Wang Taocheng

Exhibitions

A Romantic Person scroll painting on xuan paper，750 x 33 cm, 2010 A Romantic Person scroll painting on xuan paper，750 x 33 cm, 2010Untitled Bar and the Abandoned Garden of Commerzbank,pencil,ink,water color on xuan paper,scroll painting on xuan paper, 390x33cm,2011A Person Who Has Never Seen the Ocean, scroll painting on xuan paper, 340 x 33 cm, 2010Untitled Bar and the Abandoned Garden of Commerzbank,pencil,ink,water color on xuan paper,scroll painting on xuan paper, 390x33cm,2011Untitled Bar and the Abandoned Garden of Commerzbank,pencil,ink,water color on xuan paper,scroll painting on xuan paper, 390x33cm,2011Untitled Bar and the Abandoned Garden of Commerzbank,pencil,ink,water color on xuan paper,scroll painting on xuan paper, 390x33cm,2011Sister chinese ink, pencil, 180 x 33cm, 2009Untitled Bar and the Abandoned Garden of Commerzbank,pencil,ink,water color on xuan paper,scroll painting on xuan paper, 390x33cm,2011Between Face and Lips ink, mineral pigment, pencil, acrylic, 400 x 33cm, 2011A Romantic Person scroll painting on xuan paper，750 x 33 cm, 2010 Between Face and Lips ink, mineral pigment, pencil, acrylic, 400 x 33cm, 2011
A Person Who Has Never Seen the Ocean ink, mineral pigment, pencil, acrylic, 360 x 33cm, 2010A Person Who Has Never Seen the Ocean ink, mineral pigment, pencil, acrylic, 360 x 33cm, 2010A Person Who Has Never Seen the Ocean ink, mineral pigment, pencil, acrylic, 360 x 33cm, 2010A Person Who Has Never Seen the Ocean ink, mineral pigment, pencil, acrylic, 360 x 33cm, 2010A Romantic Person scroll painting on xuan paper，750 x 33 cm, 2010A Romantic Person scroll painting on xuan paper，750 x 33 cm, 2010Fireworks 1Fireworks 2 acrylic, mineral pigment, pencil, digital print, A4 paper, rice paper, 66 x 33cm, 2011Portrait Practice, Op.56, "mit dir" (With You), acrylic, mineral pigment, pencil, digital print, A4 paper, rice paper, 66 x 33cm, 2011The Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover Ink, watercolor mineral pigment tea water gold powder xuan paper 356 x 33 cmThe Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover Ink, watercolor mineral pigment tea water gold powder xuan paper 356 x 33 cmPortrait Practice, Op.56 Mit Dir (With You), mineral pigment pencil digital print A4 paper rice paper 66x33cm 2011
fireworks 3Frankfurt Fireworks in 5 Parts,ink, watercolor, mineral pigment, tea water, gold powder, xuan paper, 477 x 33 cm, 2012face acrylic mineral pigment pencil ink 65.5x43.3cm 2010Portrait Practice, Op.55 A lone railing: tears are thriving. Even without her makeup, she still has the same poise. Night rain falls behind the closed door; inside there is the melancholic void of her thoughts, like a golden wave slowly fading into darkness Acrylic mineral pigment Tea pencil A4 paper rice paper68 x 33cm 2011Thirteen years ago a woman once forced me to go and search for my inner beauty. Now I feel like I can still go back, can still go backsmall desk-sized make-up mirror, worn stockings, watercolor on rice paper, glue, black color garbage plastic bag, plastic pc cardboard11,5cm 2012The Park of Washing Scissors, by Colin Whitaker &Taocheng Wang, 33mm color film transferred into a digital file includes 5' 23'sound2011The Park of Washing Scissors,by Colin Whitaker &Taocheng Wang, 33mm color film transferred into a digital file includes 5' 23'sound2011wet pillpow notebook paper A4 digital print watercolor, waterproof glue110 x110cm 33 x 700 x 5cmPortrait Practice, Op.41,A Glimmer of Light the Eye: is it snow, is it a Plum Blossom Acrylic mineral pigment tea pencil digital print A4 paper rice paper 65 x 31cm 2011P1470180Still Lifes: Wild Ducks and Swans Arrive Frankfurt, ink, watercolor, mineral pigment, tea water, gold powder, xuan paper, 356 x 33 cm, 2012Still Lifes: Wild Ducks and Swans Arrive Frankfurt, ink, watercolor, mineral pigment, tea water, gold powder, xuan paper, 356 x 33 cm, 2012
Still Lifes: Wild Ducks and Swans Arrive Frankfurt, ink, watercolor, mineral pigment, tea water, gold powder, xuan paper, 356 x 33 cm, 2012Still Lifes: Wild Ducks and Swans Arrive Frankfurt, ink, watercolor, mineral pigment, tea water, gold powder, xuan paper, 356 x 33 cm, 2012What is Revealed by the Tide No. 1, ink, watercolor, mineral pigment, tea water, gold powder, xuan paper, 520 x 33 cm, 2012What is Revealed by the Tide No. 1, ink, watercolor, mineral pigment, tea water, gold powder, xuan paper, 520 x 33 cm, 2012What is Revealed by the Tide No.2 (detail), ink, watercolor, mineral pigment, tea water, gold powder, xuan paper, 520 x 33 cm, 2012What is Revealed by the Tide No.2 (detail), ink, watercolor, mineral pigment, tea water, gold powder, xuan paper, 520 x 33 cm, 2012What is Revealed by the Tide No.2 (detail), ink, watercolor, mineral pigment, tea water, gold powder, xuan paper, 520 x 33 cm, 2012The Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover (detail), ink, watercolor, mineral pigment, tea water, gold powder, xuan paper, 356 x 33 cm, 2009Still Lifes: Wild Ducks and Swans Arrive Frankfurt, ink, watercolor, mineral pigment, tea water, gold powder, xuan paper, 356 x 33 cm, 2012Portrait Practice, Op.56, "mit dir" (With You), acrylic, mineral pigment, pencil, digital print, A4 paper, rice paper, 66 x 33cm, 2011Wang Taocheng, “Practice of Portrait / Op.22,” ink, watercolor, gold paint, mineral color, acrylic color, liquid alum, tea, flour glue on rice paper and spun silk, 68.5 x 39.5c m, 2012Wang Taocheng, “Practice of Portrait / Op.22,” ink, watercolor, gold paint, mineral color, acrylic color, liquid alum, tea, flour glue on rice paper and spun silk, 68.5 x 39.5c m, 2012
Wang Taocheng, “Practice of Portrait / Op.31,” ink, watercolor, gold paint, mineral color, acrylic color, liquid alum, tea, flour glue on rice paper and spun silk, 66.5 x 43c m, 2012Wang Taocheng, “Practice of Portrait / Op.31,” ink, watercolor, gold paint, mineral color, acrylic color, liquid alum, tea, flour glue on rice paper and spun silk, 66.5 x 43c m, 2012Wang Taocheng, “Practice of Portrait / Op.19,” ink, watercolor, mineral color, acrylic color, liquid alum, tea, flour glue on rice paper and spun silk, 69 x 44cm, 2012Wang Taocheng, “Practice of Portrait / Op.19,” ink, watercolor, mineral color, acrylic color, liquid alum, tea, flour glue on rice paper and spun silk, 69 x 44cm, 2012Wang Taocheng, “Practice of Portrait / Op.17,” ink, watercolor, gold paint, mineral color, acrylic color, liquid alum, tea, flour glue on rice paper and spun silk, 66.5 x 43c m, 2012Wang Taocheng, “Practice of Portrait / Op.17,” ink, watercolor, gold paint, mineral color, acrylic color, liquid alum, tea, flour glue on rice paper and spun silk, 66.5 x 43c m, 2012Wang TaochengWang Taocheng, “Practice of Portrait / Op.49,” ink, watercolor, gold paint, mineral color, acrylic color, liquid alum, tea, flour glue on rice paper and spun silk, 67.5 x 42c m, 2012Wang Taocheng, “Practice of Portrait / Op.49,” ink, watercolor, gold paint, mineral color, acrylic color, liquid alum, tea, flour glue on rice paper and spun silk, 67.5 x 42c m, 2012Wang Taocheng, “Practice of Portrait / Op.49,” ink, watercolor, gold paint, mineral color, acrylic color, liquid alum, tea, flour glue on rice paper and spun silk, 67.5 x 42c m, 2012

