Education & Background
Wu Ming Zhong, born in Hebei, China in 1963, has gained recognition through numerous solo and group exhibitions across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. His artworks are characterized by intense colors, blending classical motifs with a contemporary touch, and a recurring theme of glass, symbolizing transparency and fragility. Using oil and acrylic on canvas, he transforms humans and objects into glass-like figures to depict psychological connections. Critics describe his art as an avant-garde form of Chinese contemporary art, influenced by Political Pop, Cynical Realism, and Gaudy Art, featuring symbols from international politics, history, religion, and pop culture.
Wu Ming Zhong’s personal struggles with cancer have influenced his recent works, which include classical Chinese painting elements like pine trees and red-crowned cranes, reflecting his views on nature and man’s relationship with it.
He serves as the Associate Professor and Director of the Oil Painting Research Office at Capital Normal University. Additionally, he was a visiting scholar at the Liebin Academy of Fine Arts in Russia and Buffalo State College in the USA.
His art has been exhibited in over 30 international exhibitions, including in Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, Basel, Germany, and Korea. His works have been displayed in international art museums like The National Art Museum of China, Greek Athens National Contemporary Art Centre, Singapore Art Museum, and The National Museum of Fine Art Cuba. Notably, one of his works achieved an auction record of HK$3M at Poly auction in China in 2008.
1988
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fine Arts Department of Hebei Teachers College, Shijiazhuang
1997
Masters of Fine Arts, Fine Arts Department of Capital Normal
University, Beijing
2003-2004
Visiting Scholar, Repin State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Russia
2005
Visiting Scholar, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York,
United States
Solo Exhibitions
2019
In-Outward Observations Wu Ming Zhong Solo Exhibition,
Parkview Green Beijing, China
2014
Hey Just Chill! Wu Mingzhong Solo Exhibition, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2011
Hi,2011- Wu Mingzhong Solo Exhibition , Leeahn Gallery, Korea
2009
Fake Authenticity – Wu Mingzhong Solo Exhibition, Today Art
Museum, Beijing, China
2007
Hey, Be careful – Wu Mingzhong Solo Exhibition, Xin Dong Cheng
Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing China
lmplosion – Art Work of Wu Mingzhong, Gallery Beijing Space,
Beijing, China
2006
Chinese Reporting – Oil Paintings of Wu Mingzhong, 798 Avant Gallery 2006, New York, USA
2004
Wu Mingzhong Painting Exhibition – the visiting scholar of Liebin Academy of Fine Arts, Art Museum of Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
Group Exhibitions
2019
Art Beijing 2019, Beijing, China
The Power of Academy Group Exhibition, Soka Art Centre, Beijing, China
2017
Premier Art Fair Hong Kong 2017, The Excelsior Hotel, Hong Kong
Parkview Art Action – On Sharks & Humanity Global Art Exhibition (2017 Hong Kong), Hong Kong Maritime Museum
Parkview Art Action – On Sharks & Humanity Global Art Exhibition (2017 Singapore), Parkview Square, Singapore
2015
Parkview Art Action – On Sharks & Humanity Global Art Exhibition (2015 Beijing), National Museum of China, Beijing
2014
Re-Modernization – 2014 Wuhan 3rd Documentary Exhibition of Fine Arts, Hubei Art Museum
Ansesen – The Second Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, The National
Museum of Art of China
2013
Beijing–Sophia New Vision of Chinese Contemporary Art, Beijing
Art Center of Sophia National Telecommunication
Museum, Bulgaria
2012
ReHistory – Invitation Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Shenzhen Art Museum
2011
Unable Absence – Winxuan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Winxuan
Museum Chengdu China
Mountains Beyond Mountains – San Qing Mountain Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Yue Art Museum Beijing, China
2010
Negotiation-The Second Today’s Documents, Today Art Museum Beijing, China
Reshaping History-Chinart from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Centre, China
China Welcomes You, Oldenburg Museum, Germany
2009
Historical Image – China’s Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition,
Shenzhen Art Museum, China
Speak-Describe – 2009 Cross-Strait Contemporary Art , Taiwan Art Museum Taiwan, The National Museum of Fine Art, Beijing
Beijing-Havana The Revolution of Art, The National Museum of
Fine Art, Cuba
Serious Condition – 12 Contemporary Artists Show, Wall Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2008
Shanghai Biennale 2008, Shanghai Art Museum , Shanghai, China
YOUniverse – Biennale of Seville Monastery de Ntra, Sra De las Cuevas., Spain
Beijing-Athens: Contemporary Art from China, Greek Athens National Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece
Accelerate: Chinese Contemporary Art, Singapore Art Museum,
Singapore
Chinese Reputation – Influence Osage Gallery, Hong Kong
3.15 Let’s Consume, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary
Art, 2008, Beijing, China
2007
Chinese Contemporary SOCART, The State Tretyakov Gallery,
Moscow, Russia
Pocheon Asia Biennale 2007, Pocheon, Korea
The Thermocline – New Asian Waves, ZKM Museum,
Karlsruhe, Germany
Floating – New Generation Art in China, Korea National Museum of
Modern Art, Korea
Chinese Whispers – Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Osage
Gallery, Hong Kong
China Contemporary Art Exhibition, China Visual Arts Centre, Beijing, China
The Power of the Universe – An Exhibition the Frontier of
Contemporary Chinese Art, Asia Art Centre, Beijing, China
A New Realm – A Grand Vision of Contemporary Chinese Art, Soka
Art Center, Taipei
Shanghai Art Expo – International Modern Art, Shanghai Expo
Centre, China
2006
37’Basel International Contemporary Art Fail, Basel, Switzerland
Re-excavate the Contemporary Realism, Soka Art Center/ Soka
Contemporary Space, Beijing, China
2005
Grounding Reality – New Chinese Contemporary Art, Seoul Art Centre, Seoul, Korea
Chinese Young Artist Fine Works Exhibition – The Second Beijing
International Art Biennale 2005, The Art Museum of China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
Beijing Art Document Exhibition, Beijing, China
So beautiful Landscape painting Exhibition, Baiwang Gallery, Beijing, China
Born in China–Chinese Contemporary Art, Goedhuis Contemporary Gallery, New York, USA
2004
the Nominative Exhibition of Youth Artists Exhibition 1960′-1970′, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2003
Embracing the New Century Third China National Exhibition of Oil Paintings, National Museum of Fine Art, Beijing, China
Chinese Art Today, The Art Museum of China , Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
2000
The Academic Exhibition of Beijing Oil Painting, Huanyu Sutra Gallery, Beijing, China
1999
Juxtapositions-Seven Painters, National Museum of Fine Art, Beijing, China
1998
The Academic Exhibition of Beijing Youth Oil Painters , Art Gallery of
Beijing International Art Palace, Beijing, China
Auction History
Hey! Red Peace,2015
length 20 cm
1/4
Jan 24, 2021
Bukowskis
Stockholm, Sweden
Sold —
3 000 SEK
Untitled , 2003
oil on canvas
81 x 100 cm
Jul 28, 2019
33 Auction house
Singapore
Not Sold
SGD5,000 – SGD7,000
Hey, Beware, Glass! No. 3 , 2005
acrylic on canvas
194 x 162 cm
May 20, 2018
33 Auction house
Singapore
Sold SGD8,000
SGD8,000 – SGD12,000
Be Careful Baby , 2005
acrylic on canvas
161.8 x 199.6 cm
Apr 18, 2016
AAG Auctioneers
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sold €7,000 EUR
€10,000 – €15,000
Untitled , 2003-2013
Acrylic on linen
62 3/4 x 50 7/8 in
Apr 13, 2016
Phillips
London
Sold
££250
-90% est
US$355
£2,000–£3,000
Heil, Be Careful No 22, 2003
oil on canvas
159.99 x 130 cm
Sep 16, 2015
K Auction
Seoul
Not Sold
KRW ₩30,000,000–₩45,000,000
Hey, Beware, Glass! No. 3, 2005
oil on canvas
194.01 x 162 cm
Jun 21, 2015
33 Auction
Singapore
Not Sold
S$24,000–S$30,000
Collection
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