Born December 8, 1957 Quanzhou, Fujian, China
Lives and works in New York
- Solo Exhibitions
- Group Exhibitions
- Curated Exhibitions
- Explosion Events and Other Ephemeral Projects
- Public Art
- Grants and Awards
- Distinguished Positions
- Education
| 1987 | Cai Guo-Qiang’s Painting, The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, Tokyo, May 18–Jun. 16. Cai Guo-Qiang: Gunpowder Art, Gallery KIGOMA, Tokyo, Aug. 9–21. |
| 1989 | Explosions and Space Holes: Cai Guo-Qiang, Gallery KIGOMA, Tokyo, Mar. 5–17. |
| 1990 | Huang Rui and Cai Guo-Qiang, Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Feb. 5–10. |
| 1991 | Primeval Fireball: The Project for Projects, P3 art and environment, Tokyo, Feb. 26–Apr. 20. Exh. cat. |
| 1992 | Wailing Wall: From the Engine of Four Hundred Cars, IBM Kawasaki City Gallery, Kanagawa, Oct. 15–26. |
| 1993 | Cai Guo-Qiang, Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Naoshima, Apr.–Jul. Long Mai: The Dragon Meridian, P3 art and environment, Tokyo, Jan. 22–Mar. 20. |
| 1994 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Calendar of Life, Gallery APA, Nagoya, Jan. 7–30. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: From the Pan-Pacific, Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima, Mar. 6–31. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Concerning Flame, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, May 9–28. Chaos: Cai Guo-Qiang, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Sept. 20–Nov. 3. Exh. cat. |
| 1997 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Flying Dragon in the Heavens, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Mar. 8–Apr. 27. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Cultural Melting Bath: Projects for the 20th Century, The Queens Museum of Art, New York, Aug. 1–Oct. 26. Exh. cat. |
| 1998 | Day Dreaming: Cai Guo-Qiang, Eslite Gallery (Cherng Piin), Taipei, May 30–Jun. 21. Exh. cat. |
| 1999 | Cai Guo-Qiang: I Am the Y2K Bug, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Nov. 4, 1999–Feb. 27, 2000. Exh. cat. |
| 2000 | Cai Guo-Qiang, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, Apr. 5–May 28. Exh. cat. |
| 2001 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Performing Chinese Ink Painting, Contemporary Art Gallery and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Vancouver, Jul. 28–Sept. 23. Cai Guo-Qiang: Impression Oil Drawings, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Aug. 3–Sept. 23. Cai Guo-Qiang: An Arbitrary History, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, Oct. 31, 2001–Jan. 6, 2002. Exh. cat. Traveled to S.M.A.K. (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Ghent, Mar. 29–Jun. 1, 2003. Cai Guo-Qiang: Iwaki Ninety-Nine Pagodas, Gallery Iwaki, Fukushima, Aug.18–28. Exh. cat. |
| 2002 | Cai Guo-Qiang, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, Feb. 1–Mar. 1. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang’s CHADO Pavilion––Homage to Tenshin Okakura, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone, May 25–Sept. 23. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Ethereal Flowers, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Sept. 7–Nov. 24. Exh. cat. |
| 2003 | Macromatrix: For Your Pleasure, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, Apr. 22–Aug. 3. Cai Guo-Qiang: An Explosion Event: Light Cycle Over Central Park, Asia Society Museum, New York, Sept. 9–Dec. 14. Exh. cat. |
| 2004 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Traveler, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 2004–Apr. 24, 2005. Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune, MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), North Adams, Dec. 12, 2004–Oct. 30, 2005. Exh. cat. |
| 2005 | Cai Guo-Qiang: On Black Fireworks, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, May 20–Jun. 12. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Paradise, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Jun. 17–Aug. 28. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Life Beneath the Shadow, Fruitmarket Gallery and Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Jul. 30–Sept. 25 (at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery through Sept. 11). Exh. cat. |
| 2006 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, (organized by the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams), Jan. 21–Mar. 26. Cai Guo-Qiang: Stage, San Gimignano Mountain and Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Mar. 25–Apr. 29. Cai Guo-Qiang on the Roof: Transparent Monument, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Apr. 25–Oct. 29. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Long Scroll, Shawinigan Space, National Gallery of Canada, Shawinigan, (organized in collaboration with the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams), Jun. 10–Oct. 1. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (organized by the Deutsche Bank Collection), Aug. 26–Oct. 15. Exh. cat. Captured Wind Arrested Shadow: Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Hwai-min’s Wind Shadow, Eslite Gallery (Cherng Piin), Taipei, Nov. 22–Dec. 10. Exh. cat. |
| 2007 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune: Stage One, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, semi-permanent installation, May 5, 2007–Mar. 8, 2016. Light Passage: Cai Guo-Qiang & Shiseido, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Jun. 23–Aug. 12. Exh. cat. |
| 2008 | Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Feb. 22–May 28. Traveled to National Art Museum of China, Beijing, Aug. 19–Sept. 2, and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Mar. 17, 2008–Sept. 20, 2009. Exh. cat. The 7th Hiroshima Art Prize: Cai Guo-Qiang, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Oct. 25, 2008–Jan. 12, 2009. Exh. cat. |
| 2009 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Hanging Out in the Museum, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Nov. 21, 2009–Feb. 21, 2010. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms, Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, Dec. 11, 2009–Mar. 21, 2010 (at The Fabric Workshop and Museum through Mar. 22, 2010; at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through Mar. 1, 2010). Exh. cat. |
| 2010 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant da Vincis, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, May 4–Jul. 25. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Travels in the Mediterranean, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, Jun. 11, 2010–Jan. 9, 2011. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore, (organized by Deutsche Bank Collection), Jul. 2–Aug. 31 Cai Guo-Qiang: Odyssey, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, permanent gunpowder drawing installation in the Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Arts of China Gallery, opened Oct. 17, 2010. Cai Guo-Qiang: Sunshine and Solitude, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Dec. 1, 2010–Mar. 27, 2011. Exh. cat. |
| 2011 | Cai Guo-Qiang—1040M Underground, IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Intiatives, Donetsk, Aug. 27–Nov. 13. Exh. cat. Move Along, Nothing to See Here, Brown University Cohen Gallery, Providence, Sept. 14–Oct. 28. Cai Guo-Qiang: Saraab, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Dec. 5, 2011–May 26, 2012. Exh. cat. |
| 2012 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Sky Ladder, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (LAMoCA), Los Angeles, Apr. 8–Sept. 3. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Spring, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, Apr. 20–Jun. 3. Exh. cat. A Clan of Boats, Faurschou Foundation, Copenhagen, Sept. 6–Dec. 7. Exh. cat. |
| 2013 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Da Vincis do Povo, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil and Museu dos Correios, Brasília, Feb. 5–Mar. 31. Traveled to Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil and Museu dos Correios, São Paulo, Apr. 21–Jun. 30, and Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil and Centro Cultural Correios Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 6–Sept. 22. Falling Back to Earth, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Nov. 23–May 12. Exh. cat. |
| 2014 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Moving Ghost Town, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Aug. 9–Oct. 5. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, Aug. 8–Oct. 26. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Impromptu, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Dec. 13, 2014–Mar. 8, 2015. Exh. cat. |
| 2015 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Unmanned Nature, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, Feb. 14–Jun. 21. GMoCA (Green Museum of Contemporary Art), Museo Orgánico Romerillo, Havana, May 22–Jun. 22. Cai Guo-Qiang: There and Back Again, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Jul. 11–Oct. 18. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Penglai / Hōrai, Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art, KINARE, Tokamachi, Jul. 25–Sept. 13. Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant da Vincis, Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Sept. 9, 2015–Jan. 6, 2016. |
| 2016 | Cai Guo-Qiang: My Stories of Painting, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Sept. 30, 2016–May 1, 2017. Exh.cat. |
| 2017 | Cai Guo-Qiang: October, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Sept. 13–Nov. 12. Exh. cat. The Spirit of Painting. Cai Guo-Qiang at the Prado, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Oct. 25, 2017–Mar. 4, 2018. Exh. cat. |
| 2018 | Flora Commedia: Cai Guo-Qiang at the Uffizi, The Uffizi Galleries, Florence, Nov. 20, 2018–Feb. 17, 2019. Exh. cat. |
| 2019 | In the Volcano: Cai Guo-Qiang and Pompeii, National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Naples, Feb. 23–May 20. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: The Transient Landscape, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, May 24–Oct. 13. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Cuyahoga River Lightning, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, May 25–Sept. 22. Exh. cat. Cai Guo-Qiang: Gunpowder Art, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Oct. 25, 2019–Apr. 19, 2020. Exh. cat. |
| 2020 | Odyssey and Homecoming, The Palace Museum, Beijing, Dec. 15, 2020–Mar. 8, 2021. Exh. cat. |
| 2021 |
Cai Guo-Qiang: Odyssey and Homecoming, Museum of Art Pudong (MAP), Shanghai, Jul. 8, 2021–Mar. 7, 2022. Exh. cat. |
| 2023 |
Cai Guo-Qiang: Ramble in the Cosmos—From Primeval Fireball Onward, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Jun. 29–Aug. 21. Exh. cat. |
| 2024 |
Cai Guo-Qiang: A Material Odyssey, Pacific Asia Museum, Los Angeles, Sept. 17, 2024–Jun. 15, 2025. Exh. cat. |
| 2025 |
Interspecies Love Letter: cAI™ Lab, Skylight Pavilion of the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., Mar. 28–Apr. 13, 2025. |
| 1985 | Cai Guo-Qiang and Hong Hong Wu: Paintings, Quanzhou Art Gallery, Quanzhou. The Shanghai and Fujian Youth Modern Art Joint Exhibition, Fuzhou Museum, Fuzhou, Jun. 15–25. The Jinjiang Area Youths’ Oil Paintings Exhibition, Jinjiang, Oct. Exh. cat. |
| 1987 | 55th Memorial Exhibition of Dokuritsu Art Association, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Oct. 16. |
| 1989 | 16th International Modern Art AU Show, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo. ‘89 Tama River Fussa Outdoor Art Exhibition, Fussa Minami Park and Kumagawa Shrine, Tokyo, Nov. 3–19. Exh. cat. |
| 1990 | Chine demain pour hier, Pourrières, Aix-en-Provence, Jul. 7–31. Exh. cat. Museum City Tenjin ’90: Circulation of Sensibility—Visual City, Functioning Art, Fukuoka City Hall and Nagahama Port, Fukuoka, Sept. 17–Nov. 4. Exh. cat. The 7th Japan Ushimado International Art Festival, Palace Plaza, Olive Mountain, Okayama, Nov. 2–4. Exh. cat. |
| 1991 | Asian Wave: China, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Mar. 11–23. Exceptional Passage —Chinese Avant-Garde Artists Exhibition, Mitsubishi-jisho Artium and Kashii former train yard, Fukuoka, (organized by Museum City Project, Fukuoka), Aug. 29–Sept. 30. Exh. cat. |
| 1992 | Encountering the Others: The Kassel International Art Exhibition, various sites, Hannover-Münden and Kassel, Jun. Exh. cat. Looking for Tree of Life: A Journey to Asian Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Saitama, Jun. 20–Aug. 2. Exh. cat. Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner Telekommunizierbarkeit, Transformator–Verein zur Förderung aktueller Kunst, Sankt Veit an der Glan, Jun. 26. Exh. cat. |
| 1993 | Silent Energy, Museum of Modern Art Oxford (now Modern Art Oxford), Oxford, Jun. 27–Aug. 29. Exh. cat. Outdoor Workshop ’93, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Koka, Oct. 21–31. Exh. cat. |
| 1994 | Promenade in Asia, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Jan. 26–Feb. 12. Exh. cat. Making New Kyoto ’94, Kyoto City Hall, Kyoto, (organized by the City of Kyoto), Mar. 13–27. Mito Annual ’94: Open System, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Center, Mito, Apr. 2–May 29. Exh. cat. Well-Spring, Bath Festival Exhibition, Bath, May 19–Jun. 26. Exh. cat. Creativity in Asian Art Now, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Sept. 18–Nov. 6. Exh. cat. Heart of Darkness, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Dec. 18, 1994–Mar. 27, 1995. Exh. cat. |
| 1995 | The Ever-Changing, Drifting Heat: The First Johannesburg Biennale, Electric Workshop, Johannesburg, Feb. 28–Apr. 30. Exh. cat. Art in Japan Today 1985–1995, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Mar. 19–May 21. Exh. cat. TransCulture: 46th Venice Biennale, Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, Venice, Jun. 11–Sept. 4. Exh. cat. Ripple Across the Water, Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Sept. 2–Oct. 1. Exh. cat. Contemplation, Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul, Sept. 26–Oct. 20. Exh. cat. |
| 1996 | In the Ruins of the Twentieth Century : The 20th Annual International Studio Artists Exhibition OFF-SITE, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA PS1), Off-site: 80 Lafayette Street, New York, May 3–31. Exh. cat. Between Earth and the Heavens: Aspects of Contemporary Japanese Art II, Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Jun. 15–Aug. 25. Exh. cat. Traveled to Museum Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Dec. 10, 1996–Mar. 9, 1997. Interzones: A Work in Progress, Kunstforeningen (now Gammel Strand), Copenhagen, Jun. 22–Aug. 25. Exh. cat. The Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Sept. 27, 1996–Jan. 19, 1997. Exh. cat. Universalis: 23rd Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, Oct. 6–Dec. 8. Exh. cat. Origins and Myths of Fire: New Art from Japan, China and Korea, Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Saitama, Oct. 12–Dec. 8. Exh. cat. De Rode Poort, Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent (now S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Ghent, Nov. 9, 1996–Feb. 2, 1997. Exh. cat. The Hugo Boss Prize 1996, Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York, Nov. 20, 1996–Jan. 19, 1997. Exh. cat. |
| 1997 | Promenade in Asia II, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Jan. 17–Feb. 8. Exh. cat. Performance Anxiety, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, Apr. 17–Jul. 6. Traveled to Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, Sept. 13–Nov. 30, and SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Mar. 7–May 17, 1998. Exh. cat. 47th Venice Biennale: Future, Past, Present, Giardini della Biennale, Venice, Jun. 15–Nov. 9. Exh. cat. 5th International Istanbul Biennial: On Life, Beauty, Translation, and Other Difficulties, various sites, Istanbul, Oct. 5–Nov. 9. Exh. cat. Cities on the Move, Secession, Exhibition Hall for Contemporary Art, Vienna, Nov. 26, 1997–Jan. 18, 1998. Traveled to CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Jun. 4–30, 1998; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, Oct. 18, 1998–Jan. 3, 1999; Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma—Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Jun. 11–Sept. 1, 1999; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Jan. 29–Apr. 21, 1999; Hayward Gallery, South Bank Centre, London, May 13–Jun. 27, 1999. Exh. cat. |
| 1998 | Wounds: Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Feb. 14–Apr. 19. Exh. cat. Where Heaven and Earth Meet, Center for Curatorial Studies Art Museum, Bard College, New York, May 10–24. La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire: La Ville, Académie de France à Rome, Rome, May 29–Aug. 30. La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire: La Mémoire, Académie de France à Rome, Rome, May 28, 1998–Aug. 29, 1999. La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire: Le Jardin, Académie de France à Rome, Rome, Jun. 22, 1998–Sept. 24, 2000. Exh. cat. Site of Desire: 1998 Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Jun. 13–Sept. 6. Exh. cat. Global Vision: New Art from the ‘90s Part II, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Jul. 7–Nov. 7. Crossings, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Aug. 7–Nov. 1. Exh. cat. Inside Out: New Chinese Art, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and Asia Society, New York, (organized by Asia Society and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), Sept. 15, 1998–Jan. 3, 1999. Traveled to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, Feb. 26–Jun. 1, 1999; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrery, Monterrery, Jul. 9–Oct. 19, 1999; Tacoma Art Museum and Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Nov. 18, 1999–Mar. 6, 2000; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Jun. 3–Aug. 13, 2000. Exh. cat. Issey Miyake Making Things, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, Oct. 13, 1998–Feb. 28, 1999. Traveled to ACE Gallery, New York, Nov. 13, 1999–Feb. 29, 2000; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Apr. 29–Aug. 20, 2000. Exh. cat. Remanence, Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, Melbourne, Oct. 15–Nov. 1. Exh. cat. |
| 1999 | De Opening, S.M.A.K. (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Ghent, May 9–Dec. 5. Exh. cat. Panorama 2000: Art in Utrecht Seen from the Dom Tower, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Jun. 5–Oct. 3. Exh. cat. 48th Venice Biennale: APERTO Over All, Arsenale, Venice, Jun. 13–Nov. 7. Exh. cat. Looking for a Place: The Third International Biennial, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Jul. 10–Dec. 31. Exh. cat. International Currents in Contemporary Art, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Jul. 24, 1999–Jan. 9, 2000. Beyond the Future: The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Sept. 9, 1999–Jan. 26, 2000. Exh. cat. Kunst-Welten im Dialog, Museum Ludwig Köln, Cologne, Nov. 5, 1999–Mar. 19, 2000. Exh. cat. Hiriya in the Museum: Artists’ and Architects’ Proposals for Rehabilitation of the Site, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Nov. 17, 1999–Mar. 20, 2000. Exh. cat. Zeitwenden, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Dec. 4, 1999–Jun. 4, 2000. Exh. cat. Traveled to Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wein, Vienna, Jul. 5–Oct. 1, 2000. Exh. cat. |
| 2000 | Gratitude, Taiwan Museum of Art (now National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts), Taichung, Jan. 15, 2000. Outbound: Passages from the ‘90s, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, Mar. 4–May 7. Exh. cat. Whitney Biennial: 2000 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Mar. 23–Jun. 4. Exh. cat. Pioneers of Chinese Contemporary Art, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Mar. 30–Jun. 27. Over the Edges, S.M.A.K. (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Ghent, Apr. 1–Jun. 30. Exh. cat. Biennale of Sydney 2000, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, May 26–Jul. 30. Exh. cat. Erresistentziak / Resistencias (Acts of Resistance), Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea Erakustaret (now Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea), Donostia-San Sebastian, Jun. 15–Sept. 15. Exh. cat. Art 31 Basel: Art Unlimited, Messe Basel, Basel, Jun. 21–26. Exh. cat. Kunstwegen, various sites between Nordhorn, Germany, and Zwolle, the Netherlands, Nordhorn and Zwolle, (organized by Städtische Galerie Nordhorn), Jun. 24. Exh. cat. Sharing Exoticisms. 5th Lyon Biennale d’Art Contemporain, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, Jun. 27–Sept. 24. Exh. cat. The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and Project Axé, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador da Bahia, Jul. 7–Aug. 20. Exh. cat. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000, Tsunan Mountain Park, Tsunan, Jul. 20–Sept. 10. Exh. cat. Lustwarande / Pleasure-Garden, De Oude Warandepark, Tilburg, Tilburg, (organized by Fundament Foundation), Aug. 19–Oct. 15. Media City Seoul 2000, Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seoul, Sept. 2–Oct. 31, 2000. Exh. cat. Open Ends (as part of MoMA2000 exhibitions), Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sept. 28, 2000–Jan. 30, 2001. Exh. cat. Shanghai Biennale 2000: Shanghai Spirit, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, Nov. 6, 2000–Jan. 6, 2001. Exh. cat. |
| 2001 | Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing, Herbet F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, Mar. 18–Jun. 17. The Gift: Generous Offerings, Threatening Hospitality, Palazzo delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, (co-produced by Centro Culturale Candiani, Venice), Sienna, Jun. 2–Sept. 23. Traveled to Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Feb. 7–May 5, 2002; Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, Nov. 27, 2002–Mar. 2, 2003; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Apr. 11–Jun. 22, 2003; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Aug. 9–Oct. 18, 2003. Exh. cat. Sonsbeek 9: Locus/Focus, Sonsbeek Park, Arnhem, Jun. 3–Sept. 23. Exh. cat. 49th Venice Biennale: Plateau of Humankind, Giardini di Castello, Venice, Jun. 10–Nov. 4. Exh. cat. Yokohama 2001: International Triennale of Contemporary Art: Mega Wave —Towards a New Synthesis, various sites, Yokohama, Sept. 2–Nov. 11. Exh. cat. Exhibition of the Projects for Arte all’Arte 6, Associazione Arte Continua, San Gimignano, Sept. 15, 2001–Jan. 6, 2002. Arte all’Arte 6, various sites, Tuscany, (organized by Associazione Arte Continua), Sept. 15, 2001–Jan. 6, 2002. Exh. cat. Form Follows Fiction, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Oct. 17, 2001–Jan. 27, 2002. Exh. cat. |
