Shu Yang, born 1969, China, A Chinese painter, performance artist, photographer and curator. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. Curator (from Latin cura care means manager overseer. A curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution (e After studying at Xian Academy of Fine Art, he moved to Beijing where, in collaboration with Chinese artist Zhu Ming and Chen Jin, he set up the first performance art festival in China known as the Open Arts Festival in 2000.
In 2001 they curated the notorious festival of performance art in Cheng Du which was reported on Chinese television and in the press. It attracted the unwelcome attentions of the Chinese authorities.
Amongst the artists to have performed there were Chinese artists, Zhu Yu, whose work involved killing a pig, Zhu Ming who works mainly with bubbles and Dai Guangyu, Singapore artist Lee Wen, Jozsef Juhosz a member of the performance art group Black Market International, American artist Skip Arnold, British artist Lennie Lee, Canadian artist André Éric Létourneau and Japanese artist Arai Shinichi. Zhu Yu ( b 1971 is a Performance artist living in Beijing, China. Lee Wen ( is a Singaporean Performance artist on social identity themes and best known for his Yellow Man performances Lennie Lee (born March 4, 1958) is a South African Conceptual artist who lives and works in London. André Éric Létourneau (born September 25, 1967) is a French Canadian media and Transmedia artist author musician composer and curator
In 2002 he co-curated the 3rd Open Arts Festival in Xian, China with Chen Jin and Xiang Xishi. Many important performance artists took part including Ai Weiwei, Lennie Lee, Seiji Shimoda, Huang Rui, Yue Luping and Wang Mai. Ai Weiwei ( Chinese: 艾[[wikt 未|未]] 未 Pinyin:;; --> born in 1957 in Beijing, is a leading Chinese Lennie Lee (born March 4, 1958) is a South African Conceptual artist who lives and works in London.
After a split with Chen Jin he went on to set up the largest performance art festival in Asia featuring works by Wang Chuyu, Liang Tao. Yang Zhichao, Lennie Lee, Cai Juan and JJ Xi, Lee Wen, Michael Mayhew, Hayley Newman, Kira O' Reilly, and Andre Stitt. Yang Zhichao, Born in 1963 in Gansu province Northern Manchuria, is a Chinese Revolutionary and extreme performance artist Lennie Lee (born March 4, 1958) is a South African Conceptual artist who lives and works in London. Yuan Chai and Jian Jun Xi are two Chinese Performance artists based in Britain, who work together and specialise in Art intervention. Yuan Chai and Jian Jun Xi are two Chinese Performance artists based in Britain, who work together and specialise in Art intervention. Lee Wen ( is a Singaporean Performance artist on social identity themes and best known for his Yellow Man performances Michael Mayhew is a fictional character in the Honorverse. Michael Mayhew is the much younger brother of Benjamin Mayhew IX, Protector of Grayson. Kira O'Reilly is a Performance artist based in the UK She graduated from Cardiff School of Art in 1998 Andre Stitt (born 1958, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Performance artist. In 2006 the festival took place in the 798 Art Zone in Beijing.
In 2004 Shu Yang organised a tour of the UK with a number of well known Chinese performance artists exhibiting in 8 major galleries including the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, the Chinese Arts Centre in Manchester, the Chapter art centre in Cardiff and the Victoria and Albert museum. The Ikon Gallery ( is an English gallery of Contemporary art, located in Brindleyplace, Birmingham. The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design housing a permanent collection
In addition to curating performance art festivals, Shu Yang is a well-known performer in his own right, has worked as an editor for Chinese art magazines and numerous catalogues. He is currently setting up the first archive of contemporary performance art in China. He has also curated numerous shows of photography, painting, video and movie in China, Germany, Italy and the UK.
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