Cui Xiuwen

Cui Xiuwen (born 1970) is a Harbin-born Chinese artist who produces oil paintings, video and photo works. Cui Xiuwen is a leading artist of contemporary art in China. Her works are collected by major museums such as Tate Modern and Brooklyn Museum.[1][2]

Life and work

Cui Xiuwen was born in 1970 in Harbin, China. She attended the Fine Arts School of Northeast Normal University and graduated in 1990. She then went on to study at China's Central Academy of Fine Arts and received her Masters of Fine Arts in 1996.

She has exhibited her work at Tate Modern, Florence Museum, Today Art Museum in Beijing, Fabien Fryns Fine Art, Eli Klein Fine Art Gallery (New York), Blindspot Gallery (Hong Kong), and Art Stage Singapore.

She is known for her work Ladies Room[3] was censored from being exhibited at the first Guangzhou Triennial.[4][5] She has been identified with Chinese Feminism, but disagrees with stating in an Artslant interview, "I think it's very limiting. It seems to just be a feature of the art market and very difficult to escape."[6]

She currently lives and works in Beijing, China.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tate Modern Collection at CAFA Info
  2. ↑ Ciu Xiuwen in Brooklyn Museum Collection
  3. ↑ Bergquist, Karin (2013-07-17). "Light on female sexuality in China". Culture Base.
  4. ↑ Ladies Room Artwork
  5. ↑ Pearlman, Ellen (2012-02-14). "More Radical in China". Hyperallergic.
  6. ↑ Powers, Sophia (2010-01-01). "Interview with Cui Xiuwen". Artslant.

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