3 min readWang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.06, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 190 x 150 cm
Who is Wang Yuping?
Wang Yuping (b.1962, Beijing) is known for his gritty, comic book style portraits of urban life in China. His paintings are playful, feature rough, tough or absurd Beijing characters and seem to spy on life in the inner city as a kind of Wang Shuo of the art’s world. By placing us in intimate spaces with arresting, descriptive personal images, Wang Yuping continues his exploration of urban culture and social change.
Accomplishments
He entered the Central Academy of Arts and Design in Beijing, China, in 1983. Since he graduated in 1989, he has been teaching in the Oil Painting Department of CAFA. In 1997, he participated in the 47th Venice Biennial. His works have been exhibited in various notable exhibitions in China and abroad and have been collected by the National Art Museum of China.
Paintings
Wang Yuping – Eleven Face Guan Yin (the upper part), 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 240 x 190 cmWang Yuping – Dutar, 2009, oil painting and acrylic, 190 x 160 cmWang Yuping – Eleven Face Guan Yin (the lower part), 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 240 x 190 cmWang Yuping – Father and Son, 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 200 x 160 cmWang Yuping – Master Wu, 2010, oil and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 160 cmWang Yuping – Monopolized Marriage, 2009, oil painting and acrylic, 200 x 230 cmWang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.02, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 150 x 120 cmWang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.03, 2005, oil painting and acrylic, 150 x 120 cmWang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.05, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 150 x 120 cmWang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.05, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 190 x 150 cmWang Yuping – Buddha's Warrior Attendant Ha (Upper), 2011, acrylic on canvas, 190 x 240 cmWang Yuping – Born in the 70s, 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 200 x 230 cmWang Yuping – Female Soldiers, 2006, oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 120 cmWang Yuping – Feng, 2010, oil and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 160 cmWang Yuping – Guest Greeting Pine, 2006, oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 120 cmWang Yuping – Kroraina Beauty, 2009, oil and acrylic on canvas, 160 x 200 cmWang Yuping – My Seed, 2011, acrylic oil pastel, 195 x 160 cmWang Yuping – Sharaku Painting No.1, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cmWang Yuping – Sharaku Painting No.2, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cmWang Yuping – Sharaku Painting No.3, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cmWang Yuping – Sharaku Painting No.4, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cmWang Yuping – Life long Company, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 230 x 190 cmWang Yuping – What a Lovely Bird, 2006, oil on canvas, 120 x 150 cmWang Yuping – Self-portrait holding a cat, 2017, acrylic and oil pastels on canvas, 240 x 160 cmWang Yuping – Lao Wang Paints – Lao Wang, 2012, oil on canvas, 75 x 60 cmWang Yuping – Uygur Girl No.3, 2009
