ZHAO BANDI 赵半狄 Biography

Basic

1966	Born in Beijing

Education

1988	Graduates from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Department, Beijing

Solo Exhibitions

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2020	Me & Beuys: Zhao Bandi's Hut, A Noah's Ark in the Post-Pandemic Era, HOW Art Museum, Shanghai
2017	Zhao Bandi: China Party, UCCA, Beijing
2010	With Creativity for A Solitary Aged, Henan Art Museum, Zhengzhou
2009	Bandi Panda Fashion in Scottsdale Fashion Week, 2009A Controversial Panda Fashion will be premiered in U.S.A, BANDI PANDA Shop2009 Scottsdale Fashion Week, Arizona, U.S.A
	China: A Nation of Pandas, Bandi Panda Fashion Show, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2008	ShanghART Night - Zhao Bandi gracefully reaches Shanghai with his Panda Couture, Shanghai Jinmao Shengrong Yacht, Bund, Shanghai
2007	Bandi Panda Fashion Show, Chinese International Fashion Week (08 Spring/Summer), Beijing
2006	The Tales of Zhao Bandi and the Panda, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
	Moving in the margins between history and society, Zhao Bandi creates a new, hitherto latent subject of social action. What does this mean?, Beijing Commune, Beijing
2004	Uh-Oh!, Pandaman by Zhao Bandi, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, U.K.
	The Panda Man Film Party-Who will attend the event?, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2000	Zhao Bandi and the Panda, Shanghai Project and Performance, Summer 2000, Pudong Int'l Airport and Huaihai Rd, Shanghai

Group Exhibitions

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2017	The Reason Why Classic Is, Artron Art Center, Shenzhen
	Art and China After 1989: Theater of the World, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, U.S.A.
	40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Photography (1976-2017), The 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition of Three Shadows, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing
2016	Chinese Whispers: Recent Art from the Sigg & M+ Sigg Collections, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
2015	Nonfigurative, Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
2014	Hans van Dijk: 5000 Names, UCCA, Beijing; Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2013	Portrait of the Times, 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
2010	Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
2009	Shanghai Kino, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
2008	Community of Tastes, The Inaugural Exhibition of Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
2007	Zhuyi!, Contemporary Chinese Photography, Artium; Basque Museum-Center of Contemporary Art; Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
2006	The 5th AsiaPacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5), Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2005	Mahjong, Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
2004	Dreaming of the Dragon's Nation, Contemporary Art from China, IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art), Dublin, Ireland
	Between Past and Future, New Photography and Video from China, ICP and the Asia Society, NY, USA (traveling, Museum of Contemporary Art and the Smart Museum of Art, Chicago; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, USA; V&A, London, UK; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany)
	Chine, le corps partout? (China, the body everywhere?), Museum of Contemporary Art, Marseilles, France
2003	Zooming into Focus (San Diego), Chinese Contemporary Photography from the Haudenschild Collection, University Gallery of San Diego State University, San Diego, U.S.A.
2002	The First Guangzhou Trienniale - Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990-2000), Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
2000	3rd Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Spirit, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
1999	48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale, Aperto over All, Venice, Italy
1998	Every Day, 11th Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art etc., Sydney, Australia
1996	China - Aktuelles aus 15 Ateliers, Munich, Germany

Projects

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2021	Zhao Bandi: Panda Garden, Fosun Foundation Shanghai, Shanghai
2016	"Chopin Underwater" Culture Party, Shanquan Town, Chengdu
2009	Public Service Advertising Opening at The Great Wall, Panda on the Donkey Advises Everyone Be Good, The Mutianyu Great Wall, Beijing
2008	Spring Festival Party in Village, Zhao Bandi and his panda team visited a very small village located in the mountain, and held a chinese new year party in there, Shijiezi Village, Qinan County, Gansu
	"2008 National Treasure Award", Prize to Premier Minister Wen Jiabao and Young Hero During Sichuan Earth Quake Lin Hao, Beijing; Shanghai
	Collect more than hundreds thousands names through Internet for Zhao Bandi own film project, Beijing
	Zhao Bandi calls for Pandaland Boycott of Kung Fu Panda, Beijing
2007	Condolence Series, to Building site, poor family, black bricking victims, security personnel, Beijing,
2006	Olympics, China; Switzerland
2003	A tale of Love gone wrong for Panda man, A Court Case Nov. 11th, 2003, And also a Story about the End of a Love Affair,
	Trip to The West, Zhao Bandi made a visit to Great Britain, and produced the TVfilm <Pandaman questionning London>, London, U.K.

