 Artist's arttributes:
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Works on Paper, Drawing, Installation, Performance |
Most exhibitions in: |
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| USA | 32 |
| Japan | 20 |
| France | 12 |
| Italy | 12 |
| China | 8 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, France |
5 |
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Art Tower Mito ATM, Japan |
4 |
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Watari-Um - Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan |
3 |
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Site Santa Fe, USA |
3 |
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Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Japan |
3 |
Biography: 
1957 Born in Quanzhou, Fujian (CN)
Lives and works since 1995 in New York, NY (US)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 141
Solo shows 36
2012
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| Cai Guo-qiang: Sky Ladder - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA |
2011
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| Cai guo-qiang: saraab - MATHAF - Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha |
2010
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| Resplandor y Soledad - Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo - MUAC, Mexico City |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On - National Museum of Singapore, Singapore |
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| Travels in the Mediterranean - MAMAC - Musee d´Art Moderne et d`Art Contemporain Nice, Nice |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang : Peasant Da Vincis - Rockbund Art Museum (RAM), Shanghai |
2009
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| Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms - Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms - The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA |
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| Hanging Out in the Museum - Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang: Quiero creer - Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao |
2008
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| The 7th Hiroshima Art Prize Cai Guo-Qiang - Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima |
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| I Want to Believe - National Art Museum of China - NAMOC, Beijing |
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| Everything is Museum - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY |
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| Cai Guo Qiang - I want to believe - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY |
2006
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| Searching for Dreams in the Canals - Suzhou Museum, Suzhou |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - - Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (closed, 2013) |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - Long Scroll - National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang. Stage - Galleria Continua - San Gimignano, San Gimignano |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - Innopportune - Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM |
2005
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - Life Beneath the Shadow - Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (Scotland) |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang: Ghosts - Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (Scotland) |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - Paradise - Zacheta - National Gallery of Art, Warsaw |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia |
2004
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| Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune - Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art - MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA |
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| Directions - Cai Guo-Qiang - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - Traveler: Reflection - Freer and Sackler Galleries - The Smithsonian's Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC |
2003
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| Cai Guo-Qiang An Explosion Event: Light Cycle over Central Park - Asia Society and Museum, New York City, NY |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang / Matrix 204 - Macromatrix For Your Pleasure - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - An Arbitrary History - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
2002
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - Ethereal Flowers - Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Trento |
2001
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| Cai Guo-qiang : An Arbitrary History - Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - CAG - Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
2000
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
1999
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| Cai Guo-Qiang - I am the Y2K Bug - Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquartier), Vienna |
1997
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| Contemporary Currents – Cai Guo-Qiang: Cultural Melting Bath: Project for the 20th Century - Queens Museum of Art (QMA), New York City, NY |
1994
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| Chaos - Cai Guo Qiang - Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo |
Group shows 105
2012
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| Le Temps de l´action / Acte II - Villa Arson, Nice |
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| Explosion! - Painting in Action - Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
2011
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| Windflower, Perceptions of Nature - Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo |
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| LE TEMPS DE L'ACTION / Acte 1 - Villa Arson, Nice |
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| Regress/Progess - Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw |
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| WATER, FIRE and EARTH the source of creativity - Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto - CAMK, Kumamoto |
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| Electric Nights - Laboral - Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón |
2010
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| China Power Station - Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin |
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| Aichi Triennal 2010 - Arts and Cities - Aichi Triennal, Nagoya |
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| XIV Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara - Biennale di Sculture di Carrara, Carrara |
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| Alpha Omega - Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens |
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| 17th Biennale of Sydney - The Beauty and the Distance - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
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| Clouds：Power of Asian Contemporary Art - Soka Art Center - Beijing, Beijing |
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| Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art - Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai |
2009
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| 4. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken |
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| HELLWACH GEGENWÄRTIG - MARTa Herford, Herford |
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| "stages" - Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin - Paris, Paris |
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| In-finitum - Museo Fortuny, Venice |
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| The China Project - Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD |
2008
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| Prospect.1 New Orleans - Prospect New Orleans, New Orleans, LA |
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| AVANT-GARDE CHINA: Twenty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art - The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo |
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| Fluxion Stars - Triumph Art Space, Beijing |
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| God & Goods - Villa Manin. Centro d'arte contemporanea, Codroipo (UD) |
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| Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art - Barbican Art Gallery, London (England) |
2007
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| A selection from the collection of contemporary art - Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo |
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| Chinese Relativity:Part 2 - Stux Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art from GuangDong Museum of Art - The Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, Guangdong |
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| MADE in CHINA - the Estella collection - The Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
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| Summer Exhibition - Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa |
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| Light Passage - Cai Guo-Qiang & Shiseido - Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo |
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| Hunter and Gatherer - Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe |
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| Out of Time - A Contemporary View - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| MADE in CHINA - the Estella collection - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk |
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| 6 Billion Perps Held Hostage! Artists Address Global Warming - The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg, PA |
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| Speed 3: Contrarreloj (Against the clock) - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia |
2006
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| Captured Wind Arrested Shadow: Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Hwai-min's Wind Shadow - Eslite Gallery, Taipei |
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| Chinese Relativity - Stux Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| hu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art - China Institute, New York City, NY |
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| 3. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken |
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| Eldorado - MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg |
2005
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| Made for this World - Contemporary Art and the Places We Build - Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD |
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| "Translation" - Palais de Tokyo, Paris |
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| Licht und Schatten - MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg |
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| (my private) Heroes - MARTa Herford, Herford |
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| Japanese, Korean and Chinese Art - BTAP (Beijing Tokyo Art Projects) - Tokyo, Tokyo |