1981
Born in Chengdu, China
Lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

EDUCATION

2004 – 2006
Nanjing Normal University. Fine Arts Department. Chinese Traditional Art and Literature, visual communications, Nanjing, China

2010 – 2012
Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste / Städelschule Frankfurt am Main

2012 – 2014
De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
What is Revealed by the Tide,” OV Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Art Stage Singapore 2012,” Singapore

2010
Sensitive Attitude (another title is: I take myself very seriously ), Platform China, Beijing, China

2008
Intervention. Kunsterverein Göttingen, Germany
Private Party. Vierterstock-Berlin. Berlin, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
Frieze London 2012, Booth of azpcgallery, London, England
“Reactivation — The 9th Shanghai Biennale,” Shanghai, China
“Cold Comfort,” OV Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Forgotten Places,” OV Gallery, Shanghai, China
2011
“Städelschule Rundgang 2011,” Frankfurt am Main, Germany
“Learning from the Literati 2,” OV Gallery, Shanghai, China

2010
“Absolute Distance,” White Space Gallery, Beijing, China

2008
“Anonymous Drawings N°9. Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien,” Berlin, Germany
“Jahresgaben 2008,” Halle fuer Kunst, Lüneburg, Germany

2007
“Fremd Gehen,” Shanghai Goethe Institut. Shanghai, P.R. China

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

2008
Three months from Vierterstock Projektraum Berlin. Berlin, Germany
Six months from Künstlerstaette-Bleckede. Bleckede, Germany

GRANTS

2012-2014
De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2010 – 2012
DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst. Artist Scholarship, Germany

2008
Künstlerstaette-Bleckede, Germany

PUBLICATIONS

2008
Rationalität — Taocheng Wang, Kunsterverein Göttingen, Germany

COLLECTIONS

Work Title: Sound of Silence. ING Bank, Hong Kong, 2008
Work Title: “Untitled – A Dream. Herr. Gabriel Sulkowski,” Berlin, 2008
Work Title: “A Person Who Has No Experience,” Kunstverein Göttingen, Germany, 2008
Work Title: “My History.” Deutsche Bank, 2010
“Small Distance,” Hand scroll collected by Boloni Company

 
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