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 hou Tiehai (1966 Shanghai) is one of China's leading conceptual artists and also one of Shanghai's emerging art stars. Zhou first gained notice in the mid 1990s, when he began poking fun at the absurdities lurking behind China's contemporary art scene. The artist openly admits that he never paints a thing; yet his art pieces -- often made by a team that works out of his Shanghai studio -- are widely recognized here. His most popular works are a series of "Joe Camel" paintings that show the former cigarette ad icon in avariety of poses. Zhou Tiehai also made a splash in the early to mid 1990s when he began creating fake magazine covers that portrayed him as a rising star in the art world. His early works suggested that who's hot and who's not in the art world had little to do with talent and more to do with connections and currying favor with a handful of collectors, curators and journalists. The artist lives and works in Shanghai. |
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Dancer, Oil on Canvas, 15x24cm, 2009
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Dancer, Oil on Canvas, 20x13cm, 2009
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Dancer, Oil on Canvas, 20x14cm, 2009
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Dancer, Oil on Canvas, 23x15cm, 2009
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Dancer, Oil on Canvas, 20x16cm, 2008
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Sir Thomas Munro, 2008, Oil on canvas, 150x100cm
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Le juge-8, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 150x200cm
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Charles Chaplin--The Great Dictator, 2008, Oil on canvas, 24x35cm
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Golitsyn, 2007, Acrylic on canvas, 200x150cm
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Thomas, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 240x180cm
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The Youth come to the countryside, 2005, acrylic on canvas, 200x300cm
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The Secluded Fisherman, 2005, acrylic on canvas, 140x100cm
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Solomon, 2005, Acrylic on canvas, 200x180cm
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Joan of Arc, 2005, acrylic on canvas, 235x160cm
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Gong Xue, 2005, acrylic on canvas, 200×150cm
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Lotus, 2004, Acrylic on canvas, 146x160cm
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Hommage to Bonjour, monsieur Courbet!, 2004, Acrylic on canvas, 294x300cm
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Untitled (“Tonic” Series), 2002, airbrush on canvas, 196×125cm
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Li Bai (“Tonic” Series), 2002, airbrush on canvas, 220×73cm
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Tonic - Mountains and woods, 2001, acrylic on canvas, 198x88cm
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5 heads, 2001, acrylic on synthetic canvas (4 pieces), 138x58cm
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Pig with butterfly wings, 2000, acrylic on canvas, 198x162cm
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Joop, 2000, acrylic on canvas, 198x148cm
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Green shoe, 2000, acrylic on canvas, 210x147cm
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Military Meeting (We have nothing if we don't have our own Airport), 1998, Painting (pencil on paper), 195x275cm
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The Avant-Garde is not afraid of a long March，1998, Gouache on paper,
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York Times Magazine, 1997, print media on paper, 29×24.5cm
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In the west, 1997, painting (marker on newspaper), 57x41cm
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Duke Dano, 1991, gouache, oil stick, charcoal and paper collage on paper, 250x350cm
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Solo Exhibitions
2008
Zhou Tiehai Solo Exhibition, PKM Gallery
2006
An Other History , Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
"Zhou Tiehai - Oil paintings 2006" , Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen, Germany
EGO , Art&Public, Geneva
Day in the Castle , Yuanda City, Changsha, Hunan
2004
Zhou Tiehai: Works 1989-2003 , Shanghart Gallery, Shanghai
'Tonic +' , Shanghart H-Space, Shanghai
2003
Zhou Tiehai, Marella Arte Comtemporanea, Milan, Italy
2001
The artist isn't here , Shanghart Gallery, Shanghai & Ise Foundation New York, U.S.A.
2000
Zhou Tiehai: 3 Scrolls , Art Statements, ART 31 BASEL, Switzerland
Will , Gallery Quadrum, Lisbon, Portugal
Met in Shanghai , Schloss Morsbroich, Germany
Placebo Swiss , Hara Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1999
Don't be Afraid to Make Mistakes , Shanghart Gallery, Shanghai
1998
Two Contemporary Artists from China -Geng Jianyi, Zhou Tiehai , Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Beyond the Borderline , Galerie Bernhard Schindler, Bern, Switzerland,
Un/Limited Space (4) - The Shower , German Consulate, Shanghai
Zhou Tiehai , Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1996
Too Materialistic, Too Spiritualized CIFA Gallery, Beijing |
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