Xu  Lei

1963               Born in Nantong (Jiangsu Province)

Graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Nanjing Arts Institute in 1984

The Director of the Research Department of Jiangsu Province Art Museum

1989    China\ Avant-Garde (China art Museum, Beijing )

1991    Xu Lei ’s Painting Exhibition (Cultural Office of the Italian Embassy, Beijing)

The Practical Art of Paper (Shanghai Library, Shanghai)

1994    Solo Exhibition of xu lei (Jiangsu Province Art Museum)

1995    The Mystery of Absence: Xu Lei’s Art Exhibition (Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong)

        Walasse Ting & Xu Lei (The International Fine Art and Antiques for Asia, Singapore)

1996    Chinese Contemporary Art (International Art Garden Museum, Beijing)

The Art Show of Eight Artist From China (Browse & Darby Gallery, London)

The International Asian Art Fair, New York

1997               Xu Lei’s New work (Browse & Darby Gallery, London)

1998               Exhibition of 5000 Years Of Chinese Art and Civilization

(Guggenheim Museum, New York)

        New Voices: Contemporary Art Dialogue Among Taipei, Hong kong & Shanghai

(Dimensions Art Center, Taipei \ Hong Kong Arts Centre)

        5 Chinese Artist (Arte Nel Castello)

1999               Illusions: Xu Lei’s Art Exhibition(Keyi Gallery, Nanjing)

2000    Exhibition of 5000 Years of Chinese Art and Civilization

(Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao)

Exhibition of Shanghai Art Museum’s Collection

Neo-Inkpaintings (Liuhaisu Art Museum, Shanghai \ Jiangsu Province Art Museum)

New Frontier-New Vision, Shanghai

Chinese Contemporary Inkpaintings and Sculpture, Paris

2001    Exhibition of Chinese Ink & Wash Paintings, Edinburgh

Contemporary Silk-screen by Chinese Artists(Dynasty Art Group, Taipei)

2002    Behind the Reality Other Modernity(Dimensions Art Center, Taipei)

 Paper\Colour (TaiKang Art Museum, Shanghai)

 Contemporary artist Print art Exhibition(Today Gallery,Beijing)

2003    The Different Same：Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition

        （Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art）

2004    One to One：Photographs from China（Chambers Fine Art，New York）

        Photographs from Nanjing  (Nanjing  Art  Museum)

        Dragon’s Nation:Contemporary Art of China  (Irish Museum of Modern Art)

        The First Nominative Exhibition of Fine Arts Literature (Wuhan)