Guang Yao Wu

Installation view, Konstruktiv Tendens

Normung, 2002, felt on wood, three parts, each 50 x 50 x 6 cm

On drops

The original ink drops have been blown up several times by means of a photocopier. So the form of the drops becomes clearly visible. At the same time the enlargement makes also more visible the differences between the several shapes of the drops.

The second step in the adaptation of the drops is the coordination of their contours. This is done by means of a grid stencil or by the realization of a drawing.

After that, the new drop is identical with the original one, but it is no longer the same. Therefore one can call this adaptation of the drops "transfer".

The act of shaping transfers the form.

G Y Wu

BIOGRAPHY

Born 1959 in Shanghai, China.
Lives and works in Karlsruhe, Germany and Shanghai, China.

Education

  1. 1979-1982
    1. Shanghai School of Arts, Shanghai, China
  2. 1984-1987
    1. Central Academy of Arts, Beijing, China
  3. 1989-1995
    1. Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Germany

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  1. 1986
    1. Beijing University, China
  2. 1987
    1. National Gallery, Beijing, China
  3. 1991
    1. Chinesisch-Europäisches Kulturzentrum, Berlin, Germany
  4. 1994
    1. Konzept Museum Gallery, Berlin, Germany
  5. 1993
    1. Oberrheinisches Dichtermuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany
  6. 1995
    1. Gallery Tang, Berlin, Germany
  7. 1996
    1. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
  8. 1996
    1. Museum of Art, Brno, Czech
  9. 1997
    1. Gallery im Löbers, Gießen, Germany
  10. 1997
    1. Kampnagelfabrik K3, Hamburg, Germany
  11. 1998
    1. März Gallery, Mannheim and Ladenburg, Germany
  12. 1999
    1. Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Germany
  13. 1999
    1. Gallery Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz, Germany
  14. 1999
    1. Gallery of the city Tuttlingen, Germany
  15. 1999
    1. Gallery Emilia Suciu, Ettlingen, Germany
  16. 2000
    1. Museum for Concrete Art Ingolstadt, Germany
  17. 2001
    1. März Gallery, Mannheim and Ladenburg, Germany
  18. 2002
    1. Gallery Garanin, Berlin, Germany
  19. 2003
    1. März Gallery, Mannheim and Ladenburg, Germany
  20. 2004
    1. Gallery Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz, Germany
  21. 2004
    1. One man show, Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
  22. 2005
    1. Werner Stober Foundation Award for Art, National Art Museum, Karlsruhe, Germany
  23. 2005
    1. Konstruktiv Tendens Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

Selected Group Exhibitions

  1. 1998
    1. Palace Museum, Beijing, China
  2. 1989
    1. Chinese Modern Art, National Gallery, Beijing, China
  3. 1993
    1. Bonsai Museum, Heidelberg, Germany
    2. OIPCA East Village, New York, USA
  4. 1994
    1. Auszeichnung, Syrlin Kunstverein International, Stuttgart, Germany
  5. 1995
    1. Clouds in my coffee... Gallery T&A Edition, Berlin
    2. Station Deutschland, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
  6. 1996
    1. Station Deutschland, Kampnagelfabrik, Hamburg, Germany
    2. Dorothea von Stetten-Art Price, Museum of Art Bonn, Germany
    3. Object, Tang Station, Berlin, Germany
  7. 1997
    1. Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China
  8. 1997
    1. Common Space 2, Pezinok, Slovakia
  9. 1998
    1. Works of the Collection of the Dorothea von Stetten-Foundation, Museum of Art, Bonn, Germany
  10. 1998
    1. Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Germany
  11. 1998
    1. März Gallery, Mannheim and Ladenburg, Germany
  12. 1999
    1. Herrenhof Mußbach, Neustadt/Weinstraße, Germany
    2. 20 years for art, Gallery Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz, Germany
  13. 2000
    1. Gallery Days, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Germany
    2. Nicht Ruhe geben bevor die Erde quadratisch ist,
    3. Collection of Marli Hoppe-Ritter, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Germany
    4. Continental Shift, Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Liege, Belgium
      1. Gmundner Symposion, Kammerhofgalerie Gmunden, Austria
  14. 2001
    1. Global Echos, Mondriaanhuis Amersfoot, Holland
    2. Gallery Garanin, Berlin, Germany
    3. Xian Academy of Art, China
  15. 2002
    1. Water-Sand-Space, Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emirates
    2. Hamburg Vertretung beim Bund, Berlin, Germany
  16. 2003
    1. Water-Sand-Space, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany
    2. Bildsprache-Sprachbild, CAS Software AG, Karlsruhe, Germany
    3. 1+1, Gallery Emilia Suciu, Ettlingen, Germany
  17. 2004
    1. Water-Sand-Space, Museum for Concrete Art, Ingolstadt, Germany
    2. Apriori, Gallery Dorothea van der Koelen, Venice, Italy

Scholarships

  1. 2000
    1. Scholarship at Cité des Arts International, Paris, France
  2. 2004
    1. Werner Stober Foundation Award for Art, Germany