Projects and exhibitions

Dr. Shiyu Gao, awarded Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Birmingham School of Art, has created a unique art exhibition Under the Cyber Eyes , exploring the role of surveillance and digital media in shaping contemporary Chinese art.

'Spirit Matters' is an exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, curated by Jiang Jiehong in the Chinese Centre for Visua...

The research investigates how Chinese contemporary art has increasingly become a popular method to help rejuvenate Chi...

This exhibition explored the meaning of shadow in different cultural contexts and determine, through contemporary art, ...

This exhibition was centred around the concept of harmony, specifically in response to the notion of Chinese Harmony a...

Taking part in the Guangzhou Triennial, one of the largest art events in China, the BCU team's curation of the theme 'U...

This exhibition explored the ideologies behind President Xi Jinping's notion of the Chinese Dream.

This exhibition aimed to cross international boundaries by introducing a Chinese audience to five British artists, who...

Professor Jiang Jiehong of the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts curated the biannual Thailand Biennale (2018)

Understanding the decline in traditional Chinese arts and culture amid the country’s rapid economic growth.

This project explored the artistic representation of dreams in different cultures, their socio-political meanings and ...

Projects and exhibitions

Under the Cyber Eyes

Spirit Matters

Art Diplomacy and Nation Branding: The Visual Politics of Re-inventing China

The Shadow Never Lies

Asia Triennial Manchester: Harmonious Society

The Unseen: The Fourth Guangzhou Triennial

This is Shanghai: An Exhibition of Urban Parallels

The Distant Unknown: Contemporary Art from Britain

Thailand Biennale Krabi 2018

Everyday Legend: Reinventing Traditions in Chinese Contemporary Art

I Hear Your Dreams: Contemporary Art from Norway