Education
1991
Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing

Solo Exhibition
2010
“Mao Yan in Dufftown”, ShanghART, Shanghai, China
2009
“Longing For More——Mao Yan Solo Exhibition”, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2008
“Mao Yan”, Solo Exhibition, ChinaToday Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
“Art Changsha”, Hunan Provincial Museum, Hunan, China
2000
“Mao Yan”, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1997
“Painting by Mao Yan”, Pingge Gallery, Nanjing, China
1992
“View and Emulate - Drawing Works of Mao Yan”, Nanjing Art Academy, China

Group Exhibition
2010
“Photo Exhibition of Contemporary Artists”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Contemporary Drawing Fair 2010 in Paris”, Paris, France
“Erotic Exhibition “, Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery, Beijing, China
“Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art.on Painting (1979-2009)”, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
“RESHAPING HISTORY-Chinart from 2000 to 2009”, China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
“Passing territory: Chinese and Foreign Masters Fine Print Exhibition”, 798Art Bridge Gallery, Beijing, China
“China Expressionism”, Museum Of Contemporary Art Beijing, Beijing, China
2009
"Inaugural Exhibition", Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery, Beijing, China
“Choir” Art Works Exhibition, F518 Baoyuan RD, Bao’an Central District, Shenzhen, China
“Mao Yan and He Duoling Works Exhibition”, CHINABLUE Gallery in Yan-Huang Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Shanghai Art Fair 13th Edition 2009”, ShanghaiMart(No. 99 Xingyi Road), Shanghai, China
“Trends in Hunan and Hubei——Hubei and Hunan Contemporary Art Exhibition 1985-2009”, Guangzhou Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
“CHINAMANIA”, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Arken, Denmark
“Contemporary Edge—Contemporary Artists Printmaking Works Group Exhibition”, Chongqing Jiangshan Art Museum, Chongqing, China
“Nanjing Mu Fushan Group Exhibition”, Nanjing, China
“Retrospection and Expectation——Hunan Art Results since New China Exhibition”，Changsha Bamboo Script Museum, Changsha, Hunan
“Miami Art Fair”, Miami, U.S.A.
2008
“China: Construction, Deconstruction--Chinese Contemporary Art”, Sao Paulo Museum of
Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil
“Today’s China”, Belvue Museum, Brussels, Belgium
“CIGE 2008” China International Trade Centre, Beijing, China
“The 23th Asia International Fine Art Exhibition”, Guangzhou, China
“Artists in Art Criticize”, Saint Space, Beijing, China
“Semiosis”, The Square of China Gallery, Newyork, USA
“Correspondence”, Qinghe Art Museum, Nanjing, China
“Correspondence”, No.10 Art Space Airport. Chengdu, China
“Academy and Non-academy II”, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China
2007
“Art Beijing 2007 Contemporary Art Fair”, National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
“CIGE 2007", China World Trade Center, Beijing, China
“Art Changsha”, Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha, China
“Portrait’s Zero -The Painting of Xia Xiaowan & Mao Yan”, Aye Gallery, Beijing, China
“The Form of Emotion”, Danish Art Centre, Beijing, China
“Transparent Situation”, Tibet Museum, Lhasa, China
“New Painting - Anti-form”, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
“Look on Somebody’s Trouble with Indifference”, Kassel Central Train Station, Kassel, Germany
Beijing
“Transparent Situation”, Tibet Museum, Lhasa
“New Painting—Anti-form”, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
“Look on Somebody’s Trouble with Indifference”, Kassel Central Train Station, Germany
2006
“Contemporary Oil Painting Collectors Event”, Aye Gallery, Beijing, China
“Summer Time, Sharing Art”, Aye Gallery, Beijing, China
“Chains”, REDe Gallery, Changsha, China
“Art Node: 2006 Contemporary Art Collectors’ Exhibition”, Tan Guobin Art Museum,
Changsha, China
“Flower?”, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China
2005
“Sick: Our Art Today”, Nanjing Art Museum, Nanjing, China
“The Second Triennial of Chinese Contemporary Art”, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China
2004
“The Painting Show of Mao Yan and He Duoling”, Chinablue Gallery, Beijing, China
“The Metamorphosis̶The Painting Show of Mao Yan and Liu Ye”, Diya Gallery, Taipei,
Taiwan
“Poisonous̶Invitational Exhibition of Free Communication Book Store”, Free
