Zhuang hui
庄辉
Zhuang Hui was born in 1963 in Yumen Town, Gansu Province, China. He left his hometown to study in Luoyang City at the age of thirteen and started to study painting by himself. In 1979, after graduating from high school, he became a worker at the state-run Luoyang No.1 Tractor Factory.In 1996, he moved to Beijing and became an artist.
Zhuang Hui’s artistic creation originates from emphasizing and reflecting on themes such as bodily experience and personal consciousness in the soil of real existence and cultural status quo. In his artistic creations process, he is adept at flexibly applying a multiple media and trying to push the boundaries of artistic expression.
During his engaged and fruitful artistic career, Zhuang Hui participated in a number of exhibitions including: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.( 2022, Washington, D.C. United States); Galleria Continua ( 2021, Beijing ) ; Les flots écoulés ne reviennent pas à la source taking place at Jumièges Abbey, Seine-Maritime, France from ( 2000, France) ; 2019 Wuzhen Contemporary Art Exhibition（2019, Wuzhen ) ; UCCA Dune, Aranya Gold Coast (2018, Beidaihe); Galleria Continua ( 2017, Beijing ) ; Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum (M21)(2016, Shanghai) ; Photography Museum, Amsterdam (2015) ; Folkwang Museum, Bonn (2014); 9th Shanghai Biennale, Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2012) ; Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City (2009) ; The Groninger Museum, Gron-ingen (2008); Tate Modern, Liverpool (2007); Galleria Continua, San Gimignano (2006); Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2005); Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern (2005); Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon (2004) ; Centre Pompidou, Paris (2003); Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg (2002) ; Beyeler Art Museum, Basel (2001) ; Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, FR (2000); The 1st Fukuoka Art Triennale, Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukuoka, JP (1999); LCA Contemporary Art Research Center, London (1999) ; Ghent Art Center, Ghent (1999). He also participated in the 48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale, Venice (1999); Visual Art Festival, Kunstverein and Kunsthaus, Hamburg, De (1996).
庄辉于1963年生于甘肃省玉门。他在十三岁时离开家乡，并开始在洛阳自学绘画。1979年高中毕业后，他进入洛阳第一拖拉机制造厂成为了一名工人。1996年移居北京，成为一名自由职业身份的艺术家。
庄辉的艺术创作，源于对现实生存及文化现状的土壤里，强调反思、身体经验、个人意识等。在艺术创作中，善于灵活应用多种媒介，尝试突破艺术表达的边界。
他曾经参加了不同美术馆以及艺术机构的展览，其中包括：华盛顿特区赫尚博物馆和雕塑园（2022，美国）；北京常青画廊（2021，北京）；法国诺曼底地区滨海塞纳省瑞米耶日修道院（2000，法国）；2019乌镇当代艺术邀请展（2019 乌镇）；UCCA沙丘美术馆（2018，北戴河阿那亚，河北）；北京常青画廊（2017，北京）；二十一世纪民生美术馆（2016，上海）；荷兰Foam摄影美术馆（2015，阿姆斯特丹）；德国弗柯望博物馆（2014，波恩）；上海当代艺术博物馆（2012，上海）；盐湖艺术中心（2009，犹他州）；格罗宁根博物馆（2008，格罗宁根）；利物浦泰特美术馆（2007，利物浦）；常青画廊（2006，圣吉米那诺）；伯尔尼美术馆（2005，伯尔尼）；纽约国际摄影中心（2004，纽约）；蓬皮杜艺术中心（2003，巴黎）；Deichtorhallen（2002，汉堡）；巴塞尔Beyeler艺术博物馆（2001，巴塞尔）；第五届里昂双年展（2000，里昂）；利沃尔顿美术馆（2000，荷兰）；第48届威尼斯双年展（1999，威尼斯）；第一届福冈亚洲美术三年展（1999，福冈）；LCA当代艺术研究中心（1999，伦敦）；艾思林根博物馆（1998，德国）；NBK 艺术中心（1997，柏林）；汉堡美术馆（1996，汉堡）。