HE WENJUE
Born 1970 in Hunan, China. Lives and works in Beijing.
EDUCATION
1989-1993 BA in Modern Art, Shenzhen University
1994-1997 Post Graduate Diploma in Painting, Center Academy of Fine Arts
2003-2006 MA in Painting, Jilin Academy of Fine Arts
Member of Chinese Art Association
Member of Chinese Painting Association
The vice-President of Hunan Oil-Painting Association
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 FOREVER：He Wenjue Solo Exhibition, Field art center，Beijing, China
DesignBeijing2017，M&T Art，Beijing, China
2016 He Wenjue Solo Exhibition, CIMEN International Art center，Shanghai,China
He Wenjue Solo Exhibition, FuYan Commune, Beijing, China
He Wenjue Solo Exhibition, Phoenix Art Palace, Beijing, China
Power, Onehome Art Hotel, Shanghai, China
Danoo Art Support Project: He Wenjue Solo Exhibition, Danoo, Beijing, China
2015 Power Lust Death: He Wenjue Solo Exhibition, Whitebox Art Center, Shanghai, China
Scenery in Map: He Wenjue Solo Exhibition, New Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
The Exhibition Tour of He Wenjue’s Works, Shi Jiazhuang Art Museum, Shi Jiazhuang,
China
2014 He Wenjue Solo Exhibition, Parkview Green Art, Beijing, China
2013 Daily Images Solo Exhibitions, Whitebox Art Center, Beijing, China
2012 Bi - Cities: Solo Exhibitions of Chinese New Painting - He Wenjue: Daily Images, Tian Ren He Yi Art Center, Hangzhou, China
2011 Robb Report Cover Exhibition, China Central Place, Beijing, China
Movie Watching: He Wenjue’s Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Shanghai Pudong
International Airport, Shanghai, China
Supper in Great Times, Michael Schultz Gallery Beijing, Beijing, China
Crossover Report: Personal Exhibition, Crossover Center, Beijing, China
2008 He Wenjue: Watch Movie 2008, Beyond Art Space, Beijing, China
He Wenjue Solo Exhibition, Frank Schlag Gallery, Essen, Germany
2006 Water: Senses of Sparkle, Tang Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
Water: Discovery, Holy Oriental Art Gallery, Beijing, China
He Wenjue Solo Exhibition, Yang Gallery, Singapore
2005 Water: Transient Shimmering, Hanmo Gallery, Beijing, China
2002 Sunshine · Green Waters, Sanhe Art Museum, Beijing, China
2000 Exhibition of He Wenjue’s Oil Paintings, Hunan Art Academy Museum, Changsha, China
1999 He Wenjue Solo Exhibition, Hongqiao Computer City, Shanghai, China
Deconstruction and Style: Invitation Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Manai Art Space, Beijing, China
SEA OF PEACE: Japan-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
Faces and Figures, Galerie Noah, Augsburg, Germany
Splendor, 798 Yang Gallery, Beijing, China
East side, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Vanhaerents Museum Collection, Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussel Belgium
OUR HOME, ITC Century Fortune Centre, Beijing, China
THE REALM, Jing Yi Art Space, Beijing, China
Unable Absence, Winshare Contemporary Art Display, Chengdu China
2010 China Welcomes You, Oldenburger Stadtmuseum, Oldenburger, Germany
Lebenslust & Totentanz, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
Contemporary rhetoric, Celling Gallery Co.ltd, Chongqing, China
Ways of Seeing: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Ridge Gallery, Chongqing, China
Contemporary Art week, Seventh Art Center, Wenzhou, China
Beijing Time: La Celeste Art Carnival, Beijing La Celeste Gallery, Beijing, China
Change of the History: 1999 - 2009 Contemporary Chinese Art, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Vogue(man): “Ten Aspects of Modernism” Art Exhibition,798 D – PARK, Beijing, China
Come and Go: Art Makes Life More Beautiful Contemporary Art Exhibition, Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2009 Asia@ Asia: The 24th Asian International Art Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur National Art Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Passing By: Group Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Shengzhi Art Center, Beijing, China
Individual Bank Department of the Bank of China <Wuhan> Chinese Contemporary art, Individual Bank Department of the Bank of China, Wuhan, China
The Light from the East, Korea Exhibition, Beijing, China
The 24th Asian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Malaysia National Museum, Kuala lumpur, Malaysia
The 4th Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu International Exhibition Center, Chengdu, China
Trends in Hunan and Hubei: Chinese Contemporary Art in Hunan and Hubei, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangdong, China
In a Cosmopolitan City: Group Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, Meridian International Center, Washington, U.S.A
2008. Chinese Contemporary Art 2008, Korea National Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
