1957

Born in Harbin, Heilongjiang, Province, China

1984

Graduated from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts

Active during the Shanghai Modern Movement of the 80s where he was regarded as the political pop icon of the late 1980s.

1989

Participated in the China Avant Garde Exhibition

As politically and socially engaging as Wang’s paintings are, he continues to evoke the message of materiality inducing apathy of the people in China as well as the world.  He now resides in Beijing

1990

Participated in the group exhibition at the Asian Pacific Museum, California, U.S.A.

1992

Attended The First 1990s Biennial Art Fair in Guangzhou, China

Participated in the China, Avant Garde, at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

1993

First solo exhibition at Gallery Bellefroid, Paris, France

Attended China Avant Garde at the Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Holland and at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England

Participated in the 45^th International Biennial of Venice, Italy

Participated in China’s New Art Post – 1989 at the Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong

Participated in Mao Goes Pop at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia

1994

Participated in the 22^nd International Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Participated in 600 Seoul International Art Festival at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

1995

Attended Art to Swatch at the Museum of Architecture and Design, The Chicago Athenaeum, U.S.A.

Attended APERTO 95 at the Santa Monica Art Centre, Barcelona, Spain

1996

Attended the group exhibition China at the Kunst Museum in Bonn, Germany

Attended the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art at Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, Australia

1997

Solo exhibition at Littmann Kulturprojekte, Basel, Switzerland

Participated in the group show China at Kuenstlerhaus, Wien, Austria

Participated in Quotation Marks at Modern Art Museum, Singapore

1999

Participated in the Inside Out exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, U.S.A.

2000

Invited to participate at the 20^th Century Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition at the National Art Gallery in Beijing, China

2001

Solo exhibition Faces of Faith was held at Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore

Participated at Polypolis at the Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany

Participated in the Next Generation Art Contemporain D’Asie at Passage de Retz, Paris, France

2002

Participated in Chinese Modernity at the Fondacion Armando Alvares Penteao, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Participated in Paris-Beijing at the Espace Cardin, Paris, France

Participated in the Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art at the Shenzhen Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China

Participated in the Guangzhou Triennial at the Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China

Participated in The Strength of Picture at the Museum He Xiangning in Shenzhen, China

Collection

Works were collected by the China Club, Hong Kong; Asian Pacific Museum, California, U.S.A.; Museum Ludwig, Koln, Germany; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, U.S.A.; Cartier Limited, Paris, France; Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.A.; Museum He Xiangning, Shenzhen, China; Museums Magazine, New York; Beijing Youth Daily, China; etc.