JI WENYU 计文于 Biography

Basic

1959	Born in Shanghai

Education

1980	Graduates from Shanghai Art & Crafts School
1988	Graduates from Decoration Department in Shanghai Light-industry College

Prize

1998	Freeman Foundation Scholarship, Vermont Studio Centre, Vermont, U.S.A.

Solo Exhibitions

(Selected

All)

2008	Ji Wenyu & Zhu Weibing: Soft Sculptures, ShanghART F-Space, Shanghai
2006	Here, The Scene is Better, Works of Ji Wenyu & Zhu Weibing, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
	Dressing Up Before Going Out, Museum 52, London, U.K.
2003	Life is Sweeter than Honey, ShanghART Fuxing Park, Shanghai
	Sweeter than Honey, Esplanade, Singapore
2000	Works 1999-2000, ShanghART Fuxing Park, Shanghai
1998	Ji Wenyu, Vermont Studio Centre, Vermont, U.S.A.
1997	Works 1993-1997, ShanghART Portman, Shanghai
	Un/Limited Space #3, Consulate General of Germany, Shanghai

Group Exhibitions

(Selected

All)

2011	Contemporary Art Exhibition Documentation Project II:" Let's Talk about Money--1st International Fax Art Exhibition in Shanghai 1996", ShanghART Taopu, Shanghai
2010	Will to Height, Contemporary Art Exhibition, epSITE, Shanghai
2008	Blackbridge 08' Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art Gallery Blackbridge, Beijing
2007	Red Hot, Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, U.S.A.
2006	Infinite Painting, Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin - Centre for Contemporary Art Passariano, Codroipo (Udine), Italy
2002	Quick Look!, Shanghai Zhejiang Jiangsu Anhui Contemporary Art Exhibition, Consulate General of Switzerland, Shanghai
	24:30 Contemporary Art Exhibition, BizArt, Shanghai
2001	As Long as They Catch Mice..., Munkeruphus Gallery, Mumkerphus, Danmark
1999	99' Shanghai Young Arts Exhibition, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
1998	98 China-Japan, Modern Art Friendship Exchange Exhiition, Kyoto, Japan
1997	Chinese Modern Art, AAN, Berlin, Germany
1996	Shanghai Fax: Let's Talk about Money, International Fax Art Exhibition, Shanghai Huashan Professional School of Art Gallery, Shanghai
1993	Shanghai-Japan Art Exchange Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Yokohama Art Museum, Yokohama, Japan
1987	Shanghai Oil Painting Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai

Collections

	M+ Collection, Hong Kong
	Wemhöner Collection, Herford, Germany

2024	Growth in Motion, ShanghART WB Central, Shanghai
	Lasting Impressions, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
2022	Wang Xingwei in Shanghai 2002-2008, Power Station of Art Museum, Shanghai
2019	Side Lanes, ShanghART, Shanghai
2018	2018 China Yanping Art Harvest, Yan Ping, Fujian
	Mei Exhibition, Shanghai Himalayas Museum
	Time, Time...s, ATA, Shanghai
	Orange Bloom Art Faestival, Xiao Tang, Zhe Jiang, China
2017	From Pop Art to New Media, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
2016	Urban Touch, Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover, Germany
	The Uncertain, or the Shelved..., ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
	The Uncertain, or the Shelved..., ShanghART Main Space, Shanghai
	Modern Times, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
2015	A New Dynasty - Created in China, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Denmark
	City Vision, 2015 Shanghai Artists' Works Exhibition, Cloud Art Center, Shanghai
	City Lights 2015 Shanghai Contemporary City Sculpture and Installation Art Exhibition, Cloud Art Center, Shanghai
	Not a Big Deal, Changpu Art Space
	Interbeing, Cheng Art, Beijing
	To be or Not to be \| Contemporary Art Exhibition, Artoon Art Centre, Shanghai
	Elixir, Biennale Italia-China 2015, Turin, Italy
2013	Non Visual, Upto Art Space, Shanghai
	Re-Reading, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
2011	Contemporary Art Exhibition Documentation Project II:" Let's Talk about Money--1st International Fax Art Exhibition in Shanghai 1996", ShanghART Taopu, Shanghai
	A Pile of Passion, ShanghART Main Space, Shanghai
2010	Will to Height, Contemporary Art Exhibition, epSITE, Shanghai
2009	2009 German Week: Every Human Being Is an Artist, Times Square, Shanghai
2008	Works by Wu Yiming and Ji Wenyu/Zhu Weibing, ShanghART Main Space, Shanghai
	Blackbridge 08' Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art Gallery Blackbridge, Beijing
2007	Red Hot, Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, U.S.A.
2006	Infinite Painting, Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin - Centre for Contemporary Art Passariano, Codroipo (Udine), Italy
	Shanghai Academic Culture, Contemporary Art Exhibition by Shanghai Universities' teachers, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
2004	Original, The Exhibition of the Modern Art invitation, Original Art Center, Shanghai
2003	Take a Seat, Artsea Studio & Gallery, Shanghai
2002	Quick Look!, Shanghai Zhejiang Jiangsu Anhui Contemporary Art Exhibition, Consulate General of Switzerland, Shanghai
	Money and Value, The Last Taboo, Switzerland
	24:30 Contemporary Art Exhibition, BizArt, Shanghai
2001	As Long as They Catch Mice..., Munkeruphus Gallery, Mumkerphus, Danmark
1999	99' Shanghai Young Arts Exhibition, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
	99 China-Japan Modern Art Friendship Exchange Exhibition, Liu Haisu Museum, Shanghai
	Beautiful City, Shanghai University, Shanghai
	BM99, Bienal da Maya, Maya Art Center, Portugal
1998	98 China-Japan, Modern Art Friendship Exchange Exhiition, Kyoto, Japan
1997	Chinese Modern Art, AAN, Berlin, Germany
1996	Shanghai Fax: Let's Talk about Money, International Fax Art Exhibition, Shanghai Huashan Professional School of Art Gallery, Shanghai
	Begegnung mit China, Neuerwerbungen der Sammlung Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
1994	Oil Paintings by Six Shanghai Artists, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
1993	Shanghai-Japan Art Exchange Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Yokohama Art Museum, Yokohama, Japan
1992	Young Shanghai Artist, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
1990	National Youth Printmaking Exhibition, Shanghai Artist Gallery, Shanghai
1989	Seventh National Art Exhibition, Nanjing Art Museum, Nanjing
1987	Shanghai Oil Painting Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai