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.
The Julia Stoschek Collection and the online platform Daata are collaborating to present 112 time-based works by leading contemporary artists online, open to the public and free for all.
'As one of the most important contemporary art fairs in Asia, ART021 reinforces its ongoing commitment to leveraging local recourses with a global perspective, supporting contemporary Chinese art andcultivating new generations of domestic collectors. 111 world's leading galleries from 18 countries and 57 cities are selected to present contemporary...
'JINGART is committed to combining the dynamic culture of Beijing with the international art market, in the hope of building a diverse and inclusive platform for local and international exhibitors. This year, exhibitors present works ranging from modern and contemporary art, design, furniture, decorative art, and many more.' –JINGART, Press...
The highly anticipated seventh edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong brought together 242 leading galleries, presenting a unique overview of the diverse art scenes across Asia and beyond.
Opened alongside Para Site’s 4th annual International Conference (6/21–23), That Has Been, and May Be Again is an exhibition honoring the multitude of voices that have arisen throughout 1980s and ’90s China, that speak to the search for a cultural and political identity during the country’s modernization. The diverse...
On Bridge Road, Richmond's Tofu Shop International is working on its strangest request yet. The brief: a 40cm x 40cm x 7cm cube of its firmest (not finest) bean-curd mix. As Rebecca Coates, director of the Shepparton Art Museum (SAM), says, 'Silken just won't work.' The giant block of tofu is being made and carefully transported to SAM in time...
Global auction stalwart Christie’s is taking a fresh approach to Chinese contemporary art this fall with a traveling exhibition and sale featuring a diverse selection of work by up and coming artists. Called +86 First Open, the program straddles Shanghai and New York, kicking off with highlights from more than 30 works of art on display at...
Photographer Zhang Xiao's fondest childhood memory of his hometown, Yantai City in Shandong province, is of the carefree times he spent hanging out with his friends, catching fishes and bugs up the hill near the small village in which he grew up. But ever since he left home at age 20 to study architecture and design at Yantai University...
