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Song Zhenxi (1985 – February 5, 2024) was an independent curator and art criticism scholar. Originally named Zhang Songzhen, he was born in Wuhan.[1]
Biography
[edit]In 2008, he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Art History from the China Academy of Art; in 2012, he obtained a Master's degree from the Institute of Contemporary Art and Social Thought at the China Academy of Art; in 2022, he earned a Doctorate in Contemporary Art Theory and Practice from the China Academy of Art.[2]
During his lifetime, he served as a researcher at the Exhibition Culture Research Center of the China Academy of Art, Director of the Curatorial Department at the Media City R&D Center of the China Academy of Art, and founder of the Contemporary Art Bureau of Investigation (ABI).[2]
On February 5, 2024, at 14:10 PM, he suffered a cardiac arrest while traveling in Sabah, Malaysia, and was urgently rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital I in Sabah. He passed away at 15:32 PM after unsuccessful resuscitation, at the age of 39.[1]
Artistic Style
[edit]He long focused on the development and ecology of young contemporary artists, dedicating himself to bridging the cultivation of academic artists with the overall ecosystem of contemporary art. Meanwhile, he researched contemporary art topics and phenomena, integrating multiple cultural research methods into contemporary art discourse to explore paths and methods for the cross-disciplinary survival of future art. He participated in numerous urban cultural evolution projects to make the role of contemporary art more effective and timely.[1]
Artistic Resume
[edit]Curated Exhibitions
[edit]| Year | Month | Exhibition Venue and Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | November | "Reasons for Painting," 5th Inter-Youth International Youth Painting Exhibition, Hall B, Shanghai West Bund Art Center, Curator[3] |
| November | "Endless Green Mountains – Art Exhibition of the Tang Poetry Road: Thousands of Miles of the Long Wind," Calligraphy and Painting Channel Art Museum, Curator[4] | |
| July | "Poetic and Picturesque Jiangnan, Dynamic Zhejiang," Provincial New Landscape Image Art Exhibition, Gongwang Art Museum, Hangzhou, Curator | |
| May | "The Language of History," 5th China Oil Painting Biennale, Zui Kuiyuan Art Center, Co-Curator | |
| March | "Images in the Clouds," Tang Guo & Yan Shanshun Duo Exhibition, Hanshan Art Museum, Curator | |
| 2022 | November | "Endless Green Mountains – Tang Poetry Road 3: 40th Anniversary of China-Japan Friendly Exchanges Special Exhibition," Zhejiang Exhibition Hall, Hangzhou, Curator |
| August | "Between Travel and Mountain Residence," 3rd Image West Lake Art Scene, Gongwang Art Museum, Hangzhou, Curator | |
| July | "The Absence of Fate" – Immersive Narrative Interactive Exhibition, Shanghai K11 Art Museum, Chief Curator | |
| April | "Overtones," Special Feature in Painting Journal (Issue 2, 2022), Nanjing, Planner | |
| 2021 | November | "Multifaceted Mutual Viewing," Macao International Art Invitational Exhibition, Macao Museum of Art, Executive Curator |
| July | "Spring of Chinese and French Cultures in Changsha – Twelve Beams of Light," New Media Exhibition, Xie Zilong Image Art Museum, Changsha, Curator | |
| June | 2021 Graduation Exhibition of the School of Intermedia Art, China Academy of Art, Zhejiang Art Museum, Curator[5] | |
| May | Online Exhibitions "A Day in Southern Song Dynasty" and "Porcelain Field," Zhejiang Museum, Planner | |
| May | 1st "May Spark" International Art Season, Zhejiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Zhejiang Exhibition Hall, Curator | |
| 2020–2021 | December–May | Curatorial Proposal "White Scroll" exhibited in "Curatorial Studies II: Story and Structure," Hua Art Museum & OCAT Shenzhen |
| 2020 | November | "Notes by the Sea – Shi Wanwan Solo Exhibition," Ox Shed Art Space, Macao, Curator |
| October | "Decameron – Tianjin Ivy Art Plan," Pac Art Center, Tianjin, Curator | |
| October | "Resurrection – Inaugural Exhibition of Hangzhou Fuyicang Art Center," Hangzhou Fuyicang Art Center, Planner | |
| September | "How Far is Forever – Museum @ Contemporary Art Cross-Border Exhibition," Hangzhou Museum of Arts and Crafts, Co-Curator | |
| August | "Waste Factory – Shou Gonggeng Solo Exhibition," Xixi Space, Hangzhou, Curator | |
| June | "Flora's Living Room," Cross-Border Exhibition of Contemporary Art and Plants, Neon Museum, Suzhou, Planner | |
| 2019 | December | "Black and White Novels" Art Exhibition, Neon Museum, Suzhou, Planner |
| November | Jimei Arles International Photography Season, Xiamen, Curator | |
| September | "Photosynthesis," New Media Live Exhibition, Neon Museum, Suzhou, Planner | |
| June | "Xiao Bing, Painting with a Deadline," AI & Contemporary Art Cross-Border Exhibition, Dading Art Museum, Hangzhou, Curator | |
| April | 1st Zhijiang International Youth Art Week, Hangzhou, Co-Curator | |
| March | "Reverberation Time," 3rd Fiber Art Cutting-Edge Exhibition, China Academy of Art, Curator | |
| March | "New Art History: 2000–2018," Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art, Curator[6] | |
| 2018 | December | "Cross-Domain," China-Japan Young Artists Cutting-Edge Exhibition, Suzhou, Curator |
| November | "Mei Exhibition," Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, Curator | |
| September | 5th Ivy Plan "Eternal City" Exhibition, Tianjin, Curator | |
| September | "Goddess' Equipment," Contemporary Art @ Museum Cross-Border Project, Hangzhou Museum of Arts and Crafts, Chief Curator | |
| August | "Folding Mountain Picture 2 – Scanning Landscapes," Hanshan Art Museum, Suzhou, Curator | |
| May | China New Image Exhibition, Anren Art Center, Chengdu, Curator | |
| March | "Invisible Trigger," Poetry Island Art Cross-Border Tour (Changsha Station), Curator | |
| 2017 | December | "The Shot Astronaut," Zhu Xi Solo Exhibition, Ningbo Art Museum, Curator |
| November | "Soul Resonance," Poetry Island Art Cross-Border Tour (Guangzhou Station), ART23 Space, Guangzhou, Curator | |
| October | Anren Biennale Invited Exhibition "Folding Mountain Picture – New Visions of Landscapes," Anren Art Center, Chengdu, Curator | |
| April | "Unfinished Boundaries – Production of Manuscripts," Artists' Manuscript Exhibition, CAEA Art Museum, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, Curator | |
| January | "Extraordinary West Lake," 1st Image West Lake Art Scene, Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Curator | |
| 2016 | December | 2nd "Inter-youth" International Youth Painting Exhibition, Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Curator |
| December | "Peach Blossom Land · Trace," Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai K11 Art Museum, Curator | |
| September | Academy Plan "Extreme Frequency," Nanjing University of the Arts Museum, Co-Curator | |
| September | Ivy Young Curators Plan – "Xiao Ming's Day," Tianjin Cotton Textile Factory Art Center, Curator | |
| August | "Explosive Chinese Zodiac – The Rise of the East," Gong Xu Solo Exhibition, Beijing Space Station Art Space, Curator | |
| July | "Floating Island Records," Contemporary Art Live Exhibition, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, Curator | |
| July | "Resetting the Known," Art Invitation Exhibition, Shanghai MAO Space Art Space, Curator | |
| June | "Layers of Poetry and Shadows – 2016 Image Contemporary Invitation Exhibition," Qiandao Lake, Curator | |
| 2015 | December | "Strange Garden and Unusual Studies," Sanshang Art Museum, Hangzhou, Curator |
| December | "Media Planet Series – G20 Planet of Things," Group Exhibition of Artists, Sanshang Art Museum, Hangzhou, Curator | |
| November | "Integration: Fragments of Creation," Young Artists Exhibition, Sanshang Art Museum, Hangzhou, Curator | |
| October | 1st "Inter-Youth" International Youth Painting Exhibition, Annual Invited Curator, Art Museum of China Academy of Art | |
| 2014 | December | "Mountains, Rivers, Sun and Moon," Tong Biao Landscape Painting Exhibition, Hangzhou, Curator |
| November | "TOP15" Excellent Art Talent Support Plan, China Academy of Art, Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Curator | |
| October | "Jade from Kunlun – Xu Longsen Landscape Painting Exhibition," Executive Curator, Art Museum of China Academy of Art | |
| June | "Jade from Kunlun – Xu Longsen Landscape Painting Exhibition," Executive Curator, Art Museum of China Academy of Art | |
| May | "Regardless – Li Shun Image Art Solo Exhibition," Hangzhou, Curator | |
| April | "Landscape – Cao Xiaoyang Paper Painting Solo Exhibition," Curatorial Director, Hangzhou | |
| 2013 | October | "Linquan – Calligraphy, Painting and Garden Making," New Media Live Exhibition, Hangzhou Exposition Exhibition Hall, Curator |
