徐冰 Xu Bing ( b.1955 )

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1955年出生于中国重庆,现在生活、工作在中国北京和纽约。

一九七七年考入北京中央美术学院版画系,一九八一年毕业留校任教,一九八七年获得中央美术学院硕士学位。一九九零年作为荣誉艺术家访美。二零零七年回国就任中央美术学院副院长,教授,博士生导师,二零一四年起担任其学术委员会主任一职。现工作、生活于北京和纽约。作品曾在美国纽约现代美术馆、大都会博物馆、古根海姆美术馆、华盛顿赛克勒国家美术馆、堪萨斯史宾沙艺术博物馆、英国大英博物馆、维多利亚与艾伯特博物馆、西班牙索菲亚女王国家美术馆、米罗基金会美术馆、澳大利亚当代艺术博物馆、新南威尔士美术馆、加拿大国家美术馆、捷克布拉格国家美术馆及德国路维希美术馆等艺术机构展出;参加威尼斯双年展、悉尼双年展、圣保罗双年展、约翰内斯堡双年展等国际展。

作品收录于:美国一九九七年版世界艺术史教科书《古今艺术 》(Prentice Hall, Abrams出版社),美国及欧洲权威世界艺术史教科书《加德纳世界艺术史》(Wadsworth出版社)。

一九九九年由于他的“原创性、创造能力、个人方向和对社会,尤其在版画和书法领域中作出重要贡献的能力”获得美国最重要的个人成就奖,麦克亚瑟“天才奖”(MacArthur Award)。二零零三年“由于对亚洲文化的发展所做的贡献”获得第十四届日本福冈亚洲文化奖。二零零四年获得首届威尔士国际视觉艺术奖(Artes Mundi),评委会主席奥奎(Okwui Enwezor)在授奖辞中说:“徐冰是一位能够超越文化界线,将东西方文化相互转换,用视觉语言表达他的思想和现实问题的艺术家。”二零零六年由于“对文字、语言和书籍溶智的使用,对版画与当代艺术这两个领域间的对话和沟通所产生的巨大影响”获全美版画家协会“版画艺术终身成就奖”。二零一零年被美国哥伦比亚大学授予人文学荣誉博士学位。二零一五年被美国康乃尔大学授予安德鲁.迪克森.怀特教授称号,获得美国国务院颁发艺术勋章。


Born in Chongqing, China in 1955, he currently lives and works in Beijing, China and New York.

Xu Bing enrolled in the Printmaking Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 1977, completed his studies in 1981, and later joined the faculty. He went on to earn a master's degree from the same institution in 1987. In recognition of his accomplishments, he was invited to the United States as an honorary artist in 1990. Xu Bing's career has been marked by a variety of notable achievements. In 2007, he returned to China and assumed several leadership roles at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, including Vice President, professor, and supervisor of doctoral students. Since 2014, he has served as the head of the institution's Academic Committee. Currently, he divides his time between Beijing and New York, where he lives and works.

Xu Bing's work has been displayed in numerous prestigious venues around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Sackler National Gallery in Washington, D.C. His work has also been exhibited at the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Museo Reina Sofia, as well as the Joan Miró Foundation. Additionally, he has participated in several international exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale, Sydney Biennale, São Paulo Biennale, and Johannesburg Biennale. 

His works are included in major art history textbooks such as Art Past, Art Present (Boston: Abrahams Inc, 1997) and Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: A Global History (Wadsworth: Cengage Learning, 2013).

Xu Bing has been the recipient of several esteemed awards throughout his illustrious career. In 1999, he was granted the MacArthur Fellowship for his exceptional originality, creativity, personal direction, and significant contributions to society, particularly in the domains of printmaking and calligraphy. In 2003, he was honored with the 14th Fukuoka Asian Cultural Award in Japan for his noteworthy contribution to the advancement of Asian culture. In his acceptance speech, Okwui Enwezor lauded Xu Bing as an artist who transcends cultural boundaries, bridging the divide between East and West and expressing his thoughts and realities in a visual language. Additionally, he won the first Artes Mundi Prize in Wales in 2004, and the lifetime achievement award from the Southern Graphics Council in 2006. In 2010, Columbia University awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, while in 2015, he received the Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large from Cornell University and the Medal of Arts from the U.S. Department of State.

述而刹那——星美术馆开馆展 第二季

Thus Spoke the Moment - Inaugural Exhibition Season 2

2023.8.27—2023.11.15
星美术馆 Start Museum 上海