Exhibition
Li Shurui, Yang Guangnan, Zhang Xuerui A Descent into the Maelstrom
Curator:Fiona He
MANGROVEGALLERY,
Shenzhen 2022.11.5-12.17
Shenzhen 2022.11.5-12.17
Biography
Zhang Xuerui (b. 1979, Shanxi, China) graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 2004. She currently lives and works in Beijing, China.
People can see two elements in Zhang Xuerui’s paintings–grids and colors. The formula of Zhang Xuerui’s abstract paintings seem to be discerned at a glance—using an orderly grid and filling each unit with gradually shifting colors. Behind these obvious visual elements (colors and grids) lies the artist’s understanding of the concept of space, and a linear (temporal) experience. Her textile readymade creations are in agreement with her abstract paintings, which together compose her artistic practice.
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2020River with Three Buoys, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2019The Everyday as Ontology, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2018The God of Small Things, Art Basel Miami Beach-Kabinett, Miami, United States
2017Colours in A Breeze: Zhang Xuerui Solo Exhibition, Leo Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Zhang Xuerui: Recent Works, Ginkgo Space, Beijing, China
2015Zhang Xuerui, Ginkgo Space, Beijing, China
Alienated Substance – Zhang Xuerui’s Solo Exhibition, Mao Space, Shanghai, China
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2022A Descent into the Maelstrom, MANGROVEGALLERY, Shenzhen, China
2021SNAPSHOT, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2020Shifting, Pop-up Art Parcours, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland
The Order of Time, HdM Gallery, Beijing, China
2019You Are a Goddess, You Are a Demon, Boxes Art Space, Shenzhen, China
Letters from Beijing, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea
2018The God of Small Things, Leo Gallery, Shanghai, China
The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China 2017, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China
Encounter Asia—Multi-vision of Youth Art, the Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
An Exhibition About Fabric, Program Alchemy in Residential Area, Beijing, China
2017Soft Power, Leo Gallery, Shanghai, China
Degree Zero of Art: the Rational Expression of Abstract Art, Hive Center for ContemporaryArt, Beijing, China
Absoluteness: New Art from China, The Page Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
To gaze & To detach, 798 1 House, Beijing, China
2016The Suggestive Wheel: An Era of Metaphors, Boxes Art Space, Shenzhen, China It is exactly as it if had never happened, 798 1 House, Beijing, China Plural, Gingko Space, Beijing, China 2015Nonfigurative, Shanghai 21th Century Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China Chinese Abstract Painting Today, Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie, Essen, Germany 2014New Abstract: Chapter 1, HDM Gallery, Beijing, China New Generation of Abstract Art, Sishang Art Museum, Beijing, China 2013Stitch – Zhang Xuerui & Cho Sohee, Space Can Beijing, Beijing, China 2012A Chinese Way of Abstract, SHI FANG Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany The 1st Xinjiang Biennale, Xinjiang Art Center, Urumchi, China 2010Negotiations – The 2nd Today’ s Documents 2010, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China 2008Towards Post – Abstraction, PIFO New Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Collections (Selection)
White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Cruthers Art Foundation, Perth, Australia
He Art Museum (HEM), Foshan, China
Residency
2015Kulturkontaka Austria, Vienna, Austria
Exhibitions