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JAMES HYMAN GALLERY
Sun Liang, b.1957 Please click here to return to thumbnails.
Sun Liang
1957
Born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
Graduated in 1982 from the fine art/design department of Shanghai Light Industry College, Shanghai, China.
At the beginning of the 1990’s, Sun Liang’s studio moved into an old house beside the People’s Square in downtown Shanghai.
Sun Liang has been at the forefront of promoting Shanghai's contemporary artists, setting up an archive to record the work of Shanghai artists.
Lives and works in Shanghai.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
Sun Liang. A Painter’s Journey, James Hyman Gallery, London
2005
Sun Liang: Imagination, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
2003
Sun Liang: Mysterious Life, Phoenix, Hong Kong, China
2002
Sun Liang: Charm of Silver, Room with a View Gallery, Shanghai, China
2001
Sun Liang, 3M invitation Exhibition, Nanjing, China
2000
Paradise Lost-Sun Liang’s Oil Painting on leather, Room with a View Gallery, Shanghai, China
1996
Sun Liang, New York, USA
1995
Sun Liang, HO Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1994
Sun Liang, Longmen Gallery, Taipei, China
Sun Liang, HO Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Sun Liang Art Exhibition, Tokyo Gallery, Japan
1993
Sun Liang’s World, HO Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
Rewind Remix Fast Forward: Chinese Contemporary Art, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai,
‘85 New Wave: the Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing
2005
Contrasts and Contradictions, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
2004 - 2005
Awakening: La France Mandarine, National Art Museum of China and Shanghai Urban Planning Center
2004
5th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Unrelated to Reality, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Crowds and Voids, Art Scene China, Shanghai, China
Forbidden Senses-Sensuality in Contemporary Chinese Art, Paris, France
2003
Metaphysics 2003, Shanghai Abstract Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Paper Color-The-Exhibition of Arts on Paper, Shanghai, China
Concept & Expression-2003 Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition, Shanghai, China
18th Asian Modern Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Culture Museum, China
2002
1st Triennal of Chinese Arts, Guangdong Art Museum, China
Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art - The 1st Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Art Museum, China
East+West: Chinese Contemporary Art, Kunst Haus, Vienna, Austria
Ground Zero-Material Art Invitation Exhibition, Shanghai, China
Behind the Reality-Other Modernity, DiMen Gallery, Tai Wan
Basking in the Sun, Nanjing, China
Chinese Comtemporary Art Exhibition, Croatia
17th Asian Modern Art Exhibition, Taejon Art Museum, Korea
The Wind from Shanghai, Shanghai Contemporary Art, Hamburg, Germany
Metaphysics: Shanghai Abstract Art, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai China
2001
Towards A New Image-20 Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Upgrading Asia -Modern Art Exhibition of Asia, Guangzou Art Museum, Guangzou, China
Metaphysics: Shanghai Abstract Art, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
“↑? ∞? ↓? 2001” Chinese Modern Art Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Reshuffle-Contemporary Chinese Art Show, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
1st Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Sichuan, China
2000
China-Japan-Korea: Three Countries Art Invitation Exhibitions, China, Japan, Korea
Collections Works Exhibition for the Completion of Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
“Red”, Room With a View Gallery, Shanghai, China
Oil Painting Art Academy Invitation Exhibition, National Museum Art of China, Beijing, China
2000 International Oil Painting Exhibition, Nanjing, China
Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition in 20th Century, Touring Show in Beijing & Shanghai, China
Shanghai New Frame Work 2, Oil Painting Exhibition, Shanghai, China
Phantom, YiBo Gallery, Shanghai, China
Chinese Modern Art Exhibition, Padua, Italy
The Invitation Exhibition of International Art, Berlin, Germany
Chinese Painting Exhibition, Shanghai, China
1999
The 1st Exhibition of Asian Art Triennal, FuKuoKa Museum, FuKoaKa, Japan
Urban Abstract Art Salon, Fine Rt Academy of Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
