Introduction

Xu Zhen
Artist, Curator, MadeIn Company Founder.
Xu Zhen, born in 1977, lives and works in Shanghai.
In 2004, Xu Zhen won the prize for ‘Best Artist’ at the China Contemporary Art Award. His practice covers various media such as installations, video, painting, performance, etc.
Xu Zhen has exhibited internationally, at museums and biennales, such as, the Venice Biennale (2001, 2005), The Museum of Modern Art (New York, 2004), Mori Art Museum (Tokyo, 2005), MoMA PS1 (New York, 2006), Tate Liverpool (2007), Hayward Gallery (London, 2012), Lyon Biennial (2013), Armory Show (New York, 2014), Long Museum (Shanghai 2015), Al Riwaq Art Center (Qatar, 2016), Sydney Biennial (2016), Guggenheim Museum (New York, 2017), Sharjah Biennial (2019), Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, 2019), National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, 2020), Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning (Shenzhen, 2024), among others.

Xu Zhen's works have been included in the permanent collections of numerous international art museums and institutions, including: Tate Modern in London, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Art Gallery of New South Wales in Australia, Queensland Art Gallery in Australia, Art Institute of Chicago, Fondation Louis Vuitton, DSL Collection in Paris, Rubell Family Collection in the United States, UBS Art Collection, Uli Sigg Collection in Switzerland, Colección SOLO in Spain, National Gallery of Victoria in Australia, White Rabbit Contemporary Chinese Art Collection in Australia, M+ Museum in Hong Kong, and Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation in Switzerland.