MadeIn Company was established in 2009 in Shanghai by artist XU Zhen. It is a contemporary art creation company focusing on the production of creativity, and devoted to the research of contemporary culture’s infinite possibilities. In 2013, the launch of ‘XU Zhen’ was announced, a brand produced by MadeIn Company (‘Xu Zhen—Produced by MadeIn Company’).
Xu Zhen—Produced by MadeIn Company’s exhibitions include: XU ZHEN®: Alien, ShanghART, Shanghai (2018); Fortune New Works Launch, XU ZHEN Store, Shanghai (2017); Sydney Biennial, Various locations (Cockatoo Island), Sydney, Australia (2016); China 8, Kunstmuseum Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany (2015); 14 Rooms, Hall 3, Messe Basel, Basel, Switzerland (2014); La Biennale de Lyon (2013); ‘China China’, A Group Show of Chinese Artists, Pinchuk ArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine (2013); MadeIn Company, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (2012); Distance Produces Beauty, A Display Co-curated and Created by GUEST, TOF and MadeIn Company, ShanghART, Beijing (2012); Physique of Consciousness, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland (2011), Long March Space, Beijing (2011); Action of Consciousness, ShanghArt Gallery, Shanghai, China (2011); Seeing One’s Own Eyes-Middle East Contemporary Art Exhibition, ShanghART Gallery & H-Space, Shanghai (2009), S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium (2009) and IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK (2010). MadeIn company also participated in the 8th Shanghai Biennale and the 7th Busan Biennale, Korea (both 2010), and group exhibitions at UCCA, Beijing (2009) and Rijskakademie, Amsterdam (2011), among others. Curatorial projects include the solo show Standing on the Shoulders of Little Clowns—An Exhibition by ‘GUEST’, UCCA, Beijing (2012); group show Bourgeoisified Proletariat, Shanghai Songjiang Creative Studio (2009), besides exhibitions at MadeIn Space (2010) and TOP Contemporary Art Center (2011).
Courtesy ShanghART
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