Xu Zhen
Selected Works
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Biography
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Xu Zhen was born 1977 in Shanghai, he lives in Shanghai
2009, Xu Zhen created "MadeIn Company" and works as MadeIn Company then, "Xu Zhen" being
a brand of that company
Education
1996
Graduation at Shanghai Arts & Crafts Institute
Texts
Xu Zhen, Feature in Parkett Magazine, June 2015 (pdf)
Risky Business, Barbara Pollack, ARTnews, December 2014 (pdf)
Mergers & Aquisitions, Colin Chinnery, Frieze, May 2014 (pdf)
The artist Xu Zhen, Aimee Lin, ArtReviewAsia, Spring/Summer 2013 (pdf)
ART, INC., Shanghai, Travis Jeppesen, Art in America, April 2013 (pdf)
Belief of Consciousness - Consciousness of Belief, Philippe Pirotte, 2011
From Xu Zhen to MadeIn, from Guerilla War to Sleeper Cell, Bao Dong, Leap Magazine, 04/2010 (pdf)
Chris Moore on MadeIn, 2009 (pdf)
First Take, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artforum, January 2007 (pdf)
Videos
Tate Shots, video by Tate Modern, London, about Xu Zhen:
VernissageTV, Xu Zhen at Art Basel Unlimited, 2019:
Art Basel Salon Talks, Xu Zhen Book Presentation, 2014: