MAO Xuhui
毛旭輝works in Kunming (b.1956, Chongqing)
Mao graduated from the Yunnan Art Academy in 1982 and in 1985, alongside Zhang Xiaogang, Hou Wenyi, Zhang Long, Pan Dehai, and others, organised New Concrete Image (Shanghai, 1985), one of the Oirst self-funded exhibitions in China, which later travelled to Nanjing, Kunming, and Chongqing. In 1986, Mao introduced the works of artists from the Southwestern region at the Zhuhai Conference and formally founded formed the Southwestern Art Research Group. Works by Mao and others from the group were shown at the seminal China/Avant- Garde Exhibition in Beijing, 1989. Other important exhibitions include: Farewell to Trend: The Art of Mao Xuhui, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing (2010), Mao Xuhui: 30 Years An Artist, Hong Kong Arts Centre (2007), Air of Destiny, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China (2005); Inside Out: New Chinese Art, Asia Society and P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; Museum of Modern Art and Asia Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA and Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico (1998); and China’s New Art, Post-1989, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong (1993). Mao was awarded the Asian Cultural Council Fellowship in 2000. He currently works out of his studio in studio in the Chuang Ku (“creative loft”) district of Kunming, China and serves on the faculty of Yunnan University.
| 1956 | Born in Chongqing, China |
| 1982 | Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Yunnan Academy of Fine Arts, Kunming, China |
| Now | Currently teaching at the School of Art and Design in Yunnan University |
Selected Solo Exhibition
| 2024 | Mao Xuhui: Clue, Tang Contemporary Art Beijing 1st space, Beijing |
| 2021 | The History of Eternity: Forty Years of Mao Xuhui 1980-2021, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing |
| 2020 | WILL – Mao Xuhui Solo Exhibition Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong |
| My 2019 – Mao Xuhui Solo ExhibitionSoka Art Taipei, Taipei | |
| 2019 | Mao Xuhui Solo Exhibition, Taipei Dangdai, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei |
| 2018 | Seulement Mon Amour: Mao Xuhui, Soka Art Center, Beijing |
| Deep Reading: Mao Xuhui’s Documenta, United Art museum, Wuhan | |
| 2017 | The Implied Meaning of Existence, Art Depot, Beijing |
| Mao Xuhui: I’m Here, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, TNUA, Taipei | |
| 2016 | Mao Xuhui, Soka Art Center, Beijing |
| Mao Xuhui, Art Basel Hong Kong 2016, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Hong Kong | |
| 2015 | Profile: 1979-2012 Mao Xuhui Paper Based Work Exhibition, Artdepot, Beijing |
| Solemn Purple: Mao Xuhui from 2005 to 2014, Soka Art Center, Taipei | |
| 2014 | Solemn Purple: Mao Xuhui from 2005 to 2014, Soka Art Center, Beijing |
| Mao Xuhui: Toppled Parent, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| 2013 | Mao Xuhui: Natural, Fold, Blasphemy, MOCA Singapore, Singapore |
| Recapitulation: Mao Xuhui Solo Exhibition, Soka Art Center, Tainan, Taiwan | |
| 2012 | Recapitulation: Mao Xuhui Solo Exhibition, Soka Art Center, Beijing |
| Recapitulation: Mao Xuhui Solo Exhibition, Soka Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| China International Gallery Exposition 2012: Guishan Series by Mao Xuhui, China World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Beijing | |
| 2011 | DISSOCIATION·2011 ART CHANGSHA: Eternity by Mao Xuhui, Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha |
| 2010 | Farewell to Trend: The Art of Mao Xuhui, Yan-Huang Art Museum, Beijing |
| 2009 | Mao Xuhui: Transcending New Concreteness, Gallery Artside, Beijing |
| 2008 | Mao Xuhui: Transcending New Concreteness, Gallery Artside, Seoul, South Korea |
| ROAD: Mao Xuhui’s Drawing Course 1973-2007, Red Bridge Gallery, Shanghai | |
| 2007 | Mao Xuhui: 30 Years as an Artist, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong |
| 2005 | The Vocabulary of Power! 20 Years of Mao Xuhui’s Work, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing |
| Scissors: Mao Xuhui, Nordica Gallery, Kunming | |
| 2004 | Mao Xuhui: Scissors, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 1999 | Scissors: Mao Xuhui, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 1997 | Dream of the Red Earth by Mao Xuhui, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore |
| Selected Joint Exhibition | |
| 2025 | August in Bloom, Tang Contemporary Art (Central), Hong Kong |
| 2021 | Urban Humanities: Art Cluster in Southwest, Blue Roof Museum of Chengdu, Chengdu, China |
| 2020 | Duration: Chinese Art in Transformation, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing |
| Spectacle, Soka Art, Beijing | |
| Future Museum – Artists Group Exhibition, Soka Art, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| Mount Gui: Mao Xuhui and His Students, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand | |
| 2019 | Concept, Form and Daily Life: The 3rd Shenzhen Biennale of Contemporary Art, Design Society/The Sea World Culture and Arts Centre, Shenzhen |
| Constellation: Yunnan Oil Painting Since 1978, Contemporary Gallery Kunming, Kunming | |
| Tip of An Autumn Down, N3 Contemporary Art, Beijing | |
| Art Basel Hong Kong 2019, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong | |
| 2018 | Art History: Shaped By 40 Artists From 1978 To 2018, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai |
| The Garden of Forking Paths, Art Depot Center, Chongqing | |
| Avant-garde Shanghai (1979-2010): New Wave of Avant-garde (1985-1992), Mingyuan Art Museum, Shanghai | |
| Chinese Spirit: the 4th Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, Chinese Academy of Oil Painting Museum, Beijing | |
| Human Driven: An Encounter between Artistic Expression and Cycling, IWE Museum, Kunming | |
| Art Basel Hong Kong 2018, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong | |
| 2017 | Tracing the Past and Shaping the Future, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai |
| Meet the Lurkers: Yunnan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Greenland·Haipolanting, Kunming | |
| Anren Biennale: Today’s Yesterday, OCT-LOFT, Anren | |
| Chinese Ink, Chinese Narrative: Special Exhibition of the 20th Anniversary of the HKSAR, Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong | |
| Magic, Expression: Yunnan Contemporary Expressive Painting Invitation Exhibition, 108 Loft Museum, Kunming | |
| Extraordinary: 25th Anniversary of Soka Art, Soka Art Center, Beijing | |
| Art Basel Hong Kong 2017, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong | |
| 2016 | Centennial Presents In Return: Exhibition of Alumni Donation from Chen Dongsheng and Li Yifei, Wanlin Art Museum, Wuhan University, Wuhan |
| Scarcity & Supply: The 3rd Nanjing International Art Festival, Baijia Lake Museum, Nanjing | |
| Busan Biennale 2016 – Project 1: an/other avant-garde China-Japan-Korea,, Busan Museum of Art, Korea | |
| Another Narrative of Texture: China Mixed Media Invitational Exhibition, SeeWell International Art Center, Fuzhou | |
| The Language in Transition, IWE Museum, Kunming | |
| Seed in Yunnan, Today Art Museum, Beijing | |
| The Edge of Scenery, Soka Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| Art Basel Hong Kong 2016, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong | |
| 2015 | China Spirit: The Fourth Oil Painting Exhibition, Chinese Academy of Oil Painting Museum, Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin |
| Art Historical Flashbacks: Another Path in Chinese Contemporary Art, Elion Art Gallery, Beijing | |
| The Civil Power, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing | |
| Yunnan Art Circumstance in 2015, Yunnan Arts University Museum, Kunming | |
| The System of Objects, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai | |
| Blending: The Spiritual Dimension in the World of Imagery, Ningbo Museum, Ningbo | |
| Art Basel Hong Kong 2015, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong | |
| A Group of Talents, Amy Li Gallery, Beijing | |
| 2014 | Bologna Fiere Shanghai International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai |
| Social Landscape: the ‘Landscape Narration’ in Chinese Contemporary Painting as Well as Its Cultural Concept Changes, Chengdu International Communication Center for Cultural and Art Pieces, Chengdu | |
| West Says East Says: Chinese Contemporary Art Research Exhibition, United Art Museum, Wuhan | |
| Trace: The Historical Process of 1977 Grade Group of Yunnan Academy of Fine Arts, Kunming Museum, Kunming | |
| Chinese Neo-Impressionism: Special Invitational Exhibition 1989-2014, China Art Museum Shanghai, Shanghai | |
| Anwesen: The Second Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing | |
| Green Trending: An Attitude towards Nature, Yunnan University Museum, Kunming | |
| Idiosyncrasies-Hanart 100, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong | |
| Art Basel Hong Kong 2014, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong | |
| 2013 | Pure Views: Remote Form, Streams and Mountains, Chinese New Painting Exhibition, Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain |
| Passage to History: 20 Years of La Biennale di Venezia and Chinese Contemporary Art, Arsenale Nord, Venice, Italy; Museum of Contemporary Art Chengdu (Chengdu MOCA), Chengdu | |
| 55th Venice Biennale collateral exhibition, Voice of the Unseen, Arsenale Nord, Venice, Italy | |
| Art Basel Hong Kong 2013, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong | |
| 2012 | Modern And Contemporary Oil Painting of Yunnan, National Art Museum of China, Beijing |
| The Face, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai | |
| Soka Art 20th Anniversary, Soka Art Center, Taipei | |
| Art Basel Hong Kong 2012, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong | |
| 2011 | Flowing Clouds, Sichuan Museum, Chengdu |
| Commemoration -10th Anniversary of Soka Art Beijing, Soka Art, Beijing | |
| The Seed from the Cradle of Yunnan – Yunnan Artists Group Exhibition, Soka Art, Taipei, Tainan, Taiwan | |
| 2011 Chengdu Biennale, East Chengdu, Chengdu | |
| 2010 | Reshaping History China Art from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Centre, Beijing |
