Ni Haifeng

Ni Haifeng
Birth name	Ni Haifeng
Born	1964 Zhoushan, China
Nationality	Chinese
Field	Installation art, photography, video
Training	Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts
Movement	Modernism
Works	Vive la Difference 2008 Trojan Horse 2008 Of the Departure and the Arrival 2005 Unfinished Self-Portrait 2003 - Ongoing

Ni Haifeng (born 1964) in Zhoushan, China, is an installation artist. He currently lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Biography

Ni worked as a schoolteacher at the Zhoushan Normal School, but was removed for being "too weird".^[1] He began painting onto parts of the landscape on the island where he lived in 1987, using chalk, paint, and dye to put marks on objects such as houses, stones, and trees.^[1]

By 2008 he was splitting his time between Beijing and Amsterdam.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Solomon, Andrew (1993) "Their Irony, Humor (and Art) Can Save China", The New York Times, 19 December 1993, retrieved 2011-07-09
2. ^ "Sino-Dutch Creativity", China Daily, 29 October 2008, retrieved 2011-07-09

External links

• Ni Haifeng's site

Persondata
Name	Ni, Haifeng
Alternative names
Short description	Artist
Date of birth	1964
Place of birth	Zhoushan, China
Date of death
Place of death