ARTISTS

孔国桥 ／ Kong Guoqiao

1968 Born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

1986 Entered Dept. of Printmaking, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Art (now China Academy of Art, CAA)

1993 Graduated with a Master Degree, remained as a tutor

1997-1998 Studied in Ulster University, UK, worked in the printmaking studio

2007 Graduated from the first CAA“Theory and Practice of Painting” PHD program, received his PHD

Currently Professor, CAA;

PHD tutor and director of the Printmaking Department;

Member of CAA Printmaking Society;

Director of the Zhejiang Province Fine Arts Society;

Lead secretary of the Zhejiang Society of Printmakers

Selected Exhibitions:

2012 

Print: Circumstance and Origins – Kong Guoqiao’s Solo Exhibition, Renke Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China

The Gaze of Visual Image – France and China Concrete Expression Painting Special Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

The 1^st China Lingshi International Print Biennial Exhibition, Lingshi, Shanxi, China

Meteorological China – Exhibition of Eight Contemporary Printmakers, Beijing, China

Guanlan International Printmaking Invitational Exhibition, Shenzhen, China

2011

Burden and Re-seek: the Road of Printmaking CAA 1928-2011, CAA, Hangzhou, China

Faces of Lu Xun: 80^th Anniversary of Chinese New Woodcut Movement / the 130^th Birthday Anniversary of Lu Xun Memorial Exhibition, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China

Art For Life: 80^th Anniversary of Chinese New Woodcut Movement Memorial Exhibition, Shanghai, China

The 19^th National Exhibition of Print Works, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China

The 2^nd Academic Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Prints, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

From Things/Images to Configurations: the Annual Exhibition of the Institute of Art Phenomenology Studies, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China

2010

Visual Dialogue: the 3^rd European – Chinese Culture Dialogue Theme Exhibition, Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China

Back & Restart: 2010 Hangzhou Contemporary Art Exhibition, Peace International Conference & Exhibition Center, Hangzhou, China

The Strength of Practice: 4^th China Documentary Exhibition of Contemporary Prints, Xi’an Art Museum, Xi’an, China

Watercolor as the Reason: 2010 Hangzhou Watercolor Art Invitation Exhibition, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China

2009

The 11^th National Exhibition of Fine Art, Nanjing, China

2008

Along With The Times, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, China

The 1^st Yunnan International Print Exhibition, Kunming, China

张浩 ／ Zhang Hao

1962 born in Tianjing, China

1985 graduated from Zhejiang Academy of Art

Proffesor, China Academy of Art, CAA

Solo Exhibition   

2013   What Art Gives Me, Renkeart Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China

2013   The Shape of Journeys, Renke Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China

2012   Spiritual Journey, Sanshang Contemporary Art Museum, Hangzhou, China

2010   Combination: Spiritual Journey of Zhang Hao, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China

2009   The Power of Ink Painting, Bole Gallery, Shanghai, China

2007   Construct: Chinese Ink Painting by Zhang Hao, Sanshang Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China

2006   Chinese Ink Painting Series: Zhang Hao’s Solo Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

2002   Zhang Hao: Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting, Paris International Art City, France

1994   Zhang Hao: Exploring Chinese Ink Painting, Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China 

Group Exhibition

2015    Cross the Year, Renke Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China

2014    2014 ARTE FIERA, Bologna, Italy

2013    Image and Words: Since Magritte Era, National Art Museum Of China, Beijing, China

2013    In Transit, Renke Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China

2012    The Exhibition Cross the Year, Sanshang Contemporary Art Museum, Hangzhou, China

2012    Micro Garden: China and Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Renke Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China           

2011    Great Heaven of Abstract, MARCO, Roma, Italy

2006    Shanghai New Ink Painting Exhibition, Toronto, Canada

2000    Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China

1998    The first Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennale, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China

1991    The first Chinese Contemporary Art Documentation Exhibition, Chinese Painting Research Institute, Beijing, China

PREFACE

In this exhibition, Renke Art Gallery invites 12 artists with distinctive artistic styles, in fields of traditional Chinese ink art as well as the contemporary ink painting. Renke will represent them by means of comparison and dialogue. The traditional Chinese brushwork and the contemporary painting language echo to each other, they communicate, tangle, and interchange with each other silmultaneously.

This invitational exhibition is aiming at finding a view on the other perspective that is so familiar yet so strange, similar yet different, profound yet subtle, close yet remote, to discover and reflect on the zeitgeist of this era, to reveal and express the thoughts and feelings of Chinese contemporary artists.

This is not only a static exhibition, it will also present the dialogue, communication and exchange between different artists. It is a dynamic exhibition, in an attitude of academic research and exchange, the exhibition will focus on the difference and relationship between various painting styles, genders, and experiences, focus on the learning and borrowing between different artists. Renke Gallery presents this exhibition as an opportunity to promote the research of contemporary Chinese ink painting, at the same time, provide an sample of the emergence and construction of Chinese contemporary multiple artistic presentations. 

Exhibited Artists:

Hua Jun, Li Tong, Zhang Hao, Zhang Jie, Liu Wenjie, Chen Lei, Kong Guoqiao, Yang Jinsong, Chen Yanjun, Xu Mo, Lin Haizhong, Pan Wenxun

Media Support:

China Art Weekly, Qianjiang Evening News, Today Morning Express, Urban Express, Youth Times, Zhejiang Online, Boyie.com, Artron, 99 Art, Art News, Zhuoke Art Net, Contemporary Art & Investment, Art Map, Hi Art, China Art Collection

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