AboutAbout Shanghai Eye

Shanghaieye.net is the personal blog of Chris Gill.
A video with Shanghai Eye’s stuff in it.
To watch a video about Shanghai Eye on local TV (in English with Chinese subtitles) please click here.

A recent article in “Elle Premier” where I explain “we are all Shanghainese”
To view a selection of articles written for the international press on art in China, please go here. I write/have written for Vogue China, Rui magazine (China), The Art Newspaper, The Guardian, Interfax, Creative Review, Whitehot Magazine, That’s Shanghai, etc…
Exhibition history in China:
To view an online diary of my work in progress please visit my paintblog here
I have worked continuously in China since 1992. The main theme of my work is to create a visual diary of the changing society in China, using predominately multimedia.
In 2007 Shanghai Art Museum commissioned me to produce a visual essay about the city, called “City of Gold,” discussing the changes on the city and the people in it by the dramatic urbanization, industrialization, informationization and other modern issues.
The exhibition was held at the Shanghai Art Museum from November 17 to
November 26, 2007, and was seen by around 30,000 visitors.
My current studio is at the Weihai Road 696 art community in downtown Shanghai.
Solo Exhibitions

1995 Beijing Sanlitun solo exhibition (with Red Gate gallery)
1996 Beijing Shangdi economic development district solo exhibition
1997 Solo exhibition, Zhuqizhan Art Museum Shanghai
1998 Solo exhibition, Ying Yang Club Shanghai
2002 Solo exhibition, Casj Shanghai
2006 Solo exhibition, Yaochao gallery, M50, Shanghai “Be a better part of the collective consciousness”
2007 Solo exhibition (November), Shanghai Art Museum “City of Gold”
Group exhibitions

1992-1993 Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace)Beijing studio/exhibition
1994 Group exhibition. Old Tabernacle studios, South Shields, UK
1999 Group exhibition, Shanghart gallery, Shanghai
1999 “Dragon 2000″ group painting, old French club, Shanghai (with Zhou Tiehai, Ding Yi, ShangArt.)
1999 “Just 5 minutes” group exhibition, Eastlink gallery Shanghai (with Zhou Tiehai, Ding Yi, Shen Fan)
2000 “Surfing 2000″group exhibition, Shanghai Fine Arts University art gallery (with Pu Jie)
2001″Zero Point 21″group exhibition, Shanghai Normal University art gallery (with Pu Jie)
2007 “Contemporary Art Scene and Urban Workshops” 696 Weihai Road and Doland Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai. (40 artists, group project).
2008 “Stageback # 0” with Andy Guhl
2009 New Year event, Shanghai Opera School
2009 Intervention #3 Weihai Road studios open day
2009 Stolen Treasures of Modern China, Shanghart Beijing and Shanghai
Recent talks and lectures:
Institute for advanced studies, University of Western Australia
Fudan University Journalism School training for senior Chinese editors
Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club
Minsheng Art Museum Shanghai, hosted a talk with senior art world figures in China
Talks on Chinese contemporary art, for Shanghai Fine Art University, and Zhejiang University
Some articles about Shanghai Eye:

http://lifanzho.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!726f34b4a595b5b1!7194.entry
http://www.smartshanghai.com/blog/849/The_New_City_shanghai
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