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Alicia Framis + Michael Lin

Alicia Framis
Barcelona, 1967
Vive y trabaja en Shanghai, China

Michael Lin
Tokyo, Japan, 1964
Lives and works in Paris, France, and Taipei, Taiwan

Work exposed in Madrid Abierto
Not for sale/No se vende

Alicia Framis

EDUCATION
  • Fine Arts degree from the Faculty of Sant Jordi, Universidad de Barcelona and Ecole de Beaux Arts, Paris
  • Post-graduate course at Institut d'Hautes Etudes, Paris.
  • Post-graduate course at Rijksakademie van beelde Kunstende, Amsterdam
  • Currently works as Concept Director at MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art)  Shanghai, under the management of Samuel Kung.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2007
  • Desde China con amor, Galería Horach Moya, Palma de Mallorca
  • From China with Love, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Alicia Framis, PYO Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  • Alicia Framis, PYO Gallery, Beijing, China
  • CHINA *****, Zendai Museum, Shanghai, China
2006
  • Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
  • Acciones secretas, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
  • Alicia Framis. Secret Strike, Mireille Mosler, Ltd, New York, USA
  • Secret Strike. Archivo momentos, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo
  • CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • Partages, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux CACP, Bordeaux, France
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2007
  • Rightfully Yours, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery University of Toronto, Canada 
  • Wouldn't it be nice... wishful thinking in art and design, Centre d'Art Contemporain de Genève, Geneva
  • Pensa-Piensa-Think, Centro de Arte Santa Mónica, Barcelona
  • Artist Pension Trust, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China, organiser: Dan Cameron
  • Montevideo program: Acciona, Observatori-festival, Valencia, Spain
  • After the News, BankART1929, Yokohama, Japan
  • MOCA Museum, Shanghai, China
  • Entreprise du lieu, Pommery, Reims, France, organiser: Daniel Buren
2006
  • Big City Lab, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, organiser: Friederike Nymphius
  • On Mobility, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 59º Festival Internazionale del Film Locarno, Locarno, Switzerland 
  • Dresscode, Historisches und Voelkerkundemuseum (Borrower), St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • Femmes d'Europe, Saint Tropez, France
  • Alicia Framis. 8 de junio, las modelos libran. A Life in a Bag, Loewe 160 Years Anniversary, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
  • Fusión: Aspectos de la Cultura Asiática en la Colección MUSAC, MUSAC, León
  • INVIDEO, Milan, Italy
  • Victime de la mode-Fashion Victim, CRAC, Alsace, France
  • FASHIONS, Center of Contemporary Art in Leipzig, Germany
  • Secret Strike Tate Modern, Art Unlimited, Art 38 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
PROJECTS 2008
  • Not  For Sale, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
  • Nenes Amb Sort, Barcelona, Spain
  • Secret Strikes Rockeffeler Center, New York, USA
  • Woman Solo Shop, London, England

