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Yan Lei    (Chinese, 1965)

  Yan Lei - International Venue 008 (Paintings) h: 130 x w: 170 cm / h: 51.2 x w: 66.9 in
Yan Lei
International Venue 008 2001
 
  Yan Lei - International Venue 009 (Paintings) h: 130 x w: 170 cm / h: 51.2 x w: 66.9 in
Yan Lei
International Venue 009 2001
 
 

Biography
1965 Born in Hebei Province, China
1982 Graduated from Hebei School for Arts and Crafts
1991 Graduated from Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Zhejiang Province, China
Currently lives and works in Hong Kong and Beijing

Exhibitions
2006 "Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg ", Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
2006 "On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West", Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley Collage, Mussachusetts, USA
2006 "On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West", Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA
2006 Super Lights- Hong Kong, HK Art Centre & Gallery on Old Bailey, Hong Kong (solo)
2006 The Armory Show, New York
2006 Art 37 Basel, Switzerland
2006 One Work: Hong Hao and Yan Lei, Taikang Top Space, Beijing
2006 Xin Beijing Art Gallery First Exhibition, Beijing
2006 A Continuous Dialogue, Galleria Continua, Beijing
2006 MoCA Envisage, Entry Gate: Chinese Aesthetics of Heterogeneity, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
2005 Born in China, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York & London
2005 Guangzhou Triennale, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2005 "PICTORIAL DNA made in China", Galerie Urs Mesile. Lucerne, Switzerland
2005 "Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg ", Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
2005 "Super Light", Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland (solo)
2005 "CHINA: as seen BY CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ARTISTS", Provincia di Milano, Spazio Oberdan, Italy
2005 "On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West", Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, California, USA
2005 "A l'Ouest du Sud de l'Est - L'annee de la chine", CRAC centre regional d'art contemporain, Sète, France
2004 "Silknet", Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland
2004 "Winter Show", CAAW, Beijing, China
2004 "A l'est du sud de l'ouest", Crac - Centre National d'Art contemporain, Sète, France
2004 "Left Wing", Left Bank Community, Beijing, China
2003 "Alors La Chine", Centre Pompidou, Paris (25.6. - 13.10. 03), France
2003 50. Biennale di Venezia, Italy
2003 "Climbing Space", Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland (solo)
2002 Shanghai Biennale 2002, China
2002 "Cidades", the 25th Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2002 "Mirage", Suzhou Art Museum, Suzhou, China, curated by Gu Zhenqing
2002 "Pause", the 4th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
2001 "Polypolis Contemporary Art from South East Asia", Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany
2001 "City Slang, the First Annual Contemporay Art From Zhu Jiang Delta", the Gallery of Artist Commune, Hong Kong
2001 "Chengdu Biennale", Chengdu Biennale Museum, China
2001 "International Scenery", CAAW - China Art Archives & Warehouse, Beijing (solo)
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
1999 "Fast Forward - Video Art Exhibition from China, Hongkong and Taiwan", Macau Contemporary Art Centre, Macau
1999 "Unveiled Reality, Contemporary Chinese Photography", Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
1999 Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1999 Annie Wong Art Foundation, Hongkong
1999 "China Maze", Gallery OTSO, Espoo, Finland
1999 "Alleluia", Museum of Site, Hongkong (solo)
1998 "Images Telling Stories" (Beautiful like Materialism), the art Museum of Shanghai University, China
1998 "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, Hongkong and Taiwan, Hongkong Art Centre, Hong Kong
1993 "Post' 89 China New Art", Hongkong Art Centre, Hong Kong
1989 "China Avantgarde Art Exhibition", China Art Museum, Beijing, China
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