Ce Jian
1984 born in
Shandong,
China
Lives in Berlin, Germany
Education
2002-2008: studied Fine Arts at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)
with Georg Baselitz, Daniel Richter, Robert Lucander.
Meisterschüler degree.
2003-2009: studied Art History, Philosophy and East Asian Art History
at Humboldt-Universität and Freie Universität Berlin.
Magister Artium degree.
2006-07: Goldsmiths College, Univ. of London
2017: received PhD in Art and Visual History from Humboldt-Universität, Berlin
Grants
2003-09: Scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
2010: Artist-in-Residence Programme, Andrew James Art & JIA Shanghai
2012-16: PhD scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
2017: Shortlisted for Huayu Youth Award 2017
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Paradise, White Space, Beijing
2019
Words of Art, Ce Jian & Yuzheng Cheng, Yell Space / M50, Shanghai
2018
Bannermen, Gallery SU, Seoul
Armada, White Space, Beijing
On Paper 2 (solo project), Zapbeijing, 798/Beijing
2017
CAPTCHA, Philine Cremer Gallery, Dusseldorf
Transeuropa, in collaboration with Yuzheng Cheng, White Concepts, Berlin
2016-17
The Grand Illusion, White Space, Beijing
2016
Elephant, NON Berlin Project Space, Berlin
2015
Velum, Galerie Philine Cremer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Round Corner, Galerija Contra, Zagreb
2014
Frontiers, Galerie Philine Cremer, Dusseldorf
Projection, White Space, Beijing
Tangram, Galerie Herold, Bremen
2012
Smile Without A Face, White Space, Beijing
A MAZE, Galerija Contra, Koper, Slovenia
2011
The Maker, Alexander Ochs Gallery, Berlin
Models, Galerija Contra, Koper (Slovenia)
Who Is Who, Konfuzius-Institut der FU Berlin
2010
Fact=Fiction, White Space, Beijing
Marco Polo. A Travel Guide, Andrew James Art, Shanghai
1 FÜR ALLE, Galerie Läkemäker, Berlin
2009
Ce Jian, Galerija Contra, Koper, Slovenia
2008
Wie Sie sehen, Galerie Läkemäker, Berlin
Group Exhibitions
2022
The Hearing Trumpet (Part 1), Galerie Marguo, Paris
2021
Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China
Parallel Universes - Parafacts and Parafictions, Designrepublic, Shanghai
Story, Beijing Contemporary Art Expo, Beijing
Sonderlage, Lage Egal, Berlin
2020
El Lissitzky's Rooms, Surplus Space, Wuhan, China
2019
FAS 2019, Rongyi Art Museum, Shanghai
A White Space Odyssey, WHITE SPACE BEIJING, Beijing
Kunstraum Berlin, Deutsche Botschaft, Beijing
Yellow Reflection, Galerie Liusa Wang, Paris
BOX, Zapbeijing/798, Beijing
The X, Whiteconcepts, Berlin
2018
Art Patrons, Qiao Space, Shanghai
A World in a Grain of Sand, Fosun Foundation Collection, Atlantis Sanya/China
Remixing Ground: Deconstructing Damage, La Chapelle de Clairefontaine, France
2017
The Second Self, Peres Projects, Berlin
On Paper One, Zapbeijing, 798/Beijing
Wanted Duchamps 3, Lage Egal, Berlin
Turning Point, Galerie JENSWALTHER, Berlin
2016
Unflattening, Gallery SU: / Space Kaan, Seoul
Our Painting, Yang Art Museum, Beijing
Painting As Straight Gate, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
New Capitalism, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu, China
B-Movie, J:Gallery, Shanghai
#Tabs 2 - Contemporary Artist's Book Shop, Lage Egal, Berlin
2015
Saloon, Galerie Sexauer, Berlin
2014
20+4+1 New Identities, VDA Berlin
2013
Geographic Laboratory, Galerie Philine Cremer, Dusseldorf
Aufwachen! Besser Machen!, Kleine Humboldt-Galerie, Berlin
2012
Here We Are/Tu Smo, Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria, Pula, Croatia
Wall, Zhonggong Art Space, Mianyang/Sichuan, China
2011
Das Ich im Anderen, Stiftung Mercator, Essen
Phantome, Uferhallen, Berlin
2010
Chinese*, Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin
Best of Dimension 5, Forgotten Bar, Berlin
New Spirit In Painting, Galerija Contra, Koper, Slovenia
Collections
COSA Museum Istanbul
Fosun Foundation, Shanghai
He Art Museum (HEM), Shunde/Guangdong, China
M WOODS, Beijing
Frank F. Yang Foundation, Shenzhen, China
Star Museum, Shanghai
Huang Yu Collection, Beijing/Chengdu
Si Shang Art Museum, Beijing
Du Yan Collection, Hong Kong
Xu Zhen, Shanghai
Zhang Rui, Beijing
Liu Wei, Beijing
Sammlung SØR Rusche, Oelde/Berlin
Hanno Huth, Berlin
and other private collections
Bibliography
Becoming, edited by Tan Ping, Culture and Art Publishing House, Beijing, 2022
Anchor, Ce Jian & Yuzheng Cheng, Beijing 2020
Ce Jian, 2012-2018, art. cat., published by White Space Beijing, 2018
Bannermen, exhibit. cat., Gallery SU:, Seoul, 2018
Transeuropa, Ce Jian & Yuzheng Cheng, A Book Edition, Berlin 2017
Our Painting, Yang Art Museum, Beijing 2016
Painting As Straight Gate, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing 2016
New Capitalism, Huang Yu Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu/China 2016
Ce Jian, exhibit. cat., Galerie Philine Cremer, Düsseldorf 2014
20+4+1 New Identities, VDA, Berlin 2014
Marco Polo. A Travel Guide, Andrew James Art, Shanghai 2010
Links
http://www.cejian.de/en-index.asp?id=1
https://www.instagram.com/cejiance/
http://whitespace.cn/artists/ce-jian/
https://www.marguo.com/artists/64-ce-jian/
Contact