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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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