Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Xu Weixin  徐唯辛

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Xu Weixin

 
 

徐唯辛

 
     
 

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Professor and Former Dean at the School of Arts at Renmin University, Beijing, China.
Member of the executive committee of the Association of Painting  Association.
Member of the Chinese Artists .Association

 

1958

Xu Weixin 徐唯辛 was born in Ulumuqi, Xinjiang Province, China.

 

 

1981

He obtained his BA from the Academy of Fine Arts of Xian.

 

 

1987

He graduated MFA from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts.

   

2007

He won the prize of the most influential participant in the art of China : A.A.C.

  ( Award of Art of China )
   
 

He became famous thanks to his series of portraits Chinese History Figures 1966 – 1976,

 

where victims and perpetrators, famous and unknown characters formed the collective

 

memory of this period.

   

2009

Yale University awarded him the Outstanding Achievement in Art in recognition of his work.

   

2016

For his first major exhibition in the United States, he presented his series monumental

 

portraits, composed of Miners Portraits and Chinese History Figures 1966 - 1976.

 

Through their poignant realism, the artist wanted to draw our attention to the difficult

 

working conditions of miners and the turbulence of this revolutionary period.

   
  He lives and works in Beijing  China.
   
 

Danièle Sicard

   

 

 

 

Collections   selection

 

China

Beijing

Chevron Corporate Collection

Beijing

NAMOC National Art Museum Of China

Shandong

Heaven, Earth and Man’s Museum

Singapore

Singapore

Standard Chartered Bank

United Kingdom

London

Standard Chartered Bank

   
 

Solo exhibitions  selection

   

2007

Song of Workers Museum of Art  Shanghai  China

2007

Song of Workers My Humble House Art Gallery Taipei  Taiwan

2007

18.11 02.12 Chinese Historical Figures: 1966-1976 Today Art Museum Beijing  China

2008

Portraits of Emptiness – Xu Weixin’sNarrative of Post-Maoist China ChinaSquare New York

 

United States

2010

Figures Art Museum Wuhan  China

2012

Renminbi: Faces of China and Currency of Images Harvard University Cambridge  United States

2012

Seven Miners University of Chicago Center in Beijing  China

2016

19.02 29.05 Monumental Portraits Musée de l'Université du Michigan Ann Arbor  États-Unis

   
 

expositions collectives  sélection

   

2005

From this side to the other side - International Photography Festival Pingyao  China  

2005

Along the river : 1976-2005 Beijing Oil painting retrospect ive exhibition National Museum of  Art

 

Beijing  China

2006

3rd Biennial Millenium Monument Beijing  China  

2006

Modern Art in China Asian Gallery Tokyo  Japan

2007

Grassroots Humanity  Contemporary Art Museum Beijing  China

2007

Dialogue of Images National Museum Beijing  China

2007

Fusion and creation Chinese renowned oil Painters Capital Museum Beijing  China

2009

The fifth Anniversary Exhibition of China Realism School National Museum of China

2012

4th Triennial of Guangzhou  Guangdong Museum  Guangzhou  China
   

 
 

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 Xu Weixin  徐唯辛

 
 

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