About A Thousand Plateaus Art Space

A Thousand Plateaus Art Space was founded in 2007 in Chengdu, China. It is a professional gallery committed to present and promote China’s contemporary art. Equipped with exhibition hall for artworks and collection and screening room for video data, it is mainly on researching, presenting and promoting outstanding works and experimental projects of China’s contemporary art and culture, actively carries out domestic and international cooperation projects.

A Thousand Plateaus Art Space devotes itself to present and introduce works and projects of emerging artists who have outstanding talent and merit, and to discover and promote new creative artists. So far, it has mainly represented and cooperated with over 20 artists of all ages. In the way of exhibition, academic discussion, publication, etc., it dedicates to establish the communication channels between the artists and society, institutions and collectors, as well as to provide artwork sales, tailored art projects, collection management consulting, art education projects and curating.

In addition to the exhibitions and events in the over 1,000 square meters gallery space, A Thousand Plateaus Art Space also takes an active part in important international art fairs including Art Basel in HK, Art Hong Kong, Art Stage Singapore, Asia Now | Paris Asian Art Fair, ART021, West Bund Art & Design, JING ART, Art Chengdu, Photo Shanghai, Festival LOOP and Paris Internationale etc.

Since founded in 2007, A Thousand Plateaus Art Space has produced and curated nearly 100 cultural and are events, including exhibitions, Blizfilm Festival, video shows, international cooperation and communication events, public art events, seminars, academic and public lectures.

Main events include: Echoes: Chengdu New Visual Art Documentary Exhibition 1989–2007 (the catalogue of this event has been collected by Asia Art Achieve, the most  authoritative institution in collecting  literature of  contemporary art in Asian-Pacific region, as one of its three collected catalogues the same year), Multiple Truths: He Duoling, He Gong and Shi Jindian (2008), Obstruction (2009), Rite of Spring - Heddy Maalem & Chen Qiulin (major project of Sino-French Crossroad Festival, it has also been selected by China Ministry of Culture to attend Swiss Art Festival 2009-2010), Creative Chengdu (2009), Lost in Architecture + Ode to Yulin—Nicolas Grospierre & Liu Jiakun (2011), Blitzfilm Festival (2008-2012), The Empty City—Chen Qiulin (2012), Patagonia Wind—He Gong (2012), 'Remains of Mountains and Leftover Rivers' Series Lecture (2011-2012), etc..

Besides professionalisation and internationalisation, A Thousand Plateaus Art Space pays much attention to localisation, its art events lay emphasis on mining and concerning the local culture in Chengdu; We are devoted to find excellent artists in China's contemporary art field and cooperate with the Chengdu's excellent artists including He Duoling, Zhou Chunya, He Gong, Chen Qiulin, Xiongyu, etc., as well as to conduct in-depth cooperation and interaction with cultural research institutions including Art College of Sichuan University.