Biography:

Wang Luyan (b. 1956, Beijing) is an artist based in Beijing.

Wang participated in the 'Stars' exhibitions in 1979 and 1980. In 1985, he collaborated with ten artists, including Gu Dexin and Tang Pinggang, to organize the ‘Ten Persons' painting exhibition (Chaoyang Theatre, Beijing), which was cancelled by the authorities on its opening day. That same year, Wang, alongside other artists including Zhang Wei, Zhu Jinshi and Ma Kelu, to name a few, organized the ‘Seven Persons' painting exhibition at the apartment of an American journalist in Beijing. In 1988, Wang helped found the New Measurement Group, which featured works in the ‘China/Avant-Garde Exhibition’ held at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing (1989).

 In the early 1990s, the First Work of the New Measurement Group was displayed in the exhibition ‘Exceptional Passage’ (Fukuoka, Japan, 1991). The Second Work of the New Measurement Group was shown at the exhibition ‘China’s New Art, Post-1989’ (Hong Kong Arts Centre, 1993).

Wang has exhibited widely and recently had a solo exhibition entitled ‘The Saw Being Sawn’, held at Arario Gallery in Beijing and at OCAT Shenzhen’s He Xiangning Gallery in 2007.