Su Xinping Lithographs

Gallery Biography Statement Essay

1960   

Born in Jining, Inner Mongolia

1977-79  

Army Service

1983

Graduated from Tianjin Institute of Fine Arts, majored in Painting and Printmaking

Instructor, Dept. of Fine Arts of Inner Mongolia Teachers College

1989

Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing, 

Masters Degree in Printmaking

1998

Freeman Fellowship and Residency, Vermont Studio Center, USA

Workshops at Elam School of Fine Arts, Wanganui Polytechnic, Dunedin

1999

Polytechnic School of Fine Arts, School of Art Lithography 

Lectured at Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand

Present

Deputy Professor, Deputy Head of Printmaking, CAFA

 

Solo Exhibitions

2009

Toasting, Red Mansion Foundation, London

2008

Toasting, Xin Beijing Art Gallery, Beijing

Toasting, China Square Gallery, New York

Toasting, Dolores De Sierra Gallery, Madrid

Toasting - works by Su Xinping (2005 - 2008), He Xiangning Art Museum

2007

Landscapes, Today Art Museum, Beijing

2006

Su Xinping, Singapore Tyler Print Institute

2005

Su Xinping, Red Gate Gallery

Su Xinping Portrait Works, NAMOC

2002           

Paintings by Su Xinping, Ling Nan Museum, Guangzhou

Su Xinping, Portland Art Gallery, Cleveland, USA

2001

Flanders Contemporary Art Gallery

2000    

Outer Appearance and Inner Mindscape, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore

Inner Spirit, Red Gate Gallery

1999

Untitled, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Octagon, New Zealand

Lithographs, Dunedin Community Art Gallery, New Zealand  

Hope: Recent Paintings, Flanders Contemporary Art Gallery Minneapolis

Su Xinping Works, 3.14 Gallery, Oslo, Norway

Su Xinping Printing, Wallace Art Trust Art Museum, Auckland, Community Art Museum, New Zealand

1998   

Comrade Series, Red Gate Gallery

Recent Lithographs, Exhibition, Workshop and Lecture, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore

Mongolia in Transition, White Lotus Gallery, Eugene, Oregon, USA    

1997          

Sea of Desires, Red Gate Gallery    

Su Xinping, Chinese Contemporary, London  

Mamalieres, Museum of Contemporary Art, Paris

1996         

A Decade of Printmaking, Red Gate Gallery

1995      

Recent Lithographs, Red Gate Gallery 

LKF the Gallery, Hong Kong  

Fire Station Gallery, Sydney

Kiang Gallery, Atlanta

1994     

Seton Hall University, New Jersey

1993            

Fire Station Gallery

Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, USA

Su Xinping, Red Gate Gallery

Su Xinping, Yellow River Gallery, New York

1992

Su Xinping, NAMOC, Beijing

Su Xinping, Red Gate Gallery

1991       

Su Xinping Lithographs, Shanghai Art Museum

1990    

Su Xinping at Gallery 13, Hong Kong

 

Group Exhibitions

2012

Two Generations – 20 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, 2012 Australian Tour: City of Sydney Chinese New Year; Manning Regional Gallery; Damien Minton Gallery; University of Newcastle Gallery; Melbourne International Fine Arts (MiFA); Linton & Kay, Perth

2011

20 Years – Two Generations of Artists at Red Gate, island6 Art Center, Shanghai

20 Years – Two Generations of Artists at Red Gate, Red Gate Gallery

2010

Asian Art Biennale, Bengal

2009

Evidence, AYE Gallery, Beijing

Yi Pai – Century Thinking, Today Art Museum, Beijing

First Contemporary China Engraving Academic Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing

Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu.

2008

Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai

Red Gate Stars, Red Gate Gallery

2006

China Today Art Exhibition, NAMOC

Red Gate Gallery 15th Anniversary

2005      

11th India International Triennial, India

Wall – Chinese Contemporary Art, Beijing Millennium Art Museum;

UB Anderson Gallery, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York

2004

Cinesi – Artisti Fra tradizione e Presente, Italy

2003

New Generation and Post – Revolution, China Blue Gallery, Beijing

An Opening Era – 40th Anniversary of the Founding of CAFA, CAFA

Chinese Art Today, China Millennium Monument Art Museum, Beijing

1st Beijing International Art Biennale, NAMOC, Beijing

2002

Guangzhou Chinese Artists Triennial, Guangzhou Art Museum

2001

China Art Now!, Singapore Art Museum

Clues to the Future – Red Gate Gallery’s 10th Anniversary

1st Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum

2000

Inside Out: New Chinese Art, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, HongKong Museum

1999

Urban Yearnings: Portraits of Contemporary China by Liu Qinghe, Su Xinping and Zhang Yajie, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco

Inside Out: New Chinese Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

China 1999, Limn Gallery, San Francisco

Square Studio, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Center, Bonn, Germany

Square Studio, Shenzhen Art Museum

Tree of Life, Qingping Gallery, Boston

1998

In & Out Contemporary Chinese Art from China and Australia, Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmania School of the Arts, Hobart

Faces and Bodies of the Middle Kingdom, Galerie Otso, Espoo, Finland

Eastern Approaches, Brunel University, UK

Inside Out: New Chinese Art, Asia Society Galleries, New York

Retake: A Selection Reviewing Red Gate Artists’ Signature Works, Curated by Carolyn Fitzpatrick, Red Gate Gallery

Political Pop Art Works from China, Max Protetch Gallery, New York

1st Exhibition of Square Studio, International Art Palace Gallery, Beijing

Chinese in Verduno City, Art Inside the Castle, Italy

Chinese New Art, Asian Association Museum, New York, PSI Museum 

1997     

Three Printmakers from CAFA, Red Gate Gallery

World Prints Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, Oregon

In & Out – Contemporary Chinese Art of the Mainland & Diaspora, Australia

Faces and Bodies of the Middle Kingdom, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague

New Art from China, Flanders Gallery, San Francisco

World Triennial of Prints, Paris

New Art from China, Marco Polo Gallery, USA

4thTriennale Mondiale d’ Estampes Petit Format, Chamalieres, Auvergne France

8th International Biennial Print & Drawing, Taipei Fine Arts Museum

In & Out Contemporary Chinese Art from China & Australia, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne; Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia

1996

People’s Progress – 20th Century Chinese Woodcuts, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Contemporary Chinese Prints, Portland Art Museum, Oregon

Asia Print Art Festival, Pusan Cultural Centre, Korea

1995

Chinese Avant – Garde, Art Museum of Gothenburg, Sweden

Chinese Contemporary Art, Meridian Gallery, Australia

1993

Painter's Den, International Art Palace Gallery, Beijing

6th International Biennial of Prints and Drawing in Taiwan, Taipei Fine Arts Museum

Nominating Exhibition, UNESCO, International Art Palace, Beijing

Taiwan International Invitational Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa, Japan

1992

Modern Chinese Prints, Rome

1991

Sapporo International Print Biennial Exhibition, Sapporo, Japan

World Triennial of Small Prints, Museum of Modern Art, France

Osaka International Prints Triennial Exhibition, Osaka, Japan

1990

New Works by New Chinese Artists, NAMOC

Prints from Four Asian Countries, Chiba Art Gallery, Japan

1989   

China Avant-Garde, NAMOC

Modern Chinese Prints, Shanghai Art Gallery

 

Awards

2005

Singapore Tyler Print Institute – Visiting Artists Program

1998      

Scholarship for Vermont Artists In-Residency, USA

1994  

Excellence Prize, China Art Expo, Guangzhou

Excellence Prize, Shenzhen Art Expo    

Silver Medal, 12th National Exhibition of Prints, Guangzhou

1993

Nominated as candidate for UNESCO Award for the Promotion of Arts

1992    

Excellence Prize, 20th Century- China Exhibition, NAMOC

1991

Outstanding Prize, Beijing Taipei Exhibition of Contemporary Prints, CAFA

Excellence Prize, World Triennial of Small Prints, Museum of Modern 

Art, France

1989

Bronze Medal, 11th National Exhibition of Prints, CAFA