WEI  DONG

Born 1968 in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia.

Lives and works in New Jersey.

EDUCATION

1991          BA in Fine Arts, Department of Fine Arts, Capital Normal University, China

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007          New Paintings, Stux Gallery, New York, New York

2006          I Wanna Fly II, Chinese Contemporary Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom

                 Wei Dong, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong

2005          I Wanna Fly I, Chinese Contempoary Art Gallery, Beijing, China

2004          Wei Dong, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2003          Wei Dong, Chinese Contemporary Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2002          Déjà vu, Plum Blossoms Galler, Hong Kong & Singapore

2000          Paintings by Wei Dong, Oriental Foundation, Macao, China

1999          River of Time, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, New York

1998          Wei Dong—The Age of Innocence, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong & Singapore

1995          Wei Dong—Ancient Stage, Modern Players, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong & Singapore

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007          Made in China, Estella Collection of Chinese Art, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebek, Denmark 

                 Remixed and Revisited: New Visions on China, Arndt & Partner Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

2006          Chinese Relativity, Stux Gallery, New York, New York
                  Six Degrees of Separation, Stux Gallery, New York, New York                 
                  Group Show of Jersey Artists, New Jersey State Museum, New Jersey

2005          Gallery Artists Group Show, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, New York

2004          The 13th Seoul Biennale: Young Artists from Korea, China and Japan, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

2004          Jersey New, Jersey City Museum, New Jersey

2004          Democracy Forever, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, New York

2004          Coporate Corpororeality, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, New York

2003          Re-presenting Representation, Arnot Art Museum, Rockwell Museum of Western Art, New York, New York

2002          Paris-Peking—Contemporary Chinese Art, Paris, France

2000          The Art of The Twentieth Century, The Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, New York

1999          Innovation from China, Caermerklooster, Gent, Belgium
                  La Biennale de Issy, France

1998          Contemporary Art from China, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, New York
                  Three Weary Travel Loafers, Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire
                  Reckoning with the Past: Contemporary Chinese Painting, Otaga Museum, Southland Museum and Art Gallery, New Zealand

1997          Chinese Art of the 1990’s: Faces and Bodies of the Middle Kingdom, Vydala Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
                  Reckoning with the Past: Contemporary Chinese Painting, Corner House, Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery, MacLaurin Art, Gallery, United Kingdom
                  The Three Weary Travel Loafers, sponsored by Asia Art Coordinating Council, Arvada Art Center, Denver, Colorado
                  Reckoning with the Past: Contemporary Chinese Painting, Fundacao Oriente, Portugal

1996          Reckoning with the Past: Contemporary Chinese Painting, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Aberdeen Art Gallery, UK

1995          Contemporary Art from Beijing and Shanghai, Goteborg Art Museum, Goteborg, Sweden 
                  Chinese Avant-Guard Art, Center d’ Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain

1994          The Three Weary Travel Loafers, National Contemporary Art Gallery, Beijing, China

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Trammell Crow Museum, Dallas, Texas

The Denver Art Museum, Colorado

Queensland Art Gallery, Australia

Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan

Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Japan

Oriental Foundation, Portugal

Modern Chinese Art Foundation, Belgium

Canvas Foundation, Holland

Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art, Holland

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2005          Joan Mitchell Foundation Painting Grant, New York

2004          Artist in Residence, Art Omi International Arts Center, New York

2004          Artist in Residence, Headlands Center of Art, California

2004          New Jersey Art Council Art Grant, New Jersey

2003          Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont

SELECTED REVIEWS

Images From The Other New Jersey, The New York Times, October 17, 2004.

Jersey New, Featured Review, Star Ledger, September, 2004.

Fusing the Many Asias Into a Diverse Harmony, by Holland Cotter, The New York Times, March 26, 2004.    

Wei Dong, Review by Holland Cotter, The New York Times, Nov 29, 2002.

Wei Dong, Review by Ken Johnson, The New York Times, Sept. 24, 1999.

4696/1998, Contemporary Art from China, Review by Holland Cotter, The New York Times, April 3, 1998.

Wei Dong, Review, The New York Art World, December, 2002.