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Ullens center for contemporary art (UCCA)
Beijing, China
Architect: Jean-Michel Wilmotte
Missions: Conception - Positioning - Development managing - Architectural planning
Dates: 2008 — 2012
Pour Ullens center for Contemporary Art Conception, Jérôme Sans en charge du développement ainsi que du positionnement structurel, culturel et architectural à intégralement repensé l’institution.
De 2008 à 2012, Jérôme Sans a été directeur de l’UCCA, l’établissant comme la première institution culturelle privée en Chine et le modèle de nombreux projets de musées privés chinois. Jérome Sans a contribué à développer une nouvelle économie autour d’un programme ambitieux d’expositions et d’événements à l’échelle internationale avec entre autres Olafur Eliason & Ma Yansong, Cao Fei, Liu Xiaodong ou Erwin Wurm.
Il a collaboré avec l’architecte Jean-Michel Wilmotte pour redéfinir la structure du centre d’art en un espace d’exposition malléable, établie dans une ancienne usine des années 1950 inspirée du Bauhaus.
![Jérôme Sans - Apichatpong Weerasethakul](https://www.jeromesans.com/files/image/1/_sizes/768_image_10_image_fr.png?d=20240723170324?d=20240723170324)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, For Tomorrow For Tonight, poster of the exhibition, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing 2011-2012
![Jérôme Sans - Erwin Wurm, Narrow House](https://www.jeromesans.com/files/image/1/_sizes/768_image_11_image_fr.jpg?d=20240723170324?d=20240723170324)
Erwin Wurm, Narrow House, exhibition view, Narrow Mist, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2010
![Jérôme Sans - Olafur Eliasson, Ma Yansong, Feelings are facts](https://www.jeromesans.com/files/image/1/_sizes/768_image_12_image_fr.jpg?d=20240723170324?d=20240723170324)
Olafur Eliasson, Ma Yansong, Feelings are facts, 2010, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing © Photo: Sebastian Behmann
![Jérôme Sans - Peter Lindbergh, The Unkown, exhibition view](https://www.jeromesans.com/files/image/1/_sizes/768_image_13_image_fr.jpeg?d=20240723170324?d=20240723170324)
Peter Lindbergh, The Unkown, exhibition view, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2011
![Jérôme Sans - Tatsuo Miyajima, MEGA DEATH](https://www.jeromesans.com/files/image/1/_sizes/768_image_14_image_fr.jpg?d=20240723170324?d=20240723170324)
Tatsuo Miyajima, MEGA DEATH, 1999, LED, IC, electric wire, sensor, installation view, Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, 2011, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.
![Jérôme Sans - OUR FUTURE (entrance), exhibition view at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2008](https://www.jeromesans.com/files/image/1/_sizes/768_image_15_image_fr.jpg?d=20240723170324?d=20240723170324)
OUR FUTURE (entrance), exhibition view at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2008
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Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing (exterior)
![Jérôme Sans - Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing (restaurant by Michael Lin)](https://www.jeromesans.com/files/image/1/_sizes/768_image_17_image_fr.jpg?d=20240723170324?d=20240723170324)
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing (restaurant by Michael Lin)
![Jérôme Sans - OUR FUTURE: The Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation Collection](https://www.jeromesans.com/files/image/1/_sizes/768_image_18_image_fr.jpg?d=20240723170324?d=20240723170324)
OUR FUTURE: The Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation Collection (Wang Du), exhibition view at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2008
![Jérôme Sans - Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing (restaurant by Michael Lin)](https://www.jeromesans.com/files/image/1/_sizes/768_image_19_image_fr.jpg?d=20240723170324?d=20240723170324)
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing (restaurant by Michael Lin)
![Jérôme Sans - Yan Pei-Ming, Landscape of Childhood](https://www.jeromesans.com/files/image/1/_sizes/768_image_20_image_fr.jpg?d=20240723170324?d=20240723170324)
Yan Pei-Ming, Landscape of Childhood, 2009, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, Photo: Liang Cuo, Courtesy of the UCCA
![Jérôme Sans - Zhang Huang, exhibition view, Hope Tunnel](https://www.jeromesans.com/files/image/1/_sizes/768_image_21_image_fr.jpg?d=20240723170324?d=20240723170324)
Zhang Huang, exhibition view, Hope Tunnel, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2010