ShanghART, one of China's  premier independent galleries for contemporary art, was established in 1996. It was also among the first in the country when it opened. At the time, Shanghai was resurgent, a dynamic and cosmopolitan city and an ideal place to monitor and display the wide and compelling range of modern Chinese art.

ShanghART has since become one of the centers of the Chinese art world, a primary source for collectors and curators, and a central gathering point for everybody interested in contemporary Chinese art. ShanghART works now with in many museums and institutions in China and around the world, and the gallery participates in major international art fairs, including Art Basel and Fiac/Paris.

ShanghART moved in 1999 to its present location in Shanghai's Fuxing Park, where we organize most of our exhibitions and keep many works in stock. We also maintain a significant amount of documentation on Chinese art, for research and consultation. The gallery is open seven days a week.

In 2000, ShanghART expanded, taking over a warehouse and exhibition space near Suzhou Creek (Moganshan Rd), to host its growing collection of ever bigger works and installation pieces.

The group of artists represented by ShanghART likewise has kept expanding. Today, ShanghART works with, exhibits, promotes and supports more than thirty of Chinas most interesting and prominent artists.

On the following pages you can find a short introduction to 37 Chinese artists in alphabetical order. The artists belong to very different generations. Some were born in the 1940s and experienced all the tumult of Mao's revolutionary China. Some were born in the 1970s, into the worl of Deng's New China. And many were born in between, in the 1960s, a generation that knows of both ages without having been totally submerged in any.

The subject matter is equally diverse, as are the media. They work in ink, mixed media, oil, porcelain, photography, video, and even on the Internet. Some of the artists are already established names (e.g. more than 20 of our artists have participated in the Venice Biennale), while others have just started to exhibit and find their way. All of them excite us and keep us going.

The following pages offer a short overview. You can always find more information at our gallery or on our website - www.shanghart.com - which features thousands of works  by over 40 artists.

Shanghai, June, 2003