biografia di CAI Guoqiang (1957)

Personal data


Birth : 12/08/1957 - Quanzhou, China
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : China

Address

New York NY New York, United States

Representatives

Art Beatus Gallery – M1-888 Nelson Street – Vancouver BC, Canada


Education

1981 – 1985 : Shanghai Drama Institute (Department of Stage Design) – Shanghai, China

Professional data


Work and Life

1995:Now, he lives and works in New York, NY, USA.
1986 – 1995:He lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.
10/2001:He organized fireworks on Bund, Shangaï, China, on the occasion of the conference of the leaders of state of the region Asia-Pacific.


Prizes

1993

1993 : Prix de la Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain – Paris, France
Awarded by : Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain – 261 boulevard Raspail – Paris, France


Artist in residence

1995

1995 : PS1 International Studio Program – Asian Cultural Council Grant – New York NY, United States
Awarded by : P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center National Studio Program – 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue – Long Island NY, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Light installation
Audiovisual-Multimedia :

Subject

space/environment
science
technology
violence

Movements and styles

Chinese New Wave Art Movement

Works

Drawing for Dragon sight sees Vienna
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Drawing
 
Dragon sight sees Vienna, project for extraterrestrials n°32
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Installation
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2006

Long Scroll
Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada – National Gallery of Canada – Shawinigan, Canada
06/10/2006 – 10/01/2006

2005

Inoportune
MASS MoCA – North Adams MA, United States
2005 – 10/2005

2003

An Arbitrary History
SMAK Stedelijke Museum voor Actuele Kunst – Gent, Belgium
03/29/2003 – 06/01/2003

2002

Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art – London, United Kingdom
09/10/2002 – 10/19/2002

Ethereal Flowers
Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea – Trento, Italy
09/07/2002 – 11/24/2002

National Museum of Fine Arts – Shanghai, China
02/01/2002

2001

Cai Guo-Qiang : une histoire arbitraire
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
10/30/2001 – 01/06/2002

Dragon or Rainbow Serpent : a myth glorified or feared
Queensland Art Gallery – South Brisbane QLD, Australia
08/31/2001 – 02/03/2002

2000

Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain – Paris, France
2000

1999

No construction, no destruction : bombing
Taiwan Museum of Art – Taiwan, Taiwan, Republic of China
1999

I am the Y2K Bug
Kunsthalle Wien im Museumsquartier – Vienna, Austria
1999

1997

Flying Dragon in the Heavens
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
1997

1994

Chaos
Setagaya Art Museum – Tokyo, Japan
1994

1990

Works 1988/89
Osaka Contemporary Art Center – Osaka, Japan
1990

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Loft – 3 bis, rue des Beaux-Arts – Paris, France

2002

Art in CASO
CASO Contemporary Art Space Osaka – Osaka, Japan
04/25/2002 – 04/29/2002
Represented by : Nomart Editions, Inc. / Project Space – 3-5-22, Ngata, Joto-ku – Osaka, Japan

2001

Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Art Beatus Gallery – M1-888 Nelson Street – Vancouver BC, Canada

1996

Hugo Boss Prize, n°1
Guggenheim Museum Soho – New York NY, United States
11/20/1996 – 02/16/1997


Group exhibitions

2005

Translation
Paris, France
06/23/2005 – 09/18/2005

2003

Pulse: Art, Healing and Transformation
ICA The Institute of Contemporary Art – Boston MA, United States
05/14/2003 – 08/31/2003

2002

Ce qui arrive
Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain – Paris, France
11/29/2002 – 03/30/2003

Paris-Pékin
Espace Pierre Cardin – Paris, France
10/05/2002 – 10/28/2002

La vie, c’est la vie ! Plaisirs, Passions, Émotions – Biennale de Montréal, n° 3
Espacio Mexico – Montréal QC, Canada
09/26/2002 – 11/03/2002

Tokachi International Contemporary Art Exhibition
Demeter Office – Obihiro, Japan
07/13/2002 – 09/23/2002

