Dai Guangyu

 

 

1955

Born in Chengdu, China. Lives and works in Beijing.

 

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2015

October Endowed with Speech from Birth, YaFeng Contemporary Art Gallery, Chengdu, China. Curator: Liang Jinping

June Dreamlike Memories of Wang River, Tree Gallery, 798 Factory, Beijing, China. Curator: Xu Jialing

 

2014

April Diluted Shadows, Ifa Gallery, Brussels, Belgium. Curator: Alexis Kouzemine-Karavaïeff

March Black Paper, ifa Gallery at Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France

 

2012

May Still Crossing, Dai Guangyu Solo Show, ifa Gallery at Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

 

2010

October Dai Guangyu – Recent Works, Galerie Adler, Paris, France. Curators: Berenice Angremy, Guy Loigerot

March Memory Loss; Flexible Type Printing, Live Performances, Ifa Gallery at Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France.

 

 

 

2008

October Ink Games, Ifa Gallery, Shanghai, China. Curator: Berenice Angremy

 

2007

'Mend the Fold if a Sheep is Lost' - A Sheep’s Lecture on Chinese Contemporary Art, South Gate Gallery, 798 Factory Beijing, China. Curator: Berenice Angremy

June When the Waters Recede, the Rocks Appear, Red Star Gallery, 798 Factory, Beijing, China. Curator: Berenice Angremy

 

2002

Food and Words, performance in the public space, Triune Bookshop, Chengdu, China.

 

2000

Shooting at Myself, Duisburg University, Germany.

 

1999

November Making Love to the Earth, performance in the public space, Banks of the Jinjiang River, Chengdu, China.

June Gone Astray, performance in the public space, Chengdu and Wenjiang, China

 

1998

July Fossil, performance in the public space, Ming Dynasty Fortifications, Chengdu, China.

April Meditation, performance in the public space, middle of the road, Section 2, 1st Ring Road (West), Chengdu, China.

March-October Turning Stone to Gold, series of performances in the public space, City Centre, Chengdu, China.

 

1997

October I Am a Good Person, performance in the public space, City Centre, Chengdu, China.

August A Frog in a Well, open exhibit, 152B Studio, Chengdu, China.

August Leaving Traces, performance in the public space, unofficial burial ground near Shuangliu International Airport, Chengdu, China.

July Borderline, open exhibit, 152B Studio, Chengdu, China.

May Like Flowing Water, performance in the public space, Hongqi Supermarket Ximen Branch, Chengdu, China.

 

1996

October Resurrection '96 in Chengdu, xxx, Sichuan University (Eastern District), China.

 

1995

April A Red Room, and the Landscape Outside of it, xxx, xxx, Chengdu, China.

 

1994

March Chinese Landscape, xxx, xxx, Chengdu, China.

 

1993

March Dai GuangYu - Exhibition of Paintings, Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, Canada.

 

 

 

 

Group Exhibitions

 

2016

November- March 2017 Wen Pulin Archive of Chinese Avant-Garde Art, 1980s and 1990s, Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing, China. Curator Yan Shijie

October Beijing Live - International Performance Art Festival, Danish Cultural Centre, 798 Factory, Beijing, China. Curator: Jonas Stampe

August xxxx, xxxx Museum, Chongqing, China. Curator: Peng Feng

Critical Connections, China-Switzerland Art Exhibition

3 April - 30 October Museum art-st-urban & Abbey St Urban, St Urban, Lucerne, Switzerland

14 September - 15 December Swiss Embassy, Beijing, China.

Curators: Gertrud Aeschlimann, Micheael Suh

January xxxxx, xxxxx Museum, Wuxi, China. Curator: Peng Feng

 

2015

Enough of Art, Fuck Art, Espace Cinko, Paris, France. Curator: Pia Camilla Copper

January Ming Gathering / Force 12 Hurricane, Mingyuan Art Museum, Shanghai, China.

 

2014

8 November - 8 February 2015 Secret Signs - Contemporary Chinese Art in the Name of Writing (Secret Signs - Zeitgenössische chinesische Kunst im Namen der Schrift), Deichtorhallen, Collection Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany. A collaboration of Deichtorhallen with Collection Sigg and M+ Hong Kong.

