Born in 1954 in Beijing
Lives and works in Beijing
Solo Exhibitions
2017
'Presence of Whiteness', Pearl Lam Galleries, Singapore
2016
'Detached from Colour', Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong
'Zhu Jinshi', Yuan Art Museum, Beijing
'Zhu Jinshi', Blum & Poe, New York, USA
2015
'Performance in Paint: Zhu Jinshi', Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing
'Zhu Jinshi Special Project: Boat', Pearl Lam Galleries at Exchange Square, Hong Kong
2014
'Zhu Jinshi: Simplicity', Pearl Lam Galleries, Singapore
2013
'Zhu Jinshi: The Reality of Paint', Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong
2012
'Zhu Jinshi: Boat', Pearl Lam Galleries Special Project Space, Shanghai, China
'Zhu Jinshi', Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA
2010
'New Abstract', 604J Gallery/604H Gallery, Busan, South Korea
2009
'Social Chromatology', JoyArt, Beijing
2008
'Power and Territory', Arario Gallery, Beijing
2007
'Four Tables', Courtyard Gallery, Beijing
2006
'Plane Pattern', Tongzhou Private Art Center, Beijing
2002
'On the Road', Prague City Museum, Prague
1999
'Empty Time', Vostell Gallery, Berlin
'Diary in Bamboo Forest', Weitendorf Chapel Art Association, Weitendorf, Germany
1998
'Empty Space', Saarbrücken City Gallery, Saarbrücken, Germany
'Return to Source', Ulm Art Association, Ulm, Germany
1997
'Tao of Rice Paper', Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1996
'Impermanence', Capital Normal University Art Museum, Beijing
'Mianbi (In Front of the Wall)', Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
1995
'Moment', Ruine der Künste (The Arts’ Ruin), Berlin
1990
'Fang', DAAD gallery, Berlin
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
'Abstract and Beyond—The Research Exhibition of Abstract Art in China', Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
'Early Works', Yuan Art Museum, Beijing
'Black', Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA
'Chinese Abstract Art: A Survey Exhibition', Today Museum, Beijing
2015
'Beyond Form—An Exhibition of Abstract Art in China', Epoch Art Museum, Wenzhou, China
'Perfection by Chance—A Yi Pai Series Exhibition', Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong
2014
'Words Tend to Be Inadequate', Pearl Lam Galleries, Shanghai, China
'Where does it all begin? Contemporary Abstract Art in Asia and the West', Pearl Lam Galleries, Singapore
'Thick Paint: Jean Fautrier, Franz West, Zhu Jinshi', Luxembourg & Dayan Gallery, New York, USA
2013
'28 Chinese', Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
2012
'Chinese Contemporary Abstract, 1980s Until Present: MINDMAP', Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong
'Mind Space: Maximalism in Contrasts', Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, New York; DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, USA
'Alone Together', Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
2011
'Wu Ming, Form is Formless: Chinese Contemporary Abstract Art', Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
'Mind Space: Maximalism in Contrasts', University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, USA
2010
'Mind Space: Maximalism in Contrasts', Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
'Negotiations: The Second Today's Documents', Today Art Museum, Beijing
2009
'Yi Pai—Century Thinking', Today Art Museum, Beijing
2008
'Yi Pai: Thirty Years of Chinese “Abstraction”', La Caixa Forum, Palma, Barcelona, Madrid
'Apartment Art in China: 1970s–1990s: The Ecology of Post-Cultural Revolution Frontier Art', Shuimu Contemporary Art Space, Beijing
'Poetic Realism: A Reinterpretation of Jiangnan—Contemporary Art from South China', CEART - Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente, Fuenlabrada, Spain
'The 3rd Nanjing Triennale', Jiangsu, China
2007
'What is Mono-ha?', Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Beijing
'The First Today’s Documents 2007—ENERGY: SPIRIT·BODY·MATERIAL', Today Art Museum, Beijing