Communication Book Store, Beijing, China
“Portrayal”, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Human Scenery”, Anna Ning Fine Art, Hong Kong, China
2003
“New Paintings”, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China
“New Generation and Post-revolution”, Chinablue Gallery, Beijing, China
2002
“Group Exhibition of Contemporary Artists”, Schoeni Art Gallery, Beijing, China
"On the Edge of the Millennium-New Art From China", Goedhuis Contemporary, New York,
U.S.A.
“Face to Face - Chinese Portrait Art Exhibition”, Shanghai Jingwen Art Centre, Shanghai,
China
“Paris - Pekin”, Pierre Cardin Museum, Paris, France
“The Image of Idea”, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
“The Different Similarities”, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2001
“Towards a New Image - Twenty Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting”, National Art
Museum of China, Beijing , Shanghai Art Museum , Sichuan Provincial Art Museum ,
Guangdong Provincial Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
“Academic and Non-academic”, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Poster Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Artists”, Beijing , Guangzhou , Shanghai,
China , Tokyo, Japan , Paris, France
“Initial Image - Contemporary Art on Paper”, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China
“ABBILD", Landes Art Museum, Landes, Austria
“Chengdu Biennial”, Chengdu, China
2000
“Exhibition of Liu Haisu Museum’s Collection”, Shanghai, China
“Mao Yan & Liu Ye”, Modern Chinese Art Gallery, London, U.K.
“Chinese Art in the Twentieth Century”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing , Shanghai
Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
“Magical Image”, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China
1999
“Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition”, San Francisco, U.S.A
“Collective Exhibition of Dongyu Museum of Fine Arts”, Shenyang, China
“Sharp New Sight”, International Yiyuan Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Fifty Years of Chinese Oil Painting”, Beijing, China
“Shanghai International Art Exposition”, Shanghai, China
“Gate of the Century 1979 -1999”, Chinese Art Invitation Exhibition”, Contemporary Art
Museum, Chengdu, China
1998
“East Meets East in the West”, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.
“Chinese Contemporary Artists League Exhibition”, Shanghai, China
“Mao Yan & Zhou Yiqing Painting Exhibition”, Suzhou, China
“The First Exhibition of Upriver Gallery’s collection”, Upriver Galley, Chengdu, China
1997
“100 Years of Chinese Portraiture”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
“The Qualities of Portraiture - Mao Yan & Zhou Chunya”, National Art Museum of China,
Beijing, China
“Beijing Art Fair”, Beijing International Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China
“Shanghai Art Fair”, Shanghai World Trade Centre, Shanghai, China
“Chinese Modern Artists”, Hong Kong Conference Centre, Hong Kong, China
1996
“Shanghai Art Biennial”, Shanghai, China
“Chinese Oil Painting Association Exhibition”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
“Contemporary Art Association Invitation Exhibition”, National Art Museum of China,
Beijing, China
“Contemporary Art Association Invitation Exhibition”, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hongkong, China
1995
“Current Chinese Oil Painting”, Hong Kong University, Feng Pingshan Art Museum, Hong
Kong, China
“Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition”, Cooper Union College, Los Angeles,
Press Gallery, New York, U.S.A
1994
“The 2nd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
“Exhibition of Works Selected by Art Critics” National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
“Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition”, Sino-Japan Friendship Art Gallery, Tokyo,
Japan
“The 2nd Chinese Art Fair”, Guangzhou, China
1993
“Asian Art Expo”, Hong Kong, China
“The 1st Chinese Oil Painting Biennial”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
“Nanjing Modern Art Exhibition”, Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing, China
1992
“Biennial Art Show of the 90s”, Guangzhou, China

Public Collection
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Upriver Gallery, Chengdu
Dong Yu Art Museum, Shanghai
Feng Pingshan Museum, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen