Zhou Jirong

Gallery Biography Statement Essay

1962

Born in Xin'an, Guizhou

1987

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

Present

Vice Professor, Deputy Head of Printmaking Dept., CAFA

 

Solo Exhibitions

2011

Twilight City – Zhou Jirong New Works on Paper, Red Gate Gallery

2010

Zhou Jirong Print Exhibition, Belgrade Serbia

2009

Zhou Jirong Print Exhibition, Cambridge, UK

2008

Fantastic City, Red Gate Gallery

2006

Shadowland, Red Gate Gallery

2004

Illusion, Red Gate Gallery

2002

Mirage, Red Gate Gallery

1998

Zhou Jirong, Red Gate Gallery

1997

Time • Space • Memory – New Prints by Zhou Jirong, Red Gate Gallery

1996

Art from the East, Salamanca University, Salamanca, Spain

Zhou Jirong, Concha Marquez Gallery, Madrid

1994

The City: Between the Old and the New, Red Gate Gallery

1993

CAFA Gallery, Beijing

 

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

Being here – Audio And Visual Experience – Works From the China Printmaking Workshop Alliance 2010, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen

2009

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

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

2008

Silk and Sand – Contemporary Printworks of China and Australia, New South Wales, Australia

Chinese Contemporary Printworks, Berlin

Art Olympic Games, Beijing

Red Gate Stars, Red Gate Gallery

Different Perspectives, Red Gate Gallery

2nd International Printworks Tour, Beijing, Korea, Canada, USA

2007

Seoul International Printworks Fair, Seoul Art Centre 

11th International Printmaking Biennial 2006, Canada

2006

To the Watchtower – Red Gate Gallery's 15th Anniversary, Red Gate Gallery

Constructed Winds, Dashanzi International Art Festival, 798 / Beijing

2003

1st Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Gallery of China (NAGC), Beijing 

Beijing International Prints Biennale, Beijing

Calendar of Contemporary Printmaking, Philip Hayden Foundation Fundraiser, Red Gate Gallery

2002

Golden Harvest, Zagreb, Croatia

Chinese Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia

West, North, East, South – China, Oslo, Beijing

Square Studio, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou

Century Spirit: 50 Chinese Contemporary Artists, Beijing

2001

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

Eastern Wind, Norway

Eastern Art, Norway

China / Japan Prints Exchange, Japan

2000

Macao International Prints, Macao

Qingdao International Prints, Qingdao

1999

Square Studio, Shenzhen Art Museum

Art From China: Square Studio, Berlin

Through Art to See China Today, The Tree of Life, Qing Ping Gallery, Boston

1998

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

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

Square Studio, Beijing International Art Palace

1997

Three Printmakers from CAFA, Red Gate Gallery

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

China's Contemporary Printmaking, Portland Art Museum, USA

Research of Asian Printmaking, Hokkaido, Japan

1996

Red Gate Gallery 5th Anniversary, Red Gate Gallery

1995

Change – China Modern Art, Switzerland

1994

New Art From China – Post '89, Marlborough Fine Art Gallery, London

Sino – Japanese Art, Hiroshima, Japan 

8th National Works of Excellence, NAGC, Beijing

1993

20th Century – China, NAGC, Beijing

1991

I Don't Want to Play Cards with Cezanne, Asia Pacific Museum, California, USA

Beijing – Taipei, Modern Print, CAFA, Beijing

New Generation Art, NAGC, Beijing

1989

23rd International Contemporary Art, Monaco

Young Mainland Printmakers, Taipei

7th National Fine Arts, NAGC, Beijing

3rd Asian Art Biennial, Bangladesh

1988

China Modern Art, New York Modern Art Expo, New York

1987

Beijing Print Biennial, NAGC, Beijing