| 2002 | Malerei ohne Malerei, Museum der bildende Künste Leipzig, Leipzig, Jan. 30–Apr. 7. Exh. cat. Art that Heals, Apexart, New York, Mar. 9–Apr. 6. EV+A 2002: Heroes + Holies, various sites, Limerick, (organized by Limerick City Gallery of Art), Mar. 16–Jun. 9. Exh. cat. Magnete: artisti stranieri in Toscana 1945–2000, Fattoria di Celle, Santomato, Pistoia, (organized by Sistema Metropolitano d’Arte Contemporanea), Jun. 2–Sept. 30. Red Continent: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, Jun. 3–29. Exh. cat. The Power of Art: The 2nd Inaugural Show of the Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Jul. 13–Aug. 25. Tokachi International Contemporary Art Exhibition: Demeter, Obihiro Racetrack and Nishimaki Park, Obihiro, (organized by P3 art and environment), Jul. 13–Sept. 23. Exh. cat. The Galleries Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London, Sept. 15–Oct. 12. 3rd Biennale de Montréal, Cité Multimédia dans le Vieux-Montréal, Montréal, Sept. 26–Nov. 3. Paris-Pékin, Espace Cardin, Paris, Oct. 5–28. Exh. cat. The First Guangzhou Triennial. Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990–2000), Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, Nov. 18, 2002–Jan. 19, 2003. Ce Qui Arrive, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, Nov. 29, 2002–Mar. 30, 2003. Exh. cat. |
| 2003 | Tate & Egg Live 2003, Tate Modern and Tate Britain, London, Jan.–Sept. Pulse, Art, Healing, and Transformation, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, May 14–Aug. 31. Exh. cat. Alors, la Chine?, Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, Jun. 25–Oct. 13. Exh. cat. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003, Tsunan Mountain Park, Tsunan, Jul. 20–Sept. 7. Exh. cat. |
| 2004 | The Snow Show: Harvested Ice, various sites, Rovaniemi, Feb. 12–Mar. 31. Exh. cat. 26th Bienal de São Paulo: Free Territory, Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, Parque do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Sept. 25–Dec. 19. Exh. cat. Past in Reverse: Contemporary Art of East Asia, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, Nov. 6, 2004–Mar. 6, 2005. |
| 2005 | DreamingNow, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Jan. 27–Apr. 24. Exh. cat. Trading Place: Contemporary Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei, Apr. 2–May 22. Exh. cat. (my private) Heroes, MARTa Herford, Herford, May 7–Aug. 21. Exh. cat. Translation, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Jun. 23–Sept. 18. Arte all’Arte 10, various, Tuscany, (organized by Associazione Arte Continua), Sept. 1–Oct. 2. Exh. cat. |
| 2006 | Min Tai Yuan Museum Collection (Inaugural Exhibition), Min Tai Yuan Museum, Quanzhou, open since May 14. Opening Exhibition: Eldorado, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, Jul. 1–Nov. 20. Exh. cat. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006, Tsunan Mountain Park, Tsunan, Jul. 31–Aug. 9. Out of Time: A Contemporary View, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Aug. 30, 2006–Apr. 9, 2007. Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art, China Institute Gallery, New York, Sept. 28, 2006–Nov. 11 and Dec. 13, 2006–Feb. 24, 2007. Traveled to Seattle Asian Art Museum, Aug. 9–Dec. 2, 2007; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, Jun. 18–Aug. 31, 2008. Exh. cat. Searching for Dreams in the Canals, Suzhou Museum, Suzhou, Oct. 6, 2006–Mar. 30, 2007. |
| 2007 | Journeys: Mapping the Earth and Mind in Chinese Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Feb. 10–Aug. 26. 6 Billion Perps Held Hostage! Artists Address Global Warming, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Mar. 11–Jun. 17. Artempo: Where Time Becomes Art, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Jun. 9–Oct. 7. Exh. cat. |
| 2008 | Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Gallery, London, Mar. 6–May 18. Exh. cat Blood on Paper: The Art of the Book, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Apr. 15–Jun. 29. God & Goods: Spirituality and Mass Confusion, Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Cordoipo, Apr. 19–Sept. 28. Exh. cat. Hong Kong Art: Open Dialogue Exhibition Series II: New Ink Art: Innovation and Beyond, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, Aug. 22–Oct. 26. Exh. cat. Academia. Qui es-tu?, La Chapelle de l’Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Sept. 10–Nov. 23. Exh. cat. Prospect.1 New Orleans, various sites, New Orleans, Nov. 1, 2008–Jan. 18, 2009. Exh. cat. |
| 2009 | Meeting Point, 10th Havana Biennial, Convento de San Francisco de Assis, Havana, Mar. 27–Apr. 30. Stages, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, (organized by Artstrong Foundation), Paris, Jul. 16–Aug. 8. Traveled to 69th Regiment Armory, New York, Oct. 2; Deitch Projects, New York, Oct. 31–Nov. 21; Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, Dec. 3–6. Exh. cat. The 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial 2009: LIVE and LET LIVE: Creators of Tomorrow, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Sept. 5–Nov. 23, 2009. Exh. cat. Bike Rides, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Sept. 26, 2009–Jan. 17, 2010. The Sky Within My House: Contemporary Art in 16 Patios of Cordoba, Archivo Municipal de Córdoba, Córdoba, (organized by Cordoba City of Culture Foundation), Oct. 22–Nov. 30. |
| 2010 | The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age: 17th Biennale of Sydney, various sites, Sydney, May 12–Aug. 1. Exh. cat. Alpha Omega —Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, DESTE Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art (now DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art), Athens, Jun. 16–Dec. 29. Exh. cat. Post Monument: XIV International Sculpture Biennale of Carrara, various sites, Carrara, Jun. 26–Oct. 31. Arts and Cities: Aichi Triennale 2010, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Aug. 21–Oct. 31. Exh. cat. Berliner Bilder, Koidl Kunsthalle, Berlin, (organized by Berliner Bank and Deutsche Bank), Sept. 10–Nov. 13. Collector’s Choice, Collector’s Voice, The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, Oct. 15, 2010–Mar. 13, 2011. Les Nuit Electriques, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Dec. 9, 2010–Jan. 30, 2011. Traveled to LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, Mar. 18–Sept. 12, 2011. Exh. cat. |
| 2011 | Water, Fire and the Earth, Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Apr. 9–Jun.12. Exh. cat. Laboratory of the Future: Regress-Progress, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Jun. 21, 2011–Jan. 15, 2012. Invisibleness is Visibleness: International Contemporary Art Collection of a Salaryman—Daisuke Miyatsu, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei, Jul. 9–Sept. 4. Exh. cat. Windflower, Perceptions of Nature, Kröller-Muller Museum, Otterlo, Oct. 8, 2011–Jan. 15, 2012. Exh. cat. |
| 2012 | Swept Away: Dust, Ashes, and Dirt in Contemporary Art and Design, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, Feb. 7–Aug. 5. Exh. cat. Longing for Perfection, 21 Years of Collecting by the Kröller-Müller Museum, Kröller-Muller Museum, Otterlo, Apr. 1–Oct. 28. Extra-Large: Monumental Works from the Centre Pompidou Collection in Monaco, Forum Grimaldi Monaco, Monaco, Jul. 13–Sept. 9. Exh. cat. Dialogues with Contemporary Art from the Collection of the Setagaya Art Museum, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Sept. 15–Nov. 11. Exh. cat. |
| 2013 | Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Dec. 11, 2013–Apr. 6, 2014. Exh. cat. Portrait of the Times: 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, Aug. 18–Nov. 10. Exh. cat. Glasstress: White Light/White Heat, Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice, May 31–Nov. 24. |
| 2014 | Ravaged: Art and Culture in Times of Conflict, M-Museum Leuven, Leuven, Mar. 20–Sept. 1. Exh. cat. I Look At Things…, Faurschou Foundation, Copenhagen, Apr. 24–Sept. 12. Vivid Memories, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, May 8–Jul. 6. Exh. cat. Frank Gehry: Solaris Chronicles, Atelier de la Mécanique, Parc des Ateliers, Arles, Apr. 5–Sept. 28. Bloom: Eslite Gallery 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Sep. 27–Nov. 2. China’s Changing Landscape, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sept. 28, 2014–Jan. 25, 2015. Exh. cat. Manifest Intention: Drawing in All Its Forms, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Oct. 11, 2014–Jan. 25, 2015. Exh. cat. |
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Heaven and Hell: From Magic Carpets to Drones, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Mar. 6–Sept.6. Exh. cat. Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Mar. 7–May 10. Exh. cat. Scenes for a New Heritage: Contemporary Art from the Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mar. 8–31. Arts & Foods: Rituals since 1851, Triennale de Milano, Milan, Apr. 9–Nov. 20. Exh. cat. Harmony and Transition: Chinese Landscape in Contemporary Art, MARTa Herford, Herford, Jun. 20–Oct. 4. Exh. cat. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2015, Tsunan Mountain Park, Tsunan, Jul. 25–Sept. 13. |
| 2016 | Culture City of East Asia 2016, Nara, Todai-ji Temple, Nara, Apr. 1–Oct. 23. Le Grand Orchestre des Animau, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, Jun. 30, 2016–Jan. 8, 2017. Exh. cat. Le Bonheur de deviner peu à peu, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, Sept. 30–Jan. 15, 2017. La Fine del Mondo, Centro Pecci, Prato, Oct. 16, 2016–Mar. 19, 2017. Exh. cat. |
| 2017 | Highlights: La Collection de la Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), Seoul, May 31–Aug. 15, 2017. Exh. cat. Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition: Culture City of East Asia 2017, Tokyo, Nijo Castle (Nijo-jo), Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Aug. 19–Oct. 15. Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Oct. 6–Jan. 7, 2018. Exh. cat. |
| 2018 | Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, A Beautiful Elsewhere, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, Apr. 25–Jul. 29. Exh. cat. L’Envol, La Maison Rouge, Paris, Jun. 16–Oct. 28. |
| 2019 | 30th Anniversary Exhibition: The Seven Lamps of the Art Museum, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Mar. 9–May 26. Exh. cat. Daisuke Miyatsu Collection x Kasama Museum: Blending the quintessence of modern and contemporary art, Kasama Museum, Kasama, Mar. 23–May 19. The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, Jun. 2–Jan. 5, 2020. Exh. cat. Aichi Triennale 2019: Taming Y/Our Passion, Nagoya, Aug. 1–Oct. 14. The Shape of Time: Highlights of the Centre Pompidou Collection, Vol.1, Center Pompidou x West Bund Museum, Shanghai, Nov. 8–May 9, 2020. Exh. cat. Water, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Dec. 7–Apr. 26, 2020. The Red Bean Grows in the South, Faurschou New York, New York, Dec. 16–Apr. 11, 2020. |
| 2020 | Clouds Gathering and Unfolding: An Exhibition of Modern Chinese Art on Paper, Ichihara Lakeside Museum, Chiba, Apr. 1–Jun. 28. Exh. cat. We Will Meet Again: Tokyo Gallery + BTAP 70th Anniversary Special Exhibition, Tokyo Gallery and Beijing Tokyo Art Projects (BTAP), Beijing, May 18–Aug. 8. Liu Xiaodong, Cai Guo-Qiang, Shida Kuo, Lin Yen Wei, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Aug. 1–30. PSA 8th Anniversary, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, Oct. 1–Nov. 15. The Revival of Tradition: Another Approach to Contemporary Chinese Art, Song Art Museum, Beijing, Sept. 26, 2020–Feb. 21, 2021. |
| 2021 | Unexpected Surfaces, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Apr. 25–Aug. 15. Les Citoyens, uno sguardo di Guillermo Kuitca sulla collezione della Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Triennale Milano, Milan, May 6–Sept. 12. The Pulse of Modernity: Powerlong Art Exhibition, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, Nov. 19, 2021–May 18, 2022. Individuals, Networks, Expressions, M+ Museum, Hong Kong, Nov. 11, 2021–Feb. 4, 2022. |
| 2022 |
Watershed, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Jun. 4–Oct. 23. |
| 2023 | Before/After, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Mar. 18–Jun. 18. After “The Wild”: Contemporary Art from The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Collection, Jewish Museum, New York, Mar. 24–Oct. 1. I Want to See “How You See”, iCUBE Museum, Beijing, Mar. 25–Jun. 6. Art World Wonders: Collection of Mountain Art Foundation, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Mar. 25–Jul. 23. Siamo Foresta, Triennale Milano, Milan, Jun. 22–Oct. 29. Publicness of the Art Center 2023: Playing Locality, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Center and Mito City Civic Center, Mito, Jul. 22–Oct. 9. TENSIONE CONTINUA, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Sept. 23, 2023–Jan. 14, 2024. Tales of the South, He Art Museum, Guangdong, Sept. 26, 2023–Apr. 7, 2024. New Horizon: Vision of the Future, Arts Maebashi, Maebashi, Oct. 14, 2023–Feb. 12, 2024. |
| 2024 |
Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland, Jun. 29–Oct. 7.
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| 2001 | Who Is the Happiest? UmoCA Inaugural Exhibition with Ni Tsai-Chin for Arte all’Arte 6, UMoCA (Under Museum of Contemporary Art), Colle di Val d’Elsa, Tuscany, Sept. 15, 2001–Jan. 6, 2002 (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 2002 | Cai Guo-Qiang’s Maksimov Collection, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, Feb. 1–Mar. 1. Part of Cai Guo-Qiang (see Solo Exhibitions). Cai Guo-Qiang’s Maksimov Collection, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, (organized by Fan Di’An and Wang Mingxian), Apr. 28–May 9. Cai Guo-Qiang’s Maksimov Collection, Guanshanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, (organized by Fan Di’An and Wang Mingxian), Jul. 19–Aug. 18. |
| 2003 | DMoCA 2: Pause, Inaugural Exhibition with Kiki Smith, DMoCA (Dragon Museum of Contemporary Art), Tsunan Mountain Park, Tsunan. Jul. 20–Sept. 7. Exh. cat. Part of Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003 (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 2004 | 18 Solo Exhibitions, BMoCA (Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art), Kinmen, Sept. 11, 2004–Feb. 28, 2005. Exh. cat. The eighteen exhibitions were Shen Yuan: Speaker Tea, Guningtou Cihu Great Bunker; Wang Jianwei: Soft Target, Guningtou Cihu Great Bunker; Lee Shi-chi Studio (Lee Shi-chi and Tsai Chi-rong): War Bets on Peace, Nanshan Fortification No.1 Bunker; Liu Xiaodong: Battlefield Sketches: The New Eighteen Arhats, Nanshan Fortification Chungshan Classroom; Wang Wenchih: Dragon Dares Tiger Lair, Nanshan Fortification No. 2 Bunker, Command Center, and surrounding areas; Yao Chien: Listen! Who is Singing?, Nanshan Fortification under the banyan tree and arsenal; Yin Ling: Lovemaking for World Peace, Nanshan Fortification No. 3 Bunker and Arsenal; Ying Bo: Fei Ya! Fei Ya! (Flying) and Fusion, Nahsan Fortification Arsenal and Blindage; Da Lun Wei Art Squad (He Shi and Yan San): The Other Side of the Coast, Tashan Battery No. 2 Bunker; Tan Dun: Visual Music, Tashan Battery No. 3 Bunker and Arsenal; Su-mei Tse: Some Airing . . . and Yellow Mountain, Tashan Battery No. 1 Bunker and Arsenal; Tung Wang Wu: Surrender, Tashan Battery No. 2 Bunker Arsenal; Lee Mingwei: Shuito Legend, Shuito Village; Yung Ho Chang: One Divided by Two, Changliao Rezoning District; Fei Dawei: The Childrens’ Bookstore Exchange Program, Cultural Affairs Bureau; Lin Hsing-yueh: Pyramid, Cultural Affairs Bureau; Tsai Ming-liang: Whitering Flower, Lintsuo Old-Battlefield Army Base; and Zeng Li: Fight Theatre, Lintsuo Old-Battlefield Army Base. Kinmen Children’s Bunker Museum of Art, BMoCA (Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art), Kinmen, Sept. 11, 2004–Feb. 28, 2005. Exh. cat. |
| 2005 | Virgin Garden: Emersion. China Pavilion at the 51st Venice Biennale, Venice Arsenale and Vergini Garden, Venice, Jun. 12–Nov. 6. Jennifer Wen Ma: Aeolian Garden, UMoCA (Under Museum of Contemporary Art), Colle di Val d’Elsa, Sept. 30, 2005–Jun. 30, 2006. Exh. cat. Part of Arte all’Arte 10 (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 2006 | DMoCA 3: Range, Kotaro Miyanaga. DMoCA (Dragon Museum of Contemporary Art), Tsunan Mountain Park, Tsunan, Jul. 31–Aug. 9. Part of Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006 (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 2008 | Everything Is Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Feb. 22–May 28. Exh. cat. Part of Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe (see Solo Exhibitions). Everything Is Museum, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, Aug. 19–Oct. 2. Part of Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe (see Solo Exhibitions). |
| 2009 | Everything Is Museum, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Mar. 17–Sept. 6. Part of Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe (see Solo Exhibitions). DMoCA 4: Jennifer Wen Ma, DMoCA (Dragon Museum of Contemporary Art), Tsunan Mountain Park, Tsunan, Jul. 23–Sept. 3. Part of Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009 (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 2010 | Kiki Smith: Color Still, UMoCA (Under Museum of Contemporary Art), Colle di Val d’Elsa, Sept. 24, 2010–Jan. 24, 2011. Exh. cat. |
| 2012 | DMoCA 5: Ann Hamilton: Air for Everyone, DMoCA (Dragon Museum of Contemporary Art), Tsunan Mountain Park, Tsunan, Jul. 29–Sept. 17. |
| 2013 | SMoCA Inaugural Exhibition, SMoCA (Snake Museum of Contemporary Art), Iwaki, Apr. 28–Jul. 28. Featured Ono Kazuo: A Gift from Iwaki and Our Homeland in Ten Years Children’s Poster Contest. |
| 2014 | YMoCA (Yatai Museum of Contemporary Art), SMoCA (Snake Museum of Contemporary Art), Iwaki, Apr. 12–13. Featured Sebastian Masuda’s Let’s Make Some Kawaii Lanterns! and Nikoman Show. |
| 2015 |
DMoCA 6: Thrown Rope for Japan—Peter Hutchinson, DMoCA (Dragon Museum of Contemporary Art), Tsunan Mountain Park, Tsunan, Jul. 26–Sept. 13. Exh. cat. Part of Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2015. |
| 2016 | What About the Art? Contemporary Art from China, Al Riwaq, Qatar Museums, Doha, Mar. 13–Jul. 15, 2016. Exh. cat. |
| 2018 | DMoCA 7: Flowers of Happiness—Wang Sishun, DMoCA (Dragon Museum of Contemporary Art), Tsunan Mountain Park, Tsunan, Jul. 29–Sept. 17, 2018. Exh. cat. Part of Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2018. |
| 2019 | Non-Brand, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, May 24, 2019–Jan. 12, 2020. Part of Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection. |
| 1989 | Human Abode: Project for Extraterrestrials No.1, Fussa Minami Park and Kumagawa Shrine, Tokyo, realized Nov. 11, for 89 Tama River Fussa Outdoor Art Exhibition (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 1990 | 45.5 Meteorite Craters Made by Humans on Their 45.5 Hundred Million Year Old Planet: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 3, Pourrières, Aix-en-Provence, realized Jul. 7, commissioned by Les Domaines de l’art for Chine demain pour hier (see Group Exhibitions). I Am an Extraterrestrial: Project for Meeting with Tenjin (Heavenly Gods): Project for Extraterrestrials No. 4, Nagahama Port, Fukuoka, realized Oct. 6, commissioned by Museum City Tenjin for Museum City Tenjin ’90: Circulation of Sensibility: Visual City, Functioning Art (see Group Exhibitions). Fetus Movement: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 5, Palace Plaza, Olive Mountain, Okayama, realized Nov. 3, commissioned by Japan Ushimado International Art Festival for The 7th Japan Ushimado International Art Festival (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 1991 | The Immensity of Heaven and Earth: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 11, former Kashii train yard, Fukuoka, realized Sept. 15, commissioned by Museum City Project Fukuoka for Exceptional Passage: Chinese Avant-Garde Artists Exhibition (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 1992 | Fetus Movement II: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 9, Bundeswehr-Wasserübungsplatz military base, Hannover-Münden, realized Jun. 27, commissioned by the Kassel International Art Exhibition for Encountering the Others: The Kassel International Art Exhibition (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 1993 | Project to Extend the Great Wall of China by 10,000 Meters: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 10, Gobi Desert, Jiayuguan, realized Feb. 27, commissioned by P3 art and environment. Artist Book. The Oxford Comet: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 17, Angel Meadow Park, Oxford, realized Jun. 26, commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art Oxford (now Modern Art Oxford) for Silent Energy (see Group Exhibitions). Buried Civilization: Field Firings, Sun Plaza and Spring Square, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Koka, realized Sept. 7–Oct. 20, commissioned by the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park for Outdoor Workshop ’93 (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 1994 | The Horizon from the Pan-Pacific: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 14, Pacific Ocean (offshore from Numanouchi to Yotsukura Beach), Iwaki, realized Mar. 7, commissioned by Iwaki City Art Museum for Cai Guo-Qiang: From the Pan-Pacific (see Solo Exhibitions). Project for Heiankyō 1,200th Anniversary: Celebration from Chang’an, Kyoto City Hall Square, Kyoto, realized Mar. 13, commissioned by the City of Kyoto for New Kyoto ’94 (see Group Exhibitions). The Earth Has Its Black Hole Too: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 16, Hiroshima Central Park (near the A-Bomb Dome), Hiroshima, realized Oct. 1, commissioned by Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art for Creativity in Asian Art Now (see Group Exhibitions). Myth: Shooting the Suns: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 21, Nationale Park De Hoge Veluwe, Otterlo, realized Dec. 18, commissioned by the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo for Heart of Darkness (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 1995 | Restrained Violence: Rainbow: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 25, Johannesburg Power Station Tribune Hall, Johannesburg, realized Feb. 28, commissioned by the Johannesburg Biennale for The Ever-Changing, Drifting Heat: The First Johannesburg Biennale (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 1996 | The Century with Mushroom Clouds: Project for the 20th Century, various sites in the Nevada Test Site (now Neveda National Security Site): Mormon Mesa, Nevada; Salt Lake, Utah; New York and New Jersey, realized Feb. 13–Apr. 21. Dragon Skeleton/Suture of the Wall: True Collection, storage area, Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent (now S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Ghent, realized Nov. 9, commissioned by Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent. |
| 1997 | Flying Dragon in the Heavens: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 29, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, realized Mar. 7, commissioned by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, for Cai Guo-Qiang: Flying Dragon in the Heavens (see Solo Exhibitions). |
