A Symphony of Colour
Walasse Ting
Walasse Ting
Modern and Contemporary Art
WALASSE TING
(1928-2010)
BIOGRAPHY
| 1928 | Born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China |
| 1940s | Studied at the Shanghai Art Academy, China |
| 1946 | Moved to Hong Kong |
| 1952 | Arrived in Paris, France |
| 1958 | Moved to New York, US |
| 1974 | Became an American citizen |
| 1977 | Awarded a fellowship for drawing from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation |
| 2010 | Passed away on May 17 in New York, US |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Ting has had more than 60 solos exhibitions in major art galleries and museums around the world, including: New York, Paris, Zurich, Brussels, Amsterdam, Munich, Copenhagen, Vienna, Milan, Taipei, Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.
| 1952 | Hotel Cecil, Hong Kong |
| 1954 | Galerie Paul Fachetti, Paris |
| 1956 | Galerie Taptoe, Brussels |
| 1957 | Galerie Chalette, New York |
| 1959 | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York |
| 1960 | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York |
| Galerie Espace, Amsterdam | |
| Galerie Birch, Copenhagen | |
| 1961 | Galerie Van de Loo, Munich |
| Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris | |
| Galerie Smith, Brussels | |
| Carnegie International, Pittsburgh | |
| 1962 | Galerie St. Stephan, Vienna |
| 1963 | Lefebre Gallery, New York |
| Galerie Birch, Copenhagen | |
| 1964 | Carnegie International, Pittsburgh |
| 1965 | Lefebre Gallery, New York |
| 1966 | Galerie Lefebre, New York |
| Carnegie International, Pittsburgh | |
| 1967 | Lefebre Gallery, New York |
| J.L. Hudsom Gallery, Detroit | |
| Carnegie International, Pittsburgh | |
| 1968 | Lefebre Gallery, New York |
| Galerie de France, Paris | |
| 1969 | Lefebre Gallery, New York |
| 1970 | Lefebre Gallery, New York |
| Galerie Birch, Copenhagen | |
| Esther Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara | |
| Carnegie International, Pittsburgh | |
| 1971 | Lefebre Gallery, New York |
| 1972 | Lefebre Gallery, New York |
| Galerie Birch, Copenhagen | |
| 1973 | Galerie Birch,Cpenhagen |
| Lefebre Gallery, New York | |
| 1974 | Galerie Minami, Tokyo |
| Galerie Adrian Maeght, Paris | |
| 1975 | Galerie Birch, Copenhagen |
| National Museum, Taipei | |
| Galerie Nord Randers, Denmark | |
| Kornfeld and Klipstein, Bern | |
| 1977 | Galerie Adrian Maeght, Paris |
| Galerie Grafica Club, Milan | |
| 1978 | Lens Fine Art, Antwerp |
| Galerie Aele, Madrid | |
| 1979 | Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague |
| Lefebre Gallery, New York | |
| 1980 | Lefebre Gallery, New York |
| 1982 | National Gallery of Art, Reykjavik |
| Lefebre Gallery, New York | |
| 1983 | Galerie Dessers Hasselt, Belgium |
| Galerie Nouvelles Images, the Hague | |
| Gallery Koppelmann, Leverkusen | |
| Lens Fine Art, Antwerp | |
| Galerie Grafica Club, Milan | |
| Galerie Birch, Copenhagen | |
| Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg | |
| 1984 | Galerie Huset, Copenhagen |
| Lefebre Gallery, New York | |
| Lungmen Art Gallery, Taipei | |
| Avant-Grande Art Center, Taichung | |
| Lung Chiang Art Gallery, Kao Hsuing | |
| Galerie BBL, Antwerp | |
| Galeria 2RC, Rome | |
| Galeria 2RC, Milan | |
| 1985 | Art Unlimited, Amsterdam |
| Galerie La Hune, Paris | |
| Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei | |
| Galerie Asbaek, Copenhagen | |
| Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam | |
| 1986 | Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague |
| P Gallery, Hamburg | |
| Galeria del Manifesto, Verona | |
| Galerie Dessers Hasselt, Belgium | |
| Kunstforum Ghent, Belgium | |
| Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong | |
| 1987 | Galerie Asbaek, Copenhagen |
| Gallery Esperanza, Montreal | |
| Elfin Art Gallery, Quebec | |
| Ars Mundi. Hanover | |
| Galerie l’Orangerie, Geneva | |
| Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei | |
| 1988 | Lungmen Art Gallery, Taipei |
| Galerie Alcolea, Baecelona | |
| Galerie Alcolea, Madrid | |
| Galerie Guy Pieters Knokke, Belgium | |
| Galerie Asbaek, Horsens, Denmark | |
| Galeria Torres Clary Reus, Spain | |
| Lineart Ghent, Belgium | |
| 1989 | American Club, Hong Kong |
| Lens Fine Art, Antwerp | |
| American Prints Valencia, Spain | |
| Galerie Lucy Weill-Seligmann, Paris | |
| Galerie Ostermalm, Stockholm | |
| Galerie Scandinavia, Goteburg | |
| 1990 | Galerie Alcolea, Barcelona |
| Galerie Alcolea, Madrid | |
| Galerie Moustache, Osaka | |
| Galerie l’Orangerie, St. Paul-de-Vence | |
| Lineart, Ghent Belgium | |
| Galleria 2RC, Milan | |
| Galeria de Arte, Almansil. Portugal | |
| Louis Stern Galleries, Beverly Hills | |
| 1991 | Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong |
| Lungmen Art Gallery, Taipei | |
| Sala Nonell, Barcelona | |
| Galerie Acolea, Madrid | |
| Galleria del Monte Ischia, Italy | |
| Arthouse Gallery, Copenhagen | |
| 1992 | Lungmen Art Gallery, Taipei |
| Sala Nonell, Barcelona | |
| Galerie Acolea, Madrid | |
| Lineart Ghent, Belgium | |
| 1993 | Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong |
| Apollo Gallery, Taipei | |
| Avant-Grande Art Center, Taipei | |
| Lungmen Art Gallery, Taipei | |
| Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong | |
| P Gallery, Hamburg | |
| Galerie Luc Pieters Galerie, Knokke | |
| Galerie l’Orangerie, St. Paul-de-Vence | |
| 1994 | Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong |
| Lungmen Art Gallery, Taipei | |
| Kunstforum, Belgium | |
| P Gallery, Hamburg | |
| Tresors, Singapore | |
| 1995 | Gallerie Guy Pieters, Belgium |
| Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong | |
| 1996 | Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore |
| Galerie Delaive, Amaterdam | |
| Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong | |
| 1997 | Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai |
| 1998 | Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong |
| 1999 | The Catto Gallery, London |
| 2000 | Scheringa Museum, Spanbroek, Netherlands |
| 2001 | Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong |
| Yibo Gallery, Shanghai | |
| 2002 | Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong |
| 2008 | “Walasse Ting 10th Exhibition”, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong |
| 2009 | The Catto Gallery, London |
| 2010 | Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei |
| “Walasse Ting (1928-2010) I Love Flowers All My Life” Hong Kong | |
| Arts Center, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong | |
| Longmen Art Projects, Shanghai | |
| Hwa’s Gallery, Shanghai | |
| SOKA Art Center, Taipei | |
| 2015 | Forget Lovesick Admire Wind & Moon – Walasse Ting, Mountains Water Flowers & Birds, Longmen Art Projects, Shanghai, China Art Taipei 2015, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2016 | Walasse Ting: The Flower Thief, Musee Cernuschi, Paris, France |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2007 | Exploration: New Ink Art Shanghai 2007 , 3rd Shanghai Ink Biennale, Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Shanghai, China |
| 2009 | Hong Kong International Art & Antiques Fair, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, Hong Kong |
| 2010 | Alisan Fine Arts, ART HK 10, Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, Hong Kong |
| 2012 | ART HK 12, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong |
| 2013,14,15 | Art Basel in Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong |
| 2015 | Syncretic Visions: The First Generation of Chinese Diaspora Artists in America, FINE ART ASIA, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong |
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit
Chrysler Museum, Provincetown
Musée Cernuschi , Paris
Silkeborg Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Randers Museum, Denmark
Rockeferller University, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Baltimore Museum, Baltimore
Israel National Museum, Jerusalem
Philadephia Museum, Philadephia
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel, Pittsburgh
Gulf Oil Corp, Pittsburgh
Museum of Fine Art, Boston
Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara
Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Virginia
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hannover, New Hampshire
M C A, Los Angeles
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
National Gallery of Art, Reykjavik, Iceland
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei
Tate Gallery, London
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
SAMA, Pennsylvania
BOOKS BY WALASSE TING
| 1961 | My Shit and My love |
| 1964 | One Cent Life |
| 1967 | Chinese Moonlight |
| 1969 | Hot and Sour Soup |
| 1971 | Green Banana |
| 1974 | Trip |
| All in My Head | |
| Good Morning | |
| 1977 | Red Mouth |
| 1984 | Rice Paper Paintings |
| 1988 | Jolies Dames |
| 1993 | Blue Sky |
| 1995 | Acrylic on Canvas |
| 1997 | A Very Hot Day |
| 2011 | Walasse Ting 1980s &1990s |
Presented by
Date
9 May – 10 June 2017
Venue
Alisan Fine Arts
Address
21/F Lyndhurst Tower,1 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central
Tickets
Free Admission
