1962  
Born in Shanghai 

Education 
2001  
Artist in Residence, Kuenstlerhauser Worpswede, Germany  
1990  
Graduates from Shanghai University, Fine Arts Department  
1983  
Graduates from Shanghai Arts & Crafts Institute 

Solo Exhibitions 
2008  
DING YI - recent works, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany  
Appearance of Crosses from 1989-2007-Solo Exhibition of Ding Yi, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy  
2007  
DING YI, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France  
2006  
Graticule-Ding Yi's Works from 1989 to 2006, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai  
2005  
Ding Yi-Appearance of Crosses, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK  
2004  
Crossed Vision-Works by Ding Yi, CAAW-China Art Archive & Warehouse, Beijing  
Small Works, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai  
2003  
Appearance of Crosses, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland  
2002  
Appearance of Crosses, Galerie Waldburger, Berlin, Germany  
2000  
Ding Yi: Fluorescence on Tartan, China Art Archive & Warehouse, Beijing  
1998  
Ding Yi: Crosses '89-'97, International Art Palace, Beijing  
1997  
Ding Yi: Crosses '97, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai  
1996  
15 x Red, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai  
1995  
Ding Yi, Opere su Carta - Paper Works of Ding Yi, Galleria degli Archi, Comiso, Italy  
1994  
Exhibition of Ding Yi's Abstract Art Works, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai  
Ding Yi's Work on Paper, Guangzhou Fine Art Academy, Guangzhou  

Group Exhibitions 
2009  
Another scene-artists' projects, concepts and ideas, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai  
2008  
Five Years of Duolun: Chinese Contemporary Art Retrospective Exhibition, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Duolun road No.27, Shanghai  
Generations, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai  
Hybrid, ShanghART at Huaihai Rd 796, Shanghai  
Avant-Garde China: Twenty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, The National Art Center, Tokyo; The National Museum of Art, Osaka; Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya  
China University Culture-2008 Contemporary Art Exhibition, New B Gallery, No.97 Mo Gan Shan Road; MGS 99 Studio, No.99 Mo Gan Shan Road, Shanghai  
Material Link-A Dialogue Between Greek and Chinese Artists, MoCA, Shanghai  
UWANTART: The New Signature in Art-Special Inaugural Exhibition · Volume Two, UWANTART, 800 the Art Zone 303-305, Wujiaochang 800 E Guoshun Lu, Yangpu, Shanghai  
The Tale of Silk-A Hermès Exhibition, Beijing Today Art Museum, Beijing  
Writing on the Wall: Chinese New Realism and Avant-Garde in the Eighties and nineties, The Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands  
Red Aside-Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, The Joan Miró Foundation, Sants-Montju？c, Spain  
Selected, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai  
2007  
85 New Wave-The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing  
The Tale of Silk-A Hermès Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai  
Rejected Collection-More the 40 Chinese Artists /Over 60 Rejected Proposals, Ke Center for Contemporary Arts, Shanghai  
Individual Positions 1, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai  
Strategy on Paper-Works on Paper Invitational Exhibition, Square Gallery of contemporary Art, Nanjing  
Harmony and Difference-East China Contemporary Sculpture Invitational Exhibition, Art Space of Fine Art College from Shanghai University, Shanghai  
Shanghai Attitude-Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Shanghai, No.3758 QixinRd., MinhangDist, Shanghai China  
2006  
Z-art Center Opening Exhibition, Z-art Center, Shanghai  
Art in Motion, Moca Shanghai, Shanghai  
Entry Gate：Chinese Aesthetics of Heterogeneity, Moca, Shanghai
6th Shanghai Biennale - Hyper Design, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai  
Witness, Blue Dreamland Gallery, Chengdu  
Shanghai Academic Culture-Contemporary Art Exhibition by Shanghai Universities’ teachers, Shanghai Art Museum  
Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany  
In The Name of Material, Hss Art Centre,Shanghai  
Transform-Artist Created by Their Works, Jing Art Gallery, Shanghai  
Works on paper, Xuhui Art Museum, Shanghai  
The Blossoming of Realism-The oil painting of mainland China since 1978, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei  
Contemporary Chinese Art, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany  
Contemporary China, PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea  
2005  
Born in China, Goedhuis Contemporary, London, UK  
Alien Illusion, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai  
Cina: Prospettive d' Arte Contemporanea, Spazio Oberdan, Milano, Italy  
Mahjong-Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland  
In Their 40's, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai  
Shenzhen Art Biennale, OCT Contempory Art Centre, Shenzhen  
Pictorial DNA made in China, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland  
Art & Issue-China-Korea Art Exchange Exhibition, Soca gallery, Beijing  
Reveal, Shanghai Artdeco, Shanghai  
Study Practice, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai  
2004  
New Boundaries, Taikang Top Space, Beijing, China  
Dreaming of the Dragon's Nation-Contemporary Art from China, IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art), Dublin, Ireland  
Shanghai Modern, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany  
Dial 62761232-contemporary art exhibition, BizArt, Shanghai  
Persona-Ai Weiwei, Ding Yi, Wang Xingwei, China Art Archive & Warehouse, Beijing  
2003  
Open Sky-Grand Opening of Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai  
Prayer Beads and Brush Strokes, Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Dashanzi, Beijing  
Chinese Maximalism, Millennium Art Museum, Beijing; University at Buffalo Art Galleries and Museum Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA  
Take a Seat, Artsea Studio & Gallery, Shanghai  
Subversion and Poetry-Contemporary Chinese Art, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal  
An Openning Era, NAMOC (National Art Museum of China), Beijing  
Junction-Chinese Contemporary Architecture of Art, Lianyang Architecture Art Museum, Shanghai  
Different Choice-The Invited Exhibition of the Shanghai 60's Artists, Bandao Gallery, Shanghai  
2002  
The First Guangzhou Trienniale-Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990subtle2000), Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou  
Quick Look!-Shanghai Zhejiang Jiangsu Anhui Contemporary Art Exhibition, Consulate General of Switzerland, Shanghai  
Tow Abstract Artists in Shanghai-DIng Yi - Shen Fan, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai  
Metaphysics 2002, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai  
Golden Harvest, Museum of the Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia  
Crossing Cultures. Elementarteilchenkunst, Kunsthaus Muerz (Steirischer Herbst), Austria  
Ost + West, Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria  
Paris-Pekin-Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France  
24:30 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bizart, Shanghai  
2001  
Gallery Opening, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, U.S.A.  
China Art Archives & Warehouse Opening Exhibition, Beijing  
The 1st Chengdu Biennal, Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu  
Ornament & Abstraction, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland  
Towards a New Image-Twenty Years of Chinese Contemporary Painting,, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou; Sichuan Modern Art Museum, Chengdu  
Next Generation Art Contemporain d'Asie, Passage de Retz, France  
As long as they catch mice..., Munkeruphus Gallery, Mumkerphus, Danmark  
Yokohama 2001: International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan  
Living in Time-29 Contemporary Artists from China, National galerie im Hamburger Bahnhof Museum fuer Gegenwartskunst, Berlin, Germany  
2000  
Chinese Muren Chinese Walls, Groningen, Netherlands  
2000 China - Korea – Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Changning Culture and Art Centre, Shanghai  
Looking out / Looking in-Art Show 2, East Quad Art Gallery, University of Michigan, USA  
Uncooperative Approach (Fuck Off), Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai  
1999  
1999 Open Channels-The First Collecting Exhibition of Dong Yu Museum of Fine Arts, Dong Yu Museum, Shenyang  
Concepts, Color and Passions, China Art Archives & Warehouse, Beijing  
Collecting Exhibition, Modern Chinese Art Foundation, Caermersklooster, Belgium  
Looking Out/ Looking In-Shanghai Contemporary Art Exhibition, Plug In Contemporary Art Centre, Winnipeg, Canada  
BM99, Bienal da Maya, Maya Art Center, Portugal  
1998  
Every Day-11th Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art etc., Sydney, Australia  
Mondrian in China, Art Gallery of Beijing International Palace, Shanghai Library, Guangdong Museum of Art  
Jiang Nan-Chinese Contemporary Art, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Canada  
1997  

