Victor WANG

Profile

Born in 1983. Graduated from MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art, London in 2014, and the 7th Gwangju Biennale International Curator Course, Gwangju in 2016.

Recent 5 main activities are: Jac Leirner: Borders Are Drawn By Hand (2016), a solo presentation by Brazilian artist Jac Leirner at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Pavilion), Shanghai; Neïl Beloufa: Soft(a)ware (2016), chi k11 art museum, Shanghai; Ensemble sin órganos (2016) the first all performance based exhibition at the Centre for Contemporary Art Wifredo Lam, Havana; Inside China - L'Intérieur du Géant (Shanghai Station, 2015), a collaborative exhibition between Palais de Tokyo, Paris and the K11 Art Foundation; 'Fleur Melbourn: Thelma & Louise' prologue (2015), with the Serpentine Gallery Park Nights, London.

Wang was awarded the 2016 AICA Incentive Prize for Young Critics by the International Association of Art Critics (AICA), and has worked on curatorial teams for the Twelfth Havana Biennial (2015) and the Vancouver Pavilion at the 9th Shanghai Biennale (2012). He has written for art periodicals such as Artforum (China) and Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, and was the 2017 Guest Editor for the Art Basel Hong Kong issue of LEAP Magazine. From 2012 - 2014 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, as a Student Forum Member, Wang curated film programmes, performances, talks, and exhibitions such as 'Restaging Exhibitions: Reconsidering Art History and Exhibition Making' (2014); 'A Return to Pre-Modernity' (2014); 'Man, Machine and Images in Motion' (2014); 'Manga Made' (2013); and Touring Talk: Emma Smith 'Love Me, Love Me' (2013).

About works / performance

Installation view of "Neïl Beloufa: Soft(a)ware", chi K11 art museum, 2016

Installation view of "Neïl Beloufa: Soft(a)ware", chi K11 art museum, 2016

Installation view of "Jac Leirner: Borders Are Drawn By Hand", Museum of Contemporary Art (Pavilion), Shanghai

Installation view of "An Incomplete Guide: Artist Run Spaces in Gwangju", GBICC

Installation view of "Ensemble sin órganos", Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana

Installation view of "Ensemble sin órganos'", Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana

Installation view of "Inside China - L'Intérieur du Géant", chi K11 art museum, Shanghai

Installation view of "Inside China - L'Intérieur du Géant", chi K11 art museum, Shanghai

Installation view of "With Institutions Like These...", The Averard Hotel, 2016

Installation view of "With Institutions Like These...", The Averard Hotel, 2016