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About the Exhibition
New Directions: Tao Hui, the second installment of the New Directions series, is accompanied by a monograph supported by Post Wave Publishing Consulting with essays contributed by Yang Zi and Yung Ma. The new media art production partner is CP Denmark and WTi Group. Exclusive sponsorship of sound equipment comes from GENELEC. New Directions is initiated by UCCA Director Philip Tinari. "New Directions: Tao Hui" is curated by Felicia Chen.
About the Artist
Tao Hui (b. 1987, Yunyang) received a BFA from the oil painting department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2010 and is currently based in Beijing. He has received the "2008 Contemporary Art Special Mention" from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. He has been invited to submit work to the 18th and 19th editions of Sesc_Videobrasil, São Paulo. His solo exhibitions include "1 Character & 7 Materials" (AIKE-DELLARCO, Shanghai 2015). Group exhibitions featuring his work include "Essential Matters—Moving Images from China" (Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, 2015) and "UP-YOUTH, China Young Artists Exhibition" (Times Art Museum, Beijing, 2014).
About New Directions
New Directions is an ongoing series of project-based exhibitions by young artists from Greater China. Planned for an initial run of ten periodic installments, the series offers a platform for artists to realize a first institutional solo exhibition and bilingual monograph. Building on UCCA's longstanding commitment to emerging practices, pioneered by shows including "ON | OFF: China's Young Artists in Concept and Practice" (2013), "Breaking Forecast" (2009), and the Curated By… series (2010-2012), New Directions aims both to broaden the institutional exhibition system for new art in China today, and to highlight its richness and complexity for audiences in Beijing and beyond.