Artist Bio
(b.1969, CHINA)
Born in Deyang, Sichuan in 1969, Yin Kun graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Sichuan Normal University in 1992. He went to Beijing in 1993 and became a free painter. His works participated in several domestic and international exhibitions, and wildly collected by collectors all over the world.
Yin Kun is a wise, sensitive, and active young artist; painting is an outlet or a record of his life and emotions. His work involves different social levels, through modern people's ignorance towards certain social abnormal phenomena, promulgating and questioning the root of the problem. Yin Kun pays attention to the contemporary person's survival experience and the reality of feelings, showing through artistic forms and pictures such as pop, absurd realism, kitsch to convey direct and insightful message. The brightness of the images seems to evoke a sense of hope and optimism even though the subject matter is often presented in a very cynical way.
Yin Kun often draws from tales of national heroes such as Qiu Shaoyun’s bravery on the battlefields or the patriotic sacrifices of the Five Heroes, transforming them into images of joy and foolishness. It is this kind of contrast and contradiction between gallant stories and silly imagery that the line distinguishing good and evil is blurred.
1992 Graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Sichuan Normal University
SOLO EXHIBITION
| 2013 | “Art 021” Solo Exhibition, Pa Ta Gallery, Taipei, TAIWAN |
| 2008 | “Chinese Hero”, Willem Kerseboom Gallery, HOLLAND “Chinese Hero”, Art Seasons Gallery, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA |
| 2007 | “Olympic Games”, Willem Kerseboom Gallery, Bergen, HOLLAND “China Hero”, Art Seasons Gallery, Jakarta, INDONESIA |
| 2006 | “Chinese Baby”, Art Seasons, Jakarta, INDONESIA “The Fairy Tales of China” , Willem Kerseboom Gallery, HOLLAND |
| 2005 | “Lonely Skin”, Willem Kerseboom Fine Art, Bergen, HOLLAND “Yin Kun—A Decade’s Journey”, Art Seasons Gallery, SINGAPORE |
| 2004 | Yin Kun's 10 Years Journey Solo Exhibitions, China Art Seasons Gallery, Beijing, CHINA |
| 2002 | Solo Exhibition, “Self-love”, Wan Fung Gallery, Beijing, CHINA |
GROUP EXHIBITION
| 2015 | Asia Hotel Art Fair 2015, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG |
| 2013 |
“the 115 artist self portraits”, Contemporary Museum of Art, Beijing, CHINA |
| 2012 |
“How About Songzhuang”, Willem Kerseboom Gallery, Bergen, HOLLAND |
| 2009 | “Game of Acting the Fool”, Gallery TN, Beijing, CHINA “A Family Story”, Willem Kerseboom Gallery, Bergen, HOLLAND |
| 2008 |
“City Syndrome”, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, CHINA |
| 2007 |
“A Family Of Painters”, Willem Kerseboom Gallery, Bergen, HOLLAND |
| 2006 |
“Modern & Contemporary Chinese Art Group Exhibition”, Wellington Gallery, Central, HONG KONG |
| 2005 |
“Pavilion”, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing, Songzhuang Art Fair, Beijing, CHINA |
| 2004 |
Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition, Vanessa Art House, INDONESIA |
| 2003 |
“Beyond Face Surface”, Art Seasons Gallery, SINGAPORE |
| 2002 |
“Heart of Chip”, The Heart at BS Art Factory Studio, Beijing, CHINA |
| 2001 | “What a Nice Day”, Two-Man Exhibition, Wang Fung Gallery, Beijing, CHINA “Phenomenon” Art Exhibition, Fan Art Gallery, Beijing, CHINA |
| 2000 | “Concerto”, Two-Man Exhibition, Wan Fung Gallery, Beijing, CHINA |
| 1999 | Seven-Man Oil Painting Exhibition, German Centre, Beijing, CHINA |
Kunsthaus Lempertz, COLOGNE
Christie's, AMSTERDAM
Borobudur Auction, SINGAPORE
Sotheby's, HONG KONG
Poly International Auction, Beijing, CHINA
Ravenel International Art Group, TAIPEI
Works held in private collection in HONG KONG, CHINA, SINGAPORE, KOREA, TAIWAN, USA, GERMANY, HOLLAND, SWITZERLAND, UK, RUSSIA, JAPAN, and FRANCE.
