Aniwar Mamat (b.1962, Xinjiang Province, China) is an abstract artist, known for his captivating works that draw on roots from traditional Uyghur culture and reimagine with Mamat’s language of abstraction. Born in the oasis town of Kargilik in China’s Xinjiang region, he studied at the Tianjin Institute of Art and Design before graduating from the Central Institute of National Minorities in Beijing. Mamat works across oil painting and tapestry using traditional Uyghur felting techniques, engaging with a dialogue between craft practices and contemporary modes of expression.
Mamat has held exhibitions internationally including China, USA, Italy, Paris, Singapore, and Germany. Notably, he exhibited in the 1st Xinjiang International Art Biennale, Urumqi (2014) and ‘Decorum: Carpets and Tapestries by Artists’, jointly organized by the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Shanghai Power Station of Art (2014). His works are in the collections of major institutions, including the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Tng Corporation, Montreal; US Department of State, and UBS Bank Art Collection, Zurich.
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| 1962 | Born in Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China |
| 1980 | Graduated from Tianjin Institute of Art and Design, Tianjin, China |
| 1988 | Graduated from Oil Painting Department of the Central Institute of National Minorities, Beijing, China |
| 1988-2007 | Professor at the School of Arts and Design, Beijing, China |
| Present | Lives and works in Beijing |
| 2016 | “Aniwar Mamat: Sunlight Reflects”, Pékin Fine Arts, Hong Kong, China |
| “FELT: Aniwar Mamat Solo Exhibition”, OCAT Xian Museum, Xian, China | |
| 2015 | “Sun, Water, and Wind”, Pékin Fine Arts, Beijing, China |
| 2014 | “Encountering: New Art Along the Silk Road: The 2nd Xinjiang Biennale”, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China |
| 2013 | “Artist Residency – Swatch Art Peace Hotel”, Shanghai, China |
| “Artist Residency – Baku”, Azerbaijan | |
| 2011 | “Wind Without Rain”, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute Space A, Beijing, China |
| 2009 | “Cristóbal Ortega / Aniwar”, Instituto Cervantes, Beijing, China |
| 2001 | “Look at Me / Touch Me”, CourtYard Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 2000 | “Aniwar Mamat: New Works”, CourtYard Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 1997 | “Aniwar – Recent Works”, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 1994 | “Aniwar at Tom Lamb Studios”, Tom Lamb Studios, Laguna Beach, USA |
| 1993 | “Aniwar – Recent Paintings”, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 1992 | “Aniwar Solo Exhibition”, Somerstown Gallery, New York, USA |
| 1985 | “Aniwar”, Art Magazine, Beijing, China |
| 2018-2019 | “Chinese Contemporary Art Group Exhibit”, Delegation of the European Union in Beijing |
| 2017 | “Preoccupations: Summer Group Exhibition at Pékin Fine Arts”, Beijing, China |
| 2016 | “Beyond: New Abstract Art From China”, Suzhou Sangha Gallery, Suzhou, China |
| 2015 | “Art From the World: Swatch Faces 2015”, Swatch Pavilion, Arsenale, Venice, Italy |
| 2014 | “Decorum: Carpets and Tapestries by Artists”, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, (France) and Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China |
| 2013 | “Why Paint?”, Pékin Fine Arts, Beijing, China |
| “Group Exhibition of Artists in Residence”, Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China | |
| 2011 | “SH Contemporary 2011”, Pékin Fine Arts, Shanghai, China |
| 2010 | “Art Beijing”, Pékin Fine Arts, Beijing, China |
| 2009 | “Music to My Eyes – The First Exhibition of FAT ART”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China |
| 2008 | “Accumulation”, Pékin Fine Arts, Beijing, China |
| “Subtlety”, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute Space A, Beijing, China | |
| 2007 | “The DIFC Gulf Art Fair”, Pékin Fine Arts, Dubai, UAE |
| 1998 | “Media Wave Art Exhibition”, Chungarian, China |
| 1997 | “New National Chinese Painting Exhibition”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China |
| “Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition”, Singapore | |
| “Exhibition of Works Featured in the 1994-1998 BHP Calendars of Contemporary Chinese Art”, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China | |
| 1996 | “5th Anniversary Exhibition”, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 1995 | “art CRA”, Accra, Ghana |
| “Looking East”, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA, USA | |
| “Aniwar and Song Yonghong Oil Paintings”, Ammonal Art Gallery, Beijing, China | |
| 1994 | “China Art Expo”, Guangzhou, China |
| 1993 | “Spring Oil Painting Exhibition”, China Daily Gallery, Beijing, China |
| “Group Exhibition”, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China | |
| “2nd Contemporary Art Exhibition of National Minorities”, Beijing, China | |
| 1991 | “Chinese Annual Oil Painting Exhibition”, China National Art Museum, Beijing, China |
| “Group Exhibition”, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China | |
| 1988 | “Contemporary Art Exhibition of National Minoritie”, Central Institute of National Minorities, Beijing, China |
| 1987 | “Qunqing Oil Painting Exhibition”, Central Institute of National Minorities, Beijing, China |
| 1984 | “New Carpets International Fair”, West Germany |
| “Untitled”, Central Institute of National Minorities, Beijing, China |
Cathay Pacific Airways Corporate Art Collection, Hong Kong
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Tng Corporation, Montreal, Canada
US Department of State, Art in Embassies Collection
UBS Bank Art Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