Quotation Marks-Chinese Contemporary Paintings, National Art Museum, Singapore  
In Between Limits-An Aspect of Chinese Contemporary Art, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiungju, Korea  
Works by Shanghai Artists, Art Association Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia  
1996  
Shanghai Fax: Let's Talk about Money-International Fax Art Exhibition, Shanghai Huashan Professional School of Art Gallery, Shanghai  
Shanghai Abstract Art, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai  
The First China Oil Painting Society Exhibition, China Art Museum, Beijing  
1st Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum  
China!-touring exhibition, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany  
1995  
Des Pais del Centre, Avantguardes Artistiques Xineses, Santa Monica Art Centre, Barcelona, Spain  
New Chinese Art: 1990-1994, Vancouver Gallery of Art, Vancouver, Canada, Art Centre, Chicago, USA  
Change-China Contemporary Art, Kuensthalle Goetaplatsen, Goeteborg, Sweden  
1994  
Abstract Works by Six Artists, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong  
1993  
45th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale-Cardinal Points of the Arts, Venice, Italy  
The First Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia  
Mao Goes Pop, China Post '89, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney & Victoria National Gallery, Melbourne, Australia  
China Avant-garde, Touring Exhibition, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Kunsthall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Brandts Klaederfabrik, Odense, Denmark; Hildesheim Art Gallery, Germany; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK  
1991  
Documentary Exhibition of Chinese Art of the 90's, K Gallery, Japan  
Documentary Exhibition of China Art Research, Beijing, Nanjing, Chongqing & Dongbei Area  
1989  
China/Avant-garde Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing  
1988  
Exhibition of Today's Art, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai  
1986  
1st Shanghai Youth Grand Fine Arts Exhibition, Shanghai Artist’s Gallery, Shanghai  
First Shanghai Concave – Convex Exhibition, Xuhui Cultural Centre, Shanghai  
Inauguration Exhibition of the Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai Art Museum,Shanghai  
1985  
Exhibition of Modern Art by Six Artists, Fudan University, Shanghai 

Projects 
2004  
3 Projects for the AZIA Bldg. Pudong, Shanghai-Ding Yi: Light and Space, AZIA Bldg. Pudong, Shanghai 

Museum Collection  
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