GENG JIANYI

GENG Jianyi was born in Zhengzhou, Henan province in 1962, passed away in 2017. Geng Jianyi graduated from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (today: China Academy of Art, Hangzhou), Oil Painting Department. GENG Jianyi has exhibited widely since his first show in 1989. Important exhibitions include: 57th Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia, VIVA ARTE VIVA, Venice (2017); Stubborn Image, OCAT Shanghai (2016); East to the Bridge, OCAT Shenzhen (2015); Wu Zhi, Geng Jianyi Works 1985-2008, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (2012); Geng Jianyi, Excessive Transition, ShanghART Beijing (2008); Important group exhibition include: GWANGJU Biennale, Korea (2014); 85 New Wave, The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, UCCA, Beijing (2007); The 1st Guangzhou Trienniale, Guangdong Museum of Art (2002); Another Long March, Chinese Conceptual Art in the 1990’s, Breda, The Netherlands (1997); 45th Venice Biennale - Cardinal Points of the Arts, Italy (1993); China Avant-garde, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (1993); China/Avant-Garde Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing (1989).

Courtesy ShanghART