HU XIANGCHENG 胡项城 Biography

Basic

1950	Born in Shanghai

Education

1973 -1976	Studied in Stage Design Department of Shanghai Theatre Academy
1976 -1986	Worked as professor at Shanghai Theatre Academy
1978 -1980	Worked as a volunteer teacher at Tibet University
1986 -2000	Studied and worked in Japan
1990 -1996	Frequent travel between South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and other countries

Solo Exhibitions

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2024	Hu Xiangcheng: The Obscure, ShanghART M50, Shanghai
	Asking Every Day, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
2020	Endless Dialogue Without Beginning or End, Exhibition of Hu Xiangcheng's Works, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
2014	Echolocations, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou
2007	Sourjourns of A Stranger, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai

Group Exhibitions

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2024	Line 2024: Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, 3723 Art Museum, Shanghai
2023	Ten Woodworks One Glance, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
2020	Shanghai Waves: Historical Archives and Works of Shanghai Biennale, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
2018	Salute-Keorapetse Kgositsile, South Africa
2017	The Bond of Arts - Ningbo, An Exchange Exhibition of Chinese and Japanese Contemporary Artists, Ningbo
2016	Megacities Asia, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
	Havana International Art Festival, Cuba National Museum of Art, Cuba
2015	1st Asia Biennial / 5th Guangzhou Triennial: Asia Time, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong
2014	Reformation, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2010	West Heavens Exhibitions-Place·Time·Play, India-China Contemporary Art, Shanghai
2008	The Third Guangzhou Triennial: Farewell to Post-Colonialism, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
2007	International Sculpture Exhibition, Venice, Italy
	San Paulo Architecture Biennale, San Paulo, Brazil
2005	Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama, Japan
2004	International Sculpture Exhibition, Venice, Italy
2002	“Paris-Pekin” Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition, Paris, France
1999	Future Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
	ast West, Modern Art Exhibition, Los Angeles, USA
	San Paulo Architecture Biennale, San Paulo, Brazil
1996	1st Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
1989	Spain International Art Exhibition, Spain

Projects

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2020	Morning Preface, Shanghai

Collections

	Power Station of Art, Shanghai
	Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou
	National Art Museum of China, Beijing
	White Rabbit Contemporary Chinese Art Collection, Sydney, Australia
	Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai

2024	Hu Xiangcheng: The Obscure, ShanghART M50, Shanghai
	Asking Every Day, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
2020	Endless Dialogue Without Beginning or End, Exhibition of Hu Xiangcheng's Works, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
2018	Now & Beyond: Hu Xiangcheng Installation Art Exhibition, Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai
2014	This is Not a Zero, Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai
	Echolocations, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou
	Conceal·Unveil, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai
2010	Itinerant Deities, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai
2008	Not only for Mortal Eyes, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2007	Sourjourns of A Stranger, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
1999	Hu Xiangcheng, Iruma City Museum, Iruma, Japan
1998	Hu Xiangcheng, Shirasu New Art Space, Japan
1996	Hu Xiangcheng, Gion Sculpture and Garden Gallery, Japan
1992	Hu Xiangcheng, Utsunomiya Gallery of Seibu Group, Japan
1991	Hu Xiangcheng, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
	Hu Xiangcheng, Ibaraki Tsukuba Museum, Ibaraki, Japan
1990	Hu Xiangcheng, Gion Sculpture and Garden Gallery, Japan
	Hu Xiangcheng, Kyoto Prefectural Art Museum, Kyoto, Japan
	Hu Xiangcheng, Yamanashi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamanashi, Japan
1989	Hu Xiangcheng, Oume Art Museum, Kyoto, Japan
	Hu Xiangcheng, Japan Artists Association Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1988	Hu Xiangcheng, Fukui Art Museum, Fukui, Japan
	Hu Xiangcheng, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong, China
1987	Hu Xiangcheng, Saitama Provincial Art Museum, Saitama, Japan
1986	Hu Xiangcheng,  Art Gallery of Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai, China

2025	Variation, Space 185 of Shanghai Bund Art Center, Shanghai
	Where the Spirit Returns to, Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou
	From Hen to Egg, ShanghART WB Central, Shanghai
2024	Line 2024: Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, 3723 Art Museum, Shanghai
2023	Return to Nature, Pearl Art Museum, Shanghai
	Ten Woodworks One Glance, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
2020	Shanghai Waves: Historical Archives and Works of Shanghai Biennale, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
2018	Salute-Keorapetse Kgositsile, South Africa
2017	The Bond of Arts - Ningbo, An Exchange Exhibition of Chinese and Japanese Contemporary Artists, Ningbo
2016	Xieyi, from the National Art Museum of China, Antiguo Colegio de San IIdefonso, Mexico
	Meaning, the 3rd Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
	Histories of a Global Hub, Suzhou Documents, Suzhou Museum, Suzhou
	Megacities Asia, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
	Havana International Art Festival, Cuba National Museum of Art, Cuba
2015	1st Asia Biennial / 5th Guangzhou Triennial: Asia Time, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong
	Border of Nomadism, Mingyuan Art Museum, Shanghai
2014	Reformation, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
	A Fragment in the course of Time, Landscape of Chinese Ink Art in the 1980s, Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai
2013	Insightful Charisma, Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai
2012	Just What Is It About The End of The World That Makes It So Appealing?, V-ART CENTER, Shanghai
2011	The Hague under Heaven, Contemporary Sculpture from China, Hague,Netherlands
2010	West Heavens Exhibitions-Place·Time·Play, India-China Contemporary Art, Shanghai
2008	Suspension Express, Z-Art Center, Shanghai, China
	The Third Guangzhou Triennial: Farewell to Post-Colonialism, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
2007	International Sculpture Exhibition, Venice, Italy
	San Paulo Architecture Biennale, San Paulo, Brazil
2006	Microcosm, Chinese Contempory Art, Macao Museum of Art (Macao Culture Centre), Macao
2005	Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama, Japan
2004	Yellow Box, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
	International Ancient and Modern Art Exhibition, Art of Ink Painting, Fukuoka City Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
	International Sculpture Exhibition, Venice, Italy
2002	“Paris-Pekin” Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition, Paris, France
1999	Future Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
	ast West, Modern Art Exhibition, Los Angeles, USA
	San Paulo Architecture Biennale, San Paulo, Brazil
1997	The Collection of Shanghai Art Museum, Incheon New World Art Museum, Incheon, Korea
1996	1st Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
1989	Spain International Art Exhibition, Spain