Yi Mengshan 01
200 x 128
Yu Youhan
Acrylic on canvas
2004

Yi Mengshan 02
200 x 128
Yu Youhan
Acrylic on canvas
2004

1943

Born in Shanghai

1973

Graduated from the Central Academy of Art & Design, Beijing

Lives and works in Shanghai

Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions

1999

Ah! Us, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai (solo)

1998

Yu Youhan, Gallery Sonne, Berlin, Germany (solo)

1997

15 Contemporary Chinese Artists, National Art Association, Portugal

Faces and Bodies of the Middle Kingdom, Chinese Art of the 1990`s, Galerie Rudolfini, Prague, Czech Republic ( cat.)

1996

Reckoning with the Past, Contemporary Chinese Painting, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, U.K. ( cat.)

Yu Youhan, Maison de la Chine, Paris, France (solo)

1995

Des Pais del Centre, Avantguardes Artistiques Xineses, Santa Monica Art Centre, Barcelona, Spain ( cat.)

Change - Chinese Contemporary Art, Konsthallen Goetaplatsen, Goeteborg, Sveden

1994

22nd International Biennial of São Paolo, Brazil  ( cat. )

1993-7

China's New Art Post - 1989, Touring Exhibition, City Hall/ Art Centre, Hong Kong; Marlborough Gallery, London, UK; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sidney, Australia; USA

1993-4

China Avant-garde, Touring Exhibition, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Kunsthall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Brandts Klaederfabrik, Odense, Denmark; Hildesheim Art Gallery, Germany

1993

XLV Biennale di Venezia, Italy ( cat. )

1992

Mao Goes Pop, China Post 1989, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia ( cat. )

1991

Materials, Beijing, Nanjing, Chongqing

The 1st Asia Pacific Triennal of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia

1989

China /Avantgarde, National Arts Gallery, Beijing (cat. )

1988

Moves towards "Pop Art", begins his "Mao" Series

Today, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai

1987

Inauguration Exhibition of the Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai

1986

Concave - Convex, Xuhui Cultural Centre, Shanghai

1985

Works on the "Circle" series

1979

First abstract works

Publications/Catalogues

Time (Magazine Cover), October, 1999

China's New Art Post 1989, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong, 1993

China Avant-garde, Edition Braus, Berlin, 1993