Su Xinping (b.1960, Inner Mongolia, China) is one of the leading artists in Chinese contemporary art. He graduated from the Painting Department at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 1983. His work does not shout or seek notoriety. Instead, it is quietly insightful and sensitive. Su addresses two ongoing themes in his practice – a deep observation of the communist convention and people’s reaction towards China’s changing society and the mastery of the printmaking tradition itself as an artistic medium.
Su’s works are held in numerous public collections, including The British Museum, San Fransico MOMA, Art Gallery of New South Wales and National Gallery of Victoria in Australia, Fukuoka Museum of Art in Japan, Shanghai Art Museum and National Art Museum of China.
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| 1960 | Born in Jining, Inner Mongolia |
| 1977-79 | Army Service |
| 1983 | Graduated from Tianjin Institute of Fine Arts, majoring in Painting and Printmaking Instructor, Dept. of Fine Arts of Inner Mongolia Teachers College |
| 1989 |
Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing, Master Degree in Printmaking
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| 1998 | Freeman Fellowship and Residency, Vermont Studio Center, USA |
| Workshops at Elam School of Fine Arts, Wanganui Polytechnic, Dunedin | |
| 1999 | Polytechnic School of Fine Arts, School of Art Lithography |
| Lectured at Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand | |
| Present | Deputy Professor, Deputy Head of Printmaking, CAFA |
| 2009 | Toasting, Red Mansion Foundation, London |
| 2008 | Toasting, Xin Beijing Art Gallery, Beijing |
| Toasting, China Square Gallery, New York | |
| Toasting, Dolores De Sierra Gallery, Madrid | |
| Toasting – works by Su Xinping (2005 – 2008), He Xiangning Art Museum | |
| 2007 | Landscapes, Today Art Museum, Beijing |
| 2006 | Su Xinping, Singapore Tyler Print Institute |
| 2005 | Su Xinping, Red Gate Gallery |
| Su Xinping Portrait Works, National Art Museum of China | |
| 2002 | Paintings by Su Xinping, Ling Nan Museum, Guangzhou |
| Su Xinping, Portland Art Gallery, Cleveland, USA | |
| 2001 | Flanders Contemporary Art Gallery |
| 2000 | Outer Appearance and Inner Mindscape, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore |
| Inner Spirit, Red Gate Gallery | |
| 1999 | Untitled, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand |
| Lithographs, Dunedin Community Art Gallery, New Zealand | |
| Hope: Recent Paintings, Flanders Contemporary Art Gallery Minneapolis | |
| Su Xinping Works, 3.14 Gallery, Oslo, Norway | |
| Su Xinping Printing, Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland; Community Art | |
| Museum, New Zealand | |
| 1998 | Comrade Series, Red Gate Gallery |
| Recent Lithographs, Exhibition, Workshop and Lecture, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore | |
| Mongolia in Transition, White Lotus Gallery, Oregon, USA | |
| 1997 | Sea of Desires, Red Gate Gallery |
| Su Xinping, Chinese Contemporary, London | |
| Mamalieres, Museum of Contemporary Art, Paris | |
| 1996 | A Decade of Printmaking, Red Gate Gallery |
| 1995 | Recent Lithographs, Red Gate Gallery |
| LKF, Hong Kong | |
| Fire Station Gallery, Sydney | |
| Kiang Gallery, Atlanta | |
| 1994 | Seton Hall University, New Jersey |
| 1993 | Fire Station Gallery |
| Kiang Gallery, Atlanta | |
| Su Xinping, Red Gate Gallery | |
| Su Xinping, Yellow River Gallery, New York | |
| 1992 | Su Xinping, NAMOC |
| Su Xinping, Red Gate Gallery | |
| 1991 | Su Xinping Lithographs, Shanghai Art Museum |
| 1990 | Su Xinping at Gallery 13, Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Two Generations – 20 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, 2012 |
| Australian Tour: City of Sydney Chinese New Year; Manning Regional Gallery; Damien Minton Gallery; University of Newcastle Gallery; Melbourne International Fine Arts (MiFA); Linton &Kay, Perth | |
| 2011 | 20 Years – Two Generations of Artists at Red Gate, island6 Art Center, Shanghai |
| 20 Years – Two Generations of Artists at Red Gate, Red Gate Gallery | |
| 2010 | Asian Art Biennale, Bengal |
| 2009 | Evidence, AYE Gallery, Beijing |
| Yi Pai – Century Thinking, Today Art Museum, Beijing | |
| First Contemporary China Engraving Academic Exhibition, Today Art Museum | |
| Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu | |
| 2008 | Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai |
| Red Gate Stars, Red Gate Gallery | |
| 2006 | China Today Art Exhibition, NAMOC |
| Red Gate Gallery 15th Anniversary | |
| 2005 | 11th India International Triennial, India |