October Open, Da Xiang Art Space, Taichung, Taiwan. Curator: Zhang Yu

xxx Nanjing International Art Festival, xxx, Nanjing, China. Curator: Gu Chengfeng

September Ink and the Body, Ink Studio, Beijing, China. Curators: Britta Erickson, Nataline Colonello

July OSTRALE Biennale of Contemporary Art (OSTRALE'014 Exposition internationaler zeitgenössischer Kunst), Ostragehege, Dresden, Germany. Curator: Andrea Hilger, Nadine Bors

June xxx, xxx, Shanghai, China.

May Reshaping Shuimo - New History, xxx, Nanjing, China. Curator: Xu Jialing, Li Guohua

 

2013

November Forms of the Formless: Exhibition of lnternational Contemporary Art,  TEDA Museum of Contemporary Art, Tianjin, China. Curators: Fan Dian, Su Duozhuang

October xxxxx, Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China. Curator: Ping Jie

August Forms of the Formless－Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art,  Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan, China. Curators: Fan Dian, Su Duozhuang

June Insightful Charisma, Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China. Curator: Ping Jie

May Voice of the Unseen, Collateral Exhibition 55^th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. Curator: Wang Lin

May Sensor Ship 0.46％ Dai Guangyu, Gao Brothers, Zhang Dali, ifa Gallery at Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

31 January - 27 July Like a Thunder out of China, Arsenal, Montreal (& Toronto in Autumn) Canada. Curator: Pia Camilla Copper

 

2012

November My Country, ifa Gallery, Shanghai, China.

November xxxx, xxxxx, Shanghai, China.

October The Way of Writing, Zendai Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai, China.

Undoing Shuimo, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai; Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China. Curator: Peng Feng

January Disenchantment of Chinese Imagination, Fourth Guanzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China. Curator: Wang Lin

 

2011

21 May - 2 October Shanshui - Poetry without Words? Landscape in Chinese Contemporary Art (Shanshui - Poesie ohne Worte? Landschaft in der chinesischen Gegenwartskunst), Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland. Curators: Ai Wei Wei, Peter Fischer, Uli Sigg.

right eye - left leg, ifa Gallery, Shanghai, China.

the hell - the heaven - on the way - in between, ifa Gallery, Shanghai, China.

 

2009

2 September - 2 October Chinese Masters of Ink (Chińscy Mistrozowie Tuszu), Grand Chamber of the Royal Castle Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. Organizers: Royal Castle Warsaw, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Embassy PRC, xxx Shenzhen.

September Ink Storm, Transformer Gallery, Washington DC, USA. Curator: Jennifer Wen Ma

In the 1980s - Wen Pulin Archive of Chinese Avant-Garde Art Exhibition, Dolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China.

OPEN International Performance Arts Festival 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Realization Contemporary Art Center 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China.

13 No KAOs, Duffy Gallery, Kunming, China.

Ink-Not-Ink, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China; Drexel University, Phoenix, USA.

 

2008

Oriental Imagination－Third Asian International Art Exhibition, Wall Art Museum, Beijing; Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China. Curator: Zuo Zhengyao

Action-Camera: Beijing Performance Photography, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.

China Under Construction II, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, USA

Interval of Silence - Contemporary Art from China, Red Star Gallery, 798 Factory, Beijing, China. Curator: Dai Guangyu

 

2007

China Under Construction I, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, USA.

August International Art a Year Stanza of 'City' Ses, International Theater, Copenhagen, Denmark. Curator: xxx

May Made in China (Live Performance Art Event), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark. Curators: Anders Kold, Berenice Angremy (Static Exhibition 16 March - 5 August)

Starting from the Southwest - Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Southwest China, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China. Curator: Wang Lin

 

2006

October - November Vital - International Chinese Live Art Festival, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK. Curator: Sarah Champion

Red Star, Red Star, Red Star, Red Star Gallery, 798 Factory, Beijing, China. Curator: Gao Minglu

 

2005

December Artists in Action－Performance Art Project, HongKong.