| January | "Green Box: Redrawing the Form," New Media Exhibition of Media Reality Space, Hangzhou, Curatorial Director | |
| 2012 | December | "Free Questions," Group Exhibition of Hangzhou Young Contemporary Artists, Sanshang Art Museum, Hangzhou, Curator |
| November | "80.90.100 Youth Ambition," Zhejiang Young Artists Works Exhibition and Youth Art Student Research, Ningbo Art Museum, Curator | |
| 2010 | May | 2nd "Art Spring" Graduate Group Exhibition, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, Curator |
| 2007 | November | "Three Poles," Joint Photography Exhibition of Three Artists, Planner |
| 2006 | April | "Corridor Water Imagery," Photography Group Exhibition, China Academy of Art, Planner |
Participated Activities
[edit]| Year | Month | Activity Venue and Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | December | 5th China Young Critics Forum – Art Criticism in the Era of Self-Media and Smart Media, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute |
| October | Initiated ABI Contemporary Art Bureau of Investigation × Fanshou Culture "Artist Recruitment Plan" to promote young artists' development in the self-media era | |
| 2020 | August–October | "Landscape Ideas," Zhejiang Photographers Association Workshop, Theoretic Mentor, Zhejiang |
| June | "Landscape Ideas" Photography Workshop organized by Zhejiang Photographers Association, Mentor, Zhejiang Photographers Association | |
| Academic Committee Judge for Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum Exhibition, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum | ||
| Participated in organizing the compilation of space multimedia teaching materials for the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou | ||
| Curator Training Program Tutor, Jiangsu Cultural and Art Foundation, Jiangsu | ||
| 2019–2020 | "art Young Artist Award" Judge, Chongqing Original Art Museum, Chongqing | |
| 2019 | Engaged in young artists' ecology, helping them form art group aggregations through collective creation, giving birth to the "Mofu Group" and "Chang Shen Group" | |
| August | Art Director and Curator, Suzhou Taihu Neon Art Museum, Suzhou Neon Art Museum | |
| 2018 | December | General Judge, 9th New Star Art Festival, Nanjing |
| November | Guest, ART021 Public Education Unit, Shanghai | |
| April | Initiator of "Copper Field" Series Lectures, School of Public Art and Sculpture, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou | |
| March | Academic Support for "The Present from Afar," Shao Wenhuan Solo Exhibition, Beijing | |
| 2017 | December | Judge, 8th New Star Art Award, Nanjing Deji Art Museum |
| September | Planning of "Overlap and Reverse – Exploration of Media Issues in Art History" Series Lectures, OCAT Art Center, Shanghai | |
| May | Initiator of "Art Channel" Series Lectures, Art Museum of China Academy of Art | |
| 2016 | October | Judge, 7th Star Art Festival, Nanjing/Zhengzhou |
| April | Participated in the 88th Anniversary Exhibition of the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou | |
| 2015 | May | Founded "Contemporary Art Bureau of Investigation" and served as its Director[2] |
| September | Total Planner, Apple Brand ARTIST.LOG Artist Log Project, Apple Brand Center, Hangzhou | |
| 2014 | December | Academic Chair, 2014 Year-End Special Issue of Art Documents |
| November | Initiator of the 1st "TOP15" Excellent Art Talent Support Plan, China Academy of Art | |
| 2009 | October | Participated in organizing the Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai Expo Center |
Publications
[edit]| Year | Month | Work Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Events and Landscapes: The Value System of Chinese Contemporary Curating[7] | |
| 2021 | August | Paper "A Beam of Stamped Light: Curatorial Notes on Twelve Beams of Light," published in Painting Journal (August 2021 Issue)[8] |
| April | Paper "New Curatorial Paths after the Epidemic – Taking 'How Far is Forever – Museum and Contemporary Art Cross-Border Online Exhibition' as an Example," included in the Proceedings of the 3rd National Curatorial Forum Curating in China | |
| 2019 | A Brief History of Chinese Art in the 21st Century: 2000–2018 | |
| 2012 | April | Compiled On Photography |
| 2007–2008 | Participated in writing The History and Revision of Art and The History and Facts of Art |
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