Collections

	Pacific Asia Museum at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
	Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, U.S.A.
	M+ Collection, Hong Kong
	Long Museum, Shanghai
	Wemhöner Collection, Herford, Germany
	Hammer Museum, Gift of the Haudenschild Collection, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
	Uli Sigg Collection, Switzerland

2024	Radical Joy:2000AD, Shanghai International Media Arts Project 2024, Hedong·457, Shanghai
2023	Radical Joy: 2000AD, Suplus Space, Wuhan
	The Power of Painting, Between Ideas and Beliefs, Ennova Art Museum, Langfang
	Engaging with the World: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art Since the Dawn of the 20th Century, Taikang Art Museum, Beijing
	A Leisurely Stroll: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum, Long Museum (West Bund), Shanghai
	Chinese Contemporary Art from the Sigg Collection, SONGEUN Art and Cultural Foundation, Seoul Korea
	Cruel Youth Diary: Chinese Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2021	Revelation: You and Me, Hongmei Park Fermentation Art Center, Shenyang
	M+ Sigg Collection: From Revolution to Globalisation, M+ Museum, Hong Kong
	The Infallible Interior:The Third Tour of the Exhibition"Note for Tomorrow", Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing
	City on the Edge: Art and Shanghai at the Turn of the Millennium, UCCA Edge, Shanghai
2019	Daybreak, The Barn Contemporary Art Space, Shenzhen
2018	Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain
2017	The Reason Why Classic Is, Artron Art Center, Shenzhen
	Art and China After 1989: Theater of the World, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, U.S.A.
	40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Photography (1976-2017), The 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition of Three Shadows, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing
2016	Why the Performance?, McaM, Shanghai
	Chinese Whispers: Recent Art from the Sigg & M+ Sigg Collections, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
	Collecting Photography, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, U.S.A.
2015	Nonfigurative, Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
2014	Hans van Dijk: 5000 Names, UCCA, Beijing; Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2013	Portrait of the Times, 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
2010	Great Performances, Pace Beijing, Beijing
	Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
2009	Santa's Workshop Shanghai, Selected works, toys and artists' editions, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai
	First Annual Conference of Collectors of Chinese Contemporary Art, Hejingyuan Art Museum, Beijing
	Warm Up, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
	Shanghai Kino, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
	Another Scene, Artists' Projects, Concepts and Ideas, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
2008	Five Years of Duolun, Chinese Contemporary Art Retrospective Exhibition, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
	Hypallage, The Post-Modern Mode of Chinese Contemporary Art, Hua Art Museum, Shenzhen
	Community of Tastes, The Inaugural Exhibition of Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
	Like Animals (Comme des betes), Musee cantonal des beaux-arts de Lausanne, Switzerland
	Body Media, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing
	Fokus Kina, Riksutst, Llningar, Swedish Travelling Exhibitions, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Sweden
2007	Zhuyi!, Contemporary Chinese Photography, Artium; Basque Museum-Center of Contemporary Art; Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
	Chinese Contemporary Socart, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2006	2006 Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia
	Entry Gate: Chinese Aesthetics of Heterogeneity, MoCA, Shanghai
	The 5th AsiaPacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5), Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2005	Zooming into Focus, Contemporary Chinese Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
	The Wall, Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art, Millennium Art Museum, Beijing; Albrigh-Knox Art Gallery; University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery; University at Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.
	Mahjong, Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
2004	Dreaming of the Dragon's Nation, Contemporary Art from China, IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art), Dublin, Ireland
	Zheng Guogu, Zhao Bandi, Shi Yong, ShanghART Fuxing Park, Shanghai
	Between Past and Future, New Photography and Video from China, ICP and the Asia Society, NY, USA (traveling, Museum of Contemporary Art and the Smart Museum of Art, Chicago; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, USA; V&A, London, UK; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany)
	Zooming into Focus (SAM), Chinese Contemporary Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
	Chine, le corps partout? (China, the body everywhere?), Museum of Contemporary Art, Marseilles, France
	Is It Art?, Black Show, Noanoa Center, Xi'an
	Zooming into Focus (Singapore), Chinese Contemporary Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection, Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
	Zooming into Focus (Tijuana), Chinese Contemporary Photography from the Haudenschild Collection, Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
2003	Zooming into Focus (San Diego), Chinese Contemporary Photography from the Haudenschild Collection, University Gallery of San Diego State University, San Diego, U.S.A.
2002	The First Guangzhou Trienniale - Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990-2000), Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
	Golden Harvest, Museum of the Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
	Too Much Flavor Mirage, Contemporary Art Exhibition, 3H Art Center, Shanghai
2001	Hotpot, Kinesisk Samtidskunst, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2000	3rd Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Spirit, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
1999	Love, Chinese Contemporary Photography & Video: International Arts Festival. Tachikawa 99, Japan
	48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale, Aperto over All, Venice, Italy
	Art for Sale, Shanghai Plaza, Shanghai
1998	It is Me!, The Imperial Ancestral Temple, Beijing
	Every Day, 11th Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art etc., Sydney, Australia
1997	Dream of China, '97 Chinese Contemporary Art, Yang Huang Art Museum, Beijing
1996	In the Name of Art, Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
	China - Aktuelles aus 15 Ateliers, Munich, Germany