1964 born in Zhoushan, P. R. China, presently lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands;
works in Amsterdam and Beijing.
1986 Graduated from Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Art)
Selected solo exhibitions
2009
Of the Departure and the Arrival, Teemtower, Guangzhou
2008
Para-Production, Joyart, Beijing
Vive la Difference - Ni Haifeng @ Arrow Factory, Arrow Factory, Beijing
2007
The Return of the Shreds (in collaboration with Kitty Zijlmans), Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal in Scheltema, Leiden
2006
Kunst als gift Project, Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst/Municipality of Amsterdam,
Amsterdam Of the Departure and the Arrival, KunstRAI, Amsterdam (with Gallery Lumen Travo),
Amsterdam
2005
New Works, Gallery Lumen Travo, Amsterdam Of the Departure and the Arrival, Het Museum Prinsenhof, Gemeente Delft, Delft
2004
Ni Haifeng. Xeno-Writings, Museum Het Domein, Sittard
2003
Multiple lies, GEM, museum of contemporary art, The Hague
2002
Airbag. Ni Haifeng Solo Exhibition, Pond Paulus, Schiedam
2001
No-man’s-land, Lumen Travo, Amsterdam
1999
Sociosphere II, Stadhouderskade 112, Amsterdam
1997
Anonymous, Gallery Gaby Kraushaar, Dusseldorf
1996
Secrets, Gate Foundation, Amsterdam
1995
From Human to Humbug, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Leiden
Selected group exhibitions
2009
Silent Writings, Espace culturel Vuis Vuitton, Paris
imPOSSIBLE, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco
Ultra Skin, Coreana Museum of Art, Seoul
The China Project, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland
2008
Reflective Asia – The Third Nanjing Triennial, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing
Between the Light and the Dark - On the Borders of Chineseness, Canvas International Art,
Amstelveen
Open /Invited ev+a 2008, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick
Between the Light and the Dark - Shifting Fault Lines, Arario Beijing, Beijing
Dessins contemporains des Pays-bas – Sign mouvants, institut neerlandais, Paris
Toekenning 036, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
2007
Presentatie van de eindresultaten van het landelike onderzoeksproject COOPs, Stedelijk
Museum De Lakenhal in Scheltema, Leiden
Wherever We Go, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
Thermocline – New Asian Waves, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
Forms of Exchange, Museum Het Domein, Sittard
Forged Realities, Universal Studios, Beijing
Drawing Topologies, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
An Impossible Mix, De 11 Lijnen, Oudenburg
Energy, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Spicy Dutch , Stadsmuseum Ijsselstein, Ijsselstein
2006
Wherever We Go, Spazio Oberdan, Milan
VideoZone: The 3rd International Video Art Biennale in Israel, Centre for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Co-ops, BAK, Basis Actuele Kunst, Utrecht
Nederland 1, MuseumGoudA, Gouda
Jianghu, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
Roam Is My Home, CM Studio, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Utrecht
2005
Beyond - 2nd Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou
Respect - Poldermodellen - Een tentoonstelling van hedendaagse kunst uit Nederland in Marokko, Musée Dar Si Saïd, Marrakech, Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam
Out of Sight, De Appel, Amsterdam
Nouvelle Biennale de Chateauroux 2005, Les Musees Ville de Chateauroux, Chateauroux
Plato and His Seven Spirits, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal of He Xiangning Art Museum, Beijing
ADAM, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam
H x B x D, Gemeente Museum Den Haag, The Hague
2004
Techniques of the Visible - 5th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Salon de Los Inmigrantes, De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
