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artist / curator

Cai Guo-Qiang

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Cai Guo-Qiang (1957 born in Quanzhou / China) is an artist and curator. He studied stage set at Shanghai Drama Institute. He is renowned for his large-scale outdoor explosion events and visually spectacular installations.

Installations, fireworks performances

http://www.caiguoqiang.com

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collection/s

Contemporary Art Center - Art Tower Mito Benesse Art Site, Naoshima Fondation Cartier, Paris Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Harvard Art Museums — Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, Arthur M. Sackler, Carpenter ° Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk MARTa Herford MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York MUDAM Musée d´Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg Moderna Museet Malmö Moderna Museet Stockholm Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, Salvador Museum of Modern Art, Saitama . National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung Ordos Art Museum S.M.A.K. Ghent Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Städtische Galerie Nordhorn
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  • 07. Feb 03. May
    The Allure of Matter Smart Museum, Chicago
  • 10. Nov 24. Feb 2019
    Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • 11. May 23. Sep
    Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World Guggenheim Bilbao
  • 25. Apr 29. Jul
    Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, A Beautiful Elsewhere Power Station of Art, Shanghai
  • 28. Oct 04. Feb 2018
    Recollections Hiroshima MOCA - Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
  • 25. Oct 04. Mar 2018
    The Spirit of Painting. Cai Guo-Qiang at the Prado Museo del Prado, Madrid
  • 19. Aug 15. Oct
    Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition Kyoto Art Center °
  • 17. Mar 28. Mar
    Antarctic Biennale 2017 Antarctic Biennale
  • 04. Mar 09. Apr
    Kathmandu Triennale 2017 Kathmandu Triennale
  • 17. Oct 19. Mar 2017
    The End of the World Centro Pecci, Prato
  • 30. Sep 01. May 2017
    Cai Guo-Qiang : My Stories of Painting Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
  • 02. Jul 08. Jan 2017
    The Great Animal Orchestra Fondation Cartier, Paris
  • 27. Feb 05. Jun
    Magie und Macht – Von fliegenden Teppichen und Drohnen MARTa Herford
  • 18. Nov 28. Feb 2016
    Fear Nothing, She Says. When Art Reveals Mystic Truths Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid
  • 11. Jul 18. Oct
    Cai Guo-Qiang: There and Back Again Yokohama Museum of Art °
  • 20. Jun 04. Oct
    Harmonie und Umbruch - Spiegelungen chinesischer Landschaften MARTa Herford
  • 30. May 13. Sep
    I Love Art 13: 100 Artists from the Watari-um Collection Watari-Um | The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo .
  • 07. May 23. Aug
    An Jan. Eine Hommage MARTa Herford
  • 07. Mar 10. May
    Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture
  • 20. Dec 08. Mar 2015
    Guess What? Hardcore Contemporary Art’s Truly a World Treasure Hiroshima MOCA - Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
  • 13. Dec 01. Mar 2015
    Cai Guo-Qiang: Impromptu Fundacion PROA, Buenos Aires °
  • 20. Nov 10. Jan 2015
    Cai Guo-Qiang Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp
  • 08. Aug 26. Oct
    Cai Guo-Qiang. Falling Back to Earth Power Station of Art, Shanghai
  • 06. Jul 28. Sep
    Solaris Chronicles LUMA Arles
  • 02. Oct 03. Nov
    MOCAs Permanent Collection. Recent Acquisitions MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
  • 20. Mar 04. Nov
    Setouchi Triennale 2013 Setouchi Triennale at Seto Inland Sea
  • 06. Sep 07. Dec
    Cai Guo-Qiang. A Clan of Boats Faurschou Foundation, Copenhagen
  • 08. Apr 30. Jul
    Cai Guo-Qiang. Sky Ladder MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
  • 01. Apr 28. Oct
    Longing for perfection Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
  • 24. Jun 30. Oct
    Le Temps De L´Action - Acte 1 VILLA ARSON, Nice °
  • 18. Mar 12. Sep
    Noches eléctricas [Electric Nights] LABoral Centro de Arte, Gijon
  • 26. Jun 31. Oct
    XIV International Sculpture Biennale of Carrara Postmonument Biennale of Carrara
  • 12. May 01. Aug
    Biennale of Sydney 2010 Biennale of Sydney
  • 04. May 25. Jul
    Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant Da Vincis Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai
  • 11. Dec 21. Mar 2010
    Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
  • 11. Dec 21. Mar 2010
    Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • 21. Nov 21. Feb 2010