Michael Lin

EDUCATION
1993
  • MFA College of Design, Pasadena, USA.
1990
  • BFA Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, USA.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2007
  • Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain
2006
  • Eslite Gallery-Taipei, Taiwan
2005
  • Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain
  • Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
  • O2 ART 2, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawai, USA.
2004
  • Eslite Gallery-Taipei, Taiwan
  • Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA.
  • Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, USA.
  • PS1 Contemporary Art Center-Long Island City, USA.
2003
  • Palais de Tokyo, Site de Creation Contemporaine, Paris
  • Moroso Showroom, Milan
  • Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2002
  • Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
  • Den Hagg, City Hall, Stroom, The Hague, The Netherlands
  • Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
  • Palais de Tokyo, Site de Creation Contemporaine, Paris, Contemporaine
2000
  • Private Collection, Arstyl.com, Paris
1999
  • Here, It Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1998
  • Complimentary, Dimension Endowment of Art, Taipei, Taiwan
1996
  • Interior, It Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1994
  • Huh (Meander), It Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1993
  • After, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, USA.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2007
  • Through the painting, Special Projects, 2nd Moscow Biennale, Russia
  • Schaurausch, O.K.Centrum, Linz, Austria
2006
  • Collettiva, Galleria Cesare Manzo, Rome, Italy
  • Notre histoire..., Palais de Tokyo, Site de Creation Contemporaine, Paris, France, organisers: Nicolas Bourriaud and Jérôme Sans
  • Parcours de Saint Germain-Café de Flore, Paris, France
  • Surplus Value, Tang Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
  • New Space, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine
  • Once Upon a Time..., Contemporary Fairytale-ARCOS Museum, Benevento, Italy
2005
  • 8th Lyon Biennale, France, organisers: Nicolas Bourriaud and Jérôme Sans
  • About Beauty, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
  • The Elegance of Silence, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2004
  • The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
  • Floral Habitat, Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk, England
  • Odyssey, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
2003
  • Flower Power, Lille 2004, Palais des Beaux Art, Lille, France
  • The Fifth System, Shenzhen, China
  • Tiger´s Eye, Proud Gallery, London
  • Painting4, The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA, USA.
  • Cruzados, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain
  • Fundación NMAC, Cádiz, Spain
  • Chinese Contemporary Art/Subversion and Poetry, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Bibliotherapy (con Remy Markowitsch), Kuntsmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland
2002
  • Urgent Painting, ARC Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de París, France
  • Synthetic, Gallery Zurcher, Paris, France
  • How Big Is The World?, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
  • Gwangju Biennale 2002: Project 1: Pause, Conception, Korea
  • Asian Art Triennial, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  • International 2002, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
  • The Gravity of the Immaterial, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
  • Asian Vibe, Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castelló, Spain
2001
  • Bibliotherapy (with Remy Markowitsch), Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
  • Casino 2001, 1st Quadrennial of Contemporary Art, Stedelijk Museum voor
  • Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium
  • ARS 01: Unfolding Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
  • Egofugal: Fugue from Ego for the Next Emergence, 7th International Istanbul
  • Biennale, Turkey
  • 49th Biennale di Venezia, Italy
  • The Gravity of the Immaterial, Institute of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Festival of Vision: Berlin in Hong Kong, Tamar Site, Hong Kong
  • Sister Space Project, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, USA.
  • Very Fun Park: Contemporary Art From Taiwan, It Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
  • The Sky is the Limit, 2000 Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1999
  • Visions of Pluralism: Contemporary Art in Taiwan 1988-1999, China Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • Magnet Writing/Marching Ideas, It Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 1st Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial 1999, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
  • KHOJ '99: International Artists' Workshop', The British Council Gallery, New Delhi, India
1998
  • Tu Parles/J'Ecoute, La Ferme de Buisson Art Centre, Paris; Taiwan
  • Back from Home, Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, Taiwan
1997
  • It Park Group Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
  • Allegory and Simulacra, Gallery Pierre, Taichung, Taipei
1996
  • Perimeter 4, Gallery 456, New York, USA.
1995
  • Transitional Site, It Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1994
  • Conceptual Art Action Under Post-Martial Law, Gate Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Art and Text, National Normal College, Taipei, Taiwan
  • The Undescribable Unknown, It Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1993
  • Zuzuglich, Merz Akademie, Stuttgart, Germany
  • The 8th Annual Manifesto Night, Baroque Literary Arts Centre, Venice, USA.
1992
  • Sharon Lockhart/Michael Lin, Art Center, College of Design, Pasadena, USA.
1991
  • Earth, Scott Hanson Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
1990
  • Law of Desire, Future Perfect Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
  • Provisional Proof, Opus Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
  • Oltre il Muro, Accademia di Belle Arti de Brera, Milan, Italy
BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • Eugene Tang and Jason Wong, Island Life, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2007 
  • Mino Yutaka, Encounters in the 21st Century: Polyphony - Emerging Resonances, 21st, Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2005
  • Sabine Folie and Matt Gerald, Michael Lin, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, 2005
  • Lin Hong-John, Michael Lin, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2004
  • Shannon Fitzgerald and Frances Stark, Michael Lin, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, USA, 2004
  • Pauline J. Yao, Spaces Within, Installations by Michael Lin and Wu Mali, Asian Art
  • Museum, San Francisco, USA.
  • Jérôme Sans and Vivian Rehberg, Michael Lin's, Palais de Tokyo, Site de Creation Contemporaine, Paris, France, 2003
  • Rhana Davenport, Asia Pacific Triennial, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, 2002, p.70-73
  • Hou Hanru, Asian Vibe, Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castelló, Spain, 2002
  • Manray Hsu, Urgent Painting, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de París, p.86-89, 2002
  • Hou Hanru, ARS 01, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland, p.142-143, 2001
  • Mahoney Bronwyn, Egofugal, Istanbul Biennial, Turkey, p.128-129, 2001
  • Kao Cien-huí, Living CEI, Venice Biennale, Pabellón de Taiwán, 2001
  • Frances Stark, Complimentary, Dimension Endowment of Art, Taipei, Taiwan, 1998
ARTICLES (SELECTION)
  • Kanae Hasegawa, "Couleur Locale", Frame, Nº 52, September/October, 2006, p.70
  • Christophe Maout, "Lyon Grand Angle", Le Monde 2, Nº 84, September, 2005, p.58
  • Hanru Hou, Yishu_Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, spring, 2005, p.55-62
  • James Westcott, Nyartsmagazine, 22 December, 2004
  • David Spalding, FlashArt, October, 2004, p.126
  • "Michael Lin", Art Asia Pacific, nº 41, summer, 2004
  • Annette Tietenberg," Wallflowers", Form,197, July/August, 2004, p.36-43
  • Hughes, Jeffrey, Contemporary, Nº65, 2004, p.67
  • Lily Van Ginneken, "Made in Taiwan", Bloom, nº11, 2004, p.20-23
  • "L'image du mois", Beaux Arts Magazine, November, 2003
  • Judicael Lavrador, "Les Artistes s'etalent", Beaux Arts Magazine, 231, August 2003, p.82-89
  • Marie-Claire Maison, August, 2003
  • Bronwyn Mahoney, "Patterns of Thought: The Installation of Michael Lin", Yishu_Journal Of Contemporary Chinese Art, spring, 2003, p.82-85
  • Eugene Tan, "Liverpool Biennial, Pleasant Street Board School", Contemporary, nº 10, October, 2002, p.94
  • Sarah S. King, Art in America, June, 2002
  • ML, "The art of deco", Art Review, Vol.LIII, February, 2002, pp.50-51
  • Rhana Devenport, "The sky is the limit: Taipei Biennale 2000", Art AsiaPacific, nº 30, 2001, p.20-22
  • Barbara Casavecchia, "Taipei Biennale", Flash Art, vol. 33, nº 215, November/December, 2000, p.103
  • Ann Wilson Lloyd, "Reorienting: Japan rediscovers Asia", Art in America, vol.87, nº 10, October, 1999, p.104-111
  • Cecile Bourne, "Reviews: Taipei (Taiwan), Michael Lin", IT Park, Flash Art, vol.30, nº 194, May/June, 1997, p.124
  • Sophie McIntyre and Chia Chi Jason Wang, "Taipei in entropy", Flash Art, vol.29, nº 187, March/April, 1996, p.57-60