Migrating Identity – Transmission/Reconstruction, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
A l’Ouest du Sud de l’Est /A l’Est du Sud de l’Ouest, Villa Arson, Nice, Centre Régional
d’Art Contemporain, Sète
2003
In and Out – Dutch Contemporary Art 2003, National Museum of Contemporary Art,
Seoul
2002
Synthetic Reality, East Modern Art Center, Beijing
Mirage, Suzhou Art Museum, Suzhou
2001
Unpacking Europe, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
1999
Food for Thought, Mu Art, Arctic Foundation, Eindhoven
Waterverf?, De Zaaier, Amsterdam
1998
Kijk op de Wijk, Stichting Kade Aterliers, Utrecht
Democracy, Gate Foundation, Amsterdam
Lengte, Breedte en Diepte, De Gele Rijder, Arnhem
1995
Configura II, Gallery am Fischmarkt, Erfurt
6. TriennaleKleinplastik Europa- Ostasien,
Sudwest LB Forum, Stuttgart, Museum Moderne Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig, Wien
Balanceakte, Ifa Gallery, Stuttgart, Ifa Gallery, Bonn
1993
China’s New Art Post ‘89, Hong Kong Arts Center, HongKong
China Avantgarde, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, Kunsthallen Brandts Kleadefabrik, Odense,
Roemermuseum, Hildesheim
1992
Begegnung mit den Anderen, K 18, kassel
New Art from China, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Queensland Art Gallery,
Queensland, City of Ballaarar, Fine Art Gallery, Ballaarar, Canberra School of Art Gallery,
Canberra
1991
Garage Show, Shanghai Educational Forum, Shanghai
1986
Red 70%, Black 25%, White 5%,
Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou
Selected bibliography
Pauline .J Yao, Ni Haifeng (eds), Ni Haifeng-Para-Production, Hong Kong (Timezone 8) 2009
Louise Schouwenberg, ‘Man of the Mind’, Frame 65 (2008) NOV/DEC, pp. 88-95
Marianne Brouwer, ‘Recycling Marx in the Age of Globalization’, Visual Production, 9-10
(2008) 2-3, Hong Kong (Visual Production Co., Ltd) pp. 90-101
Ni Haifeng, Tiong Ang, Simon Ferdinando (eds.), Between the Light and the Dark. On
the Borders of Chineseness, Rotterdam (Veenman), Amstelveen (Canvas International Art)
2008
Ni Haifeng, Kitty Zijlmans (eds.), The Return of the Shreds, Amsterdam (Valiz), Leiden
(Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal) 2008
Marianne Brouwer, ‘A Zero Degree of Writing and Other Subversive Moments’, Avant-
Garde Today, 14 (2007) 4, Shanghai (Shanghai People’s Publisher), pp. 247-261.
Ni Haifeng, Kitty Zijlmans (eds.), Forms of Exchange, Sittard (Museum Het Domein)
2007.
Roel Arkesteijn, ‘Disruption of an Overly Defined World’, in: Cat. Hou Hanru, Gabi
Scardi (eds.), Wherever We Go, Milan (5 Continents Editions Srl) 2006, pp. 218-227.
Ni Haifeng, ‘Of the Departure and the Arrival’, in: Waling Boers (ed.), Touching the
Stones, Cologne (Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig) 2006, pp. 130-133.
Ni Haifeng, Kitty Zijlmans (eds.), Gift, Amsterdam 2006.
Roel Arkesteijn, ‘Disruption of an Overly Defined World’, in: Cat. Roel Arkesteijn (ed.), Respect, Amsterdam (Mondriaan Foundation) 2006, pp. 58-65.
Ni Haifeng (ed.), Ni Haifeng. Of the Departure and the Arrival, Amsterdam (Lumen
Travo) 2005.
Cat. Ni Haifeng. Xeno-Writings, Sittard (Museum het Domein) 2004.
Cat. Ni Haifeng, Zhu Jia (eds.), Synthetic Reality, Hong Kong (Timezone 8) 2004.
Roel Arkesteijn, Ni Haifeng (eds.), Ni Haifeng. No-Man’s-Land, the Hague (GEM),
Amsterdam (Artimo) 2003.
Marianne Brouwer, ‘De nulgraad van het schrijven en andere subersieve momenten’, in:
Tessa Boerman, Patricia Pisters, Joes Segal (eds.), Beeldritsen, Amsterdam (de balie), 2003,
pp. 10-26.
Janet Koplos, ‘Ni Haifeng at Lumen Travo Gallery’, Art in America 90 (2002) 3, p. 139.
Sebastian Lopez, ‘Ni Haifeng. Laws of inscription’, in: Salah Hassan, Iftikhar Dadi
(eds.), Unpacking Europe. Towards a Critical Reading, Rotterdam(Museum Boijmans Van
Beuningen / NAi Publisher) 2001, pp. 332-337.
Cat. Ni Haifeng – Anonymus, Dusseldorf (gallery Gaby Kraushaar) 1997.
Cat. Ni Haifeng, Bunnik 1996.
