Ni Jun
1963 Born in Tianjin, China
1976 Studied at Tianjin No. 37 High School, Tianjin, China
1979 Studied at the High School of Central Academy of Fine Arts,
Beijing, China
1983 Became an art editor & photographer at China Fishery magazine,
Beijing, China
1985 Studied at Central Academy of Arts & Design majoring in Mural Art, Beijing, China
1989 Studied at Mason Gross School of the Arts (MFA program),
Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
1991 Settled down as a full-time artist in East Village,
New York City, USA
1993 Taught art at Skidmore College, Union County College, Drew
University, Parsons School of Design among others; participated in
the founding of OIPCA (Organization for the International
Promotion ofChinese Artists) in SoHo, New York and worked as an
announcer at ESPN
2001 Moved back to Beijing and worked as a full-time artist;
hosted the show PEOPLE at CCTV-10
2010 Lived and worked as a full-time artist in South Pasadena,
California, USA
2013 Moved back to Beijing
Major one-man Exhibitions
2016 “The Deep Blue Sea: A Ni JunExhibition”, Shanghai Gallery of Art,
Shanghai, China
2015 “Ni Jun: Brotherhood”, Star Gallery, Beijing, China
2011 “Ni Jun: Painting, Drawing, Photography and Film”,
Permanence Gallery + Shuimu Contemporary Art Space + IA-32 Cantonbon Space, Beijing, China
2008 “Ni Jun: La Dolce Vita”, C5 Art Center, Beijing, China
2005 “Ni Jun”, Art 110 Gallery, Beijing, China
1991 “Ni: More Historical than Political”, MGSA Gallery,
Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 “The Lost Diary of Beijing”, Star Gallery, Beijing, China
“A Yu Ying Group Show: Fotiaoqiang”, Ying Space, Beijing, China
“Yuyuantan: Fan Jiupeng, Ni Jun and Qi Xing”, AAW Gallery,
798, Beijing, China
“Serenite: Yin Qi, FengLianghong, Li Yi, Ni Jun and Yuan Jia”,
Permanence Gallery, 798, Beijing, China
2014 “Size: Recent Paintings by Ma Shuqing and Ni Jun”, C5 Art Center, Beijing, China
2013 “Being Entangled with Paper”, Star Gallery,
Beijing + Halcyon Gallery, Shanghai, China
2012 “Zhang Ding and His Students”, National Opera House,
Beijing, China
2011 “In Between: Paintings by Ni Jun and Buddhist Master Chun Kong”,
Bridge Gallery, 798, Beijing, China
2010 “Spring Equinox”, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China
2009 “Carrying Tigers over Mountains”, Permanennce Gallery,
798, Beijing, China
2008 “Cross Transition”, Shuimu Contemporary Art Space, 798,
Beijing, China
2007 “Carrying Tigers over Mountains”, Permanence Gallery, 798,
Beijing, China
1994 “Transformation: Chen Danqing, Liu Xiaodong, Ni Jun and Yu
Hong“ (Curated by Mark Tansey), Mark Tansey studio on Warren
Street, New York, USA
1993 “Red Star over China”, Keen Gallery, New York, USA
1991 “Young Artists”, Yale University Gallery, New Haven, USA
1989 Four Young Artists, National Museum of Art, Beijing, China
“China Avant-Garde Art”, National Museum of Art, Beijing, China