Sui Jianguo
Over the past 20 years, Sui Jianguo has continuously reflected upon civilizations of the past, attempting to realize his limitless conceptual practice within a limited three-dimensional space. In his works, Sui Jianguo presents symbol after symbol, yet manages to never be constrained by the “shackles” of any one cultural symbolism in particular. All the while, he makes use of his concept of spirituality as a guide, breaking away from the self.
The “Made in China” series has already freed itself from the outer shell of merely “simple” artwork and bears the artist’s most important cultural and spiritual references. The conceptual core of “Made in China” elevates the artist’s individual artistic creation to focus on the issues of sustainability surrounding globalization. This is not simply an expression of the artist’s personal ideas, but more of a means of creating an image for national identity which implies the ultimate symbol of national strength.
1956
Bornin Qingdao, China
1984
B.A., Shandong University of Arts, Ji’nan, China
1989
M.A.,Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Professorand Dean, Department of Sculpture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Lives and works in Beijing
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012
Imprisonment and Power, MOCA (Museum ofContemporary Art), Singapore
Sui Jianguo Solo Exhibition, Pace Beijing, China
2011
The Hague Under Heaven: SuiJianguo Sculpture, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Hague, Holland
2010
Made in China by SuiJianguo: Art Issue Projects, Beigao Art District , Beijing, China
Sui Jianguo: Dream Stone, JGM Gallery, Paris,France
Lost Utopia, MOT Arts, Taipei,China
2009
Motion / Tension: New Workby Sui Jianguo,Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2008
Art Time Square: Exhibition of works by Sui Jianguo, Times Square, HongKong, China
Revealing Traces, Joyart, Beijing,China
Slant Paradis, C-Space, Beijing,China
2007
Dian Xue: Sui Jianguo ArtWorks,OCAT, Shanghai, China
Speeding up: Sui JianguoSpace Video,Arario, Beijing, China
2005
Sui Jianguo: The Sleep ofReason, Asian Art Museum,San Francisco, U.S.A.
1999
ClothesVeins Study,Passage Gallery, Beijing, China
1997
YouMeet the Shadow of Hundred Years, Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne,Australia
1996
Exhibitionof Works by Sui Jianguo, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1995
Depositand Fault,New Delhi Culture Center, New Delhi, India
1994
Exhibitionof Works by Sui Jianguo, Hanart Gallery, Taipei, China
Remembrance of Space, CAFA
Group Exhibitions
2012
Pace Beijing@ART HK 2012, Beijing, China
Made in China, VA Gallery, Hong Kong
2011
The2nd Beijing Voice: Leaving Realism Behind,The Pace Gallery, Beijing, China
StartFrom the Horizon: Chinese Contemporary Sculpture Since 1978, Sishang Art Museum, Beijing, China
Ideologyand Manifestation, Winshare Museum, Chengdu,China
The4th Guangdong Trinnale, Guangdong Museum of Art,Guangzhou, China
SuperOrganism: The 1st CAFAM Biennale, Central Academy ofFine Arts Museum, Beijing, China
CollectionHistry: China New Art, Museum of ContemporaryArt, Chengdu, China
2011Martell Artists of the Year, Today Art Museum, Beijing,China; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China; Guangdong Museum of Art,Guangzhou, China
2010
Made in Pop Lamd, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
The Evolving Art: the collectionof works from the Founding of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Academy of Arts& Design, Tsinghua University & The Invitational Exhibition ofContemporary Art, Museum of Academy of Arts & Design; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Western International ArtBiennale, Yinchuan Cultural Art Center, Yinchuan, China
Care: Ten artists and theirage of twenty, Angle Art Museum, Beijing, China
The Property of China: 2010Exhibition of Contemporary Art literature, True Color Museum,Suzhou, China
Sculpture: Sui Jianguo andhis students, A4 gallery, Chengdu, China
Image Files Show 2010,Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing, China
Regulator: Today’sLiterature Exhibition,Today Art Museum, Beijing,China
Mild winter: 20 Art DistrictTour creative exchange program,008 Art District, Beijing,China
Sharing classic: theExhibition of modern sculpture, prints and designer original, Shin Kong Place,Beijing, China
Meet by Chance: ProjectExhibition, Joyart,Beijing, China
ZaoXing: Artwork from the Faculty of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing , China
The City of Forking Paths: The Sculpture Project of the Expo Boulevard, World Expo Shanghai 2010, Shanghai, China
Jungle: A Looking in Viewthe Contemporary Art inChina, Platform China, Beijing, China
The constructed dimension: 2010 Chinese contemporary art invitationalexhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2009
TheHome Court,White Box Museum of Art, Beijing, China
TheShape of Things: The Contemporary Art Exchanging Exhibition between China andBelgium,Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels,Belgium
Beijing – Havana: theRevolution of Art, National Museum of FineArts, Havana, Cuba
I Can Believe; Chinese Contemporary Artist’s (Invitation) Exhibition& Star Art Museum Opening Exhibition,Star Art Museum, Beijing, China
09Art Changsha, HunanMuseum, Changsha, China
Embrace Suzhou: Exhibitionof Chinese Contemporary Art, Suzhou Art Museum, Suzhou,China
StateLegacy: Research in the visualisation of political history, Manchester MMU, Manchester, U.K.
