ZHU JINSHI

Born
Beijing, China, 1954

Education
Artists-in-Berlin Residency Program scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 1988
Architecture Department lectureship at Berlin Technical University, Germany, 1994
Artist residency at the Banff Center, Canada, 1998

Present Lives and works in Beijing, China
 

Selected One-Person Exhibitions

2012
Boat, Pearl Lam Special Project Space, Shanghai, China
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2010
New Abstract, 604J Gallery/604H Gallery, Busan, Korea
Hongje Gallery/Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2009
Social Chromatology, Joy Art Space Beijing

2008
Power and Territory, Arario Gallery Beijing, China

2007
Four Tables, Sihe Yuan Gallery, Beijing, China

2006
Plane Pattern, Tongzhou Private Art Center, Beijing, China

2004
Tea House, Passau Abulant Gallery, Munich, Germany

2002
On the Road, Prague City Museum, Czech Republic

2000
Empty Time, Vostell Gallery, Berlin, Germany

1999
Diary in Bamboo Forest, Weitendorf Art Association, Germany

1998
Empty Space, Saarbruecken City Gallery, Germany
Return to Origin, Ulm Art Association, Germany
Feng, Banff Art Center, Canada
Ancient Town, Hartwig Gallery, Bremen, Germany

1997
Tao of Rice Paper, Vancouver Museum, Canada

1996
Impermanence, Art Museum of Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
Mianbi - In Front of Steep Wall), Berlin Georg-Kolbe Museum, Germany

1995
Houhai Knot, Houhai, Beijing, China
Houhai Lake art project, Houhai, Beijing, China
Moment, Ruin of Art, Berlin, Germany

1994
Wooden Architecture, Zhaoyao Gallery, Beijing, China

1990
Fangzhen, Berlin DAAD Gallery, Germany

GROUP SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2012
Alone Together, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL

2011
ArtHK 2011, Pearl Lam Fine Art, Hong Kong
China International Gallery Exposition 2011 (CIGE), Contrasts Gallery, Beijing, China
"Wu Ming", Form is Formless: Chinese Contemporary Abstract Art, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai
Mind Space: Minimalism in Contrasts, University of Pittsburgh, USA

2010
Asian Landmark, Iberia Art Center for Contemporary Art Beijing
Mind Space: Minimalism, Contrasts Gallery, SHnaghai

2009
Exhibition of Abstract Paintings, Shui Mu Art space, Beijing
Yi School, Today Museum, Beijing, China

2008
Community of tastes, Iberia Art Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
YI Pai: 30 years of “Abstract” Art in China, La Caixa Forum, Palma; Barcelona; and Madrid, Spain
Apartment Art in China 1970s—1990s, Shui Mu Art space, Beijing, China

2007
What is Mono-ha?, Tokio Gallery + BTAP, Beijing
Abstract painting, Deshan Art Space, Beijing
Energe first today´s documents, Today Art Museum, BeijingChina Now, COBRA Art Museum Amsterdam, Holland

2006
Hyper Design ---The 5th Shanghai Biennial Exhibition, China
China Now--- The Glamour in Reincarnation, Sammlung Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria
Ruin Painting, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

2005
Century and Paradise---Chengdu Biennial Exhibition, Chengdu, China
Beauty, Berlin-Beijing, Berlin Alexander Ochs Gallery, Germany
Ink and Paper, Weimar Art Museum, Germany

2004
The 3rd Oberschwaben Triennial Exhibition for Contemporary Art, Germany
China Moon, Long Island Watermill Foundation, New York, USA

2003
Chinese Maximism, Art Museum of University Buffalo, New York, USA
Chinese Century, Temple Art Museum, Beijing, China

2002
The 1st Guangzhou Triennial Exhibition, China

2000
Hometown Art, Palace of World Culture, Berlin, Germany
On the Way, Bethanien Art Center, Berlin, Germany
Time and Timeless, Egon Schiele Art Center, Krumlov, Czech Republic

1999
The Same Voice, Ludwigsburger Royal Palace Art Festival, Germany

1998
Light and Paper, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren, Germany

1997
Unfashionable, Kirin Art Space Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Osaka Kirin Art Museum, Japan
Mitsubishi.Jisho Art Museum Fukouka, Japan

1996
Art Exhibition of China, Korea and Japan, Art Center, Suwon, Korea

1995
Orientation, the 4th Istanbul Biennial Exhibition, Turkey
Perspicacity, Bonn Commonwealth Art Museum, Germany
Mouth Open, Eyes Shut, Art Museum of Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

1993
Chinese Avant-Garde Art, Palace of World Culture, Berlin, Germany
Chinese Art, Aschaffenburg City Gallery, Germany
Night Rainbow, Oderberg Street Art Festival, Berlin,Germany
My Home is Your Home, Museum of Modern Art, Lòdz, Poland

1992
Chinese Contemporary Art, Z Gallery, New York, USA

1991
Chinese Contemporary Art, China Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Art against Violence, Starke Foundation, Berlin, Germany
Stream of Light, Ruin of Art, Berlin, Germany

1990
Freedom, Rotterdam Cultural Centre, Holland

1987
Two Artists from Beijing, Bethanien Art Center, Berlin, Germany

1986
Chinese Avant-garde Circuit Exhibition, New York City Gallery, USA

1985
Tuhua Exhibition, Chaoyang Theater, Beijing, China (It was forbidden.)

1983-85
Mehrer Underground Exhibition, Private Space, Beijing, China

1980
The 2nd Xing Xing (Star) Exhibition, Chinese National Museum, Beijing, China

1979
The 1st Xing Xing (Star) Exhibition, Gallery in Beihai Park, Beijing, China

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2013
Dex, Robert. "Art13: Rice Paper Sculpture Goes on Display for New London Art Fair." Independent (London), February 28, 2013.
Himelfarb, Ellen. "Gallerist Pearl Lam Docks Zhu Jinshi's 'Boat' at Art13 London." Wallpaper, March 4, 2013.
Lai, Alexis. "Hong Kong Art Explosion: What to See this Month." CNN.com, May 17, 2013.
Wang, Sue. "Pearl Lam Galleries in Hong Kong Presents the Solo Exhibition by Zhu Jinshi." Cafa Art Info, May 14, 2013.
"Zhu Jinshi: Boat." Domus, March 12, 2013.                 

2012
Braithwaite, Hunter. "Zhu Jinshi." Miami Rail (Winter 2012).
Caldwell, Ellen C. "Oil Paint Porn: Zhu Jinshi at Blum & Poe," New American Paintings (blog), July 6, 2012.
“Zhu Jinshi: Artist Profile.” B Beyond, no. 1 (2012): 80-87.

2011
Gao, Minglu. Mind Space: Maximalism in Contrasts. Shanghai: Contrast Gallery, 2011.

2010
Movius, Lisa. “Mind Space: Contrasts.” Art in America 98, no. 9 (October 2010): 200-201. 

2008
Gao, Minglu. La escuela Yi: treinta años de arte abstracto chino. Barcelona: Fundació La Caixa, 2008.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

White Rabbit Collection, Chippendale, Australia
Wall Museum, Beijing, China
Minsheng Museum, Shanghai, China
Empty Space, Saarbruecken City Gallery, Germany
Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
Long Island Watermill Foundation, Water Mill, New York
Deustch Bank, Zurich, Switzerland