Tan Ping
The works of mine starts with a circle and then gradually becomes a cell integrated with a specific point between macro and micro elements, thus in which looking for the exact position between. The image from a large space filled circle, which gradually breaks down into small ones and is constantly separated from time and space, shows us an uncertain balance. The image is blurred by several layers of colour and gradually disappears into colourful surface. There is another level of depth and has a hint and metaphor, meaning and symbolism.
1960 Born in Chengde, China
1984 Graduated from the Printmaking Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing
1984-1989 Lecturer, Printmaking Department, CAFA
1989-1994 Won the West German Cultural Exchange Scholarship Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienste (DAAD)
Master of Arts and the degree of Meisterschule in the Free Art Department, Kunst der Hochschule, Berlin
2002-2003 Director, School of Design, Professor, CAFA
2003-Present Vice President, CAFA
My works have a strong narrative component; I am reluctant to call them abstract art. Traditional abstract art has emphasised the meaning of dot-line paintings, colour, composition, and the value of negative space. Whenever I paint a painting, there is a strong narrative, but this narrative could be perceived by others as a feeling. Without this emotion, my works would indeed be spiritless.
Tan Ping
Solo Exhibition
2011
Tan Ping Prints Exhibition, German Embassy, Beijing, China
Tan Ping New Works Exhibition, Yun Gallery, Beijing, China
2010
Tan Ping at Fifty, Red Gallery, Beijing, China
2009
Tan Ping Prints Exhibition, Yun Gallery, Beijing, China
2008
Tan Ping Works Exhibition, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
A Metaphor of The Painful – Tan Ping Works Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2007
Tan Ping Prints Exhibition, Studio Rouge, Shanghai, China
2005
Tan Ping Works Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Tan Ping Prints Exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
2004
Tan Ping Prints Exhibition, Gallery Alexander Ochs, Berlin, Germany
2003
Tan Ping Works Exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
2002
Tan Ping Works Exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
2000
Tan Ping Prints Exhibition, Berlin Art Loft, Berlin, Germany
1999
Tan Ping Works Exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
1995
Tan Ping Works Exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
1994
Tan Ping Works Exhibition, Gallery Christof Weber, Berlin, Germany
Beijing – Berlin Tan Ping Prints Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
1992
Calling from Distance – Tan Ping Works Exhibition, Gallery Germering, Munich, Germany
1991
Tan Ping Prints Exhibition, Gallery Moench, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibition
2012
At Rest—The Fifth Exhibition of Chinese Abstract Art, Pifo Gallery, Beijing, China
Phase of Heart-Abtract Art Group Exhibition I, Va Gallery, Hong Kong
At Rest—The Fifth Exhibition of Chinese Abstract Art, Pifo Gallery, Beijing, China
Two Generations – 20 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 2012 Australian Tour: City of Sydney Chinese New Year; Manning Regional Gallery; Damien Minton Gallery; University of Newcastle Gallery; Melbourne International Fine Arts (MiFA); Linton & Kay, Perth
2011
The Will of China The Works of Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
The 4th Chinese Abstract Art Exhibition, Pifo Gallery, Beijing, China
2010
“Heaven of Abstract” Chinese Abstract Artists Joint Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2008
China – Sweden Artists Joint Exhibition, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden
“Dialogue” China – Germany Artists Joint Exhibition, Alexander Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany
China – Sweden Artists Joint Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2007
The Works of Artists, Marianne Newman Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
“Friends” China – Denmark Artists Joint Exhibition, Susanne Ottesen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
China – Germany Artists Joint Exhibition, Schreier Von Metternich Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
2006
“Ruins” Tan Ping and Zhu Jin Shi Works Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2004
The Works of Artists, Square Studio, Beijing, China
2002
Eight Artists’ Printmaking, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
2000
Square Studio Works Exhibition, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Bonn, Germany
Square Studio Works Exhibition, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Bonn, Germany
1999
Square Studio Works Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
1998
Chinese Printmaking Exhibition, International Art Palace, Beijing, China
1995
China – Austria Artists Joint Exhibition, Meridian Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1988
Chinese Artists Works Exhibition, European & Asian Cultural and Art Centre, Paris, France
Collections
National Art of China Beijing China
Today Art Museum Beijing China
Portland Art Museum Portland USA
Ludwig Museum Aachen Germany
Shanghai Art Museum Shanghai China
Shenzhen Art Museum Shenzhen China
Qingdao Art Museum Qingdao China
Artron Art Museum Beijing China
Museum for Modern Visual arts Kolding Denmark
