Yan Lei
CURRICULUM
Born in Hebei, China in 1965.
He lives and works in Beijing.
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Sparkling, Galerie Paul Frèches, Paris, France
Sparkling, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado, USA
2007
Dogzstar project, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy
2005
Super Light, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2003
Climbing Space, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2001
International Scenery, China Art Archives & Warehouse, Beijing, China
1999
Alleluia, Museum of Site, Hong kong, China
1995
Invasion, Beijing Junior Art Theatre, China
Group Exhibitions
2008
OUR FUTURE: The Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation Collection, cureted by Jérôme Sans, Guo Xiaoyan, Kate Fowle, UCCA, Beijing, China
Cina XXI secolo. Arte fra identità e trasformazione, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, Italy
2007
Ouverture, Galleria Continua / Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, France
12° Documenta, Kassel, Germany
10° Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
A Continuous Dialogue, Galleria Continua, Italy
2006
Mahjong, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
MOCA Envisage 2006, MOCA Shanghai, China
Art 37 Basel, Switzerland
Xin Beijing Art Gallery First Exhibition, Beijing, China
One Work: Hong Hao and Yan Lei, Taikang Top Space, Beijing, China
On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley Collage, Mussachusetts, USA
On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA
A Continuous Dialogue, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China
2005
Guangzhou Triennale, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Out of Sight, De Appel, Amsterdam, Holand
Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland
China: as seen by Contemporary Chinese Artists, Spazio Oberdan, Milano, Italy
Competition, The CourtYard Gallery, Beijing, China
PictoriaI DNA made in China, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, California, USA
2004
A l’est du sud del l’ouest, Crac - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Sète, France
Beyond boundaries, 3 of Band, Shanghai, China
Open Sky, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2003
50. Biennale di Venezia, Italy
Alors La Chine, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Left Wing, Left Bank Community, Beijing, China
The Fifth System: Public Art in the Age of Post-Planning —5th Shenzhen Contemportary Sculpture Exhibition, Hexiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen 2002
Cidades, the 25th Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Guangzhou Triennal, Guangzhou, China
Pause, the 4th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
2001
Polypolis Contemporary Art from South East Asia, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany
City Slang, the First Annual Contemporay Art From Zhu Jiang Delta, the Gallery of Artist Commune, Hong Kong, China
Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Biennale Museum, China
2000
Unusual & Usual Contemporary Art Exhibition, Yuangong Modern Art Museum, Shanghai, China
1999
The Contemporary Art Exhibition China, Korea and Japan, the Museum of Pusan University, Korea
Fast Forward - Video Art Exhibition from China, Hongkong and Taiwan, Macau Contemporary Art Centre, Macau, China
Unveiled Reality, Contemporary Chinese Photography, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Annie Wong Art Foundation, Hong kong, China
China Maze, Gallery OTSO, Espoo, Finland 1998
Images Telling Stories, (Beautiful like Materialism), the art Museum of Shanghai University, China
It's me, Tai Temple of the Forbidden City, Beijing, China
1997
New Asia, New City, New Art '97, China - Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum, China
1996
Phenomenon and Image, the Gallery of Zhejing Academy of Fine Arts, China 1995
Post' 89 China New Art Exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
1994
Exhibition of Contemporary Photography from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Hong kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, China
1993
Post' 89 China New Art, Hong kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, China
1989
China Avantgarde Art Exhibition, China Art Museum, Beijing, China
