CUI Xiuwen

*1970 / China

Works

Solo exhibitions

Existential Emptiness

Kiang Gallery, Atlanta (US)
16 Sep 2011 – 18 Nov 2011
Existential Emptiness

Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong (CN)
29 Jan 2011 – 5 Mar 2011
Existential Emptiness

Eli Klein Gallery, New York (US)
19 Jan 2011 – 27 Feb 2011
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Galerie Dix9, Paris (FR)
16 Nov 2010 – 8 Jan 2011
Angel

Artchina Gallery, Hamburg (DE)
10 Apr 2008 – 26 Apr 2008
Angel

Primo Marella Gallery, Milano (IT)
22 Mar 2007 – 28 Apr 2007
Angel

DF2 Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
28 Oct 2006 – 10 Feb 2007
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Primo Marella Gallery, Beijing (CN)
28 Mar 2005 – 20 May 2005
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Primo Marella Gallery, Milano (IT)
28 Mar 2005 – 12 May 2005

Group

Soulmates

Photography from Erwin Olaf to Mous Lamrabat

Stedelijk Museum Breda, Breda (NL)
14 Sep 2024 – 9 Mar 2025

with Nan Goldin, Mous Lamrabat, Shirin Neshat, Erwin Olaf, Celine van Balen, Ed van der Elsken
A Window Suddenly Opens

Contemporary Photography in China

Hirshhorn Museum, Washington (US)
4 Nov 2022 – 7 Jan 2024

with HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, HONG Hao, ZHANG Huan, ZHUANG Hui, WANG Jinsong, HONG Lei …
Stepping Out!

Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
1 Apr 2023 – 25 Jun 2023

with Tao Aimin, HE Chengyao, XING Danwen, CAO Fei, XIAO Lu, Ma Qiusha, Tong Wenmin, Fan Xi, Liang Xiu, Yin Xiuzhen, Geng Xue, Luo Yang …
BECOMING - EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO WORKS

Eli Klein Gallery, New York (US)
26 Oct 2019 – 23 Dec 2019

with HE Chengyao, Yu Haibo, Hu Jiayi
40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Photography (1976-2017)

Three Shadows 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
28 Jun 2017 – 15 Oct 2017

with Adou, ZHAO Bandi, Wei Bi, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), GAO Bo, HAI Bo, LIU Bolin, GUAN Ce, YAN Changjiang, He Chongyue, Chu Chu, ZHANG Dali …
Inspired by the Opera: Contemporary Chinese Photography and Video

The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago (US)
13 Feb 2014 – 15 Jun 2014

with CHEN Qiulin, LIU Wei (*1972), LIU Zheng
Press Play - New Perspectives in Contemporary Chinese Art

The dslcollection

Momentum, Berlin (DE)
25 Apr 2012 – 12 Jun 2012

with CHEN Chieh-Jen, CAO Fei, LIANG Juhui, ZHANG Peili, JIANG Zhi
RESTART, Spiritual Realm, Disillusion

Eli Klein Gallery, New York (US)
20 Jan 2012 – 11 Mar 2012

with MIAO Xiaochun
An Ode to Discernment

Eli Klein Gallery, New York (US)
16 Dec 2011 – 12 Feb 2012

with LIU Bolin, ZHANG Dali, SHEN Shaomin
Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art – Moving Image in China (1988-2011)

Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (CN)
9 Sep 2011 – 27 Nov 2011

with Bao AiLun, Qiu Anxiong, CHEN Chieh-Jen, Zhang Ding, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, YANG Fudong, YUAN Goang-Ming, WANG Gongxin, Ran Huang, PENG Hung-Chih, ZHU Jia …
A Tribute To Photography

Primo Marella Gallery, Milano (IT)
9 Jun 2011 – 31 Jul 2011

with Eleanor Antin, Eelco Brand, Mat Collishaw, Tim Davis, Destiny Deacon , Tacita Dean, WENG Fen, Naomi Fisher, YANG Fudong, Chitra Ganesh, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon …
XUN DAO: Seeking the Way, Spiritual Themes in Contemporary China

Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York (US)
21 May 2009 – 27 Jun 2009

with GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), MIAO Xiaochun, GAO Yuan
Join the crowd

Ronchini Arte Contemporanea, Terni (IT)
16 Mar 2008 – 30 Apr 2008

with Vanessa Beecroft, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Claudia Rogge, Massimo Vitali, Pablo Zuleta Zahr
China – Facing Reality

MUMOK Museum, Wien (AT)
26 Oct 2007 – 10 Feb 2008

with SONG Dong, WANG Jianwei, MIAO Xiaochun, ZHANG Xiaogang, ZHOU Xiaohu, YANG Zhenzhong
Zhù Yi! Chinese Contemporary Photography

ARTIUM. Centro-Museo, Vitoria-Gasteiz (ES)
15 Mar 2007 – 23 Sep 2007

with ZHAO Bandi, ZHANG Dali, WENG Fen, YANG Fudong, WU Gao Zhong, SHI Guorui, HONG Hao, XU Heng, ZHANG Huan, WANG Jin, LIU Jin, HONG Lei …
Chinese Video Now

John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (GB)
2 May 2007 – 16 Jun 2007

with 8gg (Jiang Haiqing & Fu Yu), LU Chunsheng, CAO Fei, HU Jieming, MENG Jin, LI Songhua, XU Tan, DONG Wensheng, MA Yongfeng, LIANG Yue, XU Zhen
Dragon's Evolution

Chinese Contemporary Photography <br>Curated by Zhu Qi

ChinaSquare New York, New York (US)
10 May 2007 – 9 Jun 2007

with HAN Bing, CHEN Chieh-Jen, XING Danwen, WU Daxin, LIAN Dongya, LU Feifei, WENG Fen, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Guofeng, ZHENG Guogu, SHI Guorui, Zeng Han …
La primavera del drago - Zoom on China

Palazzo Loggia, Brescia (IT)
7 Apr 2007 – 30 Apr 2007

with YAN Changjiang, WANG Chuan, Daniel Lee, WANG Ningde, LIANG Tao, MIAO Xiaochun, HU Yang, MA Yanling, BAI Yiluo, HUANG Yiming, QIU Zhijie
The Fragmented Gaze: Video Art from the PRC

Curator: Maya Kóvskaya, Three Metamorphoses Projects

Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston (US)
11 Jan 2007 – 19 Jan 2007

with HAN Bing, JI Shengli, Guo Xiaolu, MA Yongfeng, WU Yuren, Liang ZHAO
2006 Lianzhou International Photo Festival - Between the observer and the observed

Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou (CN)
5 Dec 2006 – 20 Dec 2006

with Pascal Aimar, Lili Almog, Steven Benson, HAN Bing, Sergey Chilikov, Sabine Delcour, Beth Yarnelle Edwards, Thomas Füsser, Peter Granser, Daniel Lainé, HUANG Lei, Fredrik Marsh …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara (US)
1 Jul 2006 – 17 Sep 2006

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, WENG Fen, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), ZHENG Guogu, CHEN Lingyang, MA Liuming, Feng Mengbo, SHENG Qi …
Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia di Brescia 2006

Biennale Int. di Fotografia, Brescia (IT)
7 Jun 2006 – 14 Sep 2006

with Berenice Abbott, Marina Abramovic, Colette Alvarez Bravo, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Eleanor Antin, Diane Arbus, Lillian Bassman, Lillian Bassman, Letizia Battaglia, Vanessa Beecroft, Ruth Bernhard, Lynn Bianchi …
The Thirteen: Chinese Video Now

MoMA PS1, New York (US)
26 Feb 2006 – 22 May 2006

with 8gg (Jiang Haiqing & Fu Yu), LU Chunsheng, CAO Fei, HU Jieming, MENG Jin, LI Songhua, XU Tan, DONG Wensheng, HUANG Xuaopeng, MA Yongfeng, LIANG Yue, XU Zhen
Zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft - Neue Fotografie und Video aus China

Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
24 Mar 2006 – 14 May 2006

with HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin, ZHENG Guogu, HONG Hao …
Cina qui // China here

MyOwnGallery, Milano (IT)
24 Jan 2006 – 17 Feb 2006

with LI Wei
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
15 Sep 2005 – 15 Jan 2006

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Double Vision - 1st Lianzhou International Photo Festival

Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou (CN)
20 Nov 2005 – 26 Nov 2005

with Olivo Barbieri, Philip Blenkinsop, Bai Chuan, LU Chunsheng, XING Danwen, Stephen Dupont, WENG Fen, Paul Fusco, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Yves Gellie, WANG Gongxin, Mark Greenberg …
Contour 2005

2nd biennal for video art

Contour Mechelen vzw, Mechelen (BE)
17 Sep 2005 – 20 Nov 2005

with Chantal Akerman, Vasco Araujo, Dara Birnbaum, Ellen Cantor, Manon de Boer, Anouk De Clercq, Dany Deprez, Runa Islam, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Pipilotti Rist, Hito Steyerl, Catherine Sullivan …
Electroscape

International New Media Art Exhibition

Zendai MoMA Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai (CN)
25 Jun 2005 – 25 Aug 2005

with collectif_fact, WANG Gongxin, Zilla Leutenegger, Miltos Manetas, Feng Mengbo
The Venice Biennale - Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 Jun 2005 – 15 Aug 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle (US)
10 Feb 2005 – 8 May 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Vehicles and Mirror Images

Curator: Gao Brothers

Beijing New Art Projects, Beijing (CN)
15 Feb 2005 – 28 Feb 2005

with ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), SHENG Qi, Zhan Wang, WU Xiaojun, CANG Xin
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
2 Oct 2004 – 16 Jan 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago (US)
2 Oct 2004 – 15 Jan 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Who Am I: Chinese Contemporary Art by Chinese and Chinese American Women Artists

Gallery 456, New York (US)
9 Nov 2004 – 1 Jan 2005

with CHEN Lingyang
SITUATIONS CONSTRUITES

Live in your head, Genève (CH)
23 Oct 2004 – 18 Dec 2004

with John Bock, Jordi Colomer, Joost Conijn, Stephen Dean, Jeremy Deller, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Christoph Draeger, Jeanne Faust, Michel Francois, Gabriela Golder, Bob Gramsma, Amy Granat …
guangYIN - Tempi di Donna

Sala 1 - centro internazionale d'arte co, Roma (IT)
14 Oct 2004 – 10 Nov 2004

with HAI Bo, XING Danwen, HAN Lei, CHEN Lingyang, WANG Ningde, Yin Xiuzhen
Dislocation re-launch exhibition

LEE Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto (CA)
8 Sep 2004 – 25 Sep 2004

with Mauricio Alejo, anothermountainman, Ximena Berecochea, Sian Bonnell, Michel Campeau, Bertrand Carriere, Serge Clement, David Clarke, Jeffrey du Vallier d'Aragon Aranita, David Hlynsky, Hiromi Hoshino, Lee Kasing …
Untitled

Tate Modern, London (GB)
23 Jul 2004 – 19 Sep 2004

with Julia Loktev, Julika Rudelius
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China

Curated by Christopher Phillips and Wu Hung

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
11 Jun 2004 – 5 Sep 2004

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
China 04 - La nuova fotografia cinese

Metropolis Photogallery, Bologna (IT)
26 May 2004 – 15 Jul 2004

with WENG Fen, Wang Qingsong, LI Wei, HUANG Yan, YANG Zhenzhong
Relaunch of Dislocation

