Xu Weixin was born in Urumqi, Xinjiang province, in 1958, and now lives and works in New York and Beijing. He received a BA from the Xi'an Academy of Arts and an MFA from the Zhejiang Academy of Arts. Xu has combined his interest in universal human conditions with a stark Realist style that is deeply rooted in China's modern art history. His most recent works are single-person portrait series, whose subjects share the same historic time or environment, merging personal and collective narratives. Xu Weixin's critically acclaimed works have been exhibited and collected by public institutions and private collections in China. Solo exhibitions include Song of Workers (Shanghai Art Museum, 2007), Chinese Historical Figures: 1966-1976（Today Art Museum, Beijing, 2007), and China Image: Portrait in Circulation (Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, 2011). He is currently a professor of painting and the former executive dean of the School of Arts, Renmin University, Beijing. In 2016， Xu had his first major solo exhibition in USA at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).
Experiences
Executive Dean and Professor of School of Arts at Renmin University of China
Member of Executive Committee, China Oil Painting Association
Member of Oil Painting Art Committee, Chinese Artists’ Association
Visiting Scholar of Department of History, University of California, Berkeley
Academic Record
1987 MFA, Oil Painting Department, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts
1981 Department of Normal, Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts
Solo Exhibition
2016 The Immortal Portrait, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA
2012 Seven Miners, University of Chicago Center in Beijing, Beijing
2011 China Image – Portraits In Circulation, Fairbank Research Center of Harvard University, USA
2010 Figures – Xu Weixin Artwork Exhibition, Wuhan Art Museum, Hubei, China
2008 Portraits of Emptiness – Xu Weixin’s Narrative of Post-Maoist China, ChinaSquare, New York
2007 Chinese Historical Figures: 1966-1976, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Song of Workers - Xu Weixin Solo Exhibition, My Humble House Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Song of Workers -Xu Weixin Solo Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Group Exhibition
2012 The 4th Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
2009 The Art of Xu Weixin, Xin Dongwang and Wang Hongjian, Manoir de la Ville de Martigny, Martigny, Switzerland
The fifth Anniversary Exhibition of China Realism School, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
China Narrative – 4th Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu
2008 Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing
Asia, Post Colonial, and Contemporary Arts – Fusing International Biennale 2008, Lugang, Changhua County, Taiwan
2007 Fusion and Creation: 2007 Academic Invitation Exhibition of Chinese Renowned Oil Painters, Capital Museum, Beijing, China
The Dialogue of Images, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
Grassroots Humanity: 21 Contemporary Artworks, Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing
2006 Modern Art in China, Asian Gallery, Tokyo
The Road to Realism: Exhibition of Paintings of 7 Artists, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
Vigor of the Century: the 3rd Beijing Biennale, Art Museum of the China Millennium Monument
Size Decides Attitude “First 5X7” Picture-Taking Biennale Project, Pingyao, Shanxi and Beijing
2005 Along the River: 1976-2005 Oil Painting Retrospect Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
From This Side to the Other Side: 2005 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, Shanxi and Beijing
Cloud – Rain: Contemporary Art Exhibition, TS1 Art Center, Beijing
City Skin – Research of Possibilities of Contemporary Urban Images, Macau Tap Seac Gallery, Shenzhen Art Museum
Contemporary Art with Humanistic Concerns – the 2nd Beijing International Art Biennale, Art Museum of the China Millennium
Monument, Beijing; National Art Museum of China, Beijing Contemporary Art in China, National Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2004 Vigor of the Century: Contemporary Art of Chinese 50 Artists, Art Museum of the China Millennium Monument, Beijing
2000 Exhibition of the Chinese Oil Painting in the 20th Century, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
1999 The 9th National Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
1997 The Chinese Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
1994 The 8th National Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
1987 The First China Oil Painting Exhibition, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai
1984 The 6th National Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
Awards / Fellowships
2008 AAC The Most Influential Participants of Chinese Art, 2007
2004 Silver Prize, The 10th National Art Exhibition, Work Shed
Literary and Art Award of Beijing Municipal Government, Work Shed
