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XU XIAOBAI

Born in 1949, Wuhan, China

1965–1969   Graduated from Arts and Crafts School in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

1972–1984   Wuhan Painting Hall, Wuhan Artists Association, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

1984–1985   Oil Paintings Studio, Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

1985–1987   Oil Painting Seminar, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

1987–1990   Postgraduate, Dusseldorf Art Academy, Dusseldorf, Germany

1990–1992   Master Class, Dusseldorf Art Academy, Dusseldorf, Germany,Lives and works in China and Germanyia

Exhibitions

2014   Su Xiaobai: Painting and Being, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, China (solo)

2013   Grand Immensity, The Art of Su Xiaobai, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan (solo)

2013   Su Xiaobai, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, China (solo)

2013   Pearl Lam Galleries@The 12th Korea International At Fair, Coex, Seoul, South Korea

2013   Pearl Lam Galleries@Art Basel HK, Kong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, China

2013   Pearl Lam Galleries@Art13, London, UK

2013   Pearl Lam Galleries@Art Stage Singapore, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

2012   Chinese Contemporary Abstract, 1980s until Present: Mindmap, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, China

2012   Art Stage Singapore, Pearl Lam Galleries, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

2012   Su Xiaobai 2010-2012, Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (solo)

2011   Su Xiaobai, Author Gallery, Shanghai, China (solo)

2011   Su Xiaobai, Eastation Gallery, Beijing, China (solo)

2011   SH Contemporary, Pearl Lam Galleries, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China

2011   Opening Ceremony, Tina Keng Gallery, Beijing, China

2011   Retrospect and Prospect: Hubei Oil Painting Art Exhibition, Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan, China

2010   Black on Red: The Artworks of Xiaobai Su, Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (solo)

2010   Su Xiaobai Solo Exhibition, Raketenstation Hombroich, Germany (solo)

2010   ART Singapore 2010, Suntec, Singapore

2009   Opening of A Special Exhibition, Tina Geng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2009   Transforming Pictures: A Contemporary Representation of Traditional Thoughts, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

2009   The Dynasty of Colours, Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany (solo)

2009   The Dynasty of Colours, Author Gallery, Shanghai, China (solo)

2009   Clarify My Mind to View the World: The Artworks of Xiaobai Su, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (solo)

2008– 2009   Kao Gong Ji—Su Xiaobai Solo Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (solo)

2008   Cheng Huai Road Concept: Xiaobai Su Solo Exhibition, Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan; Beijing, China (solo)

2008   An Old and a New Branch of Another Spring, Future Gallery, Taipei Museum Block B exhibition opening, Taipei, Taiwan

2008   Inside and Outside, Xu Xin Art Museum, Sinagapore

2008   Yi Pai: Thirty Years of Chinese Abstraction, Wall Museum, Beijing, China; La Caixa Forum Barcelona and Madrid, Spain

2007   Corresponding and Responding, Sino-US Artists Communication Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

2007   Chishan Green Water, Sino-German Contemporary Artist Paintings Exhibition, Lübeck Museum of Fine Arts, Germany

2007   Great form is Shapeless, Xiaobai Su Art Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China (solo)

2007   Bon Voyage, Xiaobai Su Art Exhibition, Kama Gallery, Hamburg, Germany (solo)

2006   Xiaobai Su Painting Exhibition, Secretary Ma Fusi Gallery, Marburg, Germany (solo)

2006   Large Paint: Su Xiaobo’s New Era, B. Special Feng Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)

2006   Images of Wuyi: Chinese and German Artists Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

2006   This Shore and The Other Side, Group Exhibition of 11 Contemporary Artists Between China and Germany, Three Free Art Space, Shanghai, China

2005    A Lite Gallery, Munich, Germany (solo)

2005   Cologne International Art Fair, Cologne, Germany

2004   Abstract Art Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

2004   Ai Mute Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (solo)

2004   Secretary Ma Fusi Gallery, Marburg, Germany (solo)

2003   China Column: Xiaobai Su New Works, B. Special Feng Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)

2003   China Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing, China

2002   Present Art Form, Berlin Capitol, Berlin, Germany

2002   Xiaobai Su Painting Exhibition, Mainz Parliament Building, Germany (solo)

2001   The Boda Museum, Peter Castle, Germany (2001)

2001   Eiffel Region Artists Exhibition including the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and France, Luxembourg; Germany

2000   Lin Zhai An International Festival of Arts, Beida Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Germany

2000   Proximity between the East and West Group Exhibition, State Assembly Hall, Mainz, Germany

2000   Chinese Painting Centennial Exhibition, Beijing, China

2000   Xiaobai Su Art Exhibition, Barton Modern Museum, Solingen, Germany (solo)

2000   Xiaobai Su Art Exhibition, Aaron Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo)

2000   T. Teton Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)

1999   Xiaobai Su Art Exhibition, Ai Mute Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (solo)

1998   Rarely Very Much Xiaobai Su Art Exhibition, A Lite Gallery, Munich, Germany (solo)

1998   International Sculptor Creation Camp Invitational Exhibition, Bremen, Germany

1995   Xiaobai Su Art Exhibition, T. Teton Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)

1994   The Heidenheim Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)

1993   State of North Rhine Artists Annual Exhibition, Dusseldorf, Germany

1992   Inter ART International Art Exhibition, Moscow, Russia

1989   Open Portal: Xiaobai Su Art Exhibition, Grand Theatre of Duisburg, Germany (solo)

1988   The World Through the Eyes of a Chinese Painter: Xiaobai Su Art Exhibition, City Library in Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)

1986   Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

1984   The Sixth National Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

1980   The Second Session of the National Youth Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Bejing, China

Public Collections

Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany

State Second Television – ZDF, Mainz, Germany

Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Ostasien Museum, Cologne, Germany

EFG Bank, Singapore

China National Art Museum, Beijing, China

Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

Hubei Art Museum, Wuhan, China

The Presidential Residence, Taipei, Taiwan

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