Hu Xiaoyuan
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Hu Xiaoyuan (Chinese: 胡晓媛; born 1977, Heilongjiang, China) is a contemporary Chinese artist. She was featured in the 12th Documenta Kassel (in 2007) and recently took part in group exhibition The Ungovernables 2012 of New Museum Triennial in 2012. Hu currently lives in Beijing, China.
Early life and education
Hu was born in Harbin, China in 1977. Her mother was an accountant in a state-owned company.[1] At twelve, her mother employed a tutor to teach Hu drawing and painting.[1] Hu graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts, where she received scholarships, in 2002.[1] She kept making art after graduation without being employed.[1] In October 2003, she started exhibiting with N12, a circle of twelve likely-minded people who were all Central Academy of Fine Arts recent graduates. [2] She has been collaborating with Beijing Commune, a gallery featuring contemporary Chinese artists, since 2010.[1]
Solo exhibition
- 2015 - Ant Bone, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
- 2013 - A Potent Force: Duan Jianyu and Hu Xiaoyuan, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- 2012 - No Fruit at the Root, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
- 2011 - Summer Solstice, Micheal Ku Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2010 - Hu Xiaoyuan, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2015 - My Generation: Young Chinese Artists, Orange County Museum of Art, Orange County, U.S.
- 2014 - Inside, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
- 2014 - Focus Beijing: De Heus-Zomer Collection, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- 2014 - My Generation: Young Chinese Artists, Tampa Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A
- 2013 - Art Statement, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- 2012 - Unfinished Country-Chinese Video Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, U.S.A
- 2012 - The Ungovernables - 2012 New Museum Triennial, New Museum, New York, U.S.A
- 2011 - In a Perfect World, Meulensteen Gallery, New York, U.S.A
- 2010 - Beijing Voice-Annual Project, Pace Gallery/Beijing, Beijing, China
- 2010 - Negotiations-The Second Today's Documents, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
- 2010 - Traile, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing, China
- 2008 - Ego Documents-The Autobiographical in Contemporary Art, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- 2008 - Sprout from White Nights, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden.[3]
- 2008 - Red Aside: Contemporary Chinese art from the Sigg Collection, Fundació Joan Miró Museum, Barcelona, Spain
- 2007 - Documenta Kassel 12, Kassel, Germany.[4]
- 2007 - China Welcomes You..., Kunsthaus Graz Museum, Graz, Austria
- 2006 - Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition, Guang Ju, Korea
- 2005 - Mahjong-Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunst Museum, Switzerland
- 2004 - N12 New Painting-No.2, Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
- 2003 - N12 New Painting-No.1, Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
References
- ^ a b c d e "Hu Xiaoyuan 胡晓媛". Women Artists in Contemporary China. Tate. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Exhibitions - N12-No.5 - Press". Beijing Commune 北京公社. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ Nilsson, Håkan (27 September 2008). "Kinesiska drömmar på Bonniers konsthall". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ Catherine Hickey (18 June 2007). "Documenta Show Displays Rope Tricks, Odd Masks, 1,001 Chinese". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 20 June 2012.