South Sentiment: Art Invitation, GuangDong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Modern Art Exhibition of China and Japan, China, Japan
Shanghai Art International Art Fair, Gallery de France, Shanghai, China
1998
New York International Art Fair, New York, USA
Two Shores, Three Lands Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Center, Taiwan Education Art Gallery, Hong Kong, Taipei, China
Art Exhibition of Two Shores, Three Lands, Hong Kong Art Centre, Taiwan Education Art Gallery, Hong Long, Taipei, China
Chinese Modern Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Shanghai Art International Art Fair, Gallery de France, Shanghai, China
1997
97’ Chinese Contemporary Painting Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Asian Modern Art Exhibition, Macao, China
Chinese Art Exhibition, New Zealand
Shanghai Art International Art Fair, Gallery de France, Shanghai, China
Handover, Meeting & Exhibition Centre, Hong Long, China
The Exhibition of Shanghai Artist’s Works, St Petersburgh, Russia
1996
The Existence of Non-Figurative-Abstract Art Exhibition of Shanghai, Art Academy of Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
Chinese Modern Art Exhibition, New York, USA
Exhibition of Three Artists, New York, USA
Global International Art Fair, Korea
1995
Change-Chinese Contemporary Art, Goteburg Museum, Goteburg, Sweden
Shanghai New Frame, Shanghai, China
International Art Exhibition: 600th Anniversary of the Founding of Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Oil Painting Invitation Exhibition, Nanjing College of Fine Art, Nanjing, China
China-Japan Art Development Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, China, Autumn Salon, France
1994
Modern Chinese Ink Painting, Taiwan, Art Museum, Taipei, China
Contemporary Chinese Art, FengPingShan Museum, Hong Kong University, China
1993
The 45th Venice Biennale Exhibition, Venice, Italy
The 1st Asia-Pacific Triennal of Contemporary Work, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia
Shanghai Modern Art, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan
Taipei-Shanghai Ink Painting Exhibition, Taiwan Art Museum, Taizhong, China
1992
Encountering the Others (K18) International Art Exhibition, Kassel, Germany
Oriental World International Art Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Touring Show in China
1991
The Exhibition of Famous Chinese Artists, San Francisco, USA
Garage Art Exhibition, Shanghai, China
1989
China Art, Cologne, Germany
China / Avant-Garde, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Joint-Modern Chinese Art Exhibition, Japan
Genre, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
1988
Exhibition of Today’s Art, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Last Dinner, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
1987
China Oil Painting Exhibition of Country Amorous Feelings, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
1986
Inaugural Exhibition of Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Selected Collections
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
GuangDong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
FengPingShan Museum, Hong Kong, China
Taiwan Educational Art Museum, Taipei, China
Selected Publications
Hyman, J. (ed.), Sun Liang: A Painters Journey, James Hyman Gallery, 2008.
Selected Articles
Li Xu, 'Sun Liang’s Old Stable Studio', Shanghai Culture, June 1999, pp. 84-87
Wu Liang, 'Stable', Art In Shanghai, Jiangsu Art Publisher, 2001, pp. 205-208
Wu Liang, 'Summary Or Prophecy', Painter In The Studio, Shanghai Sanlian Book Shop, 2001, pp. 79-82
Wu Liang, 'Suspending Images', Painter In The Studio, Shanghai Sanlian Book Shop, 2001, pp. 83-91
Wu Liang, 'Dance With Them', Painter In The Studio, Shanghai Sanlian Book Shop, 2001, pp. 92-94
Li Xiaoshan, 'Sun Liang', Declare In The Front, Jiangsu Art Publisher, 2001, pp. 94-101
Wu Lintian, 'Travels In The Mind', Asian Art News, Nov./Dec. 2003, pp. 72-77
Zhu Zhu, 'Sun Liang’s Works', Art China, No.4 2003, pp. 86-91
'Artist Sun Liang', Walker Shanghai, July 2004, pp. 62-63
Zhang Wenzhong, 'Sun Liang, Contemporary Chinese Painter', Discovery, Feb. 2004, pp. 30-31
A Zhu, 'I Love Ophelia', ALL, Oct. 2004, pp. 28-29
Wang Qi, 'Imagination', Metropolis, Oct. 2005
Zhang Mi, 'Sun Liang: Drifting and Seductive Beauty', Space, Oct. 2005, pp. 32-33
Shi Xinghai, 'Ambiguous Leopard', MG, Oct.2005, pp. 46-49
Te Na, 'Beauty Is So Horrible', Xinmin Weekly, Oct. 28 2005, p. 75
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