He Yunchang

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Currently Lives and works in Beijing, China 

1967 Born in Yunnan Province, China

EDUCATION

1991 Graduated from Oil Painting Department of Yunnan Arts university

INTRODUCTION 

He Yunchang is a Chinese artist who is known as one of the most daring practitioners in 

the field of performance art. Over the past two decades, he has created a unique body of work characterized by extreme realism and provocative actions. In his performances, He Yunchang often pushes the limits of physical and psychological endurance, carrying a tremendous intensity.

2011 Promising Young Artist Award of the First Yan Wenliang Art Award

2010 Golden Palm Award of Chinese Contemporary Art

2010 Award of Chinese Contemporary Art Academic

2006 International Exchange Award of Macao Museum of Art

2002 Chinese Contemporary Art Awards (CCAA)

1998 Bronze Award of the 9th National Oil Paintings Exhibition

A Chang, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2016 

Water Forming Stone, INK studio, Beijing, China, 2015 

Worldly Fate - He Yunchang solo Exhibition, White BOX Art Center, Beijing, China, 2014

Nirvana Body ,The National Gallery of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium, 2013 

Everybody, Feizi Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2012

Shadows of Passers-by, Kongu Art Space, Hangzhou, China, 2010 

The Wings of Live Art - He Yunchang, Galerie Urs Meile Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland, 2010 

The Wings of Live Art - He Yunchang, Galerie Urs Meile Beijing-Lucerne, Beijing, China, 2009

The Ability to Exist: He Yunchang Art Works, Indonesia National Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2008

The Rock Touring around Great Britain - He Yunchang Solo Exhibition, Chambers Fine ArtGallery, NewYork, USA, 2007

He Yunchang: Works, Spacex gallery, Exeter, UK, 2006

Ar Chang's Persistence, TOKYO Gallery, Beijing, China, 2004

In Thinking-the Intellectual History and Methodologies of Chinese Contemporary Art, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China, 2020

South to Years, North to Time - Yunnan Contemporary Art Trio Exhibition, Duffy Cigar Gallery, Kunming, Yunnan, China, 2019

Body Scandal, Cube Museum, Seongnam, Seoul, South Korea, 2019

Constellation+- Yunnan Oil Painting Since 1978, CGK Kunming Museum of Contemporary Art, Kunming, Yunnan, China, 2019

Beijing: the Evolution of Beijing's art Districts & Studios, Beijing Flash Biennale, NineArt Museum, Beijing, China, 2019

180 Years of Photography in China, Yinchuan Museum of ContemporaryArt, Ningxia, China, 2019

THEN. The first ten years of the White Rabbit, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia, 2019

14th Curitiba International Biennale of Contemporary Art: Open Border, Parana, Brazil, 2019

Uniform motion Shanghai document, Shanghai Himalayan Museum, Shanghai, China, 2019

Yukihito Tabata with Chinese Contemporary Art 1989-2018, TOKYO Gallery, Beijing, China, 2018

One • Body Group Exhibition, Yi Space, Caochangdi, Beijing ,china, 2018

Art Tian jin - Rebuild the Pioneer city, Beining Park, Tianjin, China, 2018

The Dimensions of Land: To Write Contemporary By Art, Lu Art Museum, Shijiazhuang, China, 2018