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WangShui (1986) [1] is an American contemporary artist. They work across a range of media including film, installation, painting, and sculpture. [2] [3] [4] They are based in New York City. [1]

Notable exhibitions

In 2018, WangShui participated in In Practice: Another Echo at SculptureCenter in Queens. [5] That same year they presented a film project at Triple Canopy titled, From Its Mouth Came a River of High-end Residential Appliances that eventually went on to screen at New York Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam. [6] [7]

In 2019, WangShui presented their first solo exhibition at the Julia Stoschek Collection in Berlin. [3] [8] [9]

In 2021, WangShui participated in No Humans Involved at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and also presented their first series of aluminum paintings at Frieze New York. [10] [11]

In 2022, WangShui participated in the 2022 Whitney Biennial titled "Quiet as It's Kept" where they presented videos and paintings co-authored with AI. [12] [13] Their work was also included in the Biennale De Lyon that same year. [14]

In 2023, WangShui opened their first solo museum exhibitions in China at the Rockbund Art Museum [15] and in Europe at Haus Der Kunst. [16]

In 2024, WangShui's work was included in the 60th La Biennale di Venezia, "Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere" curated by Adriano Pedrosa. [17]

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References

  1. 1 2 "WangShui". kunstaspekte.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-27. WangShui (born 1986, USA) based in New York, deals with queer spaces and world designs and uses art, film and architecture.
  2. ↑ Thomas, Skye Arundhati (2019-12-02). "'Deities Are Transgendered Corpses': the Transformative Power of WangShui". Frieze. No. 208. ISSN   0962-0672 . Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  3. 1 2 "Ulterior Space: WangShui at Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin — Mousse Magazine and Publishing". www.moussemagazine.it. October 2019. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  4. ↑ "Everything, All at Once, Through the Eyes of WangShui". Interview Magazine. 15 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "In Practice: Another Echo".
  6. ↑ "From Its Mouth Came a River of High-End Residential Appliances".
  7. ↑ "From Its Mouth Came a River of High-End Residential Appliances | IFFR".
  8. ↑ "WangShui at JULIA STOSCHEK COLLECTION | Berlin". www.artforum.com. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  9. ↑ Wank, Luise; Brown, Kate (2019-09-10). "Here Are 11 Must-See Shows and Events During Berlin Art Week, From Ryan Trecartin's New Dystopia to a Mobile Art Planetarium". Artnet News. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  10. ↑ Liou, Caroline Ellen (2021-11-29). "A More Expansive Understanding of What It Means to Be Human". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  11. ↑ "Frame: Solo Presentations by Emerging Artists from Around the World". 17 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "'They Are About Capturing the Process of Merging': How Artist WangShui Collaborated with A.I. To Make Paintings for the Whitney Biennial". 12 May 2022.
  13. ↑ Mitter, Siddhartha (2022-01-25). "Whitney Biennial Picks 63 Artists to Take Stock of Now". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  14. ↑ "Biennale de Lyon Names Artists for 'Fragility'-Focused 2022 Edition". 26 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "WangShui: How to Dematerialise Identity".
  16. ↑ "WangShui: Window of Tolerance - Announcements - e-flux".
  17. ↑ https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2024/nucleo-contemporaneo/wangshui
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