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Wang Yigang (Chinese: 王義剛; 1961) was born in the province of Heilongjiang, China.

Work

Yigang kicked off his studies at the Oil Painting Department of the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in Senhyang where he graduated in 1986.

The first period was heavily influenced by Cubism  and Futurism.

Yigang’s second period, which is closely related to real life, can best be chronicled as Pop Art. During that time Yigang was quite sensitive to items such as posters, advertisements and political topics, which led to aquite extensive production of collage paintings.

Since 2000, He has been rediscovering the Chinese culture; for example he painted two series that are related to the traditional Chinese dyeing craft, which gave a new perspective on traditional Chinese art.

Yigang’s later period is named by the acclaimed Chinese art critic He Guiyan (born 1976) as ‘concept abstract art’. Yigang executed these paintings following a philosophical concept, or a ‘deeper touch into Oriental culture’. These most recent works are about conceptual and abstract art, in which he aims to blend spirits of Oriental culture much deeper into his paintings; by not merely showing symbols of Chinese mountains and rivers, but rather the facts about life and blood is what he tries to depict in his artworks.

Although the artist has shown pluralism in style, from figurative to Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art, he has always been reflecting upon his own state of freedom on a deeper level. Yigang distinguishes no line between his life and his art, as he even states “my works of abstract art has proven my own existence.” He tells his story through painting, a story that remains impressed in the matter of the painting. For Yigang, painting is live material, to know, study, love and practise.

He works and lives in China.

Latest Solo Exhibition

2019 “Wang Yigang”, Il Rivellino, Locarno, CH

2018 “Recent works”, Mark Borghi Fine Art, New York, NY, USA

2017 “Through color”, Brun Fine Art, London, UK

2017 “Through color”, Absolute Art, Lugano, Switzerland

2017 “Disinterested”, Villa friede Art Museum, Bonn, Germany

2017 “Color bloom”, Sai Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2016 “The transformation of the flow” Shannon Gallery, Paris, France

2016 “No”, Asia Art Center in Paris, France

Awards

2007 Award of Outstand Contributions in Contemporary Art by Asian College of USA

1993 Academic Award of China Oil Painting Biennial

1992 Award of Nomination of the Guangzhou Biennial

1991 Bronze in the Art Exhibition in Honor of the 70th Anniversary of CPC

1985 Award of Encouragement National Junior Art Exhibition