TANG Zhigang
唐志岡works in Yunnan (b. 1959, Kunming)
Tang Zhigang is a celebrated oil painter, a professor at Yunnan Arts University and President of the Yunnan Oil Painters Association.
| 1959 | Born in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China |
| 1976 | Graduated from secondary school and enlisted in the army |
| 1989 | Graduated from the Oil Painting Department, Art Institute of The People’s Liberation Army |
| 1996-present | Professor at Yunnan Arts University |
| Currently lives and works in Yunnan province, China | |
| Selected Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2008
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Never Grow Up — Tang Zhigang 1977-2007, gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea |
| 2007
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Never Grow Up — Tang Zhigang 1977-2007, doART CHINA-gallery, Hyundai company, Beijing, China |
| 2005
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China Festival: Chinese Fairy Tale, Canvas International Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Chinese Fairy Tale, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| Chinese Fairy Tale: Tang Zhigang Solo Exhibition, TCG Nordica, Kunming, China | |
| 2004 | Meeting in Painting, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France |
| 2002 | Half of a Soldier’s Life, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2000 | Children in Meeting, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 1994 | The Life of Soldiers, Yunnan Arts University, Kunming, China |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2015
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Slices of Thought: Invitational Exhibition of Yunnan Artists’ Manuscripts, 108 Loft Complex, Kunming, China |
| Kunstaustausch Zwischen Deutschland und China: Zwei Zustände der Kunst, Yuan Xiaocen Arts Center, Kunming, China; Neues Schloss der Eremitage Bayreuth, Germany; Kunstmuseum Erlangen, Germany | |
| 2014
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3 Edition 4 Face Exhibition: Chengdu Blue Roof Art Festival Exhibition, Four-Face Space Art Centre, Chengdu, China |
| Scenery on Paper: Exhibition of Works by Contemporary Artists, Yuan Xiaocen Arts Center, Kunming, China | |
| Run with the Dream: Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, Yuan Xiaocen Arts Center, Kunming, China | |
| Above the Scenery, Yunnan Provincial Museum, Kunming, China | |
| Nothing of Him that Doth fade But Doth Suffer a Sea Change, Jingya Gallery, Kunming, China | |
| 2013
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DAS Biennale 2013: Yunnan Landscape Oil Painting Exhibition, Yunnan Provincial Museum, Kunming, China |
| Fertile Southwest: My Soil & My People Oil Paintings Invitational Exhibition, Guangxi Art Museum, Nanning, China | |
| Color Of The Heart, Hongqiao Gallery, Shanghai, China | |
| New Sights In Chinese Contemporary Art, National Art Museum Of Romania, Bucharest, Romania | |
| 2012
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Latitude/Attitude: Twenty Years of Schoeni Art Gallery, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong |
| Modern And Contemporary Oil Painting of Yunnan, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China | |
| 2011 | Surrealist POP, Enjoy Museum of Art, Beijing, China |
| 2010
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On Yunnan–A Branch of Contemporary Art Since the 1990s, Beijing Center for the Arts, Beijing, China |
| 13th Beijing International Art Exposition, Beijing China World Trade Center, Beijing, China | |
| RESHAPING HISTORY: Chinart from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing, China; Today Art Museum, Beijing, China; Arario Gallery (Beijing), Beijing, China | |
| 2009
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Freedom of Choice: New Chinese Art, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Louisiana, USA |
| 2008
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ShContemporary 2008, National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai),Shanghai, China |
| Today’s China–Contemporary Art from China, Belvue Museum, Brussels, Belgium | |
| BEIJING-ATHENS: Contemporary Art from China, Technopolis of the City of Athens, Athens, Greece | |
| New interface IV: Here Comes Spring, H&H space, Hongqiao Gallery, Shanghai, China | |
| 2007
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3L4D – 3rd Life 4th Dimension, National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Adidas: Sport in Art Exhibition, MOCA, Shanghai, China | |
| ShContemporary 2007, National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), Shanghai, China | |
| New Interface 3: Searching the Future of Chinese Contemporary Art, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China | |
| Thermocline of Art, ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany | |
| Departure from the South-West, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China | |
| Word of Mouth: Guiyang Biennial, Guiyang, China | |
| Chinese Contemporary, Social Art Exhibition, National Art Museum, Moscow, Russia | |
| Overlook 2007, OV Gallery, Shanghai, China | |
| From New Figurative to New Painting, Beijing Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China | |
| Yunnan Contemporary Art Invitational, Nanjing Square Gallery, Nanjing, China | |
| Back to Guishan, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore | |
| 2006 | Made in China, Opera Gallery, London, U.K |
| Chinese Fairy Tale, 2006, Shanghai Hongqiao Gallery, Shanghai, China | |
| Yunnan Creation: Seven Person Exhibition, Kunming, China | |
| Beijing International Art Exposition, Beijing, China | |
| Melbourne International Art Exposition, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 2005 | Conspire: 1st Exhibition of T.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, T.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China |
| Warmness, Hongqiao Gallery, Shanghai, China | |
| Celestial Affinity, Shenzhen, China | |
| Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
| Dream Producers: The Imaginary of Chinese Contemporary Art, Xin-Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China | |
| 2003
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Five: Five Artists from Kunming, Örebro Art Gallery, Örebro ,Sweden |
| Guiyang Biennial, Guiyang, China | |
| From China with Art, National Gallery of Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| Collection of LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore | |
| 2002 | The 17th World Cup, France |
| China Pop, Sydney, Australia | |
| The First Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, China | |
| Paris-Pekin, Espace Cardin, Paris, France | |
| 2001 | Basel international Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland |
| Boys and Girls, Kunming, China; Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore | |
| VASL International Artists Workshop, Karachi, Pakistan | |
| 2000 | Tales of Two Cities, Asia Contemporary Art, London, U.K. |
| Chinese Avant-garde Exhibition, De La Villette Museum, Paris, France | |
| 1999 | Three Artists from Kunming, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong |
| Chinese Avant-garde Exhibition, Saint-Benin Art Centre, Italy; Musee Granet, Provence, France | |
| China 46, Art Sans Frontieres Gallery, Shanghai, China; Melbourne, Australia | |
| Open in All Directions, Kunming Upriver Club, Kunming, China | |
| Moment: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, University of Chicago Art Center, Chicago, USA | |
| 1997 | Urban Personality, Kunming, China |
| 1996 | Life Style, Yunnan University Science Center, Kunming, China |
| 1995 | Current State (Organized by the Cultural Exchange Center of f Columbia University, United States), Kunming, China |
| 1994 | The 8th National Art Exhibition, Beijing, China |
| 1993 | The 2nd China Oil Painting Exhibition, Beijing, China |
| 1989 | The 7th National Art Exhibition, Nanjing, China |
| 1986
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National Art Exhibition Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, China |
