MAO YAN 毛焰 Biography

Basic

1968	Born in Xiangtan, Hunan Province

Education

1991	Graduated from the Oil Painting Department, China Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing

Solo Exhibitions

(All

Selected)

2010	Mao Yan in Dufftown, 2010 Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Program, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
2009	Longing for More—Mao Yan Solo Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
2008	Art ChangSha, Hunan Provincial Museum, Hunan
	Maoyan Painting Exhibition, China Today Gallery, Belgium
2000	Maoyan Painting Exhibition, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
1997	Maoyan Painting Exhibition, Nanjing Pinge Art Guild, Nanjing
1992	The Drawing Works of MaoYan, Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts, Nanjing

Group Exhibitions

(All

Selected)

2020	New Look, Baiziting Art Center, Nanjing
2018	Flowing of Still Life, Thinking of Retreat: Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Programme - 12 Years from China, Hall D, West Bund Art Centre, Shanghai
2014	1960, Springs Center Art, Beijing
	Skin’s Literary Form, HE Duoling and MAO Yan 2014 Double Solo, Art Museum of Nanjing University of The Art, Nanjing
	Re-View, Opening Exhibition of Long Museum West Bund, Long Museum (West Bund), Shanghai
2013	The Garden of Diversion, Sifang Art Museum Inaugural Exhibition, Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing
	Limit: The Artists in the Studios, Golden Eagle Contemporary Art Center, Nanjing
	Portrait of the Times, 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
	Foundational Work II, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
	Face to Face, Portraits and Interiors, Chinese-Dutch Painting Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing
2012	Cultural Shanghai- A Return Oriented Towards the Future, 2012 Shanghai Gallery Alliance, Shanghai
	In Time-2012 Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
	Face, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
2011	Collecting History, China New Art, Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu
2010	Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
	The First China(Beijing) Contemporary Documenta Reshaping History-China from 2000-2009, China National Center, Beijing
2009	INAUGURAL EXHIBITION, Hadrien De Montferrand Gallery, Beijing
	In the 1980s-Wen Pulin Archive of Chinese Avant-garde Art Exhibition, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
	China Mania, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
	Sex & Love, Hadrien De Montferrand Gallery, Beijing
	Trends in Hubei and Hunan, Chinese Contemporary Art 1985 – 2009, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
2008	Asia in Harmony, The 23th Asian International Art Exhibition, UCITY Art Museum of GAFA, Guangzhou
	Case Studies of Artists in Art History and Art Criticism, SZ Art Center, Beijing
	Academic and Un-Academic II, Exhibition of Yibo Gallery, Shanghai
	Today's China, Belvue Museum, Brussels, Belgium
	Semiosis, The Square of China Gallery, New York, USA
	China: Construct and Deconstruction, The National Gallery of St. Paul Brazil, Brazil
	Correspondence, Qinghe Art Museum, Nanjing; No.10 Art Space Airport, Chengdu
2007	China's Neo Painting-A Triumph Over Images, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
	Look on Somebody's Trouble with Indifference, Kassel Central Train Station, Germany
	Transparent Situation, Tibet Museum, Lhasa
	The Form of Emotion, Danish Art Centre, Beijing
	Portrait's Zero-The Painting of Xia Xiaowan & Mao Yan, Aye Gallery, Beijing
2006	Flower?, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing
2005	Sick: Today's Art of Ours, Nanjing Art Museum, Nanjing
	The Second Triennial of Chinese Art, “1+1” Special Exhibition, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing
2004	Human Scenery, Anne Ning Fine Art, Hong Kong
	Portrayal, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai
	Poisonous-The Invitation Exhibition of Free Communication Book Store, Free Communication Book Store, Beijing
	The Metamorphosis- The Painting Show of Mao Yan & Liu Ye, Diya Gallery, Taiwan
	The Painting Show of Mao Yan & He Duoling, China Blue Gallery, Beijing
2003	New Generation and Post-revolution, China Blue Gallery, Beijing
	New Paintings, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai
2002	The Different Similarities, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
	Face to Face- Chinese Portrait Art Exhibition, Shanghai Jingwen Art Centre, Shanghai
	On the Edge of the Millennium-New Art From China, Goedhis Contemporary Art Centre, New York, U.S.A.
	Group Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Schoeni Art Gallery, Beijing
	Conceptual Images, 2002 Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition, Shenzhen Art Museum, Guangdong
	Paris-Pekin, Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
2001	Academic and Un-Academic, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai
	The Initial Image, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai
	Poster Exhibition of Chinese Avant-garde, Beijing; Shanghai; Guangzhou; Tokyo, Japan; Paris, France
	Abbild, Landes Art Museum, Austria
	Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu
	Towards a New Image, Twenty Years of Chinese Contemporary Painting, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou; Sichuan Modern Art Museum, Chengdu
2000	Phantom, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai
	Chinese Oil Painting in the 20th Century, National Art Museum Of China, Beijing; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
	Exhibition of Liu Haisu Museum's Collection, Liu Haisu Museum, Shanghai
	Mao Yan & Liu Yan, Contemporary Chinese Art Gallery, London, U.K.
1999	Gate of the Century:1979-1999 Invitation Exhibition of Chinese Art, Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu
	Fifty Years of Chinese Oil Painting, International Exhibition Centre, Beijing
	Gaze of a New Generation, Art Gallery of Beijing International Art Palace, Beijing
	1999 Chinese Art, Lime Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.
	Open the Channel, The Collection Exhibition of Dongyu Museum of Fine Arts, Dongyu Museum of Fine Arts, Shenyang
1998	Artworks by Mao Yan and Zhou Yiqing, Creation Salon, Suzhou
	Exhibition of Chinese Contemporar Artists, Liu Haisu Museum, Shanghai
	The First Exhibition of Upriver Gallery's Collection, Upriver Gallery, Chengdu
	East Meets East in the West, Lime Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.
1997	Shanghai Art Fair, World Trade Centre, Shanghai
	Beijing Art Fair, International Exhibition Centre, Beijing
	The Qualities of Portraiture-Mao Yan and Zhou Chunya, Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
	Chinese Modern Art Works, Hong Kong Conference and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
	100 Years of Chinese Portraiture, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
1996	Contemporary Art Association Invitation Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong
	Chinese Oil Painting Association Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
	1st Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
1995	Chinese Modern Oil Painting, Cooper Union College, ;Overseas Modern Newspaper Art Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
	Current Chinese Oil Painting, Feng Pingshan Museum, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
1994	The Annual Exhibition of Works of the Artists Nominated by Art Critics, National Art Museum Of China, Beijing
	The Second Chinese Art Exposition, Guangzhou
	Chinese Modern Oil Painting, Chinese-Japanese Friendship Guild Hall Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
	The Second Annual Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum Of China, Beijing
1993	1993 Nanjing Modern Art Exhibition, Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing
	The First Annual Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
1992	Biennial Art Show of the 90s, Exhibition Centre of the Central Hotel, Guangzhou

Collections

	M+Collection, Hong Kong
	Shanghai Now, Ausin Tung Gallery, Australia
	Yuz Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia