Wang Lan (artist)

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Wang Lan (Chinese for simplified : 王兰, traditionally : 王蘭) is a Chinese artist and fashion designer from Guizhou Province , China , where she grew up with roots in the Miao culture, an ethnic minority . As usual in China, the surname Wang is prefixed. In German spelling, the name would be Lan Wang. In addition to her artistic activities, she also works as a fashion designer. She has already imparted her knowledge in the field of Chinese embroidery several times at Textile Art Berlin in workshops.

biography

She received her training in traditional, classical ink painting at the Art College of the Minority Institute of Guizhou Province and at the Shanghai Art Academy . While she lived in China, her work was shown in various solo and group exhibitions. She published the illustrated book "A Collection of Artistic Works by Wang Lan" Shanghai Books Publishing House, 1993. She has lived in Germany since the late 1990s. She enrolled at the Kunsthochschule Kassel, where she studied textile and fashion design and graduated with a diploma in 2003. During her studies she took part in the exhibition “Inside” in Kassel and took part in the 2002 Documenta 11 in the performance “A Red Star Crossing Europe” organized by Chinese artists . She also exhibited in the Vellmar Town Hall Gallery. Since 2007 she has been living as a freelance artist in Berlin . In the past few years she has regularly participated in exhibitions , mostly in Berlin.

Since 2016, Wang has been a member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists Berlin (bbk) and GEDOK Berlin, as well as Vice-Chair of the Bambus Gate Society for German-Chinese Cultural Exchange Berlin. 2017 - Visiting Professor at the Art College of Minority Institute of Guizhou Province and Visiting Professor at Tongren University of Guizhou Province.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1993 - Solo exhibition at the Shanghai Art Hall
  • 1999 - group exhibition "Inside" Kassel
  • 2001 - Group exhibition at Rathausgalerie Vellmar
  • 2002 - (during Documenta 11) participation in the performance "A Red Star Crossing Europe" organized by Chinese artists.  
  • 2009 - Solo exhibition, Chinese Cultural Center, Berlin
  • 2010 - Solo exhibition, Confucius Institute at the Free University "The Poetry of the Miao People" Berlin
  • 2012 - group exhibition, Global Art Space, Berlin
  • 2013 - Group exhibition "Inner Circle", Gallery Wedding Berlin, solo exhibition "Of Dragons and Lotus Blossoms," Grabau Foundation in Moritzburg Castle - Little Pheasant Castle
  • 2015 - solo exhibition, culture - Klubhaus Ludwigsfelde
  • 2016 - Group exhibition, Kurpfälzisches Museum, Heidelberg, solo exhibition, Willi-Sitte-Galerie, Merseburg
  • 2017 - Group exhibition, Northwest German Museum, Delmenhorst
  • 2018 - Solo exhibition, Kulturhaus - municipal gallery Karlshorst, group exhibition, Textile Museum, Neumünster

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with the painter, fashion designer and collector Wang Lan | Textile Art Magazine. Retrieved on March 20, 2018 (German).
  2. ↑ x-working community and art magazine. Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Chinese embroidery - stitches and symbols ›Instructions, Berlin, Do it yourself› China, embroidery, workshop. Retrieved on March 21, 2018 (German).
  4. ↑ Wang Lan | ABOUT ME. Retrieved March 20, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Super User: Intangible Coherence - Immaterial Relationships - Shanghai- Berlin. Retrieved on March 20, 2018 (German).
  6. ↑ Board of Directors | Bambuspforte eV | 柏林 竹苑 德 中 文化交流 促进会. Retrieved on March 20, 2018 (German).
  7. ^ Sino-German Cultural Ambassador Ms Wang Lan and her delegation visited GZMU-Guizhou Minzu Unuversuty. Retrieved December 26, 2019 .
  8. ^ Archive 2010: Exhibitions. Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Inner Circle . In: art-in-berlin.de . ( art-in-berlin.de [accessed on March 21, 2018]).
  10. ↑ Dresden University of Technology and Economics: HTW Dresden - Dresden University of Technology and Economics: Chinese embroidery in the visitor center of the Pheasant Castle in Moritzburg. Retrieved on March 21, 2018 (en-EN).
  11. ^ Kristine Scherer: Kurpfälzisches Museum der Stadt Heidelberg: Butterflies and Dragons. Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
  12. ^ Melain van Alst: Willi-Sitte-Galerie: Chinese flair and modern art . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . ( mz-web.de [accessed on March 21, 2018]).
  13. ↑ Ffo web service: Fritz and Renate Grabau Foundation - (as of Mar. 2018). Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
  14. ↑ 20.01 .: Museum special exhibition workshop "Chinese embroidery". Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Wang, Lan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese artist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century