Spectacle:To each his own, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, China
Conversationwith Chinese Contemporary Sculpture,Millennium Park, Chicago, U.S.A.
2008
Art and Chinese Revolution, Asia Society, New York, U.S.A.
Beyond:Sotheby’s at Chatsworth, Chatsworth, U.K.
Conciliatory:Bozinan Biennalia, Bozinan Art Museum, Bozinan, Poland
Come Over, Li Space, Beijing,China
Hanging in Sky Drifting onSurface,Linda Gallery, Beijing, China
Reflective Asia: 3rdNanjing Triennial, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China
Hypallage: The Post ModenMode of Chinese Contemporary Art, The OCT Art & Design Gallery, Shenzhen,China
Half life of a Dream:Contemporary Chinese Art, SFMOMA, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Ships at Sea: Henk Visch& Sui Jianguo, C: Space, Beijing, China
New World Order, Groninger Museum,Groningen, The Netherlands
Free Fall, Chen LinghuiContemporary Space, Beijing, China
Crouching Paper HiddenDragon,F2 Gallery, Beijing, China
HuntingBirds,Tang Contemporary, Beijing, China
Material worldⅡ: Suo Luo Gallery Lecture Exhibition,Suo Luo Gallery,Beijing, China
The Prints Group Exhibitionof Famous Artists, 3+3 Art Space, Beijing, China
ChineseFantasy: Found Museum Opening Exhibition, Found Museum, Beijing,China
A Tale of Two Cities:Contemporary Art Exchanging Exhibition between Chengdu and Qingdao,Tianyuan Gallery,Qingdao, China
Beijing:Athens, Contemporary Art from China, Athens, Greece
Sky: Red Space OpeningExhibition, Red Space, Beijing, China
Our Future, UCCA, Beijing,China
2007
Energy – Spirit, Body, Material: The First Today’sDocuments 2007,Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Forms of Concepts:The reform of concepts of Chinese contemporary Art 1987 – 2007, Hubei Art Museum,Wu Han, China
Red Hot: Asian ArtToday from the Chaney Family Collection, the Museum of FineArts, Houston, U.S.A.
Metamorphosis: TheGeneration of Transformation in Chinese Contemporary Art, Tampere Art Museum,Tampere, Finland
Fashion Accidentally, Museum ofContemporary Art, Taipei, China
What is Monoha?, B.T.A.P., Beijing,China
Top 10 Chinese ContemporarySculptors,Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
Chinese Contemporary Socart, The TretyakovGallery, Moscow, Russia
We Are Your Future: SpecialProject for 2ndMoscow Biennale, Moscow Central House ofArtist, Moscow, Russia
Absence, Zhengyang CreativeArt District, Beijing, China
FierceAnimals,Mo Gallery, Beijing, China
AMessage from Qingdao, Yi Space, Beijing, China
Things Rather Than: 14Chinese Artists to Explore the True Image of the variation,Doosan Art Center,Seoul, South Korea
Withdraw Its Role: Savefrom Traditional and Revolutionary Language, Square Gallery, Nanjing,China
Top 10 Chinese ContemporarySculptors: The Contemporary Path between Medium and Tradition,Asia Art Center,Beijing, China
The Progress of China: TheContemporary Art of Estella Collection Exhibition, Louisiana ContemporaryArt Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006
Double kick Cracker, Tang Contemporary,Beijing, China
Absolute Images:Contemporary Art Exhibition, Arario Gallery,Changan, South Korea
China Trade, InternationalCenter for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, Canada
Jianghu,Jack Tilton Gallery,New York, U.S.A.
Between Past and Future:New Photography and Video from China, Haus der Kulturen derWelt, Berlin, Germany
On the Edge, Davis Museum andCulture Center,Wellesley College, Massachusetts,U.S.A.
Open Road: Second ChinaSongzhuang Public Sculpture Exhibition of Art, Songzhuang, Beijing,China
2005
BeautifulCynicism,Arario Gallery, Beijing, China
Ten Thousands Year, Postmodern City,Beijing, China
Xianfeng! ChineseAvant-garde sculpture, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, TheNetherlands
TransparentBox,SOHO modern city, Beijing, China
Fitment, Long March Space,Beijing, China
PlayTricks,TS1 Art Space Songzhuang, Beijing, China
Sculptureand Installation Exhibition in Chinese Cultural Year,Kennedy Art Center,Washington, U.S.A.
On the Edge : ContemporaryChinese Artists Encounter the West, Cantor Center for Visual Arts, StanfordUniversity, California, U.S.A.
Between Past and Future:New Photography and Video from China, Seattle Art Museum,Seattle, U.S.A.
2004
Now:Conceptual Estate in Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Gods Becoming Men,Frissiras Museum,Athens, Greece
Playing With Chi Energy, House of Shiseido,Tokyo, Japan
Expositiondes Sculptures Chinoises, Jardin Des Tuileries,Paris, France
Between Past and Future:New Photography and Video from China, International Center ofPhotography/AsiaSociety, New York,U.S.A.
LeMoine et le Démon, Lyon Contemporary Art Museum, Lyon, France
Busan SculptureProject,BusanMuseum of Art, Busan, SouthKorea
Light as Fuck, National Museum ofContemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Beyond Boundaries, Shanghai Gallery ofArt, Shanghai, China
HanartCelebration of Two Decades, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2003
Openthe Sky: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Duolun Art Museum,Shanghai, China
Left Wing, Left Bank Plaza,Beijing, China
Second Reality, Pingod Space,Beijing, China
Today’s Chinese Fine Art, The ChinaMillennium Monument, Beijing, China
Open Time, National Art Museumof China, Beijing, China
Contemporary Sculpture:China Korea Japan, Osaka Museum, Osaka, Japan
Beaufort TriennialContemporary Art by the Sea, Museum of Modern Art, Oostende, Belgium
Chinese Contemporary ArtTravelling Exhibition, Rome Contemporary Art Museum, Rome, Italy ;Ludwig Museum, Budapast, Hungary
2002
Paris-Pékin, Palace Cardin, Paris,France
Mirage, Suzhou Art Museum,Suzhou, China
Triennial of Chinese Art, Guangzhou Museum,Guangzhou, China
Modernity in China: 1980 -2002,Fondacion Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP), Sao Paolo, Brazil
Artists of Ideal, Contemporary ArtCenter, Verona, Italy
MadeIn China, Gallery Enrico Navara, Paris, France
Excess Interset, Ke Gallery, Singapore
Asia Contemporary SculptureExhibition,South Korea International Expo, Seoul, South Korea
Made in China, Duisburg Museum,Duisburg, German
2001
Transplantationin Situ,He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Dream 2001: ContemporaryChinese Art Exhibition,Red Mansion, London, U.K.
Forever, Canadian Embassy,Beijing, China
Art on the Beach, Nice, France
Between Earth and Heaven:New Classical Movements in the Art of Today, Oostende Museum of ModernArt, Oostende, Belgium
Made in China, Essen Gallery, NewYork, U.S.A.
