MAO Xuhui
Mao Xuhui (B.1956)
1956 June,Born in Chongqing, Sichuan Province, the Same Year Moved to and Settled down in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
1982 Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Yunnan Academy of Fine Arts, Kunming
2001 Started teaching at Art and Design College of Yunnan University
The Director of the Second Painting Studio of Art and Design College of Yunnan University
The Director of Oil Painting Art Committee of Yunnan Artists Association
The Vice-Chairman of Yunnan Oil Painting Society
  Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013

Mao Xuhui—Natural, Fold, Blasphemy, MOCA@LOEWEN museum of modern art, Singapore

2012 Recapitulation-Mao Xuhui Solo Exhibition, Soka Art Center, Beijing, China
China International Gallery Exposition 2012 - Mao Xuhui - Guishan Series, China World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Beijing, China
2011 DISSOCIATION•2011 ART CHANGSHA: Mao Xuhui - The Eternity in Reflection, Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha, China
2010 Farewell to Trend: The Art of Mao Xuhui, Yan-Huang Art Museum, Beijing 2009
2009 Mao Xuhui - Transcending New Concreteness, Gallery Artside, Beijing, China
2008 Mao Xuhui - Transcending New Concreteness, Gallery Artside, Seoul, South Korea
ROAD - Mao Xuhui's Drawing Course 1973-2007, Red Bridge Gallery, Shanghai, China
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, China
Scissors - Mao Xuhui, Nordica Gallery, Kunming, China
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 Group Exhibitions
2014

Hanart 100: Idiosyncrasies Exhibition Brochure, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong

2013 Pure Views: Remote form Streams and Mountains - New Painting China, Arts Santa Monica,Spain
Passage to History: 20 Years of the Venice Biennale and Chinese Contemporary ArtBiennale Art 2013,89# Venetian Arsenale, Italy
Voice of the Unseen / Chinese Independent Art, 55th Venice Biennale, Venetian Arsenale, Italy
Color of the Heart - From Tradition, Future Emerges; into History, Today Fades”, Red Bridge Gallery, Shanghai, China
2012 Modern Expression: Modern And Contemporary Oil Painting Of Yunnan, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Looking Back, Red Bridge Gallery, Shanghai, China
Quiet Energy: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Dialogue Space, Beijing, China
Face,Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2011 Flowing Clouds: New Contemporary Chinese Art, Sichuan Museum, Chengdu, China
Commemoration: 10th Anniversary of Soka Art Beijing, Soka Art Center, Beijing, China
2011 Chengdu Biennale—Pure Views: Contemporary Art Exhibition, East Chengdu Music Park, Chengdu, China
To Be An Audience In Guishan-Yunnan Contemporary Art Special Exhibition, Special Invitation Exhibition of 2011 Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China
New Dream 2011: New Contemporary Arts Exhibition, Long lung International Conference and Exhibition Center, Guangzhou, China
Collecting History, China New Art, Chengdu MOCA, Chengdu, China
Future Pass,Fondazione Claudio Buziol, Venice, Italy; Rotterdam, Netherlands; Taichung, Taiwan
The Seed from the Cradle of Yunnan, Soka Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Tainan, Taiwan
2010 Pure Views: Remote form Streams and Mountains, New Painting China, Louise Blouin Foundation, London, England
Reshaping History - China art from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Special Exhibition of China International Gallery Exposition 2010 - My Landscape, My Utopia, China World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Beijing, China
2009 Annexe / Infix, SZ Art Centre, Beijing, China
Mao Xuhui & Tang Zhigang Nominate Yunnan Young Artist Art Show, 598 Art Space, Kunming, China
First Contact - Contemporary Art Exhibition from Taipei, Kunming, Hong Kong, 99 Art Space, Kunming, China
2008 Back to Guishan—The 63rd Year Anniversary of UN Day, United Nations Development Programme, Beijing, China
Beijing - Athens: Contemporary Art from China, Technopolis of the City of Athens, Athens, Greece
Intimate Trend - Painting from Sichuan and Taiwan, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Case Studies of Artists in Art History and Art Criticism, SZ Art Centre, Beijing, China
New Interface 4 - Here Comes Spring, Red Bridge Gallery, Shanghai, China

Intersection - Pieces of 2008 Contemporary Art of China, Oriental Vista Gallery; Kee Prive Club; USA International Express Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong

2007 Viewing from Afar, Oriental Vista Art Collections Gallery, Shanghai
The Trend of Art Thought in `85 & Post-`89 Art, Expol-Sources Gallery, Beijing
A Wakening from a Ten-Year Long Sleep, H.J.Y Contemporary Art Center, Beijing
‘85 New Wave - The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
From New Figurative Image to New Painting, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing
Black White Grey - A Conscious Cultural Stance, Today Art Museum, Beijing
New Interface 3: Searching the Future, Red Bridge Gallery, Shanghai
Chinese Contemporary Soart, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Guiyang Art Biennale Exhibit 3th.2007: Word of Mouth from Four Corners, Guiyang Art Museum, China
Back to Guishan, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore
2006 Invitational Exhibition of Yunnan Contemporary Art 2006, Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing
Creating History: Chinese Contemporary Art from the 80s of the 20th Century, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen
Academic State: Chinese Contemporary Artists Invitational Exhibition, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing
2005 A Retrospective of Chinese Oil Paintings from the New Period, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
Invitational Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Artworks on Canvas 2005, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen
In Honour of ’85, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
The 1st Kunming International Sculpture Festival, Daguan Park, Kunming
2004-2005 Awakening: The Collision and Mergence of Chinese and French Arts, Contrasts Gallery, shanghai, China; Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China; National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2004 Yunnan Art Exhibition, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, California State University, San Bernardino,USA
Unrelated to Reality! - Contemporary Art of China, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
Celebrating 20 Years of Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2003 The 3rd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China; Xi’an Art Museum, Xi’an, China
The 2nd Guiyang Oil Paintings Biennial, Guizhou Normal Art Academy, Guiyang
From China with Art, Indonesia National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2002 The 1st Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
Paris-Pékin, Espace Cardin, Paris, France
Contemporary Chinese Art, Museum Kuppermunle Semmlung Grothe, in cooperation with Macro-Museo d`Arte Contemporane Roma, Ludwig Museum Budapest-Museum of Contemporary Art Municipal Gallery Bydgoszcz, Casa Asia Barcelona
Triennial of Contemporary Chinese Art, Guangzhou Museum of Art, Guangzhou
China-Korea Contemporary Paintings Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
2001-2002 Made in China, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
2001 Dream: 2001 Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition, The Atlantis Gallery, The Red Mansion, London, England
From Depth to Surface: Works by Mao Xuhui and Ye Yongqing, Upriver Loft, Kunming
Singapore International Art Fair, Singapore
2000 Tale of Two Cities: Asia Contemporary Art, London, England
1999 China-Japan Art Exchange Exhibition 1999, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
Art China 1999, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1998 - 1999 Inside Out: New Chinese Art, Asia Society Galleries, New York, P.S 1 ; Contemporary Art Center, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, U.S; Contemporary Art Museum of Mexico; Tacoma Art Museum and Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; National Gallery of Art, Australia; Hong Kong Museum of Art
1998 The First Collection Exhibition of Upriver Gallery, Upriver Gallery, Chengdu
Kunming - New York - Montreal, Contemporary Art Municipal Gallery, Bydgoszcz, Canada
Poem of the Daily Life, Wistaria Gallery, Kunming, China,
1997 “Quotation Marks” Chinese Contemporary Art, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
“Red and Grey” Eight Avant-garde Chinese Artists, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore
1996 “Reality: Today and Tomorrow” Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition 1996, Art Gallery of Beijing International Art Palace, Beijing
Shared Dreams, Jamaica Center, New York, USA
China!, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany; also toured in Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria; Zacheta Modern Art Museum, Warsaw, Poland; Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, Germany
1995 From the Central Kingdom: Chinese Avant-garde Artists, Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
1993 “Chinese Experience” Chinese Art from the 90s, Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu, China
China’s New Art, Post-1989, Hong Kong Arts Centre; also toured in Vancouver and US
1992 The First Guangzhou Art Biennale, Guangzhou, China
1991 Art Documental Exhibition in Beijing Xisanhuan, Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Painting, Beijing
“I Don’t Want to Play Cards with Cezanne” Exhibition of Chinese Avant-garde Paintings from the 1980s, Asia and Pacific Art Museum, California, USA
1989 Chinese Modern Art Exhibition, China Art Museum, Beijing, China
1988 ‘88 Modern Art Exhibition of Southwestern China, Chengdu, China
1987 The 1st Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
1986 The 4th New Figurative Images Exhibition, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China
The 2nd New Figurative Images Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
The 3rd New Figurative Images Exhibition, Library of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China
1985 Chinese Visions, Art Gallery of Florida University, USA
The New Figurative Images Exhibition, Shanghai Jing’an Cultural Center, Shanghai, China
 
