Tan Ping
Tan Ping
1960
Born in Chengde, China
Education
1989 – 1994 Master of Arts and Degree of “Meisterschule” by Prof. Klaus Fußmann, Free Art Department of Berlin Art University
1989–1994 Awarded the West German Cultural Exchange Scholarship Deutschen Akademischen (DAAD)
1984 Graduated from the Printmaking Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing
Academic Career
2004 – Present Deputy Chancellor, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (CAFA)
1999 – 2003 Professor and Director of Design Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)
1994 Lecturer, Design Department, CAFA
1984 – 1989 Lecturer, Printmaking Department, CAFA
Tan Ping's Studio
Selected Exhibitions
2009 PACO KNÖLLER – TAN PING l TWO ENERGIES, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN l BEIJING, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2009 Tan Ping, Yun Gallery, Beijing, China (solo).
2009 Sottovoce: Painting, Photography and Video, officinal, Factory 798, Beijing, China (group)
2008 The Grit between the Stones. A Meeting between Swedish and Chinese Contemporary Painting at Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm,Sweden (group)
2008 The Grit between the Stones. A Meeting between Swedish and Chinese Contemporary Painting at the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China (group)
2008 China macht Druck. Zeitgenössische chinesische Druckgrafik, Bietigheim- Bissingen, Germany (group)
2008 M Art Center, Shanghai, China (group)
2008 Tan Ping, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (solo)
2008 Tan Ping, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China (solo)
2007 Tan Ping Art, Studio Rouge, Shanghai, China (solo)
2007 John Sundkvist/ Tan Ping Joint Exhibition, Red Gate, Beijing, China (group)
2007 Afternoon Tea- Tan Ping, Yang Yue, Kang Jian Fei, Liu Wentao. Yun Gallery, Beijing, China (group)
2006 Red Gate Gallery’s 15th Anniversary, Beijing, China (group)
2006 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne (group)
2005 Tan Ping Art, National Art Gallery (NAGC), Beijing, China (solo)
2005 Tan Ping Art, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China (solo)
2004 New Woodcuts, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN I BEIJING, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2003 Tan Ping New Woodcuts, Red Gate Gallery (solo)
2002 Contemporary Chinese Printmaking, Red Gate Gallery
2001 Contemporary Chinese works of Excellence, Shanghai Arts Centre
2001 Square Studio, Shanghai Art Museum
2000 Black/ White Time, Red Gate Gallery (solo)
1999 Tan Ping-Recent Etching, Red Gate Gallery (solo)
1999 Black/ White World – Tan Ping Etching, Asian Fine Arts Warehouse, Berlin (solo)
1999 Square Studio, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Center, Bonn, Germany
1998 The First Exhibition of Square Studio, Gallery of the International Art Palace Beijing
1998 Retake: A Selected Exhibition Reviewing Red Gate Artists’ Signature Works curated by Car Fitzpatrick, Red Gate Gallery
1997 Tan Ping- Recent Etching, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China (solo)
1997 Three Printmakers from the CAFA, Red Gate Gallery
1996 Beijing – Berlin, German Embassy, Beijing
1995 Introducing Tan Ping, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China (solo)
1994 Beijing Contemporary Art Gallery (solo)
1994 Christof Weber Gallery, Berlin (solo)
1993 Moench Gallery, Berlin (solo)
1991 City Hall, Germering Gallery, Munich, Germany (solo)
Tan Ping's at Work
Collections
Ludwig Museum, Germany; Portland Art Museum, USA; National Art Gallery of China; Shenzhen Art Museum; Shanghai Art Museum; Qingdao Art Museum; University of Sydney; and numerous private collections.
Literature
2006 Offside –Design: in the name of Inheritance, Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House
2006 Role –Design: in the name of education, Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House
2005 Printing by Tan Ping, Hebei Education Press
2005 Crossing, Hebei Education Press
2003 Story of Growth, Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House
2002 Artistic Public—Design: in the name of Interview, Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House
2002 Spiritual Dissociation, coauthor, People’s Fine Arts Publishing House
2000 “Over the Limit”, Art Research, Issue 1
1999 China Airlines in Flight Magazine, Jan/Feb
1998 Zhang Zhaohui, Tan Ping at Red Gate Gallery, Asian Art News, Nov/Dec
1998 Red Gate Gallery Artists, Art life, Sep/ Oct
1998 Karen Smith, Square Studio at the International Art Palace, Asian Art News,
July/ August
1998 Square Studio, Semi-Sociologist and the Scheme of Alchemist, Art life, May/
June
1998 Tan Ping, Recent Etchings, Catalogue
1998 The Discussion of Chinese Art in the Period of Transformation, Square Studio
1996 Beijing –Berlin, Catalogue
1996 Dai Shihe, An Interview with Tan Ping, Fine Arts Literature Chinese Printmaking Album, Vol. 1
