TANG BOHUA 汤柏华
Born in Hunan Province, China in 1985
Lives and works in Dunhuang, Gansu Province China
The memories of Liuyang fireworks during childhood have led "The passage of time and moments of eruption" to become the subject of Tang Bohua's works. He has successively directed animated works such as The Country of Summer Insects and the Dunhuang residency project The Sunglow of Mogao, focusing on the significance of traditional cultural spirit in the present, the vitality of Eastern aesthetics, and the vivid character of Eastern ancestors in contemporary representation. He uses Dunhuang clay tiles, which carry memories of time and space, as a significant material in his works, establishing a dialogue between the present and the past through depictions of the universe and distant legends.
Tang Bohua graduated from the Printmaking Department of China Academy of Fine Arts. His main exhibitions include: Early Spring, GALLERY WHERE, Beijing, CN (2023); Fission, Guizhou Provincial Museum, Guizhou, CN (2022); Out of Ink: Interpretations from Chinese Contemporary Art, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (2019); Time Topology: Meet Sunglow in the West, Yuan Art Museum, Chongqing, CN (2017); Tang Bohua, SinArts Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (2016); Seeing Sunglow, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, CN (2016); Tidal Wave, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2015); B3 Biennale of the Moving Image, Frankfurt, Germany (2015); B3 +Beijing: Moving in Time, CAFA Museum, Beijing, CN (2015); On the Road, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, CN (2014); You Cannot Speak of Ice to the Summertime Bugs, MOUart, Beijing, CN (2014).
His animation work The Country of Summer Insects was shortlisted in the 60th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, the 24th Zagreb International Animation Film Festival, the 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival, the 7th Poland International Animation Film Festival, the 25th Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival and the 45th Tampere Film Festival.
EXHIBITIONS
A solo exhibition of Tang Bohua
5 MARCH - 5 MAY 2023 GALLERY WHERE (Qianmen Space), BEIJING