Guo Hongwei
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GUO Hongwei is a contemporary artist based in Beijing. He was born in 1982 and graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2004. He is known primarily for his watercolor series. In his recent works, he ventured into the field of collage and started to explore and to experiment with new dimensions in visual art within a given flat surface. He has exhibited at a number of venues, including James Cohan Gallery, Chambers Fine Art and Leo Xu Projects.[1]
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Guo Hongwei: Painting Is Collecting, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing; New York
2011
Tiny Drop, AIKE-DELLARCO, Palermo
2010
Things, Chambers Fine Art, New York
2009
Things, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing
2007
Dissolving Memories: Guo Hongwei’s Paintings, Connoisseur Art Gallery, 82 Republic, Hong Kong
Group Exhibitions
2013
ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
2012
Daily of Concept, A Practice of Life, The Fifth Shanghai Duolun Youth Art Exhibition, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
Observations: Works by Xiaoze Xie, Shi Jing, Guo Hongwei and Zhang Dun, Artfarm, Salt Point, New York
2011
Painting Lesson: Illusion or Delusion, Gallery Yang, Beijing
Catch the Moon in the Water: Emerging Chinese Artists, James Cohan Gallery, New York
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai
0° Space, AIKE-DELLARCO, Shanghai
2010
Guo Hongwei, Yuko Murata, Karen Seapker: Recent paintings and watercolors, James Cohan Gallery Shanghai, Shanghai
Alex, James Cohan Gallery Shanghai, Shanghai
Du — CROSSOVER, Aroundspace, Shanghai
2009
Santa’s Workshop Shanghai, James Cohan Gallery Shanghai, Shanghai
The Tree, James Cohan Gallery Shanghai, Shanghai
NEW-TRENDS: Fifteen Contemporary Chinese Artist, Pacific Heritage Museum, San Francisco
2008
Blog it: New Wave of New Wave, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing; New York
Starting Now, Beijing Art Now Gallery, Beijing
The Game Is Not Over: Young Chinese Artists, Arario Beijing, Beijing
Thinghood: Object-related Themes in Contemporary Art, Magee Art Gallery, Beijing
2007
Refresh: Emerging Chinese Artists, Shanghai Zendai MoMA, Shanghai;Arario Beijing, Beijing
The First Today Documents 2007: Energy: Spirit, Body, Material, Today Art Museum, Beijing
2006
Seven Sichuan Generals, Ogilvy O Gallery, Beijing
Dialogue 10 +10, Shanghai Zendai MoMA, Shanghai