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Sherman Jiang is a US-based conceptual artist.

 

Born in 1977, Jiang came of age in tandem with China’s social and economic development. Her foray into avant-garde art began in 2000, just as the country’s contemporary art scene began reaching the larger world. Those seismic social shifts both guided her artistic development and became a prominent focus of her work. In 2012, she relocated to California, where she now lives and works.

 

As a multimedia artist, her works defy simple categorization. They span conceptual paintings, installations, videos, photography, performances, and other diverse media, showcasing astonishing technical proficiency in each. The result is that each of her series has a distinct visual style, often veering into the experimental and surreal.

 

Although the choice of media changes, one constant in her work is a fascination with life, in its various forms and stages. Birth and death. Body and spirit. The earthly and the ethereal. The social and the personal. Her own life provides the basis of her exploration, refracting universal human experiences through the lens of a singular life.

 

By keeping a careful distance from the art market, she’s guarded her process and output from commercial influence. This has freed her to break with convention and embrace the avant garde, tackling taboo topics like gender, sexuality, and religion in frank and potentially controversial ways.

 

She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in China and the US. Her works can be found in the Fujian Provincial Art Museum/Painting Academy in China, as well as in the private collections of individuals and institutions in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.

BIOGRAPHY
Sherman Jiang 江雪曼

Exhibitions

 

Solo Exhibitions

2009

Red Light, Green Light
River South Art Center, Shanghai, China

 

2007

M. Art Exhibition
311 Art Center, Shanghai, China

 

2006

Sudan Red Exhibition
Chantilly Art Center, Shanghai, China

 

2004

Question Art Solo Show
Fujian Museum of Modern Art, Fujian, China

 

Group Exhibitions

2013

The 13 Floors

Songzhuang Museum Of Modern Art, Beijing, China

2012

On the Edge of Culture

CCC Foundation San Francisco, United States

2011

Biennial 2011: After Revolution

CCC Foundation San Francisco, United States

2011

Absence of Identity

Nomination Exhibition of Female Chinese Artists

Fujian Museum of Modern Art, China

2010

Fashion New Public Art Exhibition

Shanghai, China

2010

Who's Got It: New Femininity

Shanghai, China

2010

Window Art Project Exhibition

CCC Foundation San Francisco, United States

 

2010

International Art and Design Studio Open Day

China, Europe

2009

Secen— a dialogue with space & time

River South Art Center, Shanghai

2008–2009

China's First Contemporary Artists' Exhibition

Chantilly Art Center, Shanghai, China

Park Ryu Sook Gallery / Shanghai Bund Museum of Art

2007

Contemporary Art by Artists Born '60s and '70s

Shanghai Bund Museum of Art, China

2007

A Contemporary Art Scene Exhibition in Shanghai

Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai,China

2006

06-Injection

Chantilly Art Center, Shanghai, China

2006

Elevator Plan

Chinese/European Art Center

2006

Shanghai Youth Biennial

LiuHaisu Museum Of Modern Art, Shanghai, China

2005

Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art

Fujian, China

2005

On the Scene—Huaxian Asian-European Contemporary Art

China / Belgium

2003

Contemporary Art United Exhibition

Fujian, China

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