The 7 th Shanghai International Biennial, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Face - Off, Post Modernism in Chinese Contemporary Art, Shenzhen HUA Art Museum Shenzhen, China
Olympic Fine Arts Game 2008, China International Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
86 Steps to Nine Layers Heaven, Beyond Art Space, Beijing, China
From Ancient Olympia to Beijing, Hellenic Home, Beijing, China
China Sound: Power Contemporary Art Exhibition, Ausa Art Space, Hong Kong, China
Heiqiao Contemporary Art Exhibition, Heiqiao Art Museum 08, Beijing, China
2007 Beyond Reality: Chinese Contemporary Art Group Show, Beyond Art Space, Beijing, China
Without Fears· Contemporary Art Exhibition, Holy Oriental Art Gallery (Shanghai, China
15 Contemporary Chinese Artists, Art Season, Lake Zurich, Switzerland
Far Off: Chinese Contemporary, Hunan Art Institution Art Museum, Changsha, China
Contemporary Chinese Art Invitation Exhibition, Triumph Art Space, Beijing, China
Floating: Contemporary Chinese Art, Korea National Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Contemporary Chinese Art, Zhuopu Art Center, Taiwan, China
2006 Contemporary Chinese Art Documenta, Millennium Museum, Beijing, China
Today Art Exhibition, China National Art Museum, Beijing, China
Reconstruction: Contemporary Art Exhibition of 10 Artists, Beijing Art Institution Art Museum, Beijing, China
Contemporary Chinese Art, Opera Gallery Paris, Paris, London
Standpoint: Chinese Contemporary Art, Cube Gallery, Beijing, China
Leave or Enter Hunan: Contemporary Chinese Art, Rui De Gallery, Changsha, China
Shanghai Spring Salon of Art Exhibition, Shanghai International Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Moving Socialism: the Contemporary Chinese Art, 798 Space, Beijing China
The 1st Contemporary Chinese Art Yearbook Exhibition, Millennium Museum, Beijing, China
2005 About Life - Contemporary Art Exhibition, 3818 Cool Gallery, Beijing, China
21st Century China and Korea Young Artists Invitation Exhibition, Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing, China
Limited Space: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tongzhou, Beijing, China
Image Coke Cola: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Jilin Art Museum, Jilin, China
China International Gallery Art Exposition, China World Trade Center, Beijing, China
Visually Beautiful - Shanghai Young Artists Exhibition, Liu Haishu Art Museum Shanghai, China, won the prize
Art and Integrity: China Gallery Shanghai Invitation Exhibition, Yuanming Culture & Art Center, Shanghai, China
Paper · Touching: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Jilin Art Museum, Jilin, China
2004 Guangzhou International Art Fair, Guangzhou, China
Vanity Fair: New Power of The Oil Painting, Spring - Hanmo Art Museum, Shanghai & Beijing, China
Shanghai Spring Salon of Art Exhibition, Shanghai International Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Character · Glamor: Exhibition of Art, Sanhe Art Museum, Beijing, China
Exhibition of Nominated Excellent Young Artists, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
The 11th Annual Asian Artists Fellowships at the Vermont Studio Center, 2003, Johnson, Vermont, U.S.A, awarded the Fellowship
The 10th National Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Guangdong Museum, Changsha, China, won the Silver Prize
2003 Jilin Young Artists Exhibition, Far East Art Museum, Changchun, China, won the Copper Prize
Series Invitation Exhibition - Still Life Art Exhibition, Daopu Center of Artists, Beijing, China
The 3rd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, China National Art Museum, Beijing, China
Our Vision: Shanghai Young Artists Exhibition, Liu Haisuo Art Museum, won the Silver Prize; the work was collected by the museum
The 1st Daopu Art Center Invitation Exhibition, Daopu Art Center, Beijing, China
2002 The 10th National Military Fine Arts Exhibition, Chinese Military Museum, Beijing, China
2001 Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, Hangzhou Museum, Hangzhou, China, won the Silver Prize; the work was collected by the museum
2000 Selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Hunan Young Artists, Hunan Art Association, <The Woman Body> was collected
International Chinese Painting Exhibition, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Striding towards the New Century: Chinese Young Painters’ Exhibition, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China, won the nomination prize; the work was collected by the museum; interviewed by CCTV “Starry Sky of Fine Arts” program
The 9th Military Fine Arts Exhibition, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China, <Deng Xiaopin> was collected by the Overseas Chinese Museum.
The 2nd Still Life Fine Arts Exhibition, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1995 International Young Artists Work Communication Exhibition 95, Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China
ARTIST’S BOOKS
2015 He Wenjue: Scenery in Map, New Gallery of Art, Shanghai
2014 HE WENJUE, Parkview Green Art, Beijing
2013 He Wenjue: Daily Images, Tianjin Renming Press, Tianjin
2011 Supper in Great Times, Hunan Fine Arts Press, Hunan
Movie Watching: He Wenjue’s Works, Shanghai Zhengda Cultural Development Co Ltd., Shanghai
2008 Watch Movie: He Wenjue, Hunan Fine Arts Press, Hunan
2007 Comtemporary Art: He Wenjue, Hebei Education Press, Hebei
2006 Discovery: He Wenjue’s Solo Exhibiton
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
China National Art Museum, Beijing, China
Overseas Chinese Museum, Shenzhen, China
Liu Haishu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Zhejiang Museum, Hangzhou, China
Siemens Ltd., Berlin, Germany
Madrid National Swimming Center, Madrid, Spin
Meilun Art Museum, Changsha, China
Tan Guobin Contemporary Art Museum, Changsha, China
Hunan Art Academy Museum, Changsha, China
Shanghai Duolun Art Museum, Shanghai, China
How artmuseum, Shanghai, China
Vanhaerents Art Museum, Brussel, Belgium
Thomas Olbricht Museum, Berlin, Germany
China Olympic Committee Art Museum, Beijing, China
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Yu Deyao Art Museum, Djakarta, Indonicia
Ucity Art Museum of GAFA，Guangzhou，China
Changjiang Museum Of Contemporary Art,Chongqing ,China
Indonicia CP Foundation, Djakarta, Indonicia
Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Chinese Embassy in the United State of America, Washington, U.S.A
Swiss POLEDNA|BOSS|KURER, Zurich, Swiss
Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Royal Bank of Canada, Hong Kong Branch, Hong Kong, China
Wenshare Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Whitebox Art Center, Beijing China
The Parkview Museum, Beijing China
Shijiazhuang Art Museum, Shijiazhuang, China
Hunan Provincial Art Museum, Changsha, China
L’Alcora Ceramic Museum, Valencia, Spain
The wyss international art center ,FuZhou,China
The Art Museum of China Central Academy of Fine Arts,Beijing China
Selected Group Exhibitions & Awards
2013
Hidden Power——Group Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Contemporay Art Museum (Beijing, China)
Evolution——Avant-grade Contemporary Art Center Opening Exhibition, Avant-grade Contemporary Art Center (Nanjing, China)
The Opening Exhibition of Hebei Contemporay Art Archive, Hebei Contemporay Art Archive (Shijiazhuang, China)
“Collect China” Winshare Contemporary Collection Art Exhibition in 2013, Winshare Contemporary Art Display (Chengdu, China)
hanghu Art Bank——The Second Round of Chinese New Painting, Shang Hu Liu Dong Art Museum (Beijing, China)
“South North-West East” Group Art Exhibition, Yunnan Museum (Kunming, China)
2012
The 2nd Western China International Art Exhibition, The Cultural and Art Center of Yinchuan, Ningxia (Yinchuan, China)