| 1998 | Parting of the Sea: Project for Extraterrestrial No. 30, Ladugardsland bay (between Museum of Modern Art and Vasa Museum), Stockholm, realized Feb. 14, commissioned by Moderna Museet Stockholm for Wounds: Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art (see Group Exhibitions). Golden Missile, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, realized Jun. 13, commissioned by Taipei Fine Arts Museum for Site of Desire: 1998 Taipei Biennial (see Group Exhibitions). No Destruction, No Construction: Bombing the Taiwan Province Museum of Art, Taiwan Province Museum of Art (now National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts), Taichung, realized Aug. 21, commissioned by Taiwan Province Museum of Art. Book. Dragon: Explosion on Pleats Please Issey Miyake, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, realized Oct. 5, commissioned by Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain Issey Miyake Making Things (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 1999 | Firecrackers for the Opening of S.M.A.K., S.M.A.K. (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Ghent, realized May 8, commissioned by S.M.A.K. for De Opening (see Group Exhibitions). Salute (two explosion events in collaboration with children from Bandaxé), Projeto Axé at Casa de Cultura (now Casa de Somes) and Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, realized Aug. 18, 1999 and Jul. 7, 2000, commissioned by The Quiet in the Land and the Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador, for the artist residence and exhibition The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and Project Axé (see Group Exhibitions). Dragon Sight Sees Vienna: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 32, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, realized Nov. 6, commissioned by Kunsthalle Wien for Cai Guo-Qiang: I Am The Y2K Bug (see Solo Exhibitions). |
| 2000 | Till by Blade, Sow by Fire, Académie de France à Rome, Villa Médicis, Rome, realized Jun. 29, commissioned by Académie de France à Rome for La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire: Le Jardin (see Group Exhibitions). Fountain, De Oude Warandepark, Tilburg, realized Aug. 19, commissioned by Fundament Foundation, Tilburg for Lustwarande/Pleasure-Garden (see Group Exhibitions). Ascending a Staircase, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, realized Dec. 1, commissioned by NHK: Japan Broadcasting Corporation. |
| 2001 | Picturesque Painteresque, Sonsbeek Park, Arnhem, realized Jun. 1, 2001, commissioned by Sonsbeek for Sonsbeek 9: LocusFocus (see Group Exhibitions). Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Cityscape Fireworks, The Bund, Huangpu River, and Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai, realized Oct. 20, commissioned by Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation for the closing ceremonies of the 2001 APEC Conference. |
| 2002 | Spider Web, Zhejiang Library, Hangzhou, realized May 4, commissioned for the opening of the 2002 M Meeting. Against the Current, River Shannon at St. Johns Castle, Limerick, realized Jun. 4, commissioned by Limerick City Gallery of Art for EV+A 2002: Heroes + Holies (see Group Exhibitions). Transient Rainbow, East River (from Manhattan to Queens), New York, realized Jun. 29, commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, for the opening of the Museum of Modern Art, Queens. Blue Dragon, Hyogo Harbor, Kobe, realized Jul. 13, commissioned by the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, for The Power of Art: The 2nd Inaugural Show of the Prefectural Museum of Art (see Group Exhibitions). First attempt was unsuccessful: 1999 in Brisbane, commissioned by Queensland Art Gallery for The Future: The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (see Group Exhibitions). Skybound UFO and Shrine, Obihiro Racetrack, Obihiro, realized Aug. 11, commissioned by P3 art and environment for Tokachi International Contemporary Art Exhibition: Demeter (see Group Exhibitions). Ethereal Flowers, Trento Cemetery, Trento, realized Sept. 6, commissioned by Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento for Cai Guo-Qiang: Ethereal Flowers (see Solo Exhibitions). Money Net, Royal Academy of Arts, London, realized Sept. 12, commissioned by the Royal Academy of Arts for The Galleries Show (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 2003 | Ye Gong Hao Long (Mr.Ye Who Loves Dragons): Explosion Project for Tate Modern, Millenium Bridge and Tate Modern, London, realized Jan. 31, commissioned by Tate Gallery for Tate & Egg Live 2003 (see Group Exhibitions). Inheritance: Exploding Jan Hoet’s Portrait, S.M.A.K. (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Ghent, realized Mar. 28, commissioned by S.M.A.K. for Cai Guo-Qiang: An Arbitrary History (see Solo Exhibitions). Light Cycle: Explosion Project for Central Park, Central Park, New York, realized Sept. 15, commissioned by Creative Time in conjunction with the City of New York and the Central Park Conservancy for the 150th anniversary of the creation of Central Park. Man, Eagle, and Eye in the Sky, Siwa Oasis, Egyptian Sahara desert, realized Nov. 11–14, commissioned by Siwa Art Project, Egypt. Book. |
| 2004 | Caressing Zaha with Vodka, Rovaniemi, realized Feb. 11, commissioned by The Snow Show for The Snow Show: Harvested Ice (see Group Exhibitions). Painting Chinese Landscape Painting, Marine Corps Air Station, San Diego, realized Oct. 16, commissioned by the San Diego Museum of Art for 2004 Miramar Air Show in conjunction with the exhibition Past in Reverse (see Group Exhibitions). Red Star, Flying Saucer, Lincoln Center, New York, realized Nov. 10, for Asian Cultural Council 40 Years. |
| 2005 | Auto-Destruct, Goebenstrasse, in front of MARTa Herford, Herford, realized May 7, commissioned by MARTa Herford for (my private) Heroes (see Group Exhibitions). Black Rainbow: Explosion Project for Valencia, Old Turia Riverbed Park (between Roal Bridge and Trinidad Bridge), Valencia, realized May 22, commissioned by Institut Valencià d’Art Modern for Cai Guo-Qiang: On Black Fireworks (see Solo Exhibitions). Red Flag, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, realized Jun. 17, commissioned by Zacheta National Gallery of Art for Cai Guo-Qiang: Paradise (see Solo Exhibitions). Black Rainbow: Explosion Project for Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, realized Jul. 29, commissioned by the Fruitmarket Gallery for Cai Guo-Qiang: Life Beneath the Shadow (see Solo Exhibitions). Tornado: Explosion Project for the Festival of China, Potomac River, Washington, D.C., realized Oct. 1, commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for The Kennedy Center Festival of China. |
| 2006 | Illusion II: Explosion Project, Möckernstrasse/Stresemannstrasse, Berlin, realized Jul. 11, commissioned by Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, for Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On (see Solo Exhibitions). Clear Sky Black Cloud, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, realized Apr. 25–Oct. 29, commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art for Cai Guo-Qiang on the Roof: Transparent Monument. (see Solo Exhibitions). Exploding Tower, Suzhou Museum, Suzhou, realized Oct. 8, commissioned by the Suzhou Museum for Searching for Dreams in the Canals (see Group Exhibitions). Wind Shadow, premiered at the National Theatre, Taipei, Nov. 25. Subsequent venues to date: Kaohsiung Cultural Center, Kaohsiung, and Chiayi Performing Arts, Chiayi, collaboration with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. |
| 2008 | Images from Wind Shadow, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Apr. 5, for Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe (see Solo Exhibitions), collaboration with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. Black Fireworks: Projects for Hiroshima, Motomachi Riverside Park (near the Atomic Bomb Dome), Hiroshima, Oct. 25, commissioned by Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art for The 7th Hiroshima Art Prize: Cai Guo-Qiang (see Solo Exhibitions). Wind Shadow, Tanztheater Wuppertal, Düsseldorf, Nov. 22, for the Pina Bausch Festival, collaboration with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. |