Fringe Club, Hong Kong (CN)
26 Jun 2004 – 10 Jul 2004

with Mauricio Alejo, anothermountainman, Ximena Berecochea, Sian Bonnell, Michel Campeau, Bertrand Carriere, Serge Clement, David Clarke, Jeffrey du Vallier d'Aragon Aranita, David Hlynsky, Hiromi Hoshino, Lee Kasing …
Spellbound Aura: Chinese Cotemporary Photograph

MOCA Taipei, Taipei (TW)
14 Feb 2004 – 2 May 2004

with HE Chengyao, CHEN Chieh-Jen, CHEN Chin-pao, CHEN Ching-yao, Cola king, WU Dar-kuen, WENG Fen, Lin Hsin-yi, Kuo Hui-chan, Wang Jun-jie, HONG Lei, Xue Li-kai …
Chine: génération vidéo

Maison Européenne Photo, Paris (FR)
14 Jan 2004 – 14 Mar 2004

with SONG Dong, CAO Fei, ZHOU Fei, ZHU Jia, ZHANG Peili, CHEN Shaoxiong, KAN Xuan, ZHOU Yi, LIANG Yue, XU Zhen, YANG Zhenzhong
Out the Window-Spaces of Distraction

The Japan Foundation Forum, Tôkyô (JP)
10 Jan 2004 – 15 Feb 2004

with WU Ershan, CAO Fei, YANG Fudong, Mayumi Kimura, Saito Masakazu, Jihoon Park, ZHOU Xiaohu, Sato Yoshinao, Liang ZHAO
New Zone Chinese Art

Zacheta National Gallery, Warszawa (PL)
1 Dec 2003 – 1 Feb 2004

with Marina Abramovic, YANG Fudong, HONG Lei, ZHOU Xiaohu
Under Construction: New Dimensions of Asian Art

Tokyo Opera City Art Gal, Tôkyô (JP)
7 Dec 2002 – 2 Mar 2003

with WANG Gongxin, Subodh Gupta, Nagouchi Rika, Michael Shaowanasai, CHEN Shaoxiong, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, MIAO Xiaochun, KAN Xuan, YANG Zhenzhong, JIANG Zhi
Under Construction: New Dimensions of Asian Art

The Japan Foundation Forum, Tôkyô (JP)
7 Dec 2002 – 2 Mar 2003

with WANG Gongxin, Subodh Gupta, CHEN Shaoxiong, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The First Guangzhou Triennial

Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990-2000)

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
18 Nov 2002 – 19 Jan 2003

with ZHAO Bandi, Xu Bing, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, WU Ershan, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, WANG Gongxin …
guangYIN - Times of Women

Gatti Hall, Viterbo (IT)
1 Mar 2003 – 10 Mar 2002

with HAI Bo, CHEN Lingyang, Yin Xiuzhen

Events

Art Paris Art Fair 2018

ART PARIS, Paris (FR)
5 Apr 2018 – 8 Apr 2018

with Gabor Oesz, Ignasi Aballi, Peter Aerschmann, Dieter Appelt, Edgar Arceneaux, Eric Aupol, Jessica Backhaus, Jose Manuel Ballester, Yto Barrada, Robert Barry, Guido Baselgia, Vanessa Beecroft …
Chongqing International Photography & Video Biennale

Rip It Up - Over 230 world-renowned artists and 1000 artworks

Changjiang Inter.Photo, Chongqing (CN)
28 Apr 2017 – 28 Jul 2017

with Fati Abubakar, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Josué Azor, Matteo Basile, CAO Fei, Shadi Ghadirian, AO Guoxing, HONG Hao, Ayrson Heraclito, Sasha Huber, Marta Jovanovic, Kimsooja …
Relaunch of Dislocation - exhibition and publication

Dislocation, Hong Kong (CN)
26 Jun 2004 – 10 Jul 2004

with Mauricio Alejo, anothermountainman, Ximena Berecochea, Sian Bonnell, Michel Campeau, Bertrand Carriere, Serge Clement, Jeffrey du Vallier d'Aragon Aranita, David Hlynsky, Hiromi Hoshino, Lee Kasing, Anthony Lam …