1964
Born in Jiangsu Privince Lian Yungang City
Exhibitions and Experience
1993
Post '89 - China New Art (Hong Kong Art Center)
1996
Models From Masses (Beijing Art Museum)
1997
Biennale de Lyon(Halle Tony Garnier Lyon)
1998
Corruptionists (Alternative Space Beijing)
1999
San Francisco Modern Art Museum Collection Exhibition (MOMA San Francisco)
1999
Ouh.La.La.Kitsh!(TEDA Contemporary Art Museum Tianjing)
2000
Time of Reviving(Upriver Gallery Chengdu)
2001
Next Generation/Art Contemporain D'Asia, ( Paris France)
2002
Money and Value/The last taboo (Swiss National Bank. Biel)
Chinart (Museum Kuppersmuhle Sammlung Grothe, Duisburg, Germany)
2003
Chinart (Macro-Museo Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome Italy)
Chinese Contemporary Art (Ludwig Museum-MOCA-Budapest,Hungary)
2004
Officina Asia (Galleria d'Arte Moderna Bologna, Italy)
2005
Xianfeng! Chinese Avant-Garde Sculpture ( Museum Beelden Aan Zee/ Waanders Uitgevers,Holland)
Mahjong:Contemporary Chinese Art From the Sigg Collection (Museum Bern Switzerland)
2006
Mahjong:Contemporary Chinese Art From the Sigg Collection (Museum Humberg Germany)
2006-07
Radar: Selections from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan ( Denver Art Museum)
2007
Chinese Contemporary Social Art (The State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow Russia)
Post-Martial Law vs.Post-'89 (National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan)
Chinese Contemporary Art (Sara Hilden Art Museum in Tampere, Finland)
Comment
Xu Yihui continued with his favorite “little red book”and“golden colour”. For him these two elements are the symbols for the”main cultural trends“of the two special eras. 《 Wandering on the Moon》 : Xu Yihui chose ”moon climing“as the symbol for the”main cultural trend“of the current times ; and then by combining the three symbols he invented an absurd scene : the astronaute wearing his professional clothing and a golden mask,is reading the little red book on the moon, every”small figure“is made from pottery with decorative designs on the body, it looks more like craftsman's work, as a consequence, the so-called“main cultural trend” symbols have become elements for games.