Art .Frontier——The Contemporary Art Exhibition,Song Villiage,Beijing (Beijing, China)
Shanghu Art Bank——The First Round of Chinese New Painting, Shang Hu Liu Dong Art Museum (Beijing, China)
The 13rd Venice Architecture Biennale—“Water Republic”, Venice EMG.Art (Venice, Italy)
“Social Landscape” ——The 1st Suzhou Jinji Lake Biennale, Suzhou and Basel Contemporary Art Center ( Suzhou, China)
Come and Go——The Opening Exhibition of Shang Hu Liu Dong Art Center, Shang Hu Liu Dong Art Center (Beijing China)
Embroidery with the Times——New Hunan Embroidery. Academic Exhibition, The Museum of Hunan Province (Changsha, China)
2011
Annual Exhibition of Chinese New Painting, Tian Ren He Yi Art Center (Hangzhou, China)
Duet——Art Invitation Exhibition,YuAo Art Center (Chongqing, China)
Deconstruction and Style——Invitation Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Manai Art Space (Beijing, China)
SEA OF PEACE——Japan-Korea Contemporanry Art Exhibition, Incheon Art Platform (Korea, Incheon)
Faces and Figures, Galerie Noah (Augsburg,Germany)
Splendor, 798YangGallery (Beijing, China)
East side, Michael Schultz Gallery (Berlin, Germany)
Vanhaerents Museum Collection,VanhaerentsArtCollection (Brussel Belgium)
OUR HOME, ITC Century Fortune Centre (Beijing, China)
THE REALM, JingYi Art Space (Beijing, China)
Unable Absence, Winshare Contemporary Art Display (Chengdu China )
2010
China Welcomes You, Oldenburger Stadtmuseum (Oldenburger,Germany)
Lebenslust & Totentanz,Kunsthalle Krems (Krems, Austria)
Contemporary rhetoric, Celling Gallery Co.ltd (Chongqing,China)
“Ways of Seeing” Contemporary Art Exhibition,Ridge Gallery (Chongqing, China)
Contemporary Art week, Seventh Art Center (Wenzhou,China)
“Beijing Time” La Celeste Art Carnival,Beijing La Celeste Gallery (Beijing, China)
Change of the History——1999 - 2009 Contemporary Chinese Art,Today Art Museum (Beijing, China)
Vogue(man) ——“Ten Aspects of Modernism” Art Exhibition,798 D – PARK (Beijing, China)
Come and Go——Art Makes Life More Beautiful Contemporary Art Exhibition, Himalayas Art Museum (Shanghai, China)
2009
“Asia.@Asia” The 24th Asian International Art Exhibition,Kuala Lumpur National Art Museum (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Passing By—— Group Exhibition of Contemporary Artists,Shengzhi Art Center (Beijing, China)
Individual Bank Department of the Bank of China(Wuhan) Chinese Contemporary art,Individual Bank Department of the Bank of China(Wuhan, China)
The Light from the East,Korea Exhibition (Beijing, China)
The 24th Asian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Malaysia NationalMuseum (Kuala lumpur, Malaysia)
The 4th Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu International Exhibition Center (Chengdu, China)
Trends in Hunan and Hubei——Chinese Contemporary Art in Hunan and Hubei,Guangdong Art Museum (Guangdong, China)
In a Cosmopolitan City——Group Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, Meridian International Center (Washington, U.S.A.)
