Born in Shanghai
Lived in Rome from the age of ten
Studied between London and Paris with a degree in Political Science and Economics.

Solo exhibitions
2012 Sculpture Labyrinth: a journey of my Mind - New Works by Zhou Yi , Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2011 Days of Yi, Venice Biennale Collateral Exhibition, Venice, Italy
2010 The Ear Bridge and The Greatness, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China I Am Your Simulacrum, 20 Hoxton Square Projects, UK Hegemony or Survival, Contrasts Gallery special screening space, Shanghai
2009 Yi Zhou booth by Art Asia / Scope Pavilion, Basel Miami Art Fair, Switzerland Around the EarBridge, Suzhou True Color Museum of Contemporary art, China Yi Zhou booth by Art Asia / Scope Pavilion, Basel Art Fair
2008 My Heart Laid Bare, Ooi Botos gallery, Hong Kong. Hear, Earth, Heart, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France 1280 Towers, with the support of Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont and the initiative of Comité Vendôme.
2007
Il passato è remoto anzi sarà sempre presente Una scultura, un video, un anello,
Galleria Nicola Ricci. Pietrasanta, Italy
2006 Three Cantos: Prefiguration: Inferno, urgatorio, Paradiso, Palazzo Vecchio: Cappella di Eleonora di Toledo, Studiolo di Francesco I, Terrazza di Saturno Projection and Performance on the Façade of Palazzo Vecchio and
Torre Vecchia, Florence, Italy
2005 Dreamscape, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France 2004 Mountaintank Performance, Deitch Projects, New York, USA
2002 Y_Game, Noirmont Prospect, Paris, France

Group exhibitions
2011 FIAC 2011:Cinéphémère, Fiac Outdoor Project, in collaboration with the Louvre & Fondation Ricard Tuileries Garden,Paris, France Pure View: Contemporary Art Exhibition, 5th Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu,China Melodymania, RH Gallery, New York, USA 1988-2011 Chinese Video Art, Minsheng Museum, Shanghai, China
2010 Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China OPEN 13, International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Venice Lido, San Servolo Island Currents 2010, Currents Video Exhibition, Santa Fe, USA Giorni Felici: Welcome to the 22nd Century, Fondazione Testori, Milan, Italy Chinese Contemporary Art, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
2009 Vraoum ! Trésors de la bande dessinée et art contemporain, Maison Rouge, Paris, France The Big World: Recent Art from China, Chicago Cultural Center, USA
2008 Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, China Reperti contemporanei confini, Ventimiglia, Italy
2007 Fiac 2007 : Archetype, allerie Jérôme de Noirmont ,Grand Palais, Paris, France Avatars film screening, 64th Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematrografica di Venezia Verismo Magico, Not Gallery, Italy Good Morning Babylonia, Beijing, China
2006 Screening short film for La Mer, White Space, Amsterdam, Netherland Quarter relocated Gallery, Turin, Italy Musée du Quai Branly, France 2005 Biennale d'Art contemporain chinois, Montpellier, France Le futur des villes, Nancy, France, Festival Sonar, Barcelona, Spain
2004 Fraicheur de vivre, Shanghai and Canton Museum of Contemporary art, China Generation Video, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
2003 "Love me forever and never" in collaboration with the Crazy Horse, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France 40 Views of an Icon, Comme des Garçons, Spazio Consolo, Milano, Italy FIAC 2003: Fantasme Fantastique, Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, Paris, France Made in China, Fondation d'art contemporain Daniel et Florence Guerlain, France 40 Views of an Icon, Comme des Garçons Hermitage, Moscow, Russia Biennale de Tirana 02, Tirana, Albania DVD by Numbers Presentation, SonyDreamWorld, Paris, France Something about love, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg
2002 Premiere Vue, Passage du Retz, Paris, France Alter Ego, Musee de l'Histoire de l'Art, Luxembourg, Luxembourg www.whitneybiennial.com, online exhibition,