| Wall – Chinese Contemporary Art, Beijing Millennium Art Museum; | |
| UB Anderson Gallery, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York | |
| 2004 | Cinesi – Artisti Fra tradizione e Presente, Italy |
| 2003 | New Generation and Post – Revolution, China Blue Gallery, Beijing |
| An Opening Era – 40th Anniversary of the Founding of CAFA, CAFA | |
| Chinese Art Today, China Millennium Monument Art Museum, Beijing | |
| 1st Beijing International Art Biennale, NAMOC, Beijing | |
| 2002 | Guangzhou Chinese Artists Triennial, Guangzhou Art Museum |
| 2001 | China Art Now!, Singapore Art Museum |
| Clues to the Future – Red Gate Gallery’s 10th Anniversary | |
| 1st Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum | |
| 2000 |
Inside Out: New Chinese Art, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Hong Kong Museum
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| 1999 | Urban Yearnings: Portraits of Contemporary China by Liu Qinghe, Su |
| Xinping and Zhang Yajie, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco | |
| Inside Out: New Chinese Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | |
| China 1999, Limn Gallery, San Francisco | |
| Square Studio, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Center, Bonn, Germany | |
| Square Studio, Shenzhen Art Museum | |
| Tree of Life, Qingping Gallery, Boston | |
| 1998 | In & Out Contemporary Chinese Art from China and Australia, Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmania School of the Arts, Hobart |
| Faces and Bodies of the Middle Kingdom, Galerie Otso, Espoo, Finland | |
| Eastern Approaches, Brunel University, UK | |
| Inside Out: New Chinese Art, Asia Society Galleries, New York | |
| Retake: A Selection Reviewing Red Gate Artists’ Signature Works Fitzpatrick, Red Gate Gallery | |
| Political Pop Art Works from China, Max Protetch Gallery, New York | |
| 1st Exhibition of Square Studio, International Art Palace Gallery, Beijing | |
| Chinese in Verduno City, Art Inside the Castle, Italy | |
| Chinese New Art, Asian Association Museum, New York; PSI Museum, New York | |
| 1997 | Three Printmakers from CAFA, Red Gate Gallery |
| World Prints Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, Oregon | |
| In & Out – Contemporary Chinese Art of the Mainland & Diaspora, Australia | |
| Faces and Bodies of the Middle Kingdom, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague | |
| New Art from China, Flanders Gallery, San Francisco | |
| World Triennial of Prints, Paris | |
| New Art from China, Marco Polo Gallery, USA | |
| 4th Triennale Mondiale d’ Estampes Petit Format, Chamalieres Auvergne France | |
| 8th International Biennial Print & Drawing, Taipei Fine Arts Museum | |
| In & Out Contemporary Chinese Art from China & Australia, RMIT Gallery Melbourne; Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia | |
| 1996 | People’s Progress – 20th Century Chinese Woodcuts, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia |
| Contemporary Chinese Prints, Portland Art Museum | |
| Asia Print Art Festival, Pusan Cultural Centre, Korea | |
| 1995 | Chinese Avant – Garde, Art Museum of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Chinese Contemporary Art, Meridian Gallery, Australia | |
| 1993 | Painter’s Den, International Art Palace Gallery |
| 6th International Biennial of Prints and Drawing in Taiwan, Taipei Fine Arts Museum | |
| Nominating Exhibition, UNESCO, International Art Palace | |
| Taiwan International Invitational Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa, Japan | |
| 1992 | Modern Chinese Prints, Rome |
| 1991 | Sapporo International Print Biennial Exhibition, Sapporo, Japan |
| World Triennial of Small Prints, Museum of Modern Art, France | |
| Osaka International Prints Triennial Exhibition, Osaka, Japan | |
| 1990 | New Works by New Chinese Artists, NAMOC |
| Prints from Four Asian Countries, Chiba Art Gallery, Japan | |
| 1989 | China Avant-Garde, NAMOC |
| Modern Chinese Prints, Shanghai Art Gallery |
| 2005 | Singapore Tyler Print Institute – Visiting Artists Program |
| 1998 | Scholarship for Vermont Artists – In-Residency, USA |
| 1994 | Excellence Prize, China Art Expo, Guangzhou |
| Excellence Prize, Shenzhen Art Expo | |
| Silver Medal, 12th National Exhibition of Prints, Guangzhou | |
| 1993 | Nominated as candidate for UNESCO Award for the Promotion of Arts |
| 1992 | Excellence Prize, 20th Century – China Exhibition, NAMOC |
| 1991 | Outstanding Prize, Beijing – Taipei Exhibition of Contemporary Prints, CAFA |
| Excellence Prize, World Triennial of Small Prints, Museum of Modern Art, France | |
| 1989 | Bronze Medal, 11th National Exhibition of Prints, CAFA |
