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TANG Zhigang
1959 Born in Kunming, Yunnan Province
1976 Joined the army after graduation from high school
1989 Graduated from the Department of Oil Painting at the People's Liberation Army Art Institute
1996 Started teaching at the Yunnan Art Academy until now
People sometimes ask me why I choose the subject of “Children in Meeting” and I would tell them that it is because of criticism directed at my previous series of paintings “Adults in Meeting”. So I simply switched to children.
Also, at that time I had started to give painting lessons to children. In the army I was in charge of propaganda at the Political Department. Apart from preparing the setting for gatherings, writing slogans and taking pictures, I was also responsible for the art education of the children in the army.
Solo Exhibitions:
1994 “The Life of Soldiers - solo exhibition of Tang Zhigang”, Yunnan Art Academy, Kunming
2000 “Children in Meeting”, Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong
2002 “The Life of Soldier”, Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong
2004 “Tang Zhigang”, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
2005 "Tang Zhigang: Chinese Fairy Tale", Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong.
Group Exhibitions:
1986 “National Art Exhibition celebrating the 60th of the People's Liberation Army”, Beijing
1989 “The 7th National Art Exhibition”, Nanjing
1993 “The 2nd China Oil Painting Exhibition”, Beijing
1994 “The 8th National Art Exhibition”, Beijing
1995 “Current State” (organised by the Cultural Exchange Center of the University of Columbia, United States), Kunming
1996 “Life Style”, Yunnan University Science Center, Kunming
1997 “Urban Personality”, Kunming
1999 “Moment: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, University of Chicago Art
Center”, Chicago
“Open, All Directions”, Kunming
“China 46”, Shanghai, Melbourne
“Chinese Avant-garde Exhibition”, Saint-Benin Art Centre, Italy; Musee “Granet Provceence”, France
“Three Artists from Kunming”, Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong
2000 “Chinese Avant-garde Exhibition”, De La Villette Museum, Paris
“Tales of Two Cities”, Asia Contemporary Art, London
2001 “VASL International Artists Workshop”, Karachi
“Boy, Girl”, Kunming, Singapore
“Basel International Art Fair”, Basel
2002 “Paris-Pekin”, Espace Cardin, Paris, France
“China Art” Germany
“The First Guangzhou Triennial” Guangzhou
“China - Pop” Sydney
“The 17th World Cup” France
2003 “Collection of Lasalle-sia College of the Arts” Singapore
“From China with Art” National Gallery of Jakarta Jakarta
“Gui Yang Biennial” Gui Yang
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