Born May 1972 in Kuandian County, Shenyang Province, China
Graduated from the Photography Department at Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in 1995
Now lives and works in Beijing
Solo Exhibitions
2020 No Name, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
2019 Negative Light, PHOTOFAIRS | Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
2018 Form of Light, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, USA
2017 No Name, PHOTOFAIRS | San Francisco, Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, San Francisco, USA
2016 No Name, PHOTOFAIRS | Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
2015 Form of Light, Paramount Pictures Studios, Los Angeles, USA
2014 Form of Light 1, M97 Gallery, Shanghai, China
2014 Form of Light 2, M97 Project Space, Shanghai, China
2011 Some Days (1999-2009), M97 Gallery, Shanghai, China
2010 Some Days, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris, France
2010 The Photographs of Wang Ningde, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010 Let There Be Light, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2007 Photographs of Wang Ningde, SF Camerawork (Sponsored by Andy Warhol Foundation), San Francisco, USA
2006 The Photographs of Wang Ningde, The Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK
2006 Some Days, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, USA
2006 Beyond the Realm of the Soul, Dimensions Art Center, Beijing, China
2005 Between History and Fantasy, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China
1999 Walking Towards a Darker Place, Libreria Borges, Guangzhou, China
Group Exhibitions
2020 About Us: Young Photography from China, Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich
2020 A Snapshot of Globalization: Xin Dong Cheng and His Contemporary Art Collection, Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing, China
2020 From the Mundane World: Inaugural Exhibition of the He Art Museum, He Art Museum, Shunde, China
2020 Globalize Today, Look Out For Number One Tomorrow, Anaya, Qinhuangdao, China
2020 Out of the Shadows: Contemporary Chinese Photography, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA
2020 Raging Waves: Research Exhibition on Image Collection of GDMoA 1980-2020, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2019 A Fairy Tale in Red Times: Works from the White Rabbit Collection, The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Beyond the Sphere of Reproduction: Contemporary Photography from China and Germany, Artron Art Center, Shenzhen, China
2018 Beyond the Sphere of Reproduction: Contemporary Photography from China and Germany, Sanya Museum of Contemporary Art, Sanya, China
2018 Negative Positive, Wanying Art Museum, Shijiazhuang, China
2017 Simultaneous Eidos: Guangzhou Image Triennial 2017, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2017 Troposphere: Chinese and Brazilian Contemporary Art, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China
2017 Beyond the Sphere of Reproduction: Contemporary Photography from China and Germany, Whitebox Art Center, Beijing, China
2017 Beyond the Sphere of Reproduction: Contemporary Photography from China and Germany, Städtische Galerie, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
2017 Fourth Documentary Exhibition of Fine Arts: Stress Field, Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan, China
2017 Working on History: Contemporary Chinese Photography and the Cultural Revolution, Museum für Fotografie, Berlin, Germany
2017 Light Color Boundaries, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
2016 Another Landscape, Yang Museum, Beijing, China
2016 Out of Obscurity, Flowers Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2016 Flying High: Young Chinese Photography, Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
2016 Projection: Photographic Assertions, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt, Germany
2016 The Time is Out of Joint, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea
2016 Anonymous, Jinge Art Center, Beijing, China
2015 Beyond Image: Laboratory of Light, Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan, China
2015 Unfamiliar Asia: The Second Beijing Photo Biennial, 798 Art Center, Beijing, China
2015 LEAP Pavilion: The Coming Image, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
2015 Grain to Pixel: A Story of Photography in China, Shanghai Center of Photography, Shanghai, China
2015 Chinese Photography: Twentieth Century and Beyond, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
2015 China 8 Works in Progress, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
2015 “The Civil Power” Beijing Minsheng Art Museum Inaugural Exhibition, Beijing, China
2015 2nd Three Shadows Experimental Image Open Exhibition, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
2015 Re-Exposure: 12 Chinese Contemporary Photographic Artists, Poly Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2014 Ministry of Truth II: The Factitious and Its Realm, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing, China
2014 China Photography Annual Power List Exhibition, Lishui Photography Museum, Lishui, China
2014 Flux Realities, Singapore International Photography Festival 4th Edition, ArtScience Museum, Singapore
2014 Contemporary Photography in China 2009-2014, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2014 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
2014 Three Shadows First Experimental Image Open Exhibition, Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Beijing, China Art Paris 2014, Paris, France
2014 Chinese New Photography Since 2009, Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan, China
2013 Art and Technology, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong, China
Beijing Photo Biennale, The China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
2013 Home Works 6: A Forum on Cultural Practices, Artheum, Beirut, Lebanon
2013 New Sights in Chinese Contemporary Art—Beijing-Belgrade, Museum of Yugoslav History, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
2013 New Sights in Chinese Contemporary Art--Beijing-Bucharest, Romania National Contemporary Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania
2013 New Sights in Chinese Contemporary Art—Beijing-Praha, Prinz Prager Gallery, Praha, Czech Republic
2013 New Sights in Chinese Contemporary Art--Beijing-Sofia, Sofia Contemporary Art Festival, Bulgaria
2013 Lianzhou Foto 2013, Lianzhou, China
2012 UNSEEN Photo Fair, Foam Museum, Amsterdam
2012 Standing at the Water's Edge, M97 Gallery, Shanghai, China
