NuaBon

Username

NuaBon

Name

Nu'a Bön

Birth year

1969

Gender

male

Country

United States of America

Links

http://www.saatchionline.com/NuaBon

Education

Columbia University, New School for Social Research

Description

American painter, media artist, actor born on terra nullius in the South Pacific, 1969. Former art professor in China and later research fellow for a socially progressive NGO. Left China in 2008 after the massive earthquake in Sichuan destroyed his studio. In his paintings, autonomic mixed-media installations and video works, Nu'a Bön's art journeys through the intangible landscapes of imagination, dreams and memories. Bön has had recent monographic and group exhibitions in Beijing (Red Gate, Songzhang), Shanghai (Eastlink), Bologna (Arte Fiera), Chiang Mai (Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography), Pärnu (International Documentary Film Festival), Memefest, Milano (MiArt), London (Brunei Gallery–School of Oriental and African Studies, Hayward Gallery), Munich and Paris.