1999 Bronze Prize, The 9th National Art Exhibition, The Acid Rain,
1996 Fellowship, Vermont Arts Center, Vermont, USA
1987 Award of Distinction, The 1st China Oil Painting Exhibition, The Nang Bread Kitchen
Collections
Manoir de la Ville de Martigny, Martigny, Switzerland
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Taitong County Art Museum, Taitong, Taiwan
Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, Guangdong
Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, Guangdong
Jiangsu Publishing Group, Jiangsu
Kissinger Foundation, USA
Experiences
Executive Dean and Professor of School of Arts at Renmin University of China
Member of Executive Committee, China Oil Painting Association
Member of Oil Painting Art Committee, Chinese Artists’ Association
Visiting Scholar of Department of History, University of California, Berkeley
Academic Record
1987 MFA, Oil Painting Department, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts
1981 Department of Normal, Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts
Solo Exhibition
2016 The Immortal Portrait, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA
2012 Seven Miners, University of Chicago Center in Beijing, Beijing
2011 China Image – Portraits In Circulation, Fairbank Research Center of Harvard University, USA
2010 Figures – Xu Weixin Artwork Exhibition, Wuhan Art Museum, Hubei, China
2008 Portraits of Emptiness – Xu Weixin’s Narrative of Post-Maoist China, ChinaSquare, New York
2007 Chinese Historical Figures: 1966-1976, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Song of Workers - Xu Weixin Solo Exhibition, My Humble House Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Song of Workers -Xu Weixin Solo Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Group Exhibition
2012 The 4th Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
2009 The Art of Xu Weixin, Xin Dongwang and Wang Hongjian, Manoir de la Ville de Martigny, Martigny, Switzerland
The fifth Anniversary Exhibition of China Realism School, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
China Narrative – 4th Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu
2008 Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing
Asia, Post Colonial, and Contemporary Arts – Fusing International Biennale 2008, Lugang, Changhua County, Taiwan
2007 Fusion and Creation: 2007 Academic Invitation Exhibition of Chinese Renowned Oil Painters, Capital Museum, Beijing, China
The Dialogue of Images, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
Grassroots Humanity: 21 Contemporary Artworks, Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing
2006 Modern Art in China, Asian Gallery, Tokyo
The Road to Realism: Exhibition of Paintings of 7 Artists, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
Vigor of the Century: the 3rd Beijing Biennale, Art Museum of the China Millennium Monument
Size Decides Attitude “First 5X7” Picture-Taking Biennale Project, Pingyao, Shanxi and Beijing
2005 Along the River: 1976-2005 Oil Painting Retrospect Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
From This Side to the Other Side: 2005 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, Shanxi and Beijing
Cloud – Rain: Contemporary Art Exhibition, TS1 Art Center, Beijing
City Skin – Research of Possibilities of Contemporary Urban Images, Macau Tap Seac Gallery, Shenzhen Art Museum
Contemporary Art with Humanistic Concerns – the 2nd Beijing International Art Biennale, Art Museum of the China Millennium
Monument, Beijing; National Art Museum of China, Beijing Contemporary Art in China, National Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2004 Vigor of the Century: Contemporary Art of Chinese 50 Artists, Art Museum of the China Millennium Monument, Beijing
2000 Exhibition of the Chinese Oil Painting in the 20th Century, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
1999 The 9th National Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
1997 The Chinese Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
1994 The 8th National Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
1987 The First China Oil Painting Exhibition, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai
1984 The 6th National Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
Awards / Fellowships
2008 AAC The Most Influential Participants of Chinese Art, 2007
2004 Silver Prize, The 10th National Art Exhibition, Work Shed
Literary and Art Award of Beijing Municipal Government, Work Shed
1999 Bronze Prize, The 9th National Art Exhibition, The Acid Rain,
1996 Fellowship, Vermont Arts Center, Vermont, USA
1987 Award of Distinction, The 1st China Oil Painting Exhibition, The Nang Bread Kitchen
Collections
Manoir de la Ville de Martigny, Martigny, Switzerland
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Taitong County Art Museum, Taitong, Taiwan
Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, Guangdong
Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, Guangdong
Jiangsu Publishing Group, Jiangsu
Kissinger Foundation, USA
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