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LIMMI KSNOW GALLERY
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Contemporary Art Gallery
WU JIAN
Wu Jian was born in Qingdao, Shandong in 1977. He was admitted to the printmaking program at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1998. He is an art instructor at North China University of Technology and a professional artist. He currently works and lives in Beijing and Japan.
Wu Jian formally embarked on his career as a professional artist in 2010. His creative practice anchors in contemporary realities, evolving from social commentary toward spiritual introspection. His technique fuses classical and contemporary approaches, forming a distinctive artistic language. His works are held in collections by prominent collectors and museums both domestically and internationally.
Creative Inspiration
Spiritual Exploration and the Sacred in Microscopic Painting
Since 2021, Wu Jian has embarked on a microscopic exploration of painting, bringing artistic attention back to the authenticity of brushwork and inner contemplation. His practice is rooted in both technical tradition and personal experience. By extending the “floating white” process of oil tempera, he establishes a dense and refined classical foundation in his paintings. At the same time, drawing on his early academic training in Impressionist color decomposition, he introduces a heightened sensitivity to light and color, forming a painterly language that combines technical depth with a strong personal imprint.
Within contemporary painting discourse, Wu Jian situates his work between Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism. Rather than allowing emotion to erupt freely as in Abstract Expressionism, or reducing form to an extreme as in Minimalism, he seeks a balance between the two. His work retains the expressive and spiritual concerns of Abstract Expressionism while presenting them through a restrained, minimalist approach.
The repetition of brushstrokes creates a quiet sense of order, while the fluid movement of curved lines introduces warmth and vitality into the composition. The paintings thus possess both a rational structure and a sensuous presence. This balance allows Wu Jian to move beyond the constraints of stylistic categorization and to expand the expressive possibilities of abstract painting.
Inspired by a passage from the Gospel of Matthew—“I am gentle and humble in heart… and you will find rest for your souls”—faith plays an important role in Wu Jian’s artistic practice. Through soft and meditative brushwork, he translates the idea of “grace” into a perceptible visual language. The repeated brushstrokes resemble ripples in a spiritual field, visualizing the texture of grace. Within the quiet rhythm of the paintings, viewers may encounter a sense of calm and inner stillness.
Major Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2026 — Wu Jian: The Promised Land, Limmi Ksnow Gallery, Shanghai
2024 — Wu Jian: One Hundred Thousand Threads, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan
2024 — Formless · Awakening, Hisense Art Center, Qingdao, China
Group Exhibitions
2025 — The 81st Genten Exhibition (WEB Presentation), The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
2025 — International Contemporary Tempera Invitational Exhibition, Bonded Zone Art Exhibition, Beijing
2024 — Reality, Group Exhibition, White Art Gallery, Beijing
2024 — Beijing Contemporary Art Expo, Nuovo Gallery, Beijing
2023 — The Abstraction of Nature, Taixiang Art, Beijing
2022 — The Other Shore of May, New York, USA
2021 — Mountains and Rivers with You, Group Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
2021 — Post-Pandemic Art Ecology Exhibition, Shizhuzhai, Nanjing
2021 — Shenzhen Art Fair; Guangzhou Art Fair
2020 — VisionCode, Sino-German Cultural Exchange Foundation, Berlin, Germany
Works
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