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Mao Yan
Born in Hunan, in 1968
Graduated from The Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, B.F.A. in 1991
Living and Working in Nanjing
EXHIBITIONS
2013
Mao Yan Solo Exhibition, Pace Gallery, Beijing
2012
Ethos, Mao Yan Solo Exhibition, ART & PUBLIC, Geneva, Switzerland
The Image Behind the Image – Jorg Immendorf & Mao Yan Dual Exposition, Art Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland, Displayed by Art & Public
N Time – 2012 Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, China Arts Museum, Beijing
Face, Survey of Contemporary Chinese Portraiture, Minsheng Arts Museum, Shanghai
In Painting, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei
2011
Mao Yan Works on Paper, Solo Exhibition, Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery, Beijing
Collecting history: New Art in China, Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu
Growing Up, Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai
2010
Mao Yan in Duftown, Solo Exhibition, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, The Official Opening of Minsheng Arts Museum, Shanghai
The First China Contemporary Documenta
Re-shaping History – Chinart from 2000 to 2009, China National Center, Beijing
2009
Longing for More, Mao Yan Solo Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, China
Sex & Love, Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery, Beijing
Phenomena and situation since 1985: Trends in Hubei and Hunan Chinese Contemporary Art 1985- 2009, Guangdong Art Museum, China
China Mania, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
2008
Mao Yan, Solo Exhibition, China Today Gallery, Belgium
Art ChangSha, Hunan Provincial Museum, Hunan
Correspondence, Qinghe Art Museum, Najing & NO.10 Art Space Airport, Chengdu
China: Construct And Deconstruction, The National Gallery of St.Paul Brazil
Semiosis, The Square of China Gallery, New York
Academy and Non-academy II, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai
The 23rd Asia International Fine Art Exhibition, Guangzhou
Artists in Art Criticize, Saint Space, Beijing
Today’s China, Beivue Museum, Belgium
2007
Portrait’s Zero — The Painting of Xia Xiaowan & Mao Yan, Aye Gallery, Beijing
The Form of Emotion, Danish Art Centre, Beijing
Transparent Situation, Tibet Museum, Lhasa
China’s Neo-Painting — A Triumph Over Images, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Look on Somebody’s Trouble with Indifference, Kassel Central Train Station, Germany
2006
Flower, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing
2005
The Second Triennial of Chinese Contemporary Art, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing
2004
The Painting of Mao Yan and He Duoling, Chinablue Gallery, Beijing
The Metamorphosis—The Painting Show of Mao Yan and Liu Ye, Diya Gallery, Taiwan
Poisonous—The Invitation Exhibition of Free Communication Book Store, Free Communication Book Store, Beijing
Portrayal, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai
Human Scenery, Anna Ning Fine Art, Hong Kong
2003
New Paintings, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai
New Generation and Post-revolution, China Blue Gallery, Beijing
2002
Group Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Artists, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
On the Edge of the Millennium—New Art From China, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York
Face to Face — Chinese Portrait Art Exhibition, Shanghai Jingwen Art Centre, Shanghai
Paris — Pekin, Espace Cardin, Paris
The Image of Idea, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen
The Different Similarities, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2001
Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Modern Art Museum
ABBILD, Landes Art Museum, Austria
Poster Exhibition of Chinese Avant-garde, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, China; Tokyo, Japan; Paris, France
The Initial Image, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai
Academy and Non-academy, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai
Towards a New Image – Twenty Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting, National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Shanghai Art Museum; Sichuan Provincial Art Museum, Guangdong Provincial Art Museum
2000
Mao Yan, Solo Exhibition, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
Exhibition of Liu Haisu Museum’s Collection, Shanghai
Mao Yan & Liu Ye, Contemporary Chinese Art Gallery, London
Chinese Oil Painting in the 20th Century, National Art Museum of China, Beijing and Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Phantom, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai
1997
Mao Yan, Solo Exhibition, Nanjing Pinge Art Guild
1992
The Drawing Works of Mao Yan, Solo Exhibition, Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts