XIAO YU

Born 1965, Inner Mongolia, China

Lives and works in Beijing, China

 

EDUCATION

1989, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, B.F.A. (Mural Painting Department)

 

ONE-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS:

2012 Kung Fu, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, June 16–July 16, 2012.

2011 Scenery, aye gallery, Beijing, July 17–September 2, 2011.

2010 Xiao Yu: Turn Around, Beijing Commune, Beijing, June 16–August 26, 2010.

2008 Who cares whose seed it is! It’s my pregnancy., aye gallery, Beijing, November 1, 2008–January 15, 2009.

2007 A Drama of Materialistic Objects: One World, Cold or Warm, Arario Beijing, Beijing

         Excision and Narrative, dARTex The Danish Art Exchange, Beijing

         Changes in Secret, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, June, 2006.

1994 One of Xiao Yu's Performances in 1994: Search for a Spouse, Beijing TV Station, Beijing

 

Solo Exhibitions of POLIT-SHEER-FORM:

2011 We are Polit-Sheer-Form, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, May 20–July 3, 2011.

2009 TUFU, KONGFU, POLIT-SHEER-FORM, Beijing Commune, Beijing, August 15–September 8, 2009.

2008 Library, Beijing Commune, Beijing, September 28–November 15, 2008.

2007 Polit-Sheer-Form Office in Shanghai, BizArt Art Center, Shanghai, December 21–27, 2007.

2006 Only One Wall, Artspace Visual Arts Center, Sydney, Australia, February 9–March 4, 2006.

2005 Only One Wall, Beijing Commune, Beijing, September 3–October 10, 2005.

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2012 Oxfam GROW Food Justice Global Campaign China Launch Ceremony: Food Art Exhibition,
        PIFO New Art Gallery

2011 Guanxi: Contemporary Chinese Art, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou Today Art Museum

         Micro Life, Soka Art Center, Beijing, June 25–August 7, 2011.

         Four People Four Ways, PIN Gallery, Beijing, July 9–September 10, 2011.

         Unexpected Issues, Art Channel, Beijing, September 3–October 16, 2011.

         I Believe that... - Chinese Contemporary Art in Songzhuang, Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing,

         Untitled, Chunchi Gallery, Beijing, October 29–December 29, 2011.

2010 Jungle: A Close-up Focus on Chinese Contemporary Art Trends, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute,      Beijing

         Convection: Dafen International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Dafen Art Museum, Shenzhen

         Great Performances, The Pace Gallery, Beijing, Beijing, August 28–December 10, 2010.

         Ningbo: Exhibition of China Contemporary Painting, Ningbo Museum of Art, Ningbo

2009 Chinetik, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland, February 11–April 19, 2009.

         The Tale of Angels: Group Show at The Red Mansion Foundation, The Red Mansion Foundation,
         London, UK

         Body, Center of Contemporary Art ShangDong, Nanjing, March 31–May 31; Wan Shengyuan International
         Art Exchange Center, Beijing

         Blank 2009 Beijing – Making Lives, Medium Art Center, Beijing, October 24–November 24 2009.

         2009 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Shenzhen

2008 Art and Capital: Spiritual Odyssey, Gallery Loop, Seoul, Korea, February 1–29, 2008.

         Consumption of History, East Asia Contemporary, Shanghai, March 29–April 30, 2008.

         New World Order: Contemporary Installation Art and Photography from China, Groninger Museum,
        Groningen, Netherlands

         Catharsis Themed Art Exhibition, LDX Contemporary Art Center, Beijing

         Subtlety, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, August 30–October 12, 2008.

         Life? Biomorphic Forms in Sculpture, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria

2007 Emotion Aesthetics, dARTex, Beijing, April 21–May 13, 2007.

         Possibility: Lu Hao, Wang Yin, Xiao Yu, Yang Maoyuan, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai

         Arrogance and Romance: The Inaugural Exhibition of Ordos Art Museum, Ordos Art Museum,
        Inner Mongolia

         Wild Beasts – The Chinese Expression of Animal Art, Mook Gallery of Contemporary Art

         Exhibition of Contemporary Art for the 15^th Anniversary of Sino-Korean Exchange,
        Xiaopu Stage Museum, Beijing

2006 Size Decides Attitude: The First 5 x 7” Picture-Taking Biennale Exhibition, Pingyao, Shanxi

         The Chain – Contemporary Art Exhibition, REDe Gallery, Changsha, November 1–30, 2006.

         Art Node: The Collection Exhibition of Tan Guo Bin’s Contemporary Art Museum, Tan Guo Bin’s
        Contemporary Art Museum, Changsha

         In Person”, Songzhuang, Beijing

2005 Mayfly, Beijing Commune, Beijing, June 25–August 10, 2005.

         Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland

         New, Boundless”, Zhaoweihuadeng Plaza, Beijing

         Clue—Fang Lijun, Wang Yin, Xiao Yu, Yang Maoyuan group show, White Space Beijing, Beijing

         Conspire: The 1st Exhibition of TS1 Contemporary Art Center, TS1 Contemporary Art Center, Beijing

         City Skin – Images of the Contemporary Metropolis, Tap Seac Gallery, Macao; Shenzhen Museum of Art,
          Shenzhen

2004 Is It Art? An Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Noanoa Center & Shaanxi Provincial Art Museum, Xi’an

         Undercurrents--Contemporary Video Art From China”, Zehdenicker Strasse 12A, Berlin-Mitte, Germany

         2004 Shanghai Biennale: Techniques of the Visible, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai

         Multiple -- Community in the Imagination, Crystal City Club, Tianjin, October 5–30, 2004.

2003 Junction: Architectural Experiment of Chinese Contemporary Art, Lianyang Architecture Art Museum,                      Shangha

         Alors, la Chine?, Centre Pompidou, Paris, June 25–October 13, 2003.

         Distance: The Guangdong Museum of Art Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition,Guangdong Museum
        of Art

         Second Hand Reality, Today Art Museum, Beijing, September 17–October 16, 2003.

         Left Hand, Right Hand: A Sino-German Exhibition of Contemporary Art, 798 Art Space, Beijing

         The Villa Art Museum: Concepts in Situ, Sanhe Art Center, Beijing, September 21–October 21, 2003.

         City_net Asia 2003, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, November 14–December 14, 2003.

2002 W.X.Y., China Art Archives & Warehouse, Beijing

         Run Jump Crawl Walk, The East Modern Art Center, Beijing, April 28–May 12, 2002.

         Too Much Flavour: An Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, 3H Art Center, Shanghai, July 6–20, 2002;              avant-garde @ hakaren, Singapore, August 21–September 3, 2002.

         Transformation, One world art center, Beijing,

         Attitude, Idea Field, Beijing, December 15, 2002.

         Inside and Between. Communication and Identification in Contemporary Art, Kaliningrad State Art Gallery,                Kaliningrad, Russia

         When It Rains It Pours, ddm warehouse, Shanghai

2001 La Biennale di Venezia 49, Venice, Italy, June 10–November 4, 2001.

         Weightlessness, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany, October 16–November 14, 2001.

        “New starting point“, Artist Warehouse, Beijing

2000 Contemporary Art Exhibition: A Hurtful Infatuation”, Beijing

        “The Ache: Wang Yin, Xiao Yu, Yang Maoyuan Works Exhibition”, Beijing Museum of Design, Beijing

         The 5th Lyon Biennial of Contemporary Art, Halle Tony Carnier, Lyon, France

         Documentation of Chinese Avant-Garde Artists in 90s, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

         Fuck Off, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, November 4–20, 2000.

         About Me -- Chinese Experimental Photography, New Vision Gallery, Shanghai,The Art Museum of
         Yunnan Art Institute, KunmingKunming Upriver Gallery

1999 Post-Sense Sensibility: Alien Bodies & Delusion, Shaoyaoju, Beijing, January 8, 1999.

         Young Chinese Contemporary Art, Odden Ladegaard, Denmark, June 5–September 14, 1999.

1998 Counter-Perspectives: The Environment and Us, Beijing

1996 Alliance, Art Exhibition of the Graduates in the 80s-90s from the Central Academy of Fine Arts”, China                     National Art Gallery, Beijing

1987 Walking Towards the Future Painting Exhibition”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing

 

AWARD:  2000 CCAA Award (Overall Prize Winner), Beijing