Tan Ping

Gallery Biography Statement Essay

1960 

Born in Chengde

1984 

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

1984 - 89 

Lecturer, Printmaking Dept., CAFA

1989 - 94 

Won the West German Cultural Exchange Scholarship Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienste (DAAD)  Master of Arts and Degree of 'Meisterschule', Free Art Department, Berlin Art University

1994 

Lecturer, Design Department, CAFA

1999 

Director of the Design Department, CAFA

2003 

Deputy Chancellor, Professor, CAFA   

 

Solo Exhibitions  

2012

Line, National Art Museum (NAMOC), Beijing

2010 

Tan Ping at 50, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing

2009 

Tan Ping Art, Yun Gallery, Beijing

2008 

Tan Ping Art, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen  

Tan Ping Art, Today Art Museum, Beijing  

Tan Ping Art, Lin & Keng Gallery, Beijing

2007 

Tan Ping Art, Studio Rouge Gallery, Shanghai

2005 

Tan Ping Art, NAMOC  

Tan Ping Art, Red Gate Gallery

2004 

New Woodcuts, Alexander Ochs Gallery, Berlin

2003 

New Woodcuts, Red Gate Gallery

2000 

Black / White Time, Red Gate Gallery  

New Etchings, Asian Fine Arts Warehouse, Berlin

1999 

Recent Etchings, Red Gate Gallery  

Black / White World - Tan Ping Etching, Asian Fine Arts Warehouse, Berlin

1998 

New Etchings, Red Gate Gallery

1997 

Recent Etchings, Red Gate Gallery

1996 

Recent Etchings, Red Gate Gallery

1995 

Introducing Tan Ping, Red Gate Gallery

1994 

Christof Weber Gallery, Berlin 

Beijing Contemporary Art Gallery

1993

 Moench Gallery, Berlin

1991 

Moench Gallery, Berlin  

City Hall, Germering Gallery, Munich   

 

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 

National Art Museum, Beijing

2009 

ReGroup: New Opportunities in a New Climate, Red Gate Gallery

2008 

Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm  

Alexander Ochs Gallery, Berlin  

Red Gate Stars, Red Gate Gallery  

NAMOC, Beijing 

White Space Gallery, Beijing

2007 

Susanne Ottesen Gallery, Denmark 

Schreier Von Metternich Gallery, Germany

Tan Ping and Li Lei, Danish Cultural Centre

2006 

Tan Ping Works, Today Art Museum, Beijing  

To the Watchtower: Red Gate Gallery’s 15th Anniversary

2004 

Etchings, White Space, Beijing

2002 

Contemporary Chinese Printmaking, Red Gate Gallery

2001 

Square Studio, Shanghai Art Museum  

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

Contemporary Chinese Works of Excellence, Shanghai Arts Centre

1999 

Square Studio, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Center, Bonn  

Square Studio, Shenzhen Art Museum

1998 

Retake: A Selection Reviewing Red Gate Artists’ Signature Works, Red Gate Gallery 

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

1997 

Three Printmakers from CAFA, Red Gate Gallery

1996 

Kunst Haus, Berlin  

Lufthansa Centre, Frankfurt  

Red Gate Gallery 5th Anniversary  

Chinese Abstraction – Tan Ping - Ding Yi – Qin Yifeng in Conjunction with

Oblique Travelers, Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne; Annandale Galleries, Sydney

Beijing – Berlin, German Embassy, Beijing

1995 

Making Their Mark – Works on Paper, Meridian Gallery, Melbourne; Wan Fung Art Gallery, Beijing

1994 

Christof Weber Gallery

1993 

Moench Gallery, Berlin

1992 

Christof Weber Gallery

1991 

Germering Gallery, Munich

1990 

9 - 9 Gallery, Berlin

1989 

Lommel Gallery, Leverkusen, Germany

1988 

European and Asian Culture and Art Centre, Paris

1985 

NAMOC, Beijing