Jiny Lan

Painter and Performance artist
Born 1970 in Xiuyan, Liaoning
Lives and works in Düsseldorf

Jiny Lan is an important representative of feminist art in China, who often expresses social criticism with her works. She is native to both Europe and Asia. “I grew up in a communist country where art was only used as a decoration for politics. Living in a democracy means that I can criticize and doubt anyone in my pictures, and I do.” Jiny Lan, 2020

Jiny Lan and Dieter Nuhr work side by side in an old high-rise bunker from World War II in Düsseldorf. With the exhibition at LAING Gallery this studio community continues on a new level.

Career:

1988-1991
Study of economics, Bohai University, Liaoning (CN)

1991–1994
Study of Fine Arts, China Academy of Fine Arts, Zhejiang (CN)

1994–1995
Art Editor for People’s Daily, Beijing (CN)

1995
Immigration to Germany

2006-2009
Project coordinator, Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland

Since 2017
International Section Director for Chinese art magazine „National Arts“

Exhibitions (selection)

2020
Galerie Laing, Münster (zusammen mit Dieter Nuhr)

2019
Project „Jinyology“. Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana,Venice (IT)

2019

Made in Germany, Museum TAFA, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin (CN)

2019

Fading Nature, Xiuyan Krater, Xiuyan (CN)

2019

Jiny Lan: Masterworks, Ludwiggalerie Schloss Oberhausen

2019

From Grapes to Wine, Villa van Delden, Ahaus

2018

The World is Sometimes Flat, Sometimes Round, Gallery Michael Schultz, Berlin (DE)

2017

„Visionsverwaltung“, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna (AT)

2017

Alternative Fiction, Kunstraum Essen, Essen

2017

Globales, Nonverbales, Gallery Shanghai, Munich

2016
Bald Girls – Fempire de Mai, L’Espace des Femmes – Antoinette Fouque, (Solo Exhibition), Paris

2015

Female Fairytale, Kunstraum Essen, Essen

2013

One-Person-Choir, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf

2003

90 Days in New York City, Red Dot Solution, New York City (US)

Performances (selection)

2018
Rent a Thirdhand Experience, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz

2017
Looking for Eyewitness of Forging, Museum Kunstforum Wien Bank Austria, Wien

2016
Vis-A-Vis, L’Espace des Femmes – Antoinette Fouque, Paris

2015
Lack (Le) By Low (with Ben Patterson) Performance Day, Wiesbaden

2015
The Mourning of 7. July, Bogota

2014
Bat Wo-Man, Berlinische Galerie

2014
Who`s Your Daddy? Frauenmuseum Bonn

2013
One Person Room, NRW Forum Düsseldorf & Shanghai, Museum of Contemporary Art

2012
Bald Girls (with Xiao Lu, Li Xinmo) Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing