Wu Yuren
Born 1971 in Changzhou, China. Lives and works in New York.
EDUCATION
1994 B.A., Art Department Jiangsu Technology Normal Academy, Changzhou, China
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Wu Yuren: The Truth Is Concrete, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Rome, Italy
2015
Wu Yuren: On Parole, Klein Sun Gallery, New York
2010
Wu Yuren: Some Years, White Box Museum of Art, Beijing
Wu Yuren: It’s Coming!, Tang Contemporary, Hong Kong
2006
Wu Yuren: Man-Made Environment, The Little Gallery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Shuo Shu, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney
2020
Alienation ?, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
2019
Heaven in a Room. Wooden Ceilings in Renaissance Florence and Rome, Uffizi Gallery, Rome, Italy
EXPORT, Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, New York
Present Tense 2019: Task of Remembrance, Chinese Cultural Center Visual Art Center, San Francisco, California
2018
Weightier than Mount Tai, Lighter than a Feather: Human Rights Experience of Chinese Contemporary Art, Bard Campus Center, Bard College, New York
2017
Ideology: Next Generation Art Exhibition of China, Next Generation Art Museum, Beijing
Contemporary Chinese Dissident Art, Shiva Gallery, New York
2015
Not On Site: Absolute Threshold and a Type of Site-Specific Drift, Nanjing University of the Arts Museum, Nanjing, China
2014
Unlived by What is Seen, Galeria Continua, Pace Gallery, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing
The 2nd China-Italia Biennale, 798 Art District, Beijing
Oh My God, Action Space, Heiqiao Action Space, Beijing
2013
Atypical, Gallery Beijing Space, Beijing
Serve the People, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Anti-GMO Food, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing
Heiqiao Night Away, Heiqiao Art District, Beijing
2012
Cell 1, Room 2, Hostel Room, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong
Modern, Gallery Hotel, Beijing
2011
Not Only Taoist Troublemaker, Zajia Lab, Beijing
2010
Anywhere, Bangkok Streets, Bangkok, Thailand
Cold Form, CCC Space, Beijing
Noitulos, 008 Art Zone, Beijing
Anywhere, various locations in China, China
2009
Body Art: New Photography from China, I.D.E.A Space, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
The Home Court: an Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, White Box Museum of Art, Beijing
From 5.8m, Li Space, Beijing
Rave Forum, Li Space, Beijing
Outlaw: The Spring of Caochangdi, Li Space, Beijing
Poetic Graces, a sand factory on the West side of Naixi Village, North Laiguangying Road, Beijing
2008
Hunting Birds, Tang Contemporary Art Center, Beijing
FotoFest 2008, Houston, Texas
Look Like, Vanessa Art Link, Beijing
Deep Pond and Float Chamber, Qinghe Current Art Center, Nanjing, China
We Shall Overcome!, Li Space, Caochangdi, Beijing
Joy, Pax Project Space, Beijing
MV: A Group Installation Show by Six Top Emerging Chinese Artists, MADHOUSE Contemporary, Hong Kong
2007
￥%?…@￥!#饿￥日, Tang Contemporary Art Center, Beijing
China Under Construction: Contemporary Art From The People's Republic, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas
Fragmented Gaze: Video Art from the People's Republic, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas
Festival Performance Pasage de la Paz, Off Ample Espace, Barcelona, Spain
2006
Video-Easy: Video Art from China & Australia, Hart Centre, Beijing
China, Amber Ferrero Gallery, Nice, France
2005
Renovation: Relations of Production, Long March Space, Beijing
Ten Thousand Years, Post-Contemporary City, Beijing
Transparent Box, Jian Wai SOHU, Beijing
2003
Live Action Performance Art Exhibition, 798 Space, Beijing
Second Hand Reality, Today Art Museum, Beijing
DNA Visual Art Exhibition, Nanxin Warehouse, Beijing
Drifting: Contemporary Art Open House, Post Modern Center, Beijing
2002
The 2nd Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
Contemporary Chinese Art, Red Square Gallery, Beijing
N Identity: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Military Museum, Nanjing, China
Dazzle, an unfinished market building in Guangzhou, Guangzhou, China
2001
Knowledge is Power, Xidan Book Emporium, Beijing
China 2001 ‘Dialogue. The Other’ 2002 Italy, Chiesa di Santa Teresa dei Maschi, Bari, Italy
The House of Artists 2001, Art Myth Gallery, Nanjing, China
100 Artistic Faces 1999-2001, Cheng Gallery, Nanjing, China
2000
An Unusual Way of Writing, Nanjing University of the Arts Museum, Nanjing, China
Man and Animal, Qingliangshan Park, Nanjing, China
1998
Floating, Nanjing Normal University Art Gallery, Nanjing, China
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia
Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Uli Sigg Collection, Mauensee, Switzerland
White Box Museum of Art, Beijing
White Rabbit Collection, Sydney, Australia