Wu Quan

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Wu Quan

Wu Quan, sound and visual artist born in Beijing in 1961.

History

Graduated from the Central Academy of Arts and Design of China in 1986, got a Bachelor degree. then he got a job as Lecturer in Beijing Arts and Crafts School for 4 years before he decided to start his art career.

Wu Quan started to create his multi-media art works from 2001. Collaborate with musicians such as Bu Yi Ding (nu-jazz band), FM3 (experimental electronic duo), Yan Jun (sound artist and poet) and Wang Fan (noise maker and minimalist).

He started to create and perform sound art from 2004.

Now he has released two audio-visual work as DVD-R on Kwanyin label in 2005 and 2006.

Performances

2007

Bu Yi Ding tour guest in Shanghai, Wuhu, Hangzhou, Yiwu, Zhuhai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou
Bu Yi Ding at Yugongyishan, Beijing
Bu Yi Ding at 798, Beijing
Wu Wang Wen Dou at Hush!! Full Band Festival, Macao
Solo at Sugar Jar, Beijing
Germany Night, Beijing
Tie Guan Yin at UMWEG ÜBER CHINA Festival, Berlin
Waterland Kwanyin, Beijing
More Less More project, Beijing
Solo at Mini Midi 2007, Beijing
Bu Yi Yang post Shanghai, Shanghai

2006

Bu Yi Yang Shangbu Nanshan, Shenzhen
12th Kolkata Film Festival, Kolkata
Borderline International Film Art Exhibition, Beijing
The Third China Independent Film Festival, Nanjing
Moscow Biennale, Moscow
The Voice Of The Other Shore, Beijing
Midi Music Festival, Beijing
Dashanzi International Art Festival, Beijing
Art Beijing, Beijing
Waterland Guanyin Series, Beijing

2005

Holland Chinese Festival, Amsterdam
Most Electronics, Xiamen
Waterland Guanyin Series, Beijing
Midi Music Festival, Beijing
Dashanzi International Art Festival, Beijing
Don’t Break My Core, Shanghai

2004

Nuit Blanche Festival (With fm3 and Yan Jun) Paris
1000 Revolutions Per Second (with Tan Jun), Brussels
Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai
2pi Music Festival, Hangzhou
Dashanzi International Art Festival, Beijing
OUT THE WINDOW (China, Japan, and South Korea multimedia art unites exhibition), Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing