahoma City, USA
Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong
Private collections also in Australia; Canada; France; Germany and USA
| 2019 |
Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art Medal 2019
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| 2009 |
The recipient of 2009 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, NGV
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| 2002-2004 |
Fellowship grant, Australia Council
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| 2001 |
The winner of the National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition 2001
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| 1999 |
New Work grant, Australia Council
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