Wang Tiande (1960 Shanghai) is considered an innovative artists using ink wash paintings and calligraphy in a modern way. He is known for creating works on rice paper, with Chinese characters burned in with cigarette butts. He has turned some of these works in clothing. And he has also created large format photographs, turning ashes into mountain landscapes. His work has been exhibited by Chambers Fine Art Gallery in New York, Alisan Fine Arts in Hong Kong and Goedhuis Contemporary. He lives and works in Shanghai and teaches at Fudan University.

1960
Born in Shanghai, China
1984 - 1988
Chinese Painting Department, Zhejiang Fine Arts Academy (now the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts), Zhejiang Province, China
Currently employed as a professor at the Arts Education Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Dean, School of Visual Communication, Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Ph.D, Calligraphy Department, Chinese Academy of Fine Arts, Zhejiang Province, China

Selected Exhibitions

2008
Modern Ink Biennale 2008, Taipei, Taiwan
2008
Chinese Minimal Art 30 Years, La Caixa Forum, Barcelona, Spain
2008
The Transforming Marks of Ink, The Staatiche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany
2008
China New Vision-Chinese Contemporary Art Collection From Shanghai Art Museum,
2008
Modern And Contemporary Art Center of Laspezia, Italy
2008
New Ink Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
2008
Wang Tiande: One Meter Seventy-Three, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China (solo)
2008
Wang Tiande, Xerxes Fine Arts, London, UK (solo)
2007
Made by Tiande Again, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA (solo)
2007
Shan (Mountain) & Shui (Water), Alisan Fine Art, Hong Kong (solo)
2007
Wang Tiande Solo Show, Han Art, Montreal, Canada (solo)
2007
¿开FUN ,Taipei Calligraphy Biennial, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2007
China Onward - The Estella Collection: Chinese Contemporary Art, 1966-2006, The Louisiana Museum, Louisiana, USA
2006
Brush and Ink: The Chinese Art of Writing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
2006
Calligraphy Scene, Heng Lu Museum of Art, Hangzhou, China
2006
Exhibition of World Calligraphy, Seoul, Korea
2006
Light on ChinArt Generation, Palazzo Caponi, Florence, Italy
2006
Exhibition of Chinese Painting Documentaries, Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing, China
2006
Revival: New Ink Art, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2006
China Trade, Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, Canada
2006
DU, Expressions of Contemporary Chinese Water and Ink Painting, The Tianjing Academy of Arts Art Museum, Tianjin, China
2006
60’s Vision Documenta, Today Museum of Art, Beijing, China
2005
Redolent of Incense, Yishu Space, Vancouver, Canada (solo)
2004
Made by Tiande, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA (solo)
2004
One-Man Show, Galerie 99, Aschaffenburg, Germany (solo)
2004
Contemporary Chinese Art, Dublin Contemporary Art Museum, Dublin, Ireland
2004
Contemporary Art from Shanghai, Museum Villa Stuck, Germany
2004
Nomination Exhibition, Wuhan, China
2004
Six Artists Exhibition, Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich, Germany
2004
Galerie 99, Germany
2004
Made by Tiande, Chambers Fine Art, New York, America
2003
Wang Tiande: Ink for the 21st Century, Alison Fine Art, Hong Kong
2003
An Opening Era, China National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2003
The White East: 20th Century Chinese Paintings, Paris, France
2003
Dots and Beyond, National Art Museum, Malaysia
2003
Wang Tiande: Ink for the 21st Century, Alisan Fine Art, Hong Kong (solo)
1995
Solo Show, the German Center, Shanghai, China (solo)
1995
The German Center, Shanghai, China
1991
Chinese Painting Institute, Shanghai, China
1991
Solo Show, Chinese Painting Institute, Shanghai, China (solo)

Selected Collections

Shanghai Art Museum, China
Shenzhen Art Museum, China
Guangdong Art Museum, China
Hong Kong Art Museum, China
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA