About 798 Avant Gallery

798 Avant Gallery was founded in October 2005 in New York City. The gallery’s mission is to seek out and promote artwork from the Chinese mainland. At present the gallery is working to develop the market for Chinese contemporary art. Until now many of these artists lacked consistent professional support to expose their art outside China. Because we have a variety of fresh work we have attracted attention from American and European buyers.     


798 Avant Gallery History

On October 10th, 2005, the gallery opened on 28th street in Chelsea, a world renowned district for art galleries. In 2006 the gallery moved down to 25th street where its neighbors included many of the world’s predominant art galleries. Since opening in 2005 the gallery has exhibited a new show of contemporary Chinese art every month. The variety of unique and high quality artwork exhibited has attracted collectors, curators, and art enthusiasts around the globe. At the same time the 798 Gallery has become a place for any one interested in contemporary Chinese art to meet and communicate.

798 Avant Artists

The 798 Avant gallery represents artists of multiple generations from the Chinese mainland. The gallery exhibits paintings, conceptual photography, works on paper, mixed media, sculpture and installation pieces. The 798 Avant gallery supports a number of younger artists as well as established artists. Thirty percent of the gallery’s stable artists were born after 1970. The gallery has a responsibility to support these younger artists and newer art. The 798 Avant gallery maintains a high standard of artistic quality and respects work that is innovative and experimental.

798 Avant gallery’s documented materials

The 798 Avant gallery produces an online catalogue of every solo exhibition. These catalogues serve as an easy way to provide people with access to many artists. Taken together they document the exhibition history of the gallery and serve as a testimony of contemporary Chinese art history.

For further information on 798 Avant gallery and its artists visit: www.798avantgallery.com