WANG Dongling
WANG Dongling (b.1945)
1945 Born in Rudong, Jiangsu Province, China
1966 BA, Fine Arts Department of Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
1981 MA, Calligraphy Department of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Art), Hangzhou, China
At Present Professor of Calligraphy Department of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Director of Contemporary Calligraphy Research Centre of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Lives and works in Hangzhou, China
  Selected Solo Exhibitions 
2014 By the Side of the Ancient Road: Wang Dongling' s Art of Calligraphy, Jinwan Faculty of Humanities of Tianjin Water Park, Tianjin, China
The Moon over the River on a Spring Night: The Art of Calligraphy by Wang Dongling, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
2013 Wang Dongling: Brushing the Tides, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
The Moon over the River, Wang Dongling Public Performance of Calligraphy, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
The Origins of Abstraction, Ink Studio, Beijing, China
2012 Decanter Ink: Hangzhou Cross-year Exhibition - Wang Dongling solo, Sanshang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
2011 Wang Dongling: The Daoism of Calligraphy, Zhejiang Museum of Art, Hangzhou, China
2007 Share the Peripateticism: Calligraphy Exhibition by Wang Dongling, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2006 Calligraphy Performance: Linhe Xu, Lanting International Calligraphy Festival, Shaoxing, China
2003 Wang Dongling Calligraphy Exhibition, Yilanzhai Art Museum, Nanjing, China
Wang Dongling Calligraphy Exhibition, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2002 Works of Wang Dongling, Goedhuis Gallery, NY, USA
2001 Calligraphy and non-Calligraphy, Flower and non-Flower, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts Gallery, New York, USA
Wang Dongling Calligraphy Exhibition, Lanting International Calligraphy Festival, Shaoxing, China
1999 Wang Dongling Calligraphy Exhibition, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
1998 D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, USA
Muthesius Hochschule & Poly-technic School for Art, Kiel, Germany
1997 Nagoya Zie Mien Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1994 Wang Dongling Calligraphy & Paintings Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1993 International Press, Tokyo, Japan
1992 Minnesota State Exhibition Center, Minneapolis, USA
D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, USA
1991 University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
1990 University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA
D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, USA
Montreal University, Montreal, Canada
1989 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Macalester Gallery, St. Paul, USA
University of Kansas, Kansas, USA
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA
Art School of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, USA
1987 China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Wang Dongling Calligraphy Exhibition, China Art Museum, Beijing, China
 
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Magical Mountains: Hanart TZ Gallery at Art Basel HK 2015, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2014 Guanshan Gathering-Works by Zheng Shengtian&Wang Dongling, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA
2013 Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Between Character and Calligraphy-Xi’an Inaugural Exhibition, OCAT, Xi’an, China
Ink Files, the First Show of China and South Korea Contemporary Ink Painting Invitation Exhibition, Nanjing, China; Cheju, South Korea
Guanshan Gathering-Works by Zheng Shengtian&Wang Dongling, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing, China
Beyond Black and White: Chinese Contemporary Abstract Ink, Pearl Lam Fine Art, Shanghai, China
Strokes in Dialogue, Wang Dongling and Samir Al Sayegh Joint Exhibition, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2012 Art Stage Singapore, Pearl Lam Galleries, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
The Way of Writing, Zendai Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai, China
Work by Wang Dongling, Qiu Zhenzhong and Xu Bing, He Xiangning Art Museum Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen, China
2011 Wu Ming, Form is Formless: Chinese Contemporary Abstract Art, Contrasts Gallery (now Pearl Lam Fine Art), Shanghai, China
Wiesbaden International Modern Calligraphy Exhibition, Baden, Hamburg, Germany; Belgium
2010 Lanting Pavilion Review: China Calligraphy Exhibition, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
Beauty of Chinese Character: China Calligraphy Exhibition, Paris, France
Trace and Qualitative Leap—Beijing Film Academy’s 60th anniversary exhibition, Beijing Film Academy 4 ° Space Gallery, Beijing, China
2009 Ink Painting, Calligraphy: The Third Abstraction, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
Calligraphy and non-Calligraphy: 2010 Hangzhou International Modern Calligraphy Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
In the Hand of Paper, Art Academy of Roma, Rome, Italy
The First Linzhou Ink Brush Biennale (International), Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2008 Seoul Biennial Calligraphy Art Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
2007 Solo Happiness & Group Happiness-Public Art Exhibition of China Academy of Art, Sino-Japanese Friendship Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Reboot: The Third Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu, China
Opening Fun-International Modern Calligraphy Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
Made in China-Contemporary Art Exhibition, Louisiana Art Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Calligraphy Night on the Christmas Eve, Hangzhou, China
Ink & Brush - Chinese Writing Art Exhibition, Metropolis Museum, New York, USA
International Calligraphy Exhibition in Memory of the 300th Issue of Calligraphy Magazine, Seoul, South Korea
2005 Word Is Not Word: The Open Calligraphy Space-International Modern Calligraphy Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
The 1st International Cursive Script Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
International Calligraphy Exhibition, World Exposition, Nagoya, Japan
The 1st Nomination Exhibition of The Works of Contemporary Celebrities, China Art Museum, Beijing, China
National Nomination Exhibition of The Works of Chinese Celebrities, Museum of The Forbidden City, Beijing, China
Inside & Outside-Calligraphy Exhibition of Chinese and American Artists, Shenzhen, China
Spread of Ink- Seoul Calligraphy Biennial 2005, Seoul, South Korea
2004 Maze-The 2nd National Media Art Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
International Invitation Exhibition of the Ink Color in The E-era, Taiwan; Berlin, Germany
The 8th National Calligraphy and Seal Exhibition, Xi’an, China
Invitation Exhibition of The Works of Contemporary Chinese Artists, Nanjing, China
2003 Edge of The Earth-Asian Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
Calligraphy Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
International Calligraphy Biennial, Chonju, South Korea
The 1st Exhibition of The Works of Chinese Leading Calligraphers, Tokyo, Japan
2002 Silent Music- Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, London, UK
Sino-Japanese Calligraphy Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan; Beijing, China
Modern Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, Denver, USA
Brushes with Surprise: The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China, British Museum, London, UK
2001 Exhibition of The Works of Contemporary Chinese Artists, Shanghai, China
Exchange Exhibition of Calligraphy between Mainland China and Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
Borderless China-Exhibition of Chinese Paintings, New York, USA
Spirit of Ink & Brush-Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
International Exhibition of Abstract Ink Color, Xi’an, China
2000 Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, Hong Kong
Gate of The Century-Invitation Exhibition of Art, Chengdu, China
1999 46 Contemporary Chinese Artists Works Exhibition, Shanghai, China; Melbourne, Australia
Grand Exhibition of Chinese Calligraphy in The 20th Century, Tokyo, Japan
Exhibition of Modern Words Art, Seoul, South Korea
1998 Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, Paris, France
Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy & Paintings, Konsthall Gallery, Malmo, Sweden
Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, Columbia University, New York, USA
Exhibition of Chinese Art & Civilization of Five Thousand Years, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
1997 Calligraphy Exhibition of The 21st Century, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1995 International Modern Calligraphy Biennial, Hangzhou, China
1994 Modern Calligraphy Exploration Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1993 Chinese Seal Exhibition, Yale University, New Haven, USA
1992 The 2nd International Art Exposition, Miami, USA
1991 Chinese Art and the West-Chinese Art Exhibition, San Diego, USA
1990 Brush Dancing & Ink Singing-Exhibition of the Paintings Collected by British Museum, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
1988 Paper Art from Hangzhou, Hamburg, Germany
1987 Lanting Sino-Japanese Calligraphy Exhibition, Shaoxing, China
Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy, Taipei, Taiwan
  Selected Public Collections
British Museum, London, UK
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
The Palace Museum, Beijing, China
National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
Peking University, Beijing, China
National Library of China, Beijing, China
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
North Dakota Museum of Art, North Dakota, USA
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, Beijing, China
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