16 November - 19 February 2006 Inward Gazes - Documentaries of Chinese Performance Art, Macao Museum of Art, Macao. Jury: Feng Boyi, Zhang Songren, Seiji Dhimoda, Noah Ng, etc. (see Chinese version for precise list)

September In Honour of '85, Duolun Modern Art Museum, Shanghai, China.

June The Wall：Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art, China Millennium

Monument Art Museum, Beijing, China. Curator: Gao Minglu

Transborder Language：Performance Art / Language Art, Second Dashanzi International Art Festival, Tokyo Art Projects, 798 Factory, Beijing, China. Curators: Huang Rui, Berenice Angremy

 

2004

13 November - 24 December Performance Art in 798, Thinking Hands, 798 Factory, Beijing, China. Curator: Berenice Angremy

Double Happiness Festival, Tokyo Art Projects, 798 Factory, Beijing, China.

Matchmaking, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China.

Transborder Language 2004－Volume Control－First Dashanzi International Art Festival, 798 Factory, Beijing, China. Curators: Huang Rui, Thomas J.Berghuis, Dai Guangyu

 

2003

NIPAF: Asia Central Europe International Performance Art Meeting 2003, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland. Curator: Seiji Shimoda

Chinese Ink in Contemporary Art, National Gallery, Kualalumpur, Malaysia. Curator: xxx xxx

Live International Performance Art, 798 Factory, Beijing, China. Curators: Shu Yang, Wang Chuyu

China-Japan International Performance Art Exchange Project 2003, Chengdu, Xian, Chongqing, China. Curators: Dai Guangyu, Seiji Shimoda

Know White - Preserve Black, Chengdu, China. Curator: Dai Guangyu

 

2002

Fruitfulness - Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing Agriculture Hall,

Beijing, China. Curator: Gao Minglu

First Chinese Art Triennial, Guangzhou Art Museum, Guangzhou, China. Curators: Li Xiaoshan, Peng De

Friday's Voice - Performance & Poetry Exchange, Chengdu Eastern Centre, Chendu, China. Curator: Dai Guangyu

Daydream, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China. Curator: Zhu Tong

Mushroom Cloud or Utopia, Old Suzhou River Warehouse, Shanghai, China. Curator: Huang Kui

7th Platform of Asian Performance Art (PAPA)－Nippon International Performance Art Festival (NIPAF), Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Nagano, Japan. Curator: Seiji Shimoda

 

2001

Physical Resources and Objects, Hong Kong Art Commune, Hong Kong. Curator: Gu Zhenqing

Dialogo, Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Mantova Museum, Mantova, Italy. Curator: Zhao Shuli

Dialogo－Other Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Chiesa Santa Teresa dei Maschi, Bari, Italy. Curator: Zhao Shuli

Chinese Festival -Touring Art Exhibition, Faust Museum, Hannover, Germany. Curator: Harro Schmidt

Top Bottom Left Right, Chengdu Museum of Modern Art, Chengdu, China. Curator: Zhang Yingchuan

Crossroads, Chengdu Museum of Modern Art, Chengdu, China. Curators: Li Xianting, Liu Jiakun

Turning 360 Degrees - Contemporary China Art Archive Exhibition, Shanghai Mountain Art Space, Shanghai, China. Curator: Wang Lin

April Virtual Future, Guangdong Art Gallery, Guangzhou, China. Curator: Gu Zhenqing

Chinese Glamours - Conceptual Images, Chinese Arts Centre, Bankok, Thailand. Curator: Gu Zhenqing

Holding White, Chengdu Imperial Academy, Chengdu, China. Curators: Dai Guangyu, Zhou Chunya

Second Open Festival of International Performance Art, Chengdu, Pengshan, Leshan, China.

February Consider Danger in Safety, Art Action, Guihu, Xindu, China. Curator: Dai Guangyu

January First Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Museum of Modern Art, Chengdu, China.

 

2000

October Heaven Stonehenge, Travelling Art Exhibition, Hannover, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Germany. Curator: Harro Schmidt

August Chinese Glamours - Conceptual Images, East Link Gallery, Shanghai, China.