2001

Issey Miyake / Cai Guo-Qiang
Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain – Paris, France
2001

Mega Wave : Towards a New Synthesis – Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art
Yokohama, Japan
09/02/2001 – 11/11/2001

Platea dell’ Umanità – 49° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/10/2001 – 11/04/2001

2000

Partage d’exotismes – 5ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Halle Tony Garnier – Lyon, France
06/27/2000 – 09/24/2000

Biennale of Sydney , n° 12
Sydney NSW, Australia
05/26/2000 – 07/30/2000

Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/23/2000 – 06/04/2000

1999

Cities on the Move, n°4
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
1999

Art Worlds in Dialogue
Museum Ludwig – Cologne, Germany
1999

Looking for a place – SITE Santa Fe’s Third International Biennial
Site Santa Fe – Santa Fe NM, United States
1999

Cities on the Move, n°6
Bangkok, Thailand
10/09/1999 – 10/30/1999

Beyond the Future – Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, n° 3
Queensland Art Gallery – Brisbane QLD, Australia
09/09/1999 – 01/26/2000

d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999

Cities on the Move, n°5
Hayward Gallery – London, United Kingdom
05/13/1999 – 06/27/1999

De Opening
SMAK Stedelijke Museum voor Actuele Kunst – Gent, Belgium
05/09/1999 – 12/05/1999

1998

Wounds : between democracy and redemption in contemporary art
Moderna Museet – Stockholm, Sweden
1998

Cities on the Move, n°2
CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux – Bordeaux, France
1998

Cities on the Move, n°3
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – New York NY, United States
1998

1997

Cities on the Move, n°1
Wiener Secession – Vereinigung bildender Künstler – Vienna, Austria
11/26/1997 – 01/18/1998

Futuro, presente, passato – 47° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/15/1997 – 11/09/1997

1995

Objects of Defiance, Spaces of Contemplation – Africus ’95 – 1st Johannesburg Biennale
Museum Africa – Johannesburg, South Africa
02/28/1995 – 04/30/1995

Bibliography (Selected)


By the artist


Monographies

1989

Gunpowder paintings of Cai Guo-Qiang
Publisher: Liang Publishing House – Guilin, China
1989


On the artist


Books

2000

Fresh Cream
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
11/2000
ISBN : 0714891142


Exhibition catalogues

2002

Une Histoire Arbitraire
Publisher: MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Cité Internationale 81 quai Charles de Gaulle – Lyon, France
Publisher: Editions Seuil – Paris, France
2002
ISBN : 2906461598

2000

Partage d’exotismes, 5ème Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon, volumes 1 et 2
Publisher: RMN Réunion des Musées Nationaux – 49 rue Etienne Marcel – Paris, France
06/2000
ISBN : 2711840131

Biennale of Sydney 2000
Sydney NSW, Australia
2000
ISBN : 0959661999

1999

La Biennale di Venezia, 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte
Publisher: Marsilio Editions – Venice VE, Italy
06/1999
ISBN : 882080414X

No destruction, No construction – Bombing
Publisher: Taiwan Museum of Art – Taiwan, Taiwan, Republic of China
1999

1998

The origins of Postmodernity
Author: Anderson Perry – London, United Kingdom
1998


Periodicals

2004

NICHOLS Matthew Guy – Cai Guo-Qiang at central Park & the Asia Society
in: Art in America n° 1 p. 96
New York NY, United States
01/2004

2002

LEYDIER Richard – Cai Guo Qiang
in: Art Press n° 275 p. 81
Paris, France
01/2002

COLARD Jean-Max & BOUSTEAU Fabrice – Figures contemporaines / Contemporary figures
in: Qu’est-ce-que l’art ? What is art ? (today) – Beaux Arts Magazine p. 144
Paris, France
05/2002
ISBN : 07572271

JODIDIO Philip – Cai l’alchimiste
in: Connaissance des Arts n° 590 p. 119
Paris, France
01/2002

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