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| Trading Place - Contemporary Art Museum - MOCA Taipei, Taipei |
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| Interessi Zero - Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Trento |
2004
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| Past in Reserve: COntemporary Art of East Asia - San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA |
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| 26° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
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| CAFE in Mito 2004 - Art Tower Mito ATM, Mito |
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| Everything is Connected, he, he, he - Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo |
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| All under heaven - China now! - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
2003
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| Happiness - A Survival Guide for Art and Life - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| The Heroic Century: The Museum of Modern Art Masterpieces, 200 Paintings & Sculp - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX |
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| THE GIFT: Generous Offerings, Threatening Hospitality - Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON |
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| Pulse: Art, Healing, and Transformation - ICA - Institute of Contemporary ArtBoston, Boston, MA |
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| The Gift - Generous Offerings, Threatening Hospitality - Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL |
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| Apparition - The Action of Appearing - Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (England) |
2002
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| Apparition, the action of appearing - Arnolfini, Bristol (England) |
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| Ce qui arrive - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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| Unknown Quantitiy by Paul Virilio - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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| La Biennale de Montréal 2002 - Biennale de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| OPEN / INVITED e v+ a 2002 - ev+a, Limerick |
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| Art That Heals - Apexart, New York City, NY |
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| THE GIFT: Generous Offerings, Threatening Hospitality - Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - SMoCA, Scottsdale, AZ |
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| THE GIFT - Generous Offerings, Threatening Hospitality - Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), New York City, NY |
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| Malerei ohne Malerei - Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Leipzig |
2001
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| Forms Follows Fiction - Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin |
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| Yokohama 2001 - International Triennale of Contemporary Art - Yokohama Triennale, Tokyo |
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| I Bienal de Valencia - The Body of Art - Bienal de Valencia, Valencia |
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| il Dono - SMS Contemporanea, ex Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena |
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| Locus Focus - Sonsbeek 2001 - Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem - MMKA, Arnhem |
2000
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| 2000 Shanghai Biennale - Spirit of Shanghai - Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai |
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| 1. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken |
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| Kunstmuseum Bonn - Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn |
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| 5e Biennale de Lyon - Partage d'exotismes - La Biennale de Lyon, Lyon |
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| La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire - Académie de France à Rome - Villa Médicis, Rome |
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| 12th Biennale of Sydney 2000 - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
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| Over The Edges - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
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| Whitney Biennial 2000 - Whitney Biennial, New York City, NY |
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| Outbound - Passages from the 90's - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1999
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| Inside Out: New Chinese Art - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT3) - Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, QLD |
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| Third International Biennial Exhibition: Looking For A Place - Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM |
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| SITE Santa Fe's Third International Biennial - Looking for a place - SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, NM |
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| 1 monde réel (1 real world) - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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| 48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| Passage - I Love Art 5 - Watari-Um - Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
1998
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| Inside Out: New Chinese Art - Asia Society and Museum, New York City, NY |
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| to the Living Room - Watari-Um - Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
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| Taipei Biennial 1998 - Site of desire - Taipei Biennial, Taipei |
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| Global Vision: new art from the 90's (Part I,II,III) - Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens |
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| Performance Anxiety - Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM |
1997
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| Cities on the move - Wiener Secession, Vienna |
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| 5. International İstanbul Biennial - International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul |
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| 47th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| Art Scene 90-96--Contemporary Art Center, ATM Second Phase - Art Tower Mito ATM, Mito |
1996
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| 23° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Apt2 - Asia-pacific Triennial Of Contemporary Art - Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, QLD |
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| Interzones - Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala |
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| Report from the johannesburg Biennale - Watari-Um - Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
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| Interzones - Kunstforeningen GL Strand, Copenhagen |
1994
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| Mito Annual '94: Open System - Art Tower Mito ATM, Mito |
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| Open System 94 - Art Tower Mito ATM, Mito |
1993
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| Azur - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
| Dealer Directory 7 |
China
| | Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing
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| | Chambers Fine Art - Beijing, Beijing
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Italy
| | Galleria Continua - San Gimignano, San Gimignano
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Japan
| | BTAP (Beijing Tokyo Art Projects) - Tokyo, Tokyo
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USA
| | Chambers Fine Art - New York, New York City, NY
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Australia
| | Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
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Belgium
| | SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
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Brazil
| | MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador
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China
| | Long March Space, Beijing
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| | The Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, Guangdong
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Denmark
| | Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
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France
| | Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon
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| | Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
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| | Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
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Germany
| | Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
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| | Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn
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Japan
| | FAAM - Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka
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| | Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki
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| | Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Naoshima
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| | Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Saitama
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| | Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), Tokyo
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| | Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
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Luxembourg
| | MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
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Netherlands
| | Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
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Norway
| | Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo
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Sweden
| | Moderna Museet, Stockholm
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Taiwan
| | National Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung
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United Kingdom
| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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USA
| | Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
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| | The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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| | MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
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| | Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
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| | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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