Fang Lijun
Born in 1963 in Handan, China, Fang Lijun received his formal training at the Fine Art Academy of Beijing where he studied printmaking. Fang Lijun has held almost 40 solo exhibitions in major art museum in both East and the West. His participation includes the Venice Biennale and Sǎo Paulo Biennial, and his works are collected by MoMA ( The Museum of Modern Art, USA ), Centre de G. Pompidou (France), The National Gallery of Australia (Australia), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (USA), Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst (Germany), CP Foundation (Indonesia), Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Japan), Shanghai Art Museum (China), Guangdong Art Museum (China), He Xiangning Art Museum (China), as well as other major art collection agencies and private collectors. For his outstanding influence in the realm of art, Fang lijun has been invited as a visiting professor in more than 20 universities.
Part of the core group of artists who make up the 1990s movement termed ‘Cynical Realism’. Fang Lijun is well aware that his body of work is a unique consequence of the prevailing socio-political conditions of modern China. By titling his works after the year that they were made, Fang allows his works to stand for themselves, and avoid sinking the works down with ancillary ideas and concepts. Although his prints often feature groups of people, the focus is on the solitude of the individual, who must confront the overwhelming sense of social oppression exerted by the authority. This dark social reality is belied by the colourful and seemingly joyful aspect of his works.
Artworks
Biography
Born
Handan, Hebei Province, China, 1963
Education
1972–1980
Railroad School, Handan, Hebei province
1980–1983
Hebei Light Industry College, Ceramic Art Studies
1985–1989
Graduate at Print Dept. the Central Institute of Fine Arts, Beijing
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
The Light of Dust, Macao Museum of Art, Macao, China
2022
Wonderland — Fang Lijun Ink Painting, Xi’an Art Museum, Xi’an, China
2021
Fang Lijun’s Woodcuts, Hunan Museum, Hunan, China
2019
Fang Lijun Solo Exhibition, Redbrick Art Museum, Beijing, China
2019
Fang Lijun Solo Exhibition, Suzhou Museum, Suzhou, China
2017
Fang Lijun Solo Exhibition, Arario Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2016
Fang Lijun Solo Exhibition, Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China
2014
Fang Lijun Solo Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale, Jingdezhen, China
2021
Local Individuals, Epoch Art Museum, Zhejiang, China
2020
Essl Collection Exhibition, Albertina, Vienna, Austria
2019
New Ink Art in China 1978-2018, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China
2018
An Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, UCCA, Beijing, China
2017
Unbounded, La Casa del Mantegna, Mantua, Italy
2016
M+SIGG COLLECTION: Four Decades of Chinese Contemporary Art, Artistree, Hong Kong
2015
The Civil Power: Beijing Minsheng Art Museum Opening Exhibition, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China
Awards
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Public Collection
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