China’s economic development after the Cultural Revolution and the resulting transformation of society coincided with the upbringing of Wu Haizhou, who was born in the late 1970s. The artist draws us into a spiritual world of his own perception where color and brushwork and strong personalities are intertwined. His realistic depictions of industrial portraits, observations of the power machine, and metaphors that lie between concreteness and abstraction give us a sense of ambiguous hesitation and reticence. This sense runs consistently through all of Wu Haizhou’s work of recent years.
Wu Haizhou graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Arts. He was invited to hold a solo exhibition, “Here and There”, in Germany in 2009, and his first large-scale solo exhibition, “The Public Unknown”, was held in Beijing in 2010.
Wu said he keeps a close eye on nature and the everyday lives of people.
Upon looking closely at Wu’s canvases, viewers may be surprised to find that all the figures depicted in his paintings are either blurry faced or only able to be seen from the back. He said he does this to imply that people can’t always remember their experiences in a way they would like to.
“I take inspiration from everyday life, and I started painting parks 10 years ago,” Wu said
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Momente——Wu Haizhou Solo Exhibition, Gallery 99，Germany
2011
Hallucinatory Authenticity – Wu Haizhou Solo Exhibition, VA Gallery, Hong Kong
2010
The Public Unknown—Haizhou Wu’s Art 2010, PIFO New Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2009
Here and There—Solo Exhibition of Wu Haizhou, Gallery 99, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Navy Blue- Wu Haizhou Online Solo Exhibition , PIFO New Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Group Exhibitions
2013
One Country Two Creations, VA Gallery, Hong Kong
2012
Chinese Contemporary Art Collectors’ Recommendation Exhibition, Beijing Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
China-Japan-Korea Exhibition, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
2011
Polyphony — Exhibition of Next Generation of Artists as Superstars, Huashan Creative Park, Taipei
Mind and Hand Coordination — An Exhibition of Six Artists, VA Gallery, Hong Kong
Aspects of the Other — Italy in the Eyes of Chinese Artists, Italy-China Touring Exhibition
Extract the 3rd Stall Keeper Show, C5 Art, Beijing, China
Mind and Hand Coordination – An Exhibition of Six Artists, VA gallery, Hong Kong
2010
This! This is Me – 789 Festival Young
The Fifth A+A, PIFO New Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2009
The Fourth A+A, PIFO New Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2008
Future Sky—Chinese Contemporary Young Artists Nominated Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
My World, My Dream, Aschaffenburg, Germany
The Third A+A, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2007
The Second A+A, And Art Lab, Beijing, China
The Second A+A, Gallery of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
The Second A+A, Sichuan University Art Museum, Chengdu, China
The Second A+A, Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China
2006
Today Art Gallery Recent Exhibition, Today Art Museum, China
Comfortable Way, PIFO New Art Gallery, Beijing
China Greater than Beijing, Today International Gallery, Beijing, China Transgression, PIFO New Art Gallery, Beijing, China
From Beijing, Rebin Academy of Fine Arts, Russia A+A, Gallery of Central Academy of the Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Collection records
Art Museums
Minsheng Museum
Wu Han Art Museum
Nrodn Galerie
Brazil Art Museum
Zhong Nanhai
Collector
Wang Wei
He Juxing
Wen Jiabao
Artworks Published Records
L’Officiel Art
Hotspot Weekly
From Landscape to Humans
National Arts
Artitude
Art Map
Beijing Jing Hua Newspaper
Hi Art
1314
Chinese Contemporary Art News
Shedding New Art From China Art Book
Invisible Youth By Chang Art
Reshaping History – China Youth New Art Book
NEW FACE 1 Group Exhibition of Chinese
Artists Art Book
Time Energy by Chang Art
Collection Investment
Let’s go
Target
Chinese Art Today
Art Bank
Refined – 70s Chinese Artist Art Book
The Youth from Upstairs: Young Critics
Nomination Exhibition Art Book
Comfort
