Wang Bing

In the past ten or more years, I have been to numerous different places in the Tibetan region, and have witnessed many changes among them. More and more Tibetans now wear the same clothes and speak the same language as the Chinese, shepherds ride motorcycles and drive cars, and fancy advertisements for modern commodities are pasted on the walls in far removed villages. With these changes, I feel a sense of remorse and loss, and wonder if the simple and pure Tibetan land in my heart has really gone away. If I am more concerned with this reality, it is because my road in life has form the beginning been built on the Tibetan highlands, Where I believe along the road I can find an ideal sacred into a long-distance odyssey of the spirit where I must derive strength and courage in order to get to my destination. These forces come from my work. As I proceed along the way, my paintings mark my position on the way to the holy land, and no matter how long the road ahead, I always hope that I am not simply clutching at stars and that the holy land is not a mirage. Having begun to distinguish between the real and imagined roads, I started to feel a distressed, indescribable anxiety. Memories and dreams can be repeated, but we have only one lifetime to use. I know not how long I will travel on this road, but I know that I would like to spend many years-even decades-carrying out my plan to travel across the entire Tibetan region. The little villager where I once lived is no longer the same; the clean, order, simple way of life has gone away, and the Tibetan area is receding away with my own life. Today, while I can still feel all of this, I want to retain the Tibetan highlands in which I invest my hopes and ideals, to preserve its natural quality and its smiles.

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Member of Association of Chinese Artists
Member of Association of Chinese Graphic Artists

1961 Born in Ganan, Gansu Province
1978 Matriculates at Zhnangye Normal School of Fine Arts, Gansu
1988 Artist in residence, Gansu .
1990 The "Snip" of Wool Shears, 10th National Graphics Exhibition
1992 Spiritual Journey, bronze Medal, 11th Graphic Arts Exhibition. The Scent of Milk, Special Mention,1st China Silk Road Festival Exhibition Aomaxibao,1st Prize, Gansu Provincial Exhibition, National Fine Arts Exhibition, collected by the China Fine Art Museum
1995 Wood Carving Ode To Joy (set of six prints) collected by the China Fine Art Museum, Beijing
1996 Jan.15, Exhibition at Redfern Gallery Ltd., London, England, attended by Mr. And Mrs. Prime Minister John Major and the Minister of culture Distant Shanbala, Silver medal,13th National Graphics Exhibition
1997 March Solo exhibition in Taipei and Shanghai Hoke Art Distant Shangri-La wood carving prints of Wang Bing Published
1998 H e went to Germany and continued his studies with professor Klapheek, in Duesseldorf Art Academy.
1999 He won burse “Heinrich.Boll” and in the same year, he organized his solo expositions in Narden of Holland and Rostock of Germany, he gave courses of lectures about woodblock in Germany too. Also he attended an expo with the other Germany artists in Fuda and Flohtenau.
2000 He visited the print studio “Toom Wegvep” in Holland, and exhibited his prints with the other artists of this studio. He attended International Print Exposition in Germany, Exposition of Klapheok Studio organized by Dusstldorf government and Exposition “ Bruno Goller and his children” for remember 100 birthday of Germany artist Bruno Goller.
2001 Exposition in Eendarf, and invited by Mainz fund, he attended some expositions and art activities.
2002 He won a degree of Master

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