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Biography of Geng Jianyi
Geng Jianyi was born in Zhenzhou, Henan province in 1962. Today he lives and works in Hangzhou. Geng Jianyi's works have been widely exhibited since his first show in 1989.
Education
He graduated from Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Department in 1985.
Exhibitions include The Real Thing-Contemporary Art from China, Tate Liverpool, UK and IVAM, Spain (2007/08); Zooming into Focus, National Art Museum of China (2005); 5th Shanghai Biennale: Techniques of the Visible, Shanghai Art Museum (2004); Geng Jianyi -Useless, BizART (Shanghai, 2004); 4th Gwangju Biennale (2002); Living in Time - Contemporary Artists from China, Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin, 2001); Inside Out: New Chinese Art Exhibition, New York (1999) and Cities on the Move, Secession Vienna (and other locations,1997); 45th Venice Biennale, Italy (1993).
Exhibitions of Geng Jianyi
Solo Exhibitions:
2008
- Geng Jianyi [excessive transition], ShanghART Beijing 261 Cao Chang Di, Old Airport Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100015
2006
- Happy Pool - Geng Jianyi's solo exhibition, 2577 Longhua Road, Xuhui district, Shanghai
- Book without Words-Geng Jianyi New York Solo Exhibition, Chambers Fine Art, New York, U.S.A.
2004
- Useless-Geng Jianyi Solo Exhibition, BizART Art Center, Shanghai
- Works from the last 10 years, ShanghART Gallery,Shanghai
2001
- Watermarks, ShanghART Gallery,Shanghai
1999
- Impossible to Name, ShanghART Gallery,Shanghai
1998
- Two Contemporary Artists from China Geng Jianyi, Zhou Tiehai, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1993
- Marriage Law, Interactive Performance, Mogan Middle School, Hangzhou
1990
- Building No.5, Hangzhou
1988
- Forms and Certificates Performance at the first Meeting of China's Contemporary, Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), Anhui Province
1987
- Tap Water Factory-Installation, Hangzhou
Group Exhibitions:
2008
- The Real Thing-Contemporary Art from China, IVAM, Valencia, Spain
2007
- 85 New Wave-The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
- The Real Thing-Contemporary Art from China, Tate Liverpool, UK
2005
- Zooming into Focus (NAMOC)-Contemporary Chinese Photography and Collection, Video from the Haudenschild National Art Museum Of China, Beijing
2004
- 5th Shanghai Biennale-Techniques of the Visible, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
2002
- 4th Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju, Korea
2001
- Living in Time-29 Contemporary Artists from China, National gallery in Hamburg. Bahnhof Museum fuer Gegenwartskunst, Berlin, Germany
1998
- Inside Out-New Chinese Art, Exhibition of Art from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
- Asia Society Galleries; PS1, New York; SFMoMA ,Asian Art Galleries, San Francisco; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Monterrey, Mexico;
1997-1999
- Cities on the Move- Exhibition of Asian art, Secession, Vienna, Austria ;CAPC, Musee d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France ;PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA ;Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark ; Hayward Gallery, London, UK>/li>
1993
- 45th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale-Cardinal Points of the Arts, Venice, Italy