Bibliography

Mao Xuhui: Nature Fold Blasphemy, Lu Mingjun, Linda Gallery, 2013

Farewell to Trend: The Art of Mao Xuhui, Gao Minglu, Culture and Art Publishing House, 2010
Art 60 Years in China,1949~1979,Chief edited by Lu Hong, Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House, 2009
A History of Art: In Twentieth-Century China, Revised Edition, edited by Lv Peng, Peking University Press, 2009
A Topic on Chinese Contemporary Art, edited by Li Baoyan, SIGONGART Press, 2008
Art: Movement on Separate Ways, Experienced Chinese Contemporary Art for 20 Years, edited by Monica Dematte, Hebei Fine Art Publishing, 2008
ROAD, MAO XUHUI’s Drawing Course (1973-2007), Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 2007
MAO XUHUI, A Guardian of Soul, Hong Yu, Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House,2007
MAO XUHUI(1976-2007), Hanart T Z Gallery, 2007
The '85 Movement: An Anthology of History Sources, edited by Gao Minglu and others, Guangxi Normal University Press, 2007
The '85 Movement: The Enlightenment of Chinese Avant-Garde, edited by Gao Minglu and others, Guangxi Normal University Press, 2007
A History of Art: In Twentieth-Century China, edited by Lv Peng, Peking University Press, 2006
Crossing the Boundary: China’s Avant-garde Art, 1997-2004, edited by Lu Hong, Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House, 2006
China! New Srt Artists, edited by Dian Tong, Schiffer Publishing, 2006
MAO XUHUI, Co-Published by Xin Dong Cheng Publishing House & Hanart T Z Gallery,2005
History of Chinese Oil Painting, edited by Liu Chun, China Youth Press, 200
The Documents of Chinese Oil Painting, 1542-2000, edited by Zhao Li, Yu Ding, Hunan Fine Art Publishing, 2002
The New History of Chinese Art, 1949-2000, edited by Zou Yuejin, Hunan Fine Art Publishing, 2002

The Chinese Contemporary Art illustrated handbook , 1979-1999, edited by Lu Hong, Wuhan Fine Art Publishing, 2001

The 20th Century Chinese Oil Paintings Guide, 1900-2000, edited by Su Lin, Lijiang Publishing, 2001

History of Chinese Modern Art, 1990-1999, edited by Lv Peng, Hunan Fine Art Publishing, 2000
The Complete Works of Chinese Modern Art(Oil paintings/drawings/sketches), Tianjin Fine Art Publishing, 1997
The Current State of Chinese Modern Art, 1989-1992, Jiangsu Fine Art Publishing, 1994
The Current State of Chinese Contemporary Art, edited by Leng Lin, Zhao Li, Today China Publishing, 1993
History of Chinese Modern Art, 1979-1989, edited by Lv Peng, Yi Dan, Hunan Fine Art Publishing, 1992
A Hundred Young Artists from Mainland China (Oil painting section), edited by Liao Wen, Suiyuan Art Foundation

History of Chinese Contemporary Art, 1985-1986, edited by Gao Minglu and others, Shanghai People’s Publishing, 1991

 
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Taiwan Artist Magazine, Lion Art, Art Currents
Hong Kong Chinese Art News, Journal of Arts and Letters
Italy Arte
Germany Kunse
 
Major Collections
Great Wall Fine Art Museum, China
Hunan Provincial Museum, China
Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation
Upriver Gallery, Chengdu, China
Dongyu Museum of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China
Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Xin Dong Cheng Gallery, Beijing, China
MINSHENG ART MUSEUM, China
SOKA ART CENTER, China
Long Museum, China
Yuz Museum, China
TanGuoBin Contemporary Art Museum, China
Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
Asia-Pacific Art Museum, United States
Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
Suiyuan Art Foundation, Taiwan
Expol-Sources Gallery, Taipei
Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore
Gallery Artside, Korea
Kwai Fung Xuan Art Gallery, Hong Kong
Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
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