Wang Keping
Biography
Born in Beijing in 1949, he is one of the founders of the first non-conformist artist’s group “THE STARS” (XING XING) which was formed in 1979 during the post-cultural revolution “Beijing Spring.”   He has been living in Paris since 1984.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010    
Musée Zadkine, Paris, France
Zürcher Studio, New York, USA

2009    
Wong Keping, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong

2008    
He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China

2006
Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France

2005  
Galerie Grand Siècle, Taipei, Taiwan

2002
Wong Keping, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong

1999
Galerie Jacques Barrère, Paris, France

1997
Alisan Gallery, Hong Kong

1996
Etan Cohen Gallery, New York, USA

1994
At Work Gallery, Chicago, USA

1993
Chinese Modern Art Center, Osaka, Japan

1991
Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France

1990
Monte Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1987
Art Waves Gallery, New York, USA

1986
Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Art Paris + Guess 2011, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Paris, France

2008  
China Gold, Art Contemporain Chinois, Musée Maillol, Paris, France
Go China – Writing on the Wall, Chinese Art from the Eighties and Nineties, Groninger Museum, Groningen, the Netherlands
Origin Point, The Stars 30 years, Today Museum, Beijing, China

2005
Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland        

2004
Body and Nature, Two Chinese Artists, Marlborough Gallery, New York
Chine, le Corps Partout ? Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille, France

2001
China without Borders, Goedhuis Contemporary Gallery, New York

2000
At the New Century, 1979-1999 China Contemporary Art’s Works, Contemporary Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Demand for Artistic Freedom, The Stars 20 years, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1999
Les Champs de la Sculpture, Champs-Elysées, Paris, France

1998
Vision 2000, Chinesische Gemälde und Skulpturen der Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany

1992
Sculptures - Frédéric Bleuet, Peter Briggs, Wang Keping, Salle Saint-Jean, Hôtel de Ville de Paris, France

1989
The Stars : 10 Years, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong
Tian An Men, je me souviens, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

1983
Painting the Chinese Dream, Chinese Art 30 Years after the Revolution, Brooklyn Museum, New York

HISTORICAL EXHIBITIONS
1979
Exhibition “Wild” of the STARS/XING XING Artists on the gates of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Beijing. (Immediately outlawed).

1980
Second Exhibition of the STARS, National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China


SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Aidekman Art Center, Boston, U.S.A.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
Collection de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
International Sculpture Park, Pu-Yeo, South Korea
He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Museum of Asian Contemporary Art, Fukuoka, Japan
Museum of Modern Art, Taizhong, Taiwan
The Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul, South Korea
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