Wang Jie

born 1977 Tianjin China
lives in Beijing
Wang Jie is a distinguished artist whose work explores themes of alienation and human existence. He received a Master of Fine Arts from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) and co-founded the renowned youth art collective N12 in 2003, which includes prominent artists such as Wang Guangle and Qiu Xiaofei, organising several exhibitions in Beijing and Taipei. While maintaining his art practice, Wang is an associate professor at School of Creativity and Art at Shanghai Tech University. 

Wang’s artistic journey began with his 2002 series Teen Spirit, blending childhood memories with feelings of alienation in a fantasy-like style. By 2007, he began employing a unique symbolic language to challenge traditional visual narratives, creating imagery that transcends conventional notions of time and space. In his recent works, images of desert poplar and rock in expansive environment verging on abstraction invite contemplation on humanity’s relationship with nature and time. 

Wang Jie’s art has garnered international acclaim, with selected exhibitions including The Absence of The Presence at Today Art Museum in Beijing and Generation Sweet-and-Sour at Mannheim Art Museum in Berlin. He received the Gold for the “Eland” Art Prize at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2009 and was named Artist of the Year by Art and Wealth magazine in 2012.

In 2025, Alisan Fine Arts' booth at Shanghai West Bund Art and Design Fair marks the gallery’s first collaboration with the artist. Concurrently his works were on view at group exhibition Tech.Wit: The 18th Shanghai Youth Art Exhibition, Liu Haisu Art Museum in Shanghai, China.

BIOGRAPHY
1978   Born in Tianjin, China
1998   Graduated from the Affiliated High School of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2002   BFA, Oil Painting Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2008   MFA, Oil Painting Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2008-2013   Teaching at the Materials Art Studio, Oil Painting Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Present
  Associate professor; Head of AI Painting Research and Interdisciplinary Creation Project, School of Creativity and Art, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, China
Lives and works in Beijing, China

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 
  • Asynchronous Reality & Perceptual Illusion, SCA Gallery, School of Creativity and Art, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, China 
2018 
  • Fission & Generation: In the Name of Arts, SCA Gallery, School of Creativity and Art, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, China
2015
  • The Volume of Time, Lin&Lin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan  
2013
  • The Absence of the Presence, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China 
2012
  • Thousands of Years, New Age Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2010
  • Emptiness and Existence, J Art Gallery, Shanghai, China  
2008
  • Lost in the Shade, New Age Gallery, Beijing, China  

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
2023
  • Group As A Method: Research and Samples of Art Groups from Central Academy of Fine Arts, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
2018 
  • The Contemporary of Figural Art, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China 
2017 
  • State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 
  • Partnerships, Museum of Contemporary Art Beijing, Beijing, China
2016 
  • The Temperature of History CAFA and Chinese Representational Oil Paintings, Hubei Museum of Art; Chongqing Art Museum; Taiyuan Art Gallery; Ningbo Museum of Art; Shaanxi History Museum, China 
  • Art Nova 100, National Agricultural Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China 
  • We International Hub, Shanghai, China 
2015 
  • Break Through, Vanvory Gallery, Shanghai, China 
  • Return, Riverside Art Museum, Beijing, China 
  • West Bund Art & Design, Shanghai, China 
  • Temperature of History, China Art Museum, Shanghai, China 
2014 
  • Surface and Depth, Page Gallery, Seoul, Korea 
  • N12- No.5, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China 
  • On the Road 2013: Nomination Exhibition of Chinese Yong Artists’ Works & Forum of Young Art Critics, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China 
2013 
  • New Realistic Art, Beijing Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China 
2012
  • Golden Time, Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China  
2011 
  • Redefinitions: the Questioning Spirit in the Art of the 1970s Generation, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China 
2010 
  • Diversities in Aesthetics: Invitation Art Exhibition Gala of 18th International Congress of Aesthetics, Peking University, Beijing, China 
  • Youth Power: Art Beijing Invitation Exhibition, Huantie Times Art Museum, Beijing, China 
2009
  • Returning Cube, Quac Art Space, Beijing, China 
  • Origin, Ding Museum, Beijing, China  
2008 
  • China MFA Excellent Works Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China 
  • Echo, Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
  • Future Sky: Chinese Contemporary Young Artists Works Selection Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China 
  • Graduate Exhibition of Central Academy of Fine Arts, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China 
  • New Age, New Blending: New Generation Chinese and Indonesian Artists Exchange Exhibition, New Age Gallery, Beijing, China; Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia 
  • China MFA Excellent Works Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China 
2007 
  • Highlight in the Era: Artists Exhibition, Quac Art Space, Beijing, China 
  • Generation Sweet-and-Sour, Mannheim Art Museum, Berlin, Germany 
2006
  • An Invitational Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition, Zhongwai Boyi Gallery, Beijing, China 
  • N12- No.4, C5Art, Beijing, China 
  • The Power of Disassemble Fairy Tale, Quac Art Space, Beijing, China  
2005 
  • N12- No.3, Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2004 
  • N12- No.2, Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China 
  • Contemporary, Academy and Art-Nomination Exhibition, San He Art Centre, Beijing, China 
  • Individuality and Enchantment: A Contemporary Chinese New Artists Nomination Exhibition, San He Art Centre, Beijing, China 
2003 
  • N12- No.1, Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2002 
  • Graduate Exhibition of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Wangfujing Art Museum of CAFA, Beijing, China 
2001
  • Backward: Wang Jie and Qiu Xiaofei Works Exhibition, Contemporary Museum, Beijing, China  
2000 
  • Time of the No. 2 Factory, Yunfeng Gallery, Beijing, China

SELECTED AWARDS
2012  Artist of the Year, Art and Wealth Magazine, China
2010  Outstanding Artist Award, 18th International Congress of Aesthetics, Beijing, China 
2009
  "Eland” Art Prize, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2008  Annual Creative Silver Award, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Annual Best Technique Inheritance Award, Oil Painting Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
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