| Thirty years of Chinese Contemporary Art 1979-2009, The Official Opeing of Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai | |
| Pure Views: Remote Form, Streams and Mountains, Chinese New Painting Exhibition, Louise Blouin Foundation, London, U.K. | |
| 2009 | The First Encounter: Taipei, Kunming & Hong Kong, 99 Art Space, Kunming, China |
| 2008 | BEIJING-ATHENS: Contemporary Art from China, Technopolis of the City of Athens, Athens, Greece |
| New interface IV: Here Comes Spring, Hongqiao Gallery, Shanghai, China | |
| Artists through the Eyes of a Critic, SZ Art Center, Beijing | |
| Intimate Trend: Painting from Sichuan and Taiwan, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 2007 | 85 & 89, 85 ART Mind and Post 89 Art, Expol-Sources Art Space, Beijing |
| 85 New Wave, The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing | |
| From New New Figurative to New Painting, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing | |
| 1997–2007. Awakening From a Ten-Year Long Sleep, Hejingyuan Contemporary Art Center, Beijing | |
| Black White Grey — A Conscious Cultural Stance — Leaflet, Today Art Museum, Beijing | |
| New Interface 3: Searching the Future of Chinese Contemporary Art, Red Bridge Gallery, Shanghai | |
| Moscow Biennial, Chinese‘Contemporary Society’, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia | |
| Back to Guishan, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore | |
| Word of Mouth from Four Corners — The 3rd Guiyang Art Biennale, Guiyang Art Museum, Guiyang | |
| 2006 | Sharing Earth — Invitation of Yunnan Art Exhibition, Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing |
| OCAT Creating History: Chinese Contemporary Art from the 80s of the 20th Century, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal of He Xiangning Art Museum (OCAT), Shenzhen | |
| Academic Status: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Artists, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing | |
| 2005 | Flowing River: 30 Years of Chinese Oil Painting, National Art Museum of China, Beijing |
| Regards to ’85, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai | |
| 2005 Oil Painting Exhibition at Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen | |
| The 1st Kunming International Sculpture Festival, Da Guan Park, Kunming | |
| Awakening: La France Mandarine – The French Influence on Chinese Art, National Art Museum of China (NAMOC), Beijing | |
| 2003 | Embracing the New Century: Third China National Exhibition of Oil Paintings, National Art Museum of China, Beijing |
| 2002 | Mao Xuhui & Zeng Fanzhi Double Exhibition, Northern Banker Art, Taiwan |
| 1998-2000 | Inside Out: New Chinese Art, Asia Society Galleries, New York; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York; Asian Art Museum, Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, San Francisco; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, US; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong |
| 1997 | Quotation Marks’ Chinese Contemporary Paintings And Symposium on Chinese Contemporary Art, Singapore Art Museum (SAM), Singapore |
| 1996 | CHINA!, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Haus der Kulturen de Welt, Berlin, Germany |
| 1995 | Avant-Garde Art of China Since 1979, Arts Santa Mònica, Bologna, Barcelona, Spain |
| 1993 | China’s New Art, Post-1989, Hong Kong Arts Centre |
| Chinese Experience, Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu | |
| 1992 | 3rd Exhibition of Chinese Oil Paintings, Beijing Working People’s Cultural Palace, Beijing |
| 1991 | I Don’t Want to Play Cards With Cézanne, USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, US |
| 1989 | China/Avant-Garde Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing |
| 1988 | Southwest Art — Exhibition of Modern Oil Painting and Sculpture, Sichuan Exhibition Hall, Chengdu |
| 1987 | First All-China Oil Painting Exhibition, Shanghai Exhibition Hall, Shanghai |
| 1986 | The 2nd New Concrete Image Event: Slideshow & Forum, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai |
| The 3rd New Concrete Image Event: Slideshow & Forum, Yunnan Province Library, Kunming | |
| The 4th New Concrete Image Event, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing | |
| 1985 | CHINESE VISIONS, the Art Department Gallery, University of Florida |
| The 1st New Concrete Image Event: Painting Exhibition , Jing An District Culture Center, Shanghai; Nanjing | |
Selected Public Collection
| Great Wall Fine Art Museum, Beijing |
| Asia-Pacific Art Museum, US |
| Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany |
| Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation |
| Shenzhen Art Museum |
| Wuhan United Art Museum |
| Nanjing Sifang Art Museum |
| Minsheng Art Museum |
| Hunan Provincial Museum |
| Shanghai Long Museum |
| Shanghai Yuz Museum |
| Ningbo Museum of Art |
| Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art |
| Tan Guobin Contemporary Art Museum |
| Wanlin Art Museum in Wuhan University |
| Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore |
| Soka Art Center |
