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Shao Yan
Born in Wendeng, Shandong Province, China in 1962
Shandong Laiyang University, Fine Arts Department and Calligraphy Art Research Centre of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
Director of the Chinese Characters Art Centre; Deputy Secretary-General of Youth Calligraphy and Seal Cutting Committee (attached to the Ministry of culture); and Associate Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing
Living and Working in Beijing and Shandong Province, China
EXHIBITIONS (2000 – 2011)
2011
Run Ink, Shao Yan Solo Exhibition, Shanghai 800 Art Zone
The Art of Writing, International Calligraphy Exhibition, Art Forum Kurhaus Kolonnaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
No.1 Chinese calligraphy exhibition, Shanghai 800 Art Zone
Chinese ink painting No.1 Exhibition China, Shanghai Duolun Museum
21CN New Ink Art Ten Case, China Shanghai Duolun Museum
Situation of Chinese Calligraphy, Exhibition Gallery
3+3 Chinese calligraphy Exhibition, Singapore
From a native speaker of Chinese Contemporary Ink Painting Exhibition, Dongguan Lingnan Museum
The Chinese characters Art Exhibition, Yellow Mountain Art Zone, Taipei
Critics Nomination Exhibition, Qinhuangdao Museum
Contemporary Calligraphy Exhibition, Yang Ink Tang Art Museum, Nanjing
2010
Twenty China International Modern Calligraphy Exhibition, Yan Art Space Gallery, Beijing
Calligraphy exhibition, Nagoya Art Museum, Japan
Chinese Characters Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
The International Chinese calligraphy exhibition, Beijing
Shanghai Contemporary Art exhibition, Shanghai Duolun Museum
To order at the “Lanting Pavilion” Chinese calligraphy exhibition, Belgium
Chinese calligraphy, Sichuan 2010 Biennale
Art Basel Miami Art Fair, USA
International Art Fair, Dubai
The book of the book, China Hangzhou International Exhibition of calligraphy, Hangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Museum
Sleep, Chinese characters Art Exhibition, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Museum
Chinese painting – “Rivelli” Italian Exchange Exhibition, Museum of Art, Naples, Italy
2009
Waterfall, Shao Yan Exhibition, Zai San Gallery, Shanghai
Chinese Thinking, Nominated Artists exhibition, Songzhuang Museum, Beijing
Literati, First Chinese Ink painting Biennale, Beijing, Shanghai, Henan
The Third Abstract, Contrasts (Pearl Lam) Gallery, Shanghai
2008
Katyn, Supporting Chinese Contemporary Ink painting, Invitation Exhibition, Sweden
Seoul Art Biennale, South Korea
The writing traces of large format, Exhibition of abstract painting, Huang Chen Museum, Beijing
I am in It, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA
I am in It, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2007
Starting from Chinese Characters – Exhibition of Shao Yan’s Chinese Character Art, 3 Art Gallery, Beijing
Edge of 100, Chinese Ink Association’s Second Artists Invitation Exhibition, Beijing
Ring of colour, Chinese Contemporary Ink Painting Masters Invitational Exhibition, Shi Fang Museum, Henan
2006
The Chinese Art of calligraphy, One hundred outstanding works exhibition of the National Art Museum of China, Beijing
1976 – 2006 Chinese Ink Painting literature exhibition, Jiangsu Museum, Nanjing
China – Modern Calligraphy Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
Chinese Modern Calligraphy Invitation Exhibition, Huang Tie Museum, Beijing
2005
The First International Calligraphy Biennale, Seoul, South Korea
The book of the book, China Hangzhou International Exhibition of calligraphy, Hangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Museum
Lin Sanzhi Cup, National Calligraphy Competition, (and judge), Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing
2004
Chinese Characters as a Resource for Art, Sydney University, Australia
Chinese Characters Labyrinth, Group Ink Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Jiangsu Academy of Chinese paintings of modern calligraphy Nomination Exhibition, Nanjing, China
To Spread the Characters, International Modern Calligraphy Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
2003
South Korea-North Korea Calligraphy Biennale, Korea
Twenty years of the New Writing Experience of Chinese Characters, Art Commune, Hong Kong
International Modern Ink Art Exhibition, Xi’an Museum
China’s Big Book, Invitational Exhibition of Chinese Artists, Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing
2002
The First, Popular Calligraphy, Nomination Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing
2001
International Calligraphy Literature Exhibition, Taipei Art Museum, Taiwan
2000
China Art Festival Contemporary Calligraphy Invitation Exhibition, Nanjing
Ten Artist’s Calligraphy Exhibition, Today Art Museum (Xizhimen), Beijing
Five Artist’s Calligraphy Exhibition, Shandong Museum, Ji’nan
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Commune, Hong Kong
Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing
Chevron Corporate Collection, Beijing
H. Christopher Luce Collection, USA
Jizhenzhuang Art Gallery, Malaysia
Northern East Banking Group, Italy
Shanghai International Exhibition Centre, Shanghai
Today Art Museum, Beijing
University of Sydney, Australia