Xu Zhen  ARTIST BIO / BIBLIO
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1977
Born in Shanghai

1996
Graduated from Shanghai Arts & Crafts Institute

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
Just Did It, James Cohan Gallery, New York

2007
In Just the Blink of an Eye, James Cohan Gallery with PERFORMA, New York
Art '38 Basel, Art Unlimited-Xu Zhen 18 Days (at B3), Art Fair Switzerland

2006
8848 - 1.86, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
8848 - 1.86 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
An Animal, 2577 Longhua Road, Xuhui district, Shanghai

2002
Careful, Don't Get Dirty, Galerie Waldburger, Berlin, Germany
A Young Man, Bizart, Shanghai

Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
ShanghART at Art'38 Basel, Art Fair Switzerland
The Real Thing: Contemporary Art from China, Tate Liverpool, UK

2006
All look same?— Art from China, Japan and Korea, curated by Francesco Bonami, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
China Power Station: Part I, co-organised by the Serpentine Gallery, London and the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Battersea Power Station, London, UK
The Thirteen: Chinese Video Now, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, U.S.A.

2005
51st Biennale di Venezia, China Pavilion, Venice, Italy
Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art 2005, Yokohama, Japan
Monuments of the USA, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, USA

2004
China Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

2002
Art in General - 4th Annual Video Marathon, 12 hour screening, New York, USA

2001
49th Biennale di Venezia-Plateau of Humankind, Italy

2000
Exit, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK

1999
Food for Thought: An Insight in Chinese Contemporary Art, Canvas world art/Canvas Foundation, Amsterdam, Holland

1998
Jin Yuan Lu Nr.310, Jin Yuan Lu 310, Shanghai