1963
Born in Tangshan, Hebei Province, China
1983
Graduates from the Hebei Light Industry Institute
1991
Moves into the artist village at Yuanmingyuan, Beijing
1995
Relocates to Tongxian, in the suburbs of Beijing
2000
Prize for Contemporary Chinese Art (CCAA)
Currently lives and works in Beijing, China  
 
Selected Exhibitions
2009
“First Steps - Last Words”, MASP - Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
“SILENCE”, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIIN|BEIJING, Berlin, Germany
2008
“Under the Sky - International Positions in Contemporary Painting”, White Space Beijing, Beijing
2007
“Dramas of Violence”, Indonesian National Gallry, Jakarta, Indonesia (solo)
Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, Arabic
“Emotion Aesthetics”, dARTex, The Danish Art Exchange, Beijing, China
“Yang Shaobin: IMMACULATA CONCEPTIO”, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN | BEIJING, Berlin, Germany (solo)
“INFERNO IN PARADISE: 10 YEARS”, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN I BEIJING, Berlin, Germany
“YANG SHAOBIN”, National Gallery Jakarta, Indonesia (solo)Zurück zur Figur, Malerei der Gegenwart, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland.
“The Real Thing: Contemporary Art From China”, Tate Liverpool, UK
Chinese Contemporary Sotsart, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2006
Voca me cum Benedictis, St. Matthaeus Foundation, in cooperation with ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN | BEIJING, St. Matthaeus Church, Berlin, Germany (solo)
“800 Meters”, Long March Independent Project Space, Beijing, China (solo)
“CHINA NOW - Kunst in Zeiten des Umbruchs”, Sammlung Essl | Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Hermann Nitsch | Yang Shaobin, WHITE SPACE BEIJING, Beijing, China
Hermann Nitsch | Yang Shaobin: Retour China, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN | BEIJING, Berlin, Germany
“CHINA AVANTGARDE”, Wiedergeburt des Mystischen, Museum Klosterneuburg/Sammlung Essl, Wien, Austria
“Mahjong – Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection”, Galerie der Gegenwart, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany; Kunstmuseum Bern (2004), Switzerland
“Palmbeach³”, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN I BEIJING, Miami, USA
“Zurück zur Figur”, Malerei der Gegenwart, Kunsthalle der Hypo – Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany
2005
“Vibrations”, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN | BEIJING, Berlin, Germany (solo)
“Painting-unrealism”, WHITE SPACE BEIJING, BEIJING, China
“ASIA: THE PLACE TO BE?”, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN I BEIJING, Berlin, Germany
Prague Biennale, Czech Republic
“Chinese Sculptures”, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Netherlands
2004
Beijing Art Now Gallery, Beijing, China (solo)
“China: Bodies Everywhere”, Musee d’Art Contemporain, Marseille, France
“Forbidden Senses”, Sarlat, France
“Me! Self-portraits of the 20th Century”, Museum of Luxembourg
“Bridge”, Siemens Forum, Munich, Germany
“Chinesi!”, Potenza Museum, Potenza, Italy
“The Group”, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, New York
“Pain”, Michel Berger Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA
“China-Cuba, MACLA Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino San Jose”, California, USA
“24 Living Artists in China”, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN I BEIJING / WHITE SPACE BEJING, Beijing, Germany
2003
ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN | BEIJING (former Prüss & Ochs) Berlin, Germany (solo)
CP Open Biennale, Indonesian National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Der Rest der Welt”, Pirmasens, Germany
“Die Neue”, Kunsthalle 2, Mannheim, Germany
“Under Pressure”, Geneva, Switzerland
2002
“De waan”, Stichting Odapark, Venray, Netherlands
“First Guangdong Triennale: Reinterpretation, Ten years of Experimental Chinese Art”, Guangdong Museum of Fine Artists, China with the Football World Cup, Millennium Monument Museum, Beijing, China
“Chinese Contemporary Art”, Reykjavik, Iceland
“Long March”, Upriver Loft, Kunming, China
2001
Loft Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London, UK (solo)
“Abbild”, Graz Museum, Graz, Austria
Art Forum Berlin, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN I BEIJING, Berlin, Germany
“Dream”, Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK
“Hot Pot”, Chinese Contemporary Art, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
“Song Zhuang”, Städtische Galerie im Buntentor, Bremen, Germany
First Biennale of Chengdu, Chengdu, China
2000
ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN | BEIJING (former Asian Fine Arts) Berlin, Germany (solo)
Asian Fine Arts Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)
CCAA, Prize for Contemporary Chinese Art
“Skin & Space”, Contemporanea Art e Culturi, Milan
“Futuro”, Contemporary Art Center of Macao (CACOM), Macao
“Basic Needs”, Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany
“Body/Faces/Icons”, Asia Fine Arts, Berlin
“Our Chinese Friends”, Galerie der Bauhaus, University of Weimar, Germany
“Portraits of Contemporary China”, Espace Culturel France Mitterrand, Perigueux, France
1999
“Passage”, Dongyu Museum, Shenyang, China
“Art China”, Limn Gallery, San Francisco
Venice Biennale, a48, Venice, Italy
Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
1998
“Made in China”, Nikolaus Sonne Fine Arts, Berlin
“5000 + 10”, Bilbao, Spain
“It's me!”, Temple of Imperial Ancestors, Beijing
“Eight Chinese Artists”, Urs Meile gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland
“Personal Touch”, Teda Contemporary Art Museum, Tianjin, China
First Collection of the Upriver Gallery, He Xiangning Museum, Shenzhen, China
1997
“8 + 8-1”, Selected Paintings by Fifteen Contemporary Artists, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
“The History of Chinese Oil Painting: From Realism to Post-Modernism”, Galerie Theorems, Brussels
China International Contemporary Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
“China!”, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
“The Elevenses - The Avant Garde”, Taikoo Palace, Hong Kong
1996
China Contemporary, Osaka, Japan
“China!”, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
“China!”, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
1995
“Chinese New-Wave Art Exhibition”, Conference Center, Hong Kong
“Visions of China: Contemporary Chinese Paintings by Chinese Masters”, Bangkok, Thailand
“The Magnificent Duo - Recent Works by Yue Minjun and Yang Shaobin”, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
“The Beijing 3: A Three Man Show by Zhang Gong”, Yue Minjun, Yang Shaobin, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
“5+5”, Voices From Russia and China, Schoeni Art Gallery Hong Kong, China
1994
“8 + 8”, Contemporary Russian and Chinese Exhibition, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
“Art Asia?”, Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
“Faces Behind the Bamboo Curtain - Works by Yue Minjun and Yang Shaobin”, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
1992
“First Exhibition of Professional Artists”, Akuna Gallery Beijing, China
Contemporary Modern Art Exhibition, Friendship Guesthouse Beijing, China