Mao Xuhui
Mao Xuhui (b.1956) is an artist who currently lives in Kunming and teaches at Yunnan University. Mao, along with Zhang Xiaogang, Hou Wenyi, Zhang Long, Pan Dehai, and others, organised ‘New Concrete Image’ (Shanghai, 1985), one of the first self-funded exhibitions in China. This exhibition was later shown in Nanjing, Kunming, and Chongqing, with the inclusion of additional works by young artists from the southwestern region. In 1986, Mao introduced the works of artists from the southwestern region at the 1986 Zhuhai Conference; and with Pan Dehai, Zhang Xiaogang, and Ye Yongqing formed the Southwestern Art Research Group. Works by Mao, Pan, Zhang, and Ye were shown at the ‘China/Avant-Garde Exhibition’ (Beijing, 1989).
1956 Born in Chongqing, Sichuan, China
1982 Graduated from the Yunnan Art Academy, Yunnan, China
1984 Stared working at the Kunming Film Production Company, in charge of painting
promotional posters
1993 Became a professional artist
1996–1999 Taught at the Oil Painting Studio of the Yunnan Art Academy
2001 Teaching in the art department at Yunnan University
2001 Current Member of Yunnan Oil Painting Association
2001． Vice-president of Yunnan Oil Painting Society
■ Solo Exhibitions
2008 ROAD Mao Xuhui’s Drawing Course 1973-2007, Red Bridge Gallery, Shanghai
2007 Mao Xuhui:30 Years An Artist, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong (solo)
2005 Scissors–Mao Xuhui, Nordica Gallery, Kunming, China (solo)
2004 Mao Xuhui: Scissors, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong (solo)
1999 Scissors, Mao Xuhui”, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong (solo)
1997 Dream of the Red Earth, Mao Xuhui, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore (solo)
■ Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 In 10 one ‘feels’ 1997-2007 parallel exhibitions
New Interface Searching the Futute, Back to the Gui Mountain, Soobin Art Gallery,
Singapore
2006 Create History: Chinese Contemporary Art form the 80s of the 20th Century, OCT
Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen
Academic State: Chinese Contemporary Artists Invitational Exhibition, Nanjing
Museum, Nanjing
2005 ‘Air of Destiny’, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Contrasts and Contradictions, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
In Honor of 85, Shanghai Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2004 Awakening: La France Mandarine—The French Influence on Chinese Art, Shanghai
Urban Planning Center, National Art Museum of China
Yunnan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Museum of California State University,
California, USA.
2003 From China with Art, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta,Indonesia
Embracing The New Century–The Third Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, National
Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Guiyang Biennial of Oil Painting, Guiyang, China
2002 Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
China–Korea Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2001 Dream 2001 Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, The Red Mansion Ltd, London,
England
Made by China, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
2000 Tale of Two Cities-Asian Contemporary Art Exhibition, London, UK
1999 1999 Chinese Art Exhibition, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1998 Inside Out: New Chinese Art, Asia Society and P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center,
New York; Museum of Modern Art and Asia Art Museum of San Francisco, San。
Francisco, USA and Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico
1998 China’s New Art Exhibition at the Observation de Montreal, Artist-Run Exhibition。Center Montreal, Canada
The First Collection Exhibition of Upriver Gallery, Chengdu, China
1997 Quotation Marks: Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Painting, Singapore Art。Museum, Singapore
Red and Grey, Eight Avant-Garde Chinese Artists, Soobin Art Gallery and Tresors International Fine Art Fair For Asia, Singapore