--ABOUT--

Established by Shanghai Zendai Group in 2005, the Himalayas Museum (formerly known as Shanghai Zendai MoMA) is a privately-funded, non-profit art institute focusing on art exhibition, education, collection, research and academic exchanges. With vision and an open mind, the museum plays an active role in promoting cultural and art developments, exploring new patterns for museums in the context of the contemporary society, discovering new art forces, and promoting communication and collaboration between China and abroad and among different disciplines to showcase and interpret eastern values and spirit with a contemporary touch.

Located at the Himalayas Center, a new landmark in Shanghai designed by Arata Isozaki, the new site of the museum was open to public in 2012. Boasting world-class facilities and the highest level of expertise, the museum is committed to furthering the development of art in terms of both breadth and depth, to making art more accessible to the general public and to cultivating a new generation of audiences.

Other than the main space in Pudong, the museum also has two branch spaces. Zendai Contemporary Art Space is located at Wuwei Creative Park in northeast Shanghai. Covering an area of 2,000sqm, the space consists of galleries and artist studios, and focuses on the study and exploration of experimental and avant-garde art.

Zendai Zhujiajiao Art Museum is located at Zhujiajiao town, a picturesque watertown in southeast of Shanghai suburb. Covering an area of 400sqm, the 2-storeyed art museum consists of en-suite artist studios, galleries and a conference room. The museum runs an artist-in-residence programme and organizes a variety of public art programmes targeting at local community.

Shanghai Himalayas Museum aims to carve out an open platform to better communicate with artists, institutes and the public both at home and abroad, and to search for new possibilities within the new global context. To achieve this goal, in addition to the close attention paid to Chinese art and culture scene, the museum attaches particular importance to cross-country cultural and art exchanges. Since the establishment in 2005, the museum has presented over 50 international art and cultural exchange projects.

Since 2011, the museum has presented a series of international art projects including “Designing Design / The Exhibition of Kenya Hara in China 2011”, “Tony Cragg: Sculptures and Drawings”, Ink Art Exhibition Series, “Ateliers – Ofer Lellouche Solo Exhibition” and 2014 John Moores Painting Prize (China) Exhibition. In the meantime, the museum has also made an effort to promote Chinese art on the international stage. It participated in Marrakech Biennale, the Liverpool Biennial and Gwangju Biennale. For late 2014 and early 2015, solo exhibitions of Sean Scully and Michael Craig-Martin will also be staged at the museum.