Tsunshan

TSUNSHAN 進珊 was born and raised in Hong Kong in 1956. He studied art and design in Hong Kong from 1974 to 1978 and then moved to London, where he graduated in 1981. During this time, he earned his living as a street portrait artist. He was awarded the Anna K. Meredith Scholarship and continued his education in painting and sculpture in Florence in 1981/1982. Since 1988 he has lived and worked as a graphic designer and artist in Switzerland.
Tsunshan lays bare his soul even before he makes his first brushstroke. He often does not have a preconception. Water and oil, pigment and sand... Tsunshan allows the forces of nature to channel his work. Even the tiniest gesture with the brush can be unexpected. A dot, a fleck of colour... is the artist in control or are there higher forces at work? Tsunshan accepts that he is more like a navigator of nature’s impulses than a predetermined artist. He does not work to a plan or fixed idea, but trusts that his art’s true meaning arises from the process of creating it.
He rarely knows where the painting is taking him and the results can be quite surprising. This does not mean his work is created by random impulses, but instead belies a subtle communication between the artist and Nature. They share a delicate coexistence which arouses different feelings and images in different people. The painting becomes a living creature which must be tamed by the observer.
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Solo Exhibitions
2019    Zähnteschüür, Oberrohrdorf, Switzerland
            Galerie Sonderwunsch, Baden, Switzerland
            Gemeindegalerie, Spreitenbach, Switzerland (Two-Person Exhibition)
1991    Galerie Contempo, Grenchen, Switzerland
            SKA-FORUM Zürich, Switzerland
            Baron de la Mouette, Zurich / Galerie Treffpunkt Kunst, Adliswil, Switzerland
            Galerie Treffpunkt Kunst, Adliswil, Switzerland
1990    Nürnberg 5 / Galerie Contempo, Nürnberg, Germany
            Galerie del’Arco, Murten, Switzerland
            Galerie Caroline Dohmen, Frankfurt, Germany
            Galleria Free Art, Turin, Italy
1989    Galerie im Hirschenmarkt, Lyss, Switzerland
            Galerie Contempo, Grenchen, Switzerland
            Galerie Zenit, Kopenhagen, Denmark
            Gluri Suter Huus, Wettingen, Switzerland (Two-Person Exhibition)
1988    Galleria Free Art, Turin, Italy
            Galerie Gigot, Grenchen, Switzerland
1987    Galleria Arco di Rab, Rome, Italy
            Studio 85, Neapel, Italy
1986    Galerie Zenit, Kopenhagen, Denmark
            Galleria Emicla, Gaeta, Italy
1985    Spazio G., Ravenna, Italy
1983    Spazio Uno Studio Arte, Maddaloni, Italy
1982    C.S.I. di G. La Pira, Florence, Italy
 
Group Exhibitions
2021    «REGIUNALA» Galerie Cularta, Laax, Switzerland
            «Body of the object as/in Art» Hong Art Museum Chongqing, China
2020    Gemeindegalerie, Spreitenbach, Switzerland
            «Kunst Schau 5430 – 2020» Gluri Suter Huus / Museum Eduard Spörri, Wettingen, Switzerland
            «#shutdownGR» Galerie Cularta, Laax, Switzerland
            «#shutdownGR» Kulturhaus HalloChur, Chur, Switzerland
2019    «Kunst Schau 5430 – 2019» Galerie im Gluri Suter Huus, Wettingen, Switzerland
            «35x35 Chinese Art Project» Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens, Greece
2018    «Kunst Schau 5430 – 2018» Galerie im Gluri Suter Huus, Wettingen, Switzerland
            «Artbox Talent» Artbox Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2016    «Un decennio di proposte e nuovi linguaggi visivi 1982-1991» Gaeta, Italy
1992    «Offener Raum – Espacio Abierto» Asturias, Spain – Aargau, Switzerland
1991    Nürnberg 6, Galerie Contempo, Nürnberg, Germany
            ART Moscow, Moscow, Russia
1990   Galerie Contempo Grenchen, Switzerland
            Nürnberg 5, Galerie Contempo, Nürnberg, Germany
1989    «Zurzeit –15 Jahre Spinnerei Wettingen» Wettingen, Switzerland
1988    Expo Arte Bari 88, Studio Oggetto / Galleria Free Art, Bari, Italy
            «Index», Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Paternò, Italy
1987    Studio Oggetto, Caserta, Italy
            Galleria 4 Gats / Galleria Ferran Cano, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1986    «Rapido Fine», Ferrara, Italy
            XXXI Mostra Nazionale d’Arte Contemporanea, Termoli, Italy
1985    Museo Casabianca, Malo, Italy
1984    Arte Fiera Bologna 84, Bologna, Italy
            «Intervento Omocromico» Milano, Italy
1983    «Intervento Omocromico» Gavina, Italy
1982    Galleria di Vittoria, Florence, Italy
            Studio Art Centre International, Florence, Italy
            Nuova Galleria Internazionale,  Rome, Italy
1981    London College of Printing, London, England
            Calais City Hall, Calais, France
1979    Wrexham City Hall, Wrexham, England