    Cai Guo-Qiang: Hanging Out in the Museum Taipei Fine Arts Museum °
  • 18. Jul 13. Sep
    Hellwach gegenwärtig - Ausblicke auf die Sammlung Marta MARTa Herford
  • 11. Apr 16. May
    Unbuilt Roads e-flux, New York '
  • 17. Mar 06. Sep
    Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe Guggenheim Bilbao
  • 01. Nov 18. Jan 2009
    Prospect.1 New Orleans Prospect New Orleans
  • 25. Oct 12. Jan 2009
    Cai Guo-Qiang - The 7th Hiroshima Art Prize Hiroshima MOCA - Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
  • 20. Apr 28. Sep
    GOD & GOODS - Spirituality and Mass Confusion Villa Manin, Codroipo
  • 06. Mar 18. May
    Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art Barbican Centre, London
  • 22. Feb 28. May
    Cai Guo-Qiang - Everything Is Museum Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
  • 22. Feb 28. May
    Cai Guo-Qiang: I want to believe Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
  • 20. Nov 22. Dec
    Chinese Relativity: Part II 57 STUX + HALLER, New York
  • 09. Jun 07. Oct
    ARTEMPO PALAZZO FORTUNY, Venice
  • 02. Jun 08. Jul
    Balance ! Kunst in Heiligendamm Öffentlicher Raum Heiligendamm
  • 03. Feb 07. Oct
    China: Past, Present & Future MEWO Kunsthalle Memmingen
  • 21. Nov 06. Jan 2007
    Chinese Relativity 57 STUX + HALLER, New York
  • 30. Aug 09. Apr 2007
    Out of Time: Contemporary Art from the Collection MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • 26. Aug 15. Oct
    Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On Deutsche Guggenheim - Berlin
  • 02. Jul 20. Nov
    Eldorado MUDAM Musée d´Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg
  • 25. Apr 29. Oct
    Cai Guo-Qiang on the Roof: Transparent Monument The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • 21. Jan 26. Mar
    Cai Guo-Qiang: Innopportune SITE Santa Fe
  • 30. Jul 25. Sep
    Cai Guo-Qiang The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
  • 24. Jun 23. Oct
    J´en reve Fondation Cartier, Paris
  • 23. Jun 18. Sep
    TRANSLATION Palais de Tokyo, Paris
  • 18. Jun 28. Aug
    Cai Guo-Qiang PARADISE Zacheta - National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
  • 12. Jun 06. Nov
    51. Venice Biennale 2005 "The Experience of Art" and "Always a Little Further" Venice Biennale
  • 11. May 03. Jul
    Licht und Schatten MKM Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg
  • 07. May 21. Aug
    (my private) HEROES MARTa Herford
  • 12. Mar 29. May
    Zero Interest! Mart Rovereto & Galleria Civica Trento
  • 30. Oct 24. Apr 2005
    Cai Guo-Qiang: Traveler Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
  • 22. Jun 31. Dec
    Monument to Now / ATHENS 2004 Deste Foundation
  • 22. Jun 15. Aug
    Everything is Connected, he, he, he Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo
  • 20. Mar 30. May
    All under heaven - China now! MuHKA - Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp '
  • 18. Oct 18. Jan 2004
    Happiness - A Survival Guide for Art and Life Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
  • 26. Apr 08. Nov
    Spectacular I-V Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
  • 29. Nov 30. Mar 2003
    Unknown Quantity Fondation Cartier, Paris
  • 21. Nov 21. Nov 2005
    handlungsanweisungen - Kunstpfad am Karlsplatz Kunsthalle Wien
  • 26. Sep 03. Nov
    La Biennale de Montréal 2002 Biennale Montreal
  • 06. Sep 24. Nov
    Cai Guo-Qiang Mart Rovereto & Galleria Civica Trento
  • 16. Mar 09. Jun
    e v+ a 2002 heroes + holies EVA INTERNATIONAL Limerick
  • 06. Mar 06. Apr
    Art That Heals / Jean-Hubert Martin apexart, New York
  • 31. Jan 07. Apr
    Malerei ohne Malerei Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig
  • 02. Sep 11. Nov
    Yokohama Triennale 2001 Yokohama Triennale °
  • 27. Jun 24. Sep
    5. Biennale de Lyon 2000 La Biennale de Lyon
  • 22. Jun 24. Sep
    La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire Villa Medici, Rome
  • 26. May 30. Jul
    Biennale of Sydney 2000 Biennale of Sydney
  • 01. Apr 30. Jun
    Over The Edges S.M.A.K. Ghent
  • 10. Jul 31. Dec
    SITE Santa Fe Biennial 1999 SITElines Biennial, Santa Fe
  • 30. Jun 14. Nov
    1 monde réel Fondation Cartier, Paris
  • 13. Jun 07. Nov
    48. Venice Biennale 1999 Venice Biennale
  • 13. Jun 06. Sep
    Taipei Biennial 1998 Taipei Biennial
  • 14. Feb 19. Apr
    WOUNDS. Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art Moderna Museet Stockholm
  • 30. Nov 30. Nov 1997
    kunstwegen Nordhorn: der vechte folgen Städtische Galerie Nordhorn
  • 15. Jun 09. Nov
    47. Venice Biennale 1997 "Future, Present, Past" Venice Biennale
  • 06. Oct 08. Dec
    23. Biennale São Paulo 1996 Sao Paulo Biennial °
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