ZHONG CHENG

Xu Bing was born in Chongqing and raised in Beijing, China. He graduated from the Print Department of Central Fine Arts Institute in 1981, and later took the teaching position at the school. He received his MFA from the Central Art Institutes in 1987 and his Honorary Doctor Degree of Humanities from Columbia University in 2010. He moved to New York in 1990 and remained there until present day. In 1999, he obtained the Genius Award from MacArthur Foundation – the highest artistic honor in the United States. He also received the 14^th Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (2003); 1^st Wales International Visual Arts Prize (2004); Prize of Lifetime Achievement from Southern Graphics Council (2006), 30^th Audi Arts and Design Award (2011); and Savannah College of Arts and Design Award (2015). He participated in multiple international contemporary art exhibition such as the 45^th Venice Biennale, and exhibited in Museum of Modern Art New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo International Transmission Center, New York PS1, National Gallery of Canada, National Gallery of Australia, South Africa, London and more.