Works
Biography
Wang Haiyang (b. 1984, Shandong, China) currently lives and works in Beijing, China. Wang graduated from the Printmaking Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. He employs a multimedia approach to expand the rhetorical scope of art. His work reflects on contemporary existential topics while investigating, through the medium of the body, themes such as identity, language and lust. Wang's works have been selected and received critical acclaim by more than 50 international festivals. In 2010, Wang Haiyang's first animation movie Freud, Fish and Butterfly won the Grand Prize at the Holland Animation Film Fest (HAFF). In 2012 Wang's film Double Fikret won the Silver Dove at the 55th DOK Leipzig Film Festival (Leipzig, Germany). In 2014, Wang won the Jury Nomination Award at the 3rd Huayu Youth Award in Sanya, China. His recent solo and group shows include Wang Haiyang at Capsule Shanghai (Shanghai, China) in 2018; By Himself at OCAT in Xi'an, China (2017); New Directions: Wang Haiyang at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing, China (2016); Dynamic Field: Wang Haiyang at Minsheng Art Museum in Shanghai, China (2016). His work has been covered by Mousse Magazine, ArtReview Asia, Leap, and Art Asia Pacific.
Gallery exhibitions
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Viscous
María Fragoso Jara, Wang Haiyang, Zsófia Keresztes, Jessie Makinson, Oda Iselin Sønderland 20 Nov 2024 - 24 Jan 2025Cassina Projects is excited to present Viscous, the latest group show at the gallery featuring works by María Fragoso Jara (*1995), Wang Haiyang (*1984), Zsófia Kerestzes (*1985), Jessie Makinson (*1985)...Read more -
Bodies and Souls
Feng Chen, Huang Hai-Hsin, Pixy Liao, Wang Haiyang, Liao Wen 21 Feb - 15 Apr 2023Bodies and Souls presents the work of Liao Wen , Wang Haiyang , Pixy Liao , Huang Hai-Hsin , and Feng Chen in Milan for the first time. These five...Read more
