4 min read1 Wang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.06, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 190 x 150 cm
Who is Wang Yuping?
Wang Yuping1 (b.1962, Beijing) is known for his gritty, comic book style portraits of urban life in China2. 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 Shuo3 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 CAFA4. 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
2 Wang Yuping – Eleven Face Guan Yin (the upper part), 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 240 x 190 cm3 Wang Yuping – Dutar, 2009, oil painting and acrylic, 190 x 160 cm4 Wang Yuping – Eleven Face Guan Yin (the lower part), 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 240 x 190 cm5 Wang Yuping – Father and Son, 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 200 x 160 cm6 Wang Yuping – Master Wu, 2010, oil and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 160 cm7 Wang Yuping – Monopolized Marriage, 2009, oil painting and acrylic, 200 x 230 cm8 Wang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.02, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 150 x 120 cm9 Wang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.03, 2005, oil painting and acrylic, 150 x 120 cm10 Wang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.05, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 150 x 120 cm11 Wang Yuping – Taoist Priest No.05, 2007, oil painting and acrylic, 190 x 150 cm12 Wang Yuping – Buddha's Warrior Attendant Ha (Upper), 2011, acrylic on canvas, 190 x 240 cm13 Wang Yuping – Born in the 70s, 2010, oil painting and acrylic, 200 x 230 cm14 Wang Yuping – Female Soldiers, 2006, oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 120 cm15 Wang Yuping – Feng, 2010, oil and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 160 cm16 Wang Yuping – Guest Greeting Pine, 2006, oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 120 cm17 Wang Yuping – Kroraina Beauty, 2009, oil and acrylic on canvas, 160 x 200 cm18 Wang Yuping – My Seed, 2011, acrylic oil pastel, 195 x 160 cm19 Wang Yuping – Sharaku Painting No.1, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm20 Wang Yuping – Sharaku Painting No.2, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm21 Wang Yuping – Sharaku Painting No.3, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm22 Wang Yuping – Sharaku Painting No.4, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm23 Wang Yuping – Life long Company, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 230 x 190 cm24 Wang Yuping – What a Lovely Bird, 2006, oil on canvas, 120 x 150 cm25 Wang Yuping – Self-portrait holding a cat, 2017, acrylic and oil pastels on canvas, 240 x 160 cm26 Wang Yuping – Lao Wang Paints – Lao Wang, 2012, oil on canvas, 75 x 60 cm27 Wang Yuping – Uygur Girl No.3, 2009
