This interview was conducted in Beijing on 15 July 2011.


Biography:

Ni Haifeng (b.1964, Zhoushan, Jiezhang Province) is an artist based in Amsterdam.

Ni Haifeng graduated from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now the China Academy of Art) in 1986. In the same year, he formed a group with his classmates and organized the exhibition ‘75% Red, 20% Black, 5% White’ at the Academy. The exhibition showcased experimental works the group had made using industrial materials, found objects and text.

After his graduation, Ni returned to his hometown of Zhoushan where he became an art teacher at a high school. During this period, he started his ‘Zero Degree writing’–where he wrote and drew numbers and symbols in outdoor and abandoned spaces.

Ni participated in the 'Garage' exhibition (Shanghai, 1991), ‘China’s New Art, Post-1989’ (Hong Kong Arts Centre, 1993) and the ‘China Avant-Garde Exhibition’ (Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Denmark, 1993). In 1994, he moved to the Netherlands. The artist continues to live and work in Amsterdam.


簡歷︰

倪海峰，1964年出生於浙江省舟山市。藝術家。

1986年畢業於浙江美術學院，同年與同學以藝術小組名義於美院內舉行《75%紅20%黑5%白》展，展出以工業材料、日常物品、語言文字作的實驗創作。畢業後回到舟山任中學美術教師，此期間他開始一種「零度寫作」，即在戶外或廢棄空間寫上大量數位及符號。

1991年參與在上海教育會堂舉行的《車庫展》。1993年參加在香港的《後八九-中國新藝術》及在柏林的《中國前衛藝術》展覽，1994年旅居荷蘭阿姆斯特丹，生活在當地至今。