2012 From Here: Context and Internationalization PhotoEspaña 2012, Madrid, Spain
2012 Light Blending Onto the Retina, 18 Gallery, Shanghai, China
2012 Passing Through Memory, Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou, China
2011 Ruins: Face of Contemporary Northeast China, Soka Art Center, Beijing, China
2011 Turbulence and Chaos, Alessandria Photo Biennale, Alessandria, Italy
2010 ‘Is the World Real?’ Lianzhou International Photo Festival 2010, Lianzhou, China
2010 Carte da Gioco d’Artista, La Collezione del XXI secolo, World Expo Italy Pavilion, Shanghai, China
2010 Reshaping History: China Art from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
2010 Soldier Crab Ⅱ- an Exhibition of Contemporary Photography, Beijing LI-SPACE Culture & Art Center, Beijing, China
2010 A Close-up Focus on Chinese Contemporary Art Trends, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China
2009 Work in Progress: How Do Artists Work, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2009 Room Service, Textile City Art Space, Xi’an, China
2009 "Beijing-Havana” New China Contemporary Art Revolution, Havana, Cuba
2009 Japan Meets China - Our Future Reflected Contemporary Art, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Modern Arts, Tochigi, Japan
2008 Exquisite Corpse: China Surreal, M97 Gallery, Shanghai, China
2008 The Oriental Rainbow: An Index of Images in China’s Urbanization Process, Magee Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain Chinese 2008 Freedom, T SPACE, Beijing, China
2008 Retrospection Lianzhou 2005-2007: Retrospective Exhibition, Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Tomo Art Centre, Beijing, China
2008 Our Future, Ullens Foundation Collection, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2008 Beijing-Athens Contemporary Art from China, Technopolis of the City of Athens, Greece
2008 China Avant-Garde Ⅱ, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2008 Out of Place, Robischon Gallery, Denver, USA
2008 Homesickness-Memory and Virtual Reality, T Space, Beijing, China
2007 Aqua Art Miami, Limn gallery, Miami, FL, USA
2007 Biennale Photoquai, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France
2007 City_Net Asia 2007, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2007 Distance Estimated by Eyes: Photography of Eight Chinese, Guanshanyue Gallery, Shenzhen,China
2007 The New Wind from China, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea
2007 Labyrinth, Art and Knowledge Space, Beijing, China
2007 Toshihiro Yashiro & Wang Ningde, Keumsan Gallery, Beijing, China
2007 Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China
2007 Contemporary Chinese Photography, China Square, New York, USA
2007 Unexpected Out of Control, KU Art Center inaugural exhibition, Beijing, China
2006 China Gate, Arko Art Center of Arts Council Korea, Seoul, South Korea
2006 Developing China- 20 Years of Contemporary Chinese Photography, Nanjing Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
2006 Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China
2006 Donggang International Photo Festival, Donggang, South Korea
2006 From 'Polar Region’ to 'Tiexiqu' - Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Northeast China, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2006 Removing the Ladder, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China
2006 Inner Scopes: Contemporary Chinese Photography as Conscious Practices, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
2006 Stain, Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, Singapore
2005 Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China
2005 Making a New Relationship -The Art Ethics, Dimensions Art Center, Beijing, China
2005 Fotografia Festival Internazionale di Roma, Rome, Italy
2005 The Second Guangzhou Triennial/Self Organization, Guangzhou, China
2005 Changeable, The Heart of Art, Henan, China
2005 Dream Producers (III/VI) -The Imaginary Museum of Chinese Contemporary Art, Xin Dong Cheng
2005 Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2005 Living in Interesting Times - A Decade of New Chinese Photography, Tel-Hai Industrial Park, Israel
2005 Mahjong. Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, Berne, Switzerland
2005 Walking out of Hongmen- Contemporary Photography of China, Italy
2005 Reviewing the City, Guangzhou Photo Biennale, Guangzhou, China
2004 'Where Are You Heading Mother China?', Tokyo Ginza Guardian Garden Salon, Tokyo, Japan
2004 Elsewhere, Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China
2004 Techniques of the Visible, Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2004 Le Moine et le Demon, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
2004 Reality Spells —Exhibition of Conceptual Photography Since the 90s, Central Library Of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2004 Between Reality and Memory, New School University, New York, USA
2004 All Under Heaven, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
2004 Otherwhere 2004, National Photography Exposition of San Francisco, USA
2004 Stance of Open, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2004 Illusion, Aura Gallery, Shanghai, China
2003 Alternative Modernity, X-Ray Art Center, Beijing, China
2003 From China Contemporary Art Photography, Arhus Kunstbygning og Galleri Image, Denmark
2003 A Strange Heaven- Contemporary Chinese Photography, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
2003 An Interesting and Singular Walk, Island of France Photography Center, Paris, France
2002 Dancing in the Outskirts of a Small Town, Pingyao International Photo Festival, Shanxi, China
2002 The City That Can Not Be Seen, Xinguang Photo Gallery, Shanghai, China
2002 No Problem, Aura Gallery, Shanghai
2000 The Younger Generation and the New Century, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Lecture
2000 Wang Ningde: Image Actually, Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Center, Xiamen, China
Collections
Public and private collections include:
Pilara Foundation, San Francisco
Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung Foundation, Munich
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles
White Rabbit Collection, Sydney
Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan
CAFA Art Museum, Beijing
Lishui Photography Museum, Lishui
Agnès b. Art Collection, Paris
The Red Mansion Foundation, London
Franks-Suss Collection, London
Burger Collection, Hong Kong
Dr. Uli Sigg Collection, Switzerland
French Ministry of Culture, Paris