August Cultural Landscape, Landscape Art Exhibition, Langdao, Guilin, China. Curator: Gu Zhenqing

July Home? Contemporary Art Project Exhibition, Yue Xing Furniture Warehouse, Shanghai, China. Curators: Qiu Zhijie, Wu Meichun

April (People and Animals) Man and Beast, Performance Art Exhibition, Chengdu, China.

January Explaining Water - Keepers of the Waters 4th Art Action, along Minjiang River from Dujiangyan to Chengdu, China. Curator Dai Guangyu

January Turn of the Century 1979-1999 Chinese Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, Chengdu, China. Curator: Liu Xiaochun

 

1999

December Chinese Artists in the World－Installation and Documentary, Hong Kong Art Commune, Hong Kong. Curator: Wang Chunjie

November Three Provinces and Five Cities - Contemporary Art Exhibition, xxx, Chongqing, China. Curator: Wang Lin

August xxxx, xxxx, Shanghai, China. Curators: Zhou Hongxiang, Wang Qiang

July Basement Manuscript, Aoshen Gardens Underground Carpark, Chengdu, China. Curator: Dai Guangyu

April Unusual Ways of Writing, Art Museum of the Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China. Curator: Jin Feng

 

1998

August Preserving Memory, Sichuan Library, Chengdu, China. Curator: Dai Guangyu

 

1997

April-December In the Wild Simultaneous Performance Project, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, China.

November Resources - Life, Keepers of the Waters -Third Art Action, Dujiangyan, China. Curator: Dai Guangyu

October Man in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Old Site of the Chengdu Lacquer Manufacture, Chengdu, China. Curator: Dai Guangyu

 

1996

August Keepers of the Waters－Outdoor Art Performances, Lhasa, China. Curator: Betsy Damon.

August Chengdu Oil Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China.

29 February - 16 June China! Contemporary Painting (China! Zeitgenössische Malerei), Museum of Modern Art (Kunstmuseum), Bonn, Germany. Curators: Dieter Ronte, Walter Smerling

 

1995

August Keepers of the Waters－Outdoor Art Performances, Chengdu, China. Curator Betsy Damon.

March Jangsu Huakan 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China. Organized by Jangsu Huakan（江苏画刊）

 

1993

March-July Inside-Outside: New Chinese Art, Toronto, Canada. Curator: Bruce Parsons

June Dream of China, Exhibition of Paintings, City Hall, Hong Kong. Curator: Gao Ertai

 

1992

October First Biennale of Chinese Art in the 90's, Central Hotel, Guangzhou, China. Curator: Lv Peng; Conferred Award of Excellence.

 

1991

September Dai GuangYu, Wang Fa Lin, Li Ji Xiang; Exhibition of Paintings, Chengdu Art Salon, Chengdu, China. Curator: Dai Guangyu

 

1990

March 000'90 Exhibition of Modern Art, Chengdu Art Salon, Chengdu, China. Curator: Dai Guangyu

 

1989

February China Avant-Garde Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China.

 

1988

October 1988 Southwest Art Exhibition, Sichuan Art Gallery, Chengdu, China. Curator: Lv Peng.

April-August Itinerary Exhibition of Modern Chinese Art, Bonn, Bremen, Frankfurt, Germany. Organized by the Sino-German Friendship Association.

April 88 Star Modern Art Exhibition, Sichuan Art Gallery, Chengdu, China.

 

1986

June Red-Yellow-Blue: Young Artists of Sichuan, Sichuan Art Gallery, Chengdu, China.

 

 

 

Other

 

1986

“红黄蓝画会”成立，任画会常务理事

 

1994

Touring visit to the United States (Washington, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix) as part of the United States Information Agency's (USIA) International Visitor Program

 

Publications

 

Letters & Arts; Associate Edito-in-Chief (Sanlian Books, Shanghai. 1997-present).

Art of the 20th Century, Taschen Verlag, Cologne, 1998.

Chinese Art at the Crossroads, New Art Media, Hong Kong, 2001.