| 2009 | Sketch of a Boat, Francisco de Assisi Square, Havana, realized Mar. 30, for the 10th Havana Biennial: Meeting Point (see Group Exhibitions). Wind Shadow, Barbican Theatre, London, Oct. 6–10, collaboration with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. Fallen Blossoms, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, realized Dec. 11, for Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms (see Solo Exhibitions). |
| 2011 | Black Ceremony, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, realized Dec. 5, for Cai Guo-Qiang: Saraab (see Solo Exhibitions). |
| 2012 | Mystery Circle: Explosion Event for The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Geffen Contemporary, The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, realized Apr. 7, for Cai Guo-Qiang: Sky Ladder (see Solo Exhibitions). Freja: Explosion Event for Faurschou Foundation, Faurschou Foundation, Copenhagen, realized Sept. 6, commissioned by Faurschou Foundation for A Clan of Boats (see Solo Exhibitions). Black Christmas Tree: Explosion Event for Washington, D.C., Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, realized Nov. 30, commissioned by Smithsonian Institution. |
| 2013 | One Night Stand: Explosion Event for Nuit Blanche, Seine River (between the Louvre and Musée d’Orsay), Paris, realized Oct. 5, commissioned by the City of Paris. |
| 2014 | Cloud for Jan Hoet, S.M.A.K. (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Ghent, realized Mar. 5. Black Lightning, Ajax Mountain, Aspen, realized Aug. 2, commissioned by the Aspen Art Museum (see Solo Exhibitions). Elegy: Explosion Event for the Opening of Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, realized Aug. 8, commissioned by the Power Station of Art for Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave (see Solo Exhibitions). Ode to Nature: Fireworks for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, realized in Beijing Olympic Village, Nov. 10, commissioned by the City of Beijing. |
| 2015 | Life is a Milonga: Tango Fireworks for Argentina, Vuelta de Rocha outside Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires, realized Jan. 24, commissioned by Fundación Proa and Fundación Alon, with support from the City Government of Buenos Aires (see Solo Exhibitions). Sky Ladder, off Huiyu Island, Quanzhou, realized Jun. 15. |
| 2017 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Sept. 15–Oct. 8, commissioned by the Association for Public Art with Fung Collaboratives. Color Mushroom Cloud, former CP-1 site, University of Chicago, Chicago, realized Dec. 2, commissioned by UChicago Arts and the Smart Museum of Art. |
| 2018 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies, Light City Festival, Baltimore, realized Apr. 14–21, organized by Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Art’s Light City Festival with Fung Collaboratives. City of Flowers in the Sky, Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence, realized Nov.18, for Flora Commedia: Cai Guo-Qiang at the Uffizi (see Solo Exhibitions). |
| 2019 | Explosion Studio, Amphitheatre of Pompeii, Pompeii, realized Feb. 21, for In the Volcano: Cai Guo-Qiang and Pompeii (see Solo Exhibitions). Encounter with the Unknown: Cosmos Project for Mexico, Soria Park, Cholula, realized Nov. 8. |
| 2020 | The Birth of Tragedy, Charente River, Cognac, realized Sept. 25. |
| 2021 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Transient Eternity, RAM+ and TR Lab, realized Jul. 14–Aug. 14. Cai Guo-Qiang: Exploding the Self, RAM+ and TR Lab, realized Sept. 3. |
| 2022 | Cai Guo-Qiang: Your Daytime Fireworks, RAM+ and TR Lab, realized Apr. 22–Jun. 6. |
| 2023 | When the Sky Blooms with Sakura, Iwaki, realized Jun. 26, 2023. Mirage: Explosion Event for the Cornerstone Ceremony of the Quanzhou Museum of Contemporary Art, Quanzhou, realized Dec. 8, 2023. |
| 2024 | 25 Comets: Explosion Event for MASS MoCA’s 25th Anniversary, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, realized May 24, 2024. WE ARE: Explosion Event for PST ART, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, realized Sept. 15, 2024. Red Sails: Explosion Event for the Groundbreaking Ceremony of Quanzhou Museum of Contemporary Art (QMoCA), Quanzhou, realized Dec. 8, 2024. |
| 2025 | Interspecies Love Letter: Sky Painting for EARTH to SPACE, Potomac River, Washington, D.C., realized Mar. 29, 2025. |
| 1994 | Lion: Feng Shui Project for Mito: Chang Sheng, Mito Train Station, realized May, commissioned by Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Center for Mito Annual ’94: Open System (see Group Exhibitions). |
| 1998 | Eighteen Saints, Tocho-ji Temple, Tokyo, realized Dec., commissioned by Tocho-ji Temple. |
| 1999 | Dragon Boat, Hakataza Theatre, Hakata Riverain, Fukuoka, realized Feb., commissioned by Hakata Riverain. Skylight, Oak Forest, Gramsbergen, realized Sept., official opening Jun. 2000, commissioned by Städtische Galerie Nordhorn for the public art project Kunstwegen. |
| 2002 | Turtle Fountain, Dentsu Headquarters, Tokyo, realized Dec., commissioned by Dentsu. |
| 2003 | High Mountain Flowing Water: 3-D Landscape Painting, Roppongi Hills, Mori Arts Center, Tokyo, realized Oct. 2003, commissioned by Mori Arts Center, Tokyo. |
| 2007 | One Stone, Bronx Criminal Court, New York, commissioned by the City of New York: Percent for Art Program for building designed by Rafael Viñoly. |
| 2010 | Ring Stone, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, commissioned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Public Art Program for MIT Sloan School of Management. |
| 1993 | Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France, 1993 |
| 1995 | Benesse Prize in conjunction with TransCulture, 46th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 1995 Japan Cultural Design Prize, Tokyo, Japan, 1995 |
| 1996 | P.S.1 The Institute for Contemporary Art: National and International Studio Program, Asian Cultural Council Grant, New York, USA, 1995–1996 |
| 1997 | Oribe Award, Gifu, Japan, 1997 |
| 1999 | Golden Lion, 48th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 1999 |
| 2005 | Best Monographic Museum Show (for Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune) and Best Installation or Single Work in a Museum (for Inopportune: Stage One), International Association of Art Critics, United States Section, New England Chapter, 2005 |
| 2007 | Hiroshima Art Prize, Hiroshima City Culture Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan, 2007 |
| 2009 | 20th Fukuoka Prize for Arts and Culture, Fukuoka, Japan, 2009 |
| 2010 | First Place for Best Project in a Public Space (for Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms), AICA, 2010 |
| 2012 | 24th Praemium Imperiale – Lifetime Achievement in the Arts (Painting), Tokyo, Japan, 2012 |
| 2015 | Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Award, New York, USA, 2015 |
| 2016 | Bonnefanten Award for Contemporary Art (BACA), Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2016 Asia Arts Award Honoree, Asia Society’s Asia Arts Game Changers, Hong Kong, 2016 The Japan Foundation Awards, Tokyo, Japan, 2016 |
| 2022 |
John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award, Asian Cultural Council, New York, USA, 2022 |
| 2022 |
Honorary Academician, The Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara, Carrara, Italy, 2022 |
| 2008 | Core member of creative team and Director of Visual and Special Effects for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing |
| 2009 | Director of fireworks festivities for China’s 60th National Day, Beijing |
| 2010 |
Fireworks Artistic Director, Republic of China Centennial Core member of the creative time, Taipei International Flora Exposition |
| 2022 |
Director of Visual Effects and Fireworks for the opening and closing of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing |
| 1981–1985 | Department of Stage Design, Shanghai Theater Academy, Shanghai, China |