space
1997
Opening Galerie LUOHAN
1999
article in “L’Objet d’Art”, French art magazine about scholar furniture in China.
1999-2000
4 pieces are included in the Israel Museum collections (a sloping style cabinet, a bookshelf, a round leg table, a pair of zitan shoubeiyi chairs)
2001
exhibition at Galerie Louis Carré; “Spiritual Convergence” including a catalogue with an essay about the amazing matching of western modern art and classical Chinese shapes and spirit.
2003
preparation of a project to include rocks and paintings in the exhibition by Guimet Museum “Montagnes Célestes” at the Grand Palais, Paris, and writing of an essay positioning rock in Chinese art culture. The exhibition changing curator, rocks have not been included.
2004
a Zitan cabinet and a Ying Rock included in the collections of Asian Art Museum, Nice
2006
a root chair included in the collection of Asian Art Museum, Nice
2010
preparation of the project of an exhibition to be hold at the Nice Museum with Guimet Museum later abandoned.
preparation of an exhibition about rocks at Guimet Museum, with the curator Catherine Delacour. The exhibition has been on view from march to june 2012.
2013
conference on clouds in Chinese art at Musée Reattu Arles
2015
loan and installation of three big garden rocks for the exhibition “ Clouds” at Chateau du Rœulx in Belgium in the context of the “European Cultural Year” and writing of an essay about Clouds and Rocks in Chinese culture.
2016
a rock at Guimet, given by a customer.
writing of an essay on lacquer imperial furniture for Gugong to be joined to the Palace Museum collection of Chinese Furniture.
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