Cao Jing Ping

If Cao Jingping’s previous art works conveyed some perceivable psychological indication by representing concrete life, then his recent works began to concern more about narrative logic. Such shift is not a simple transition of form, but a transition based on the artist’s using, thinking and realizing of historical culture resources.

It is easy to perceive that his works are always filled with heavy human culture complex, whenever in magnificent and gorgeous microcosmic creatures, or in broad and wide landscape of lakes and hills; moreover, whenever in twilight or in water, there is always a shade of melancholy. On the one hand, he applies delicate and realistic representation way while trivializes use of loud colors; on the other hand, he begins to use writing into his pictures. The traditional painting language has been undoubtedly applied to Cao’s art.

                                                                                                                             --- Zheng Na

1972: born in Chongqing, China
1999: graduated from Oil Painting Department, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts --- Master’s Degree
Solo exhibition:
1998: “Life and Existence” solo exhibition, Galerie Studio Kausch, Kausch, Germany
1999: “Capricious” solo exhibition, Art Museum of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts,
2000: “the state of existence” solo exhibition, Shan Gallery, Shanghai, China
2003: “Capricious” solo exhibition, Schoeni Gallery, Beijing, China
2004: “Capricious” solo exhibition, Schoeni Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Group exhibition:
2006: the 1st China Contemporary Art Annual Exhibition, Beijing, China Millennium Monument
Beyond Dimension --- China’s Neo Painting Exhibition, Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
2007: “New Power ·China” Nominative Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum
     “The Sour and Sweet Generation” --- China’s Neo Art Exhibition, Mannheim Art Museum, Germany
     Departure from the Southwest --- the Southwest Contemporary Art Exhibition 1985-2007, Guangdong Art Museum
     Floating --- the Trend of China’s Fine Arts, the Soul Stated Modern Art Museum, Korea
     Shanghai Art Fair Emerging Artists Exhibition (Asia): Shanghai Basel Art Space --- SH World Trade Center
2008: Bologna Arte Fiera: Shanghai Basel Art Space --- Bologna Art Fair, Italy