1949

Wang Keping  王克平   was born in Hebei province, near Beijing, in China.

1978

First, he was an actor, then a factory worker and he wrote screenplays.

As they are always rejected by the censure, he turned to sculpture to express

his revolt, and began to use the salvaged wood.

He joined the group Xingxing, Stars,* first vanguard atistic movement  in China. 

1979

He participated in the first unauthorised exhibition on the fence of the park fence

adjoigning the National museum of Beijing. The exhibition was soon repressed.

His provocative sculptures are noticed by the public, including :

Idol representing the face of Mao on the Buddha.

Silence, head seeing only one eye, and mouth closed, will bee on the front page of

1980

The group was allowed to exhibit in the Huafangzai Pavilion.

1984

As the repression returned, he left China for France. He settled in Paris.

He continued to work with wood, following its natural forms, but he abandoned

political subjects for a major theme: the representation of the female body.

1986

First exhibition at the Zurich gallery in Paris. 

From then on, his reputation became international: China, United States,Europe,

Japan,Taiwan, exhibited his works.

2010

The Zadkine Museum in Paris, exhibited la chair des forêts.

He lives and works in Paris  France.

* The main members of the Stars group were : Huang Rui, Ma Desheng, Yan Li, Qu Leilei

Mao Lizi, Bo Yun, Zhong Acheng, Yang Yiping, Ai Weiwei , Li Shuang and Wang Keping,

Danièle Sicard

1986

Galerie Zürcher Paris  France

1987

Art Waves Gallery New York  United States

1990

Monte Gallery Tokyo Japan

1991

Galerie Zürcher Paris  France

1993

Chinese Modern Art Centre Osaka  Japan

1996

Ethan Cohenn Gallery New York   United States

1997

Alisan Fine Arts Hong Kong China

1999

Galerie Jacques Barrère Paris  France

2002

22.11 11.01 10 Wang Keping Chancery Lane Gallery Hong Kong China

2004

30.11 29.01 10 Wang Keping Chancery Lane Gallery Hong Kong  China

2005

Galerie Grand siècle Taipei  Taiwan

2006

Galerie Zürcher Paris  France

2006

25.05 01.07 Wang Keping 10 Chancery Lane Gallery Hong Kong  China

2007

Galerie Lases Paris  France

2008

25.10 23.11 Wang Keping Oeuvres 1979-2006 He Xiangning Museum Shenzhen  China

2009

26.03 30.04 10 Chancery Lane Gallery Hong Kong  China

2009

Galerie Loft Paris France

2010

01.04 12.09 La Chair des forêts Zadkine Museum Paris  France

2011

Eternal smile 10 Chancery Lane Gallery Hong Kong  China

2011

Eternal smile Galerie Magda Danysz Paris  France

2011

19.05 30.06 All Smiles 18 Gallery Shanghai China

2013

08.05 07.07 Women Zürcher Studio New York  United States

2013

2015

05 02 28.03 Wang Keping 10 Chancery Lane Gallery Hong Kong  China

2017

26.04 04.06 Birds, Harmony of the Forest  10 Chancery Lane Gallery Hong Kong  China

2018

26.01 21.03 Simplicité, Nature, Sensualité Nathalie Obadia Gallery Brussels  Belgium

2018

09.11 29.12 Sculptures sculptées  Nathalie Obadia Gallery Brussels  Belgium

2019

14.03 11.05 Stars Forever Stars 10 Chancery Lane Gallery Hong Kong  China

1983

Painting the Chinese Dream 30 Years after the Revolution Brooklyn Museum New York

United States

1989

Tian An Men, je me souviens Centre Pompidou Paris France

1989

The Stars : 10 years Hanart Gallery Hong Kong China

1992

Sculptures City Hall Paris  France

1988

Vision 2000 Museum Stuttgart  Germany

1989

The Stars 20 years - Demand for Artistic Freedom Tokyo Galerie Tokyo Japan

2008

At the New Century, 1979-1999- China Contemporary Art's Works  Contemporary Art Museum

Chengdu China

2008

China without Borders Goedhuis Contemporary Gallery New York  United States

2008

Chine, le Corps Partout ? Contemporary Art Museum Marseille France

2008

Body and Nature Marlborough Gallery  New York  United States

2008

Museum Bern  Switzerland

2008

China Contemporary Art :the long march of the Avant-Garde Contemporary Art Museum Genova  

Switzerland

2008

Origin Point - The Stars 30 years Today Art Museum Beijing  China

2008

18.06 13.10 China Gold Maillol Museum Paris  France

2011

Art Paris Paris France

2012

Art Paris Paris France

2012

Art HK Hong Kong China

2013

Art HK Hong Kong China

2013

03.09 21.09 Xing Xing - Wang Keping - Ma Desheng Galerie Magda Danysz Paris  France

2015

13.03 30.05 Black and White Cats Wang Keping - Huang Rui 10 Chancery Lane Gallery

Hong Kong  China

2016

31.03 03.04 Art  Paris Paris France

2016

• Figures  Modern Art Museum  Georges Pompidou Centre Paris France

2016

M+ Sigg Collection：Four Decades of Chinese Contemporary Art  M+Museum Hong-Kong

2016

China Black, Zao Wouki, Wang Keping  Aktis Gallery London  United Kingdom

2018

Turning Point - 40 years of Chinese Contemporary Art  Long Museum, Shanghai  China

2018

BIS  Biennial International of Sculpture  St Paul de Vence  France

2019

STARS 星星 1979  OCAT Institute Beijing  China

2019

Les Étoiles 1979-2019 - Pionniers de l’art contemporain en Chine Maison du Voyage Paris  France

Wang Keping                                                                                       https://www.wangkeping.com/fr/    

Galerie Jacques Barrère  Paris                                                       www.artasie;com   

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