Aaajiao
aaajiao | |
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| Born | Xu Wenkai Template:Birth year and age Xi'an, China |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, blogger |
| Known for | New media art |
aaajiao, the pseudonym of Xu Wenkai (), is an artist and blogger based in both Shanghai and Berlin, whose expertise lies in new media art.
Born in 1984 in Xi'an, aaajiao ranks among the most widely exhibited Chinese new media artists on both international and domestic stages. Notable exhibitions featuring his work include: “Global Control And Censorship” at ZKM Karlsruhe (2015); The 2nd “CAFAM Future” Exhibition at CAFA Art Museum, Beijing (2015); Cosmos at 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (2014); Thingworld - International Triennial of New Media Art, National Art Museum of China (2014); West Bund Architecture and Contemporary Art Biennale, Shanghai (2013); “One World” Exposition at Videotage, Hong Kong (2011); and Transmediale, Berlin (2010).
His honors encompass the Jury Prize at the 2014 Art Sanya Awards, nominations for the OCAT – Pierre Huber Art Prize, and recognition as “Young Artist of the Year” during the 9th Award of Art China.
Selected solo exhibitions
- 2020 Deep Simulator, Castello di Rivoli, Turin
- 2020 URL is LOVE – A Digital Retrospective, Cyberspace, Tabula Rasa Gallery
- 2020 Cave Simulator, Aike, Shanghai
- 2019 a‘a’a‘jiao: an ID, HOW Art Museum, Shanghai
- 2018 bot, House of Egorn, 8 Berlin
- 2017 User, Love, High-frequency Trading, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai
- 2016 Remnants of an Electronic Past, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester
- 2016 Remnants of an Electronic Past, OCAT Xi'an
- 2015 aaajiao – Untitled, Gallery Yang, Beijing
- 2015 Alias: aaajiao, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai
- 2014 The Screen Generation @ 9m² -Museum, 9m² Museum (Goethe Open Space), Shanghai
- 2013 The Screen Generation, chi K11 art space, Shanghai
- 2013 The Screen Generation – Prequel Nov 2013 C-Space, Beijing
- 2011 Placebo, OtherGallery, Shanghai
- 2010 Cybernetics, V Arts Centre, Shanghai
Selected group exhibitions
- 2020 PLAYER OF BEINGS, Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai
- 2020 Immaterial/Re-material: A Brief History of Computing Art, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
- 2020 Ars Electronica In Kepler's Gardens - A global journey mapping the ‘new’ world, Linz
- 2020 Facing the Collector: The Sigg Collection of Contemporary Art from China, Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Turin
- 2019 The Return of Guests – Selections from the PSA Collection, Power Station of Art and Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum
- 2019 A.I. Goooooooooogle infiltration, Efremidis gallery, Berlin
- 2019 I Sing the Body Electric, David Zwirner Gallery, Hong Kong
- 2019 Afterimage: Dangdai Yishu, Lisson Gallery, London
- 2019 13th Cairo Biennale, Egypt
- 2019 Artificial Intelligence and Intercultural Dialogue, The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
- 2019 Chinese Whispers – Neue Kunst aus der Sigg Collection, Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK), Vienna
- 2018 Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today, University of Michigan Museum of Art
- 2019 Bad Code, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
- 2018 GLOBAL CONTROL AND CENSORSHIP shown at MODEM Debrecen; The National Library of Latvia; The National Library of Technology Prague; Tallinna Kunstihoone Estonia
- 2018 Brilliant City (Reprise), David Zwirner Gallery Hong Kong
- 2018 Take Me (I'm Yours), Villa Medici Rome; The Museum of Chinese in America New York
- 2018 Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today at Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
- 2017 Body Media II and GLOBAL CONTROL AND CENSORSHIP exhibitions held at Power Station of Art and other locations in Shanghai and Estonia
- 2017 Shanghai Project Chapter 2 Exhibition: Seeds of Time at Himalayas Museum; Create Spaces at Luxelakes·A4 Art Museum Chengdu; Moments and More: Documents of Culture Pavilion Online Art Project at OCAT Shanghai; Nominations at Chronus Art Center Shanghai
- 2016 A Strong Gale in the Dark Forest at Caochangdi and additional venues Beijing; The 3rd Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale; Temporal Turn: Art and Speculation in Contemporary Asia at Spencer Museum of Art Kansas; "Ethics of Technology" Beijing Media Art Biennale; OVERPOP at Yuz Museum Shanghai; Take Me (I'm Yours) New York at Jewish Museum Manhattan; Annual Contemporary Art Exhibition at Minsheng Art Museum Beijing; HACK SPACE pop-up at K11 Art Foundation Hong Kong; Heavy Artillery at Rabbit Gallery Australia
- 2015 Globale: Global Control And Censorship at ZKM Karlsruhe; Fusion: Chinese Modern And Contemporary Art Since 1930s Wuhan at Wanlin Art Museum; Frieze New York Frame; The 2nd “CAFAM Future” Exhibition in Hong Kong and Beijing; The Tell-Tale Heart at Chi Art Space Hong Kong
- 2014 OCAT – Pierre Huber Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition The Truth About Entropy Shanghai; Cosmos – Limited and Limitless at 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum Shanghai; The 12th National Art Exhibition – Experimental Art at Today Art Museum Beijing; Metamorphosis of the Virtual at chi K11 art museum Shanghai; Silence – the 1990s in Paris; Thingworld – International Triennial of New Media Art at National Art Museum of China Beijing; PANDAMONIUM – Media Art From Shanghai Berlin Momentum; Transience – Intractable Objects at Taikang Space Beijing
- 2013 West Bund Architecture and Contemporary Art Biennale Shanghai; Reading Shanghai at Leo Xu Projects; Lost In The Labyrinth at Harvestworks New York; Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Money – Post-Social Media Era art exhibitions and SHANGHAI SURPRISE group shows held at chi K11 art space Shanghai