Fang Lijun (b.1963, Hebei, China) graduated from the Department of Printmaking, Central Academy of Fine Arts. Fang is one of the earliest Chinese avant-garde artists to garner international attention in the 1990s. Fang has held almost 40 solo exhibitions in major art museums worldwide, including at the Venice Biennale and Sǎo Paulo Biennial. His works are collected by the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Arts, San Francisco, among others.
Most recently, Fang Lijun has been honoured with the 2019 Asia Arts Game Changer Award by Asia Society Hong Kong. He currently lives and works in Beijing, China.
Fang Lijun: Portraits and Porcelain
Revolutionary Woodblock Printing
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| 1963 | Born in Handan, Hebei Province |
| 1989 | Graduated from the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing |
| 2022 | Fang Lijun Ink Painting Exhibition, Art Museum in Xi’an, Xi’an, China |
| 2021 | FANG LIJUN, Triumph Gallery, Beijing, China |
| Fang Lijun’s Woodcuts, Hunan Museum, Hunan, China | |
| 2020 | FANG LIJUN CERAMICS, Songzhuang art center, Beijing, China |
| Hotspot——Songzhuang: Fang lijun & Ren Rong, Ludwing Museum Koblenz, Germany | |
| 2019 | Works of Fang Lijun Autumn 2019, Trealm Space, Guangzhou |
| Fang Lijun: Facial Recognition, Vermilion Art, Sydney, Australia | |
| 2018 | Zhou Chunya and Fang Lijun’s Joint Solo Exhibition, K Gallery, Chengdu, China |
| 2017 | Art History of Fanglijun, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China |
| This All Too Human World, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| The Manuscript of Fang Lijun 2012-2017, Meilun Art Gallery, Changsha, China | |
| 2016 | Alternative Survival: Research Exhibition of Fang Lijun’s Manuscrips, United Art Museum, Wuhan, China |
| Fang Lijun Documentary Exhibition—Wuhan University, Wanlin Art Museum, Wuhan, China | |
| Fang Lijun: Forbidden Areas, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Re-sensing: The work of Fang Lijun, Hubei Art Museum, Wuhan, China | |
| 2015 | Fang Lijun: Into University Documenta, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, North China University of Science and Technology, China |
| 2014 | Great success- Fang Lijun exhibiton, Yibo Gallery., Shanghai, China |
| FANG LIJUN: The New Body of Work by Mr. Fang Lijun 1963, ART &PUBLIC –CABINET P.H, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Fang Lijun: Into University Documenta, Anhui Normal University, Nanjing University, China | |
| 2013 | Fang Lijun- A Cautionary Vision, Palazzo Marcello, Venice, Italy |
| Fang Lijun 2013,Springs Center of Art, Beijing, China | |
| Fang Lijun, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| Pigment: Fang Lijun solo exhibition, HUAYU Resort & SPA Yalong Bay Sanya, Sanya, China | |
| Fang Lijun: Into University Documenta, Hunan Normal University, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, China | |
| 2012 | The Breakthrough: A Solo Exhibition by Fang Lijun, CP Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Fang Lijun: Documenta, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Singapore | |
| The Precipice Over The Clouds, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy | |
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Fang Lijun: Into University Documenta, XinJiang Normal University, Qinghai University for Nationalities, BeiFang University Of Nationalities, China
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| 2011 | Fang Lijun: From Symbol to Analysis, Xi’an Art Museum, Xi’an, China |
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Fang Lijun: Into University Documenta, Southwest Jiaotong University, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Fine Arts Campus, Art Museum of Jilin, Guangxi Art Institute Art Museum, China
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| 2010 | Fang Lijun, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China |
| Fang Lijun Documenta Into University, Art Museum of Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China | |
| 2009 |
Endlessness of life: 25 Years Retrospect of Fang Lijun: Living Like A Wild Dog 1963-2008 Fang Lijun’s Archive, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
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| Fang Lijun, Sea and Sky, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany | |
| Fang Lijun: Thread of Time, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China | |
| 2008 | Fang Lijun, The Galerie Rudolfnum, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Fang Lijun, Arario New York, New York, U.S.A. | |
| 2007 | Fang Lijun, Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha, China |
| Fang Lijun Solo Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China | |
| Fang Lijun Print Exhibition, dARTex (The Danish Art Exchange), Beijing, China | |
| 2006 | Fang Lijun– Holzschnitte und Zeichnungen, S M B Kupferstichkabinett Staatliche Museum zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
| LIFE IS NOW, CP Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| Fang Lijun: Today! Today Art Museum, Beijing, China | |
| 2002 | Fang Lijun, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong |
| 1998 | Fang Lijun, Stedeljik Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1996 | Fang Lijun, Human Images in an Uncertain Age, the Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2022 | Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale, Jingdezhen, China |
| 2021 |
“Local Individuals”, Epoch Art Museum, Wenzhou, Zhejiang |
| 2020 |
Essl Collection Exhibition, Albertina, Vienna, Austria |
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“ART BEIJING·DISCOVERY”, Lixingxing Culture and Art Center, Beijing, China |
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| 2019 | New Ink Art in China 1978-2018, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China |
| Art History Shaped by 40 Artists: 40×40 from 1978-2018, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, China | |
| 2018 | An Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, UCCA, Beijing, China |
| 2017 | Unbounded, La Casa del Mantegna, Mantua, Italy |
| Escape by Crafty Scheme, OCAT Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China | |
| Fusion-Contemporary oil Painting Language Research Exhibition, Today Art Museum, China | |
| The Model of the World——Zhangzhou International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Zhangzhou Museum, Zhangzhou, China | |
| Shenzhen Biennale of Contemporary Art—City as Museum, OCAT,Shenzhen, China | |
| 2016 | M+SIGG COLLECTION: FOUR DECADES OF CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART, Artistree, Hong Kong |
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Zao Hua——Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition”，Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart; 204 Artspace, Melbourne; Xishi Space, Sydney, Australia
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| Models: The Visual Experience and Cultural Identity of Chinese Modernity, Ellion Art Gallery, Beijing, China | |
| The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China 2015, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China | |
| 2015 | The Civil Power: Beijing Minsheng Art Museum Opening Exhibition, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China |
| Art Historical Flashbacks: Another Path in Chinese Contemporary Art, Elion Art Gallery, Beijing, China | |
| The Garden of forking paths: Tracks and Intersections of 15 Artists, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China | |
| 2014 | Se-Context: 1984, Group Exhibition, 378 Art Lab, Beijing, China |
| China New Expression- Exhibition 1980-2014, China Art Museum Shanghai, China | |
| 2013 | Re-Link: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Ink and Wash Painting 2000-2012, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China |
| Dust and Glory , a joint exhibition of Fang Lijun and Yin Zhaoyang, at ART ONE Foyer, Hong Kong | |
| Portrait of The Times- 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China | |
| St. Moritz Art Masters, St. Moritz, Switzerland | |
| Ink Art：Past as Presentin Contemporary China,The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, U.S.A. | |
| 2012 |
Go Figure! Contemporary Chinese Portraiture, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia
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| 2011 | Pure Views: New Painting from China, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, U.S.A. |
| Future Pass Collateral Event of the 54th Venice Biennial, Abbey of San Gregorio, Palazzo Mangilli- Valmarana, Venice, Italy | |
| Image· History· Exisitence- Taikang Life 15th Anniversary Art Collection Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China | |
| A New Horizon- Contemporary Chinese Art 1949 to 2009, National Gallery of Australia, Sidney, Australia | |
| 2010 | Pure Views-New Paintings From China, Louise Blouin Foundation, London, U.K. |
| 2009 |
The Chinese Pavilion at the 53rd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale See a World in Grain of Sand, Giardini, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
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Open Vision- Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art of the National Gallery in Prague, Czekh Repubic
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| A Gift To Marco Polo, Island of San Servolo, Venice, Italy | |
| The Face of the Chinese Avant-Garde, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, U.S.A | |
| 2008 | Beijing- Athens, Contemporary Art from China, Greek Athens national contemporary art center, Athens, Greece |
| Facing China, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland | |
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Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, U.S.A.
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| Museum für Asiatische Kuns Exhibition, Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany | |
| AVANT-GARDE CHINA：Twenty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan | |
| Cina XXl secolo, Arte fra identità e trasformazione, the Palazzo delle Esposizionz, Rome, Italy | |
| 2008 Kunadu Biennale, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| The revolution continues: new art from China, Saatchi Gallery, London, England | |
| 2007 | Chinese: Contemporary Sotsart, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia |
| China-Facing Reality, Musueum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, Austria | |
| Inferno in Paradise: 10 Years Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin| Beijing, Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin| Beijing, Berlin, Germany | |
| Red Hot, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, U.S.A. | |
| 2006 | Hange, Taipei Museum, Taipei, Taiwan |
| CHINA COUP, The Red Mansion Foundation, London, U.K. | |
| BSOLUTE IMAGES CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART, Arario, Cheonan, Korea | |
| 2005 | New Work/ New Acquisitions, MOMA, New York, U.S.A. |
| Mahjong, Bern Museum, Switzerland | |
| derszenen-Child’s play, Wasserschlos GroB Luthen/ Spreewarld, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2004 | CHINA, THE BODY EVERYWHERE?, Museum of Contemporary Art, Marseilles, France |
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Dreaming of the Dragon’s Nation: Contemporary Art Exhibition from China, Ministry of Culture of People’s Republic of China & Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Ireland, Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, Ireland
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| CHINA NOW, Tang Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand | |
| 2003 | From China with Art, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Alors, la Chine, Pompidou Center, Paris, France | |
| Chinese Printmaking Today, British Library& Muban Foundation, British Library, London, U.K. | |
| 2001 | China Art Now!, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore |
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Towards a New Image: Twenty Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting, National Art Museum, Beijing; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu; Art Museum Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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| Bienal de Artes, Visuais do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Switzerland | |
| Dream, Red Mansion, London, U.K. | |
| In Holz Geschnitten-Dürer, Gauguin, Penck und die Anderen, Museum Bochum, Germany | |
| 2000 | Visage: Painting and The Human Face in 20th- Century Art, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan |
| Portrait of China Contemporaries, Espace Culture Francois Mitterand, France | |
| 1999 | The 5th Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan |
| APERTO, The 48th Venice Bennial, Venice, Italy | |
| New Modernism for a new Millennium, Limm Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A. | |
| 1998 | Inside Out: New Chinese Art, Asia Society, New York, U.S.A. |
| 5000+10, Chinese Contemporary, Bibao, Spain | |
| China!, Haus der Kulturen de Welt, Berlin, Germany | |
| Black & White, Chinese Contemporary, London, U.K. | |
| 1997 | China!, Kunst Museum, Bonn, Germany |
| The 2nd Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, Korea | |
| Die anderen Modernen, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany | |
| Chinese Walls, Gasunie’s Kunstkomitee, Groningen, The Netherlands | |
| 1994 | Chinese Contemporary Art at San Paulo, 22nd International Biennale of San Paulo, Brazil |
| 1993 | China’s New Art, Post’89, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong |
| Passagio ad Oriente, 45th Biennale di Venezia, Italy | |
| Mao Goes Pop, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia | |
| 1992 | Fang Lijun and Liu Wei Oil Painting Exhibition, Beijing Art Museum, Beijing, China |
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New Art from China / Post-Mao Product, Toured the Art Gallery of New South Sales, Sydney; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat; Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra, Australia
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China Avant- Garde, Toured Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany; Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, U.K.; Kunsthallen Brandts Klcedefabrik, Odense, Denmark
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| 1989 | China Avant-Garde Art Exhibition, China Art Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 1984 | Sixth National Art Exhibition, Guangzhou, China |
The Museum of Modern Art, USA
Centre de G. Pompidou, France
The National Gallery of Australia, Australia
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Germany
CP Foundation, Indonesia
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
Shanghai Art Museum, China
Guangdong Art Museum, China
He Xiangning Art Museum, China