2008
Chinese Contemporary Art 2008, Korea National Art Museum (Seoul, Korea)
The 7 th Shanghai International Biennial, Shanghai Art Museum (Shanghai, China)
Face - Off, Post Modernism in Chinese Contemporary Art, Shenzhen HUA Art Museum (Shenzhen, China)
Olympic Fine Arts Game 2008,China International Exhibition Center (Beijing, China)
86 Steps to Nine Layers Heaven,Beyond Art Space (Beijing, China)
From Ancient Olympia to Beijing,Hellenic Home (Beijing, China)
China Sound·Power Contemporary Art Exhibition,Ausa Art Space (Hong Kong, China)
Heiqiao Contemporary Art Exhibition,Heiqiao Art Museum 08 (Beijing, China)
2007
Beyond Reality—Chinese Contemporary Art Group Show,Beyond Art Space (Beijing, China)
Without Fears·Contemporary Art Exhibition,Holy Oriental Art Gallery (Shanghai,China)
15 Contemporary Chinese Artists, Art Season (Lake Zurich, Switzerland)
Far Off·Chinese Contemporary,Hunan Art Institution Art Museum (Changsha, China)
Contemporary Chinese Art Invitation Exhibition,Triumph Art Space (Beijing, China)
Floating - Contemporary Chinese Art,Korea National Art Museum (Seoul, Korea)
Contemporary Chinese Art,Zhuopu Art Center (Taiwan,China)
2006
Contemporary Chinese Art Documenta,Millennium Museum (Beijing, China)
Today Art Exhibition,China National Art Museum (Beijing, China)
Reconstruction—Contemporary Art Exhibition of 10 Artists,Beijing Art Institution Art Museum (Beijing, China)
Contemporary Chinese Art,Opera Gallery Paris (Paris, London)
Standpoint - Chinese Contemporary Art,Cube Gallery (Beijing, China)
Leave or Enter Hunan - Contemporary Chinese Art,Rui De Gallery (Changsha, China)
Shanghai Spring Salon of Art Exhibition,Shanghai International Exhibition Center (Shanghai, China)
Moving Socialism - the Contemporary Chinese Art,798 Space (Beijing China)
The 1st Contemporary Chinese Art Yearbook Exhibition,Millennium Museum (Beijing, China)
2005
About Life - Contemporary Art Exhibition,3818 Cool Gallery (Beijing, China)
21st Century China and Korea Young Artists Invitation Exhibition,Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum (Beijing, China)
Limited Space - Contemporary Art Exhibition,Tongzhou (Beijing, China)
Image Coke Cola - Contemporary Art Exhibition,Jilin Art Museum (Jilin, China)
China International Gallery Art Exposition,China World Trade Center (Beijing, China)
Visually Beautiful - Shanghai Young Artists Exhibition,Liu Haishu Art Museum (Shanghai, China) won the prize
Art and Integrity - China Gallery Shanghai Invitation Exhibition,Yuanming Culture & Art Center (Shanghai, China)
Paper·Touching - Contemporary Art Exhibition, Jilin Art Museum (Jilin, China)
2004
Guangzhou International Art Fair (Guangzhou, China)
Vanity Fair——New Power of The Oil Painting,Spring - Hanmo Art Museum (Shanghai&Beijing, China)
Shanghai Spring Salon of Art Exhibition,Shanghai International Exhibition Center (Shanghai, China)
Character·Glamor——Exhibition of Art,Sanhe Art Museum (Beijing, China)
Exhibition of Nominated Excellent Young Artists,Today Art Museum (Beijing, China)
The 11th Annual Asian Artists Fellowships at the Vermont Studio Center,2003 (Johnson,Vermont, U.S.A) awarded the Fellowship
The 10th National Annual Fine Arts Exhibition,Guangdong Museum, won the Silver Prize (Changsha, China)
2003
Jilin Young Artists Exhibition,Far East Art Museum (Changchun,China), won the Copper Prize
Series Invitation Exhibition - Still Life Art Exhibition,Daopu Center of Artists (Beijing, China)
The 3rd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition,China National Art Museum (Beijing, China)
Our Vision - Shanghai Young Artists Exhibition,Liu Haisuo Art Museum,won the Silver Prize; the work was collected by the museum
The 1st Daopu Art Center Invitation Exhibition,Daopu Art Center (Beijing, China)
2002 The 10th National Military Fine Arts Exhibition,Chinese Military Museum (Beijing, China)
2001 Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition,Hangzhou Museum (Hangzhou, China),won the Silver Prize; the work was collected by the museum
2000 Selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Hunan Young Artists,Hunan Art Association, Woman Body was collected
1999 The 9th National Annual Fine Arts Exhibition,Shanghai Art Museum (Shanghai,China)
1997
Graduation Works Exhibition - Master of Painting,Center Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing, China)
International Chinese Painting Exhibition,China National Art Museum (Beijing, China)
Striding towards the New Century - Chinese Young Painters’ Exhibition,China National Art Museum (Beijing, China), won the nomination prize; the work was collected by the museum; interviewed by CCTV “Starry Sky of Fine Arts” program
The 9th Military Fine Arts Exhibition, China National Art Museum (Beijing, China), Deng Xiaopin was collected by the Overseas Chinese Museum.
The 2nd Still Life Fine Arts Exhibition, China National Art museum (Beijing, China)
1995 International Young Artists Work Communication Exhibition 95, Contemporary Art museum (Beijing, China)
