- Xia Xiao Wan
Xia Xiao Wan is a Chinese painter born 1959 in Beijing, China. He lives in Beijing with his wife Chen Hui.
*1959 Born in Beijing
*1982 Graduated from the Third Studio of Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts
*1983 - 1984 Art Editor in China Machinery Publishing Currently living in Beijing as a professor of Stagecraft Department of the Central Academy of Drama, and the member of the China Oil Painting Institute, Beijing Artists Association and Beijing Arts of Oil Painting CommissionExhibitions
*2006 "Hyper Design – the 6th Shanghai Biennale", Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
*2006 "2006 New York Asia Art Fair", New York, USA
*2006 "The 2nd Biennale of Austria 2006", Klagenfurt, Austria
*2006 "Painting From The Inside", Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China (solo)
*2006 "Mahjong – Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg", Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
*2005 "Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg", Kunstmuseum
*2005 Bern, Berne, Switzerland
*2005 "Yellow River – A Review of New Chinese Oil Painting", National Museum of China, Beijing, China
*2005 "Hand in Hand with the New Century – The Third Exhibition of Chinese Oil Painting", National Museum of China, Beijing, China
*2005 "2005 – Pingyao International Photography Art Exhibition", Pingyao, China
*2004 "Posers – Group Exhibition of Courtyard Gallery Artists, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing China
*2004 "2004 Asia contemporary Art Exhibition", Gwangju, Korea
*2004 Art of Xiaxiaowan, Time Gallery, Qingdao, China (solo)
*2003 "How do you see with your mind & body? Xia Xiaowan's works on paper“, Today Art Gallery, Beijing, China (solo)
*2003 "The International Sketch Art“, China, England, Australia
*2002 "Vigor of the Century - Contemporary Art of Chinese 50 Artists", China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
*2001 "Anxiety: the drawn figure“, The University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts, New South Wales, Australia
*2001 Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China
*2000 "20th Century Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition", National Museum of Art, Beijing, China
*1998 The MEDIAWAVE FESTIVAL, Hungary.
*1998 "Looking Up“, SCHOENI Gallery, Hong Kong, China (solo)
*1996 The Repetition of Beginning, China
*1996 Chinese Oil Painting Annual Exhibition, Beijing Museum of Art, China
*1996 "Group Exhibition in Düsseldorf", Düsseldorf, Germany
*1995 The April Exhibition, the Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts,China
*1994 "The Annual Exhibition of Works of the artists Nominated by Art Critics", Beijing Museum of Art, Beijing, China.
*1991 "'91 March Exhibition", the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
*1991 "Chinese New Art Post 1989", Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong. Marlborough Gallery, England and Australia
*1989 "Modern Art from China“, Beijing Museum of Art, Beijing, China
*1988 "An exhitbition of modern Chinese Art", National Museum of China, Beijing, China
*1987 "Towards the Future", Beijing Museum of Art, China
*1985 "The November Exhibition", the Palace Museum, Beijing, ChinaExternal links
* [http://www.fafaartgallery.com/type2.asp?id=83 Fa Fa Gallery]
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/80470/xia-xiaowan.html Artnet]
* [http://www.artnet.com/artwork/424988910/424513106/xia-xiaowan-bathtub-body.html Bathtub body painting]
* [http://www.shanghaibiennale.org/english/6th/artists/xia%20xiaowan.html Layered Glass Head]
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