venue hire consultancy resources work with us learning & engagement chinese contemporary art collection chinese contemporary research network artistic opportunities job opportunities support us partners & sponsors make a donation corporate support trusts and foundations main navigation visit us what s on latest news at cfcca about our history contact site navigation use us venue hire consultancy resources work with us learning & engagement chinese contemporary art collection chinese contemporary research network artistic opportunities job opportunities support us partners & sponsors make a donation corporate support trusts and foundations 30 years of cfcca 2016 lu pingyuan gallery 2 5 august 16 october 2016 aaajiao gallery 1 19 august 9 october 2016 jasmine suite available for meetings and events cfcca shop books gifts apparel cards artwork mandarin corner next on 3 september 2016 30 years of cfcca centre for chinese contemporary art celebrates its 30th anniversary february july 2016 featuring artists xu bing cao fei lee mingwei tsang kin wah susan pui san lok gordon cheung rarekind china and yu chen wang in 2016 cfcca will celebrate its 30 year anniversary in manchester with a high profile exhibition programme spanning 6 months featuring some of the very best chinese contemporary artists of today . the anniversary programme will see cfcca collaborate with 30 prestigious artists curators and academics who have each previously contributed to the organisation at various stages of its 30 year history . this ambitious programme launched on 4 february 2016 to coincide with chinese new year ; year of the monkey . 30 years of cfcca stanley chow instangram 5 february 31 december 2016 part of 30 years of cfcca cfcca shop cfcca is proud to launch our new limited edition print shop with a series of exclusive works by celebrated manchester artist stanley chow . we originally worked with stanley chow in 2014 when we hosted the takeaway a retrospective of his work influenced by memories of his childhood . the exhibition and accompanying sale of his artworks was extremely well attended and a highlight of cfcca s programme . a window on new media in chinese contemporary art wednesday 28 september 6 8pm 3 to book click here cfcca presents a window on ... a series of talks that will provide an insight into contemporary chinese culture and visual art . the programme will be informed by manchester s status as european city of science 2016 and will explore the boundaries between art and science . the talks will be followed by chinese tea tasting provided by our partners proper tea . a window on ... new media in chinese contemporary art speaker mike stubbs mike stubbs director at fact liverpool will explore the use of new media in chinese contemporary art looking at the different technologies available and the artists working within and exploring these exciting and diverse new mediums . talk 6 7pm tea tasting 7 8pm aaajiao remnants of an electronic past 19 august 9 october 2016 preview thursday 18 august 2016 6 8pm gallery 1 this year manchester celebrates its position as european city of science 2016 . to mark this occasion cfcca s programme will explore the boundaries between art and science through the lens of chinese contemporary art . opening this programme is remnants of an electronic past a solo exhibition from shanghai based new media artist aaajiao . trained as a computer programmer aaajiao works extensively with new technologies through his work even his artist name comes from the handle of his online presence . through reproduction of sculptural elements to represent a digital graveyard aaajiao uses his own unique approach to contemporary technology to contemplate what happens to obsolete versions of software as technology moves forward asking the question where does software go to die lu pingyuan james stanley the seventh earl of derby 5 august 17 october 2016 preview thursday 4 august 2016 6 8pm click here to rsvp gallery 2 shanghai based artist lu pingyuan b. 1984 zhejiang province china writes stories as a way to express his artistic points of view . the stories are partly authentic and partly fictional often enigmatic and concerned with spiritual themes . his interest in the supernatural attracted him to the reports of mysterious sightings of a ghost seen by staff of the ye olde man and scythe pub in bolton and also captured on cctv . cfcca centre for chinese contemporary art cfcca is leading the uk in exploring the chinese century through contemporary art . contact us market buildings thomas street northern quarter manchester m4 1eu 44 0 161 832 7271 hello cfcca.org.uk newsletter subscriptionby subscribing to our mailing list you can keep informed about events and other developments at cfcca . first name last name email address we would like to share your email address with other arts council funded organisations with whom we programme our work so that they may keep you informed about the work that they do . please indicate in the fields below if you are happy for cfcca to share your data . i give permission for cfcca to share my data yes no view our privacy policy centre for chinese contemporary art ltd. incorporated in england & wales . no. 02137427 market buildings thomas st northern quarter manchester m4 1eu uk . registered charity no. 518992 website jonastbury.co.uk this site uses cookies more infono problem