The existence of non-existence
"The Non-Existence" opens up multiple echoes about memory, time, and existence through an extremely restrained picture. In the painting, the woman sits with her back, her figure silently blending into the desk, with no face or complete body contours. However, it is in this absent appearance that a deep tranquility quietly permeates-her existence does not depend on the visible face, but on the slightly tilted shoulders, the posture focused on the pages of the book. And the light falling in the silence between the ends of the hair and the wooden table. The ordinary and almost unfamiliar scene elements form a soft memory trigger. The artist uses the back as a mirror and silence as a sound, allowing viewers to experience a psychological flow that transcends the picture between "seeing" and "being seen," "being present" and "absence"-what we ultimately gaze at, Perhaps it is the quiet moments in my own life that have never said goodbye but have always lingered.
Born in 1977 in Xinxiang, Henan, currently lives and works in Shanghai。
The works have been exhibited in many important academic institutions at home and abroad, including the National Art Museum of China, Nanjing Museum (Nanjing Triennale), Today Art Museum, Shanghai Art Museum, Southern Vision Art Museum, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing Times Art Museum, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Soka Art Center, Jiyixuan, Yian Gallery, etc., as well as in important art museums, art centers, galleries, and art fairs in New York, Prague, Madrid, and other places.
Solo Exhibition:
2024 Ringing: Wang Yaqiang's Detour and Depth SoArt Shanghai
2022 Tattoo specifications: Wang Yaqiang's works exhibition, Nanjing Visual Art Museum
2013 More or less-Wang Yaqiang Solo Exhibition Beehive Contemporary Art Center Beijing
Some group exhibitions:
2025 On paper, Baolong Art Museum, Shanghai
2023 It is recommended to read the exhibition in a way that looks at the woods: Magic Stone Space Beijing
2012 Dark Energy-A Metaphor for Mysterious Poetry Today Art Museum Beijing
2010 Renovation of History Today Art Museum Beijing
Invisible Wings Beijing Times Art Museum Beijing
2009
China Box-4th Prague Biennial Prague, Czech Republic Prague
The Encounter between Japan and China-The Contemporary Art Center of China and Japan in the 21st Century Shanghai
Miami International Asian Art USA
2008
Cute China Square Space New York United States
Asian orientation-3rd Nanjing Triennial Nanjing Museum Nanjing
Future Sky-Chinese Contemporary Young Artists Nomination Exhibition Today Art Museum Beijing
Time difference: The new force of Chinese contemporary art, Marji Gallery, Madrid, Spain
China Contemporary Art Collection Exhibition Shanghai Art Museum