'Abstract and Narratability, Y.Q.K.', Deshan Art Space, Beijing
'The 6th Shenzhen Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition—A Vista of Perspective', OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen, China
2006
'The 5th Shanghai Biennale: Hyper Design', Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
'CHINA NOW: Art in Times of Change', Essl Museum, Vienna
'Poetic Realism: A Reinterpretation of Jiangnan', RCM Art Museum, Nanjing, China
2005
'Chengdu Biennial—Century and Paradise', Chengdu, China
'About Beauty', House of World Cultures, Berlin
2004
'The 3rd Triennial of Contemporary Art—Time Zones', Upper Swabia, Monastery of Weingarten, Weigarten, Germany
'China Moon', artist-in-residence international summer program, the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation, New York, USA
2003
'Left Hand, Right Hand—China/Germany Contemporary Art Exhibition', 798 Art Space, Beijing
'Chinese Maximalism', UB Art Gallery of the University at Buffalo, New York, USA; Chinese Century Temple Art Museum, Beijing
2002
'The 1st Guangzhou Triennial Exhibition,' Guangzhou, China
2001
'Paper', Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin
2000
'Hometown Art', Palace of World Culture, Berlin
'On the Way', Bethanien Art Center, Berlin
'Time-Timeless', Egon Schiele Art Center, Krumlov, Czech Republic
1999
'The Same Voice', Ludwigsburg Palace Festival, Germany
1998
'Resonance', Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
'Light and Paper', Leopold Hoesch Museum, Durën, Germany
1997
'Immutability and Fashion: Chinese Contemporary Art in the Midst of Changing Surroundings', Kirin Art Space Harajuku, Tokyo
1996
'Displacement', Wispa Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland
'96 International Com-Art Show in Suwon: China, Korea and Japan', Suwon City, South Korea
1995
'4th International Istanbul Biennial—Orient/Ation', Istanbul, Turkey
'Sharp Eye', Art and exhibition hall, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany
'Open Your Mouth, Close your Eyes, Beijing and Berlin Communication Exhibition', Capital Normal University Art Museum, Beijing, China
1993
'Chinese Avant-Garde Art', Palace of World Culture, Berlin
'Chinese Art', Aschaffenburg City Gallery, Aschaffenburg, Germany
1992
'Chinese Contemporary Art', Z Gallery, New York, USA
1991
Stream of Light, The Arts’ Ruin, Berlin
1990
'Freedom', Rotterdam Cultural Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1988
'New Space, Art Forum', Thomas Gallery, Munich, Germany
1987
'Two Artists from Beijing', Bethanien Art Center, Berlin
'Ink', Nuremberg Artists House, Nuremberg, Germany
1986
'Beijing/New York: Avant-Garde Chinese Art Touring Exhibition', City Gallery, New York; Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
1985
'Tuhua Exhibition', Chaoyang Theater, Beijing
1983
Underground Exhibitions, Private Space, Beijing
1980
'The 2nd Xing Xing (Stars Group) Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
1979
'The 1st Xing Xing (Stars Group) Exhibition', Gallery in Beihai Park, Beijing
Selected Collections
Allison and Warren Kander, USA
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA
Basma Al Sulaiman Museum of Contemporary Art, Saudi Arabia Brooklyn Museum, USA
Busan Museum of Art, South Korea
Dean Valentine Collection, USA
Delphine Arnault, France
Deutsche Bank, Germany
East West Bank, USA
Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei
Inside-Out Art Museum, China
Maosoleum, Private Collection of Dr. Woffles Wu, Singapore Marciano Collection, USA
Mario Testino, UK
Minsheng Museum, China
M+ Museum for Visual Culture, Hong Kong
National Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea
Picasso Foundation, Spain
Rubell Family Collection, USA
The Guangdong Museum of Art, China
The Schaufler Collection, Sindelfingen, Germany
Today Art Museum, China
Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
White Rabbit Collection, Australia