Signs of the Future, Red Gate Gallery,Beijing, China
Art and Science, National Art Museumof China, Beijing, China
Made in China, Ethan CohenGallery, New York, U.S.A.
Celebration of Life,East Square,Beijing, China
2000
ShanghaiSpirit: Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Sui Jianguo and Zhan Wang,Galerie Loft,Paris, France
Sharing Exoticisms:Contemporary Art Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France
Chinese ContemporarySculpture Invitational Exhibition, Qingdao Sculpture Museum, Qingdao, China
Documentationof Chinese Avant-garde Art in 90s,Fukuoka Art Museum,Fukuoka, Japan
Open 2000: TheInternational Sculpture and Installation Exhibition, Lido, Venice, Italy
Sculpture Exhibition, Shanghai ArtMuseum, Shanghai, China
1999
SecondAnnual Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, He Xiangning Art Museum,Shenzhen, China
Gate of the Century, Chengdu Art Museum,Chengdu, China
Avant-gardein China, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
LesChamps de la Sculpture 2000, Champs Elysees, Paris, France
The FourteenthInternational Asia Art Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Volume and Form: SingaporeArt Festival,Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Four Artists, Beijing ArtWarehouse, Beijing, China
Departure from China, Beijing Design Museum,Beijing, China
China 1999, Limn Gallery, StFrancisco, U.S.A.
Transience: Chinese Art atthe End of the Twentieth Century, David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago,U.S.A.
Contemporary Art Exhibitionof China,Limn Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.
1998
PersonalTouch: Chinese Contemporary Art, TEDA Contemporary Art Museum, Tianjin, China
First Annual ContemporarySculpture Exhibition, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Im Spiegel der EigenenTradition: Contemporary Chinese Art, German Embassy, Beijing,China
Vivre Life: Eight ArtistsExhibition,Yun Feng Gallery, Beijing, China
1997
Dreamof China: Chinese Contemporary Art, Yan Huang Art Museum, Beijing, China
Continue: Five Sculptors’Exhibition,CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
Sui Jianguo & LiGang:Contemporary Chinese Sculpture, Red Gate Gallery,Beijing, China
A Point of Contact: Korean,Chinese and Japanese Contemporary Art, Taegu Culture Hall,Taegu, South Korea
Eternal Return: TheSculpture Exhibition of Nanshan in 1997, Nanshan SculptureCollege, Shenzhen, China
ContemporaryArt Exhibition of China, Chinese Painting Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1996
FirstAcademic Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Artists, Hong Kong Art Center,Hong Kong, China
Reality, Present andFuture: Chinese Contemporary Art, Beijing International Art Museum, Beijing,China
From the East of Asia:Installation & Painting, Kodama Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Contemporary Art AcademicIvitational Exhibition, National Art Museum of China. Beijing, China
Four Asia Countries FieldSculpture Communication Exhibition, Waterfront Park, Fukuoka, Japan
1995
Plan for Development, CAFA Art Museum,Beijing, China
From the Middle Kingdom:Chinese Avant- garde Art since 1979,Centre d’Art SantaMonica, Barcelona, Spain
1994
Substanceand Creativity: Asian Arts and Craft from Its Origin to the Present Day, Hiroshima, Japan
Sculpture1994·Series Solo Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
1993
SuiJianguo and Wang Keping Sculpture Exhibition, Chinese Modern ArtCenter, Osaka, Japan
Post 1989 China’s New Art, Hong Kong ArtCenter, Hong Kong, China
On Cross-strait ArtSculpture Exhibition, Yanhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China; Gaoxiong ArtMuseum,Kaohsiung, China
1992
ContemporaryYoung Sculptors,National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
Position ’92, CAFA Art Museum,Beijing, China
The20thCentury Art Exhibition of China, National Art Museum ofChina, Beijing, China
1990
Exhibitionof Art Workshop No. 1, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
1986
Exhibition of Young Artistsin Shandong,Shangdong Exhibition Center, Ji’nan, Chin
