1965
Born in Inner Mongolia
1989
Graduated from the Department of Fresco, Central Academy of Fine Arts
Living and working in Beijing

Solo Exhibitions
2007
“A Drama of Materialistic Objects: One World, Cold or Warm”, ARARIO BEIJING, Beijing, China
“Newly Narrates”, dARTex, Beijing, China
2006
“Changes in Secret”, YIBO Gallery, Shanghai, China
1994
“Search for a Spouse”, one of Xiao Yu's performances, Beijing TV Station, China
Group Exhibitions
2007
“Arrogant and the Romantic: Ordos Art Museum Begins Unfolds”, Ordos Art Museum, Inner Mongolia, China
“Polit-Sheer-Form”, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
“7 8 9 10: Lu Hao, Wang Yin, Xiao Yu, Yang Maoyuan”, YIBO Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Emotion Aesthetics”, dARTex, Beijing, China
“Polit-Sheer-Form Office in Shanghai”, BizArt Art Center, Shanghai, China
2006
“Only One Wall”, Artspace, Sydney, Australia
“Size Decides Attitude: First ‘5 × 7’ Picture-Taking Biennale Project”, Pingyao, Shanxi, China; T.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
“In Person”, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
2005
“Always to the Front: China Contemporary Art”, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, China
“Banana Surfer”, Ieum Gallery, Beijing, China
“Mayfly”, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
“Mahjong Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection”, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
“Only One Wall”, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
“Clues: Fang Lijun, Wang Yin, Xiao Yu, Yang Maoyuan”, White Space Beijing, Beijing, China
“City Skin: Images of the Contemporary Metropolis”, Macao Tap Seac Gallery, Macao; Shenzhen Museum of Art, China
“Conspire: the 1st Exhibition of T.S.1 Contemporary Art Center”, T.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
2004
“Is It Art: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art”, Xi’an, China
“Undercurrents: Contemporary Video Art from China”, Zehdenickerstrasse 12A, Berlin-Mitte, Germany
“Techniques of the Visible: 2004 Shanghai Biennale”, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
“18 VS 1: Community in the Imagination”, Crystal Town,Tianjin, China
2003
“Alors La Chine?”, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
“Junction: Architectural Experiment of Chinese Contemporary Art”, Lianyang Architecture Art Museum, Shanghai, China
“Distance, A Collection of The Guangdong Museum of Art Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition”, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
“City-Net Asia”, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
“Second Hand Reality”, Today Art Gallery, Beijing, China
“Left Hand, Right Hand: A Sina-German Exhibition of Contemporary Art”, 798 Art Space, Beijing, China
“Villa Museum”, Huigugenyuan, Beijing, China
2002
“W.X.Y”, China Art Archives & Warehouse, Beijing, China
“Run Jump Crawl Walk”, the East Modern Art Center, Beijing, China
“To much Flavour”, 3H Art Center, Shanghai, China
“Transformation”, One World Art Center, Beijing, China
“Inside and Between: Communication and Identification in Contemporary Art”, Kaliningrad Branch, National Centre for Contemporary Arts Ministry of Culture of Russia, Russia
“When It Rains It Pours”, ddmwarehouse, Shanghai, China
2001
“New Starting Point”, Artist Warehouse, Beijing, China
La Biennale di Venezia 49, Venice, Italy
“Weightlessness”, Gallery Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
“ARTFILE 2001-A”, Other Shore Arts Inc. Kunming Studio, China
2000
“About Me: Chinese Experimental Photography”, organized and presented by Other Shore Arts Inc. at Sanya Photography Gallery, Shanghai; Museum of Yunnan Arts Institute, Kunming, China
“Fuck Off”, Xi Suzhoulu 1133, Shanghai, China
“Contemporary Art Exhibition: A Hurtful Infatuation”, Beijing, China
“The Ache: Wang Yin, Xiao Yu, Yang Maoyuan Works Exhibition”, Beijing Museum of Design, Beijing, China
Lyon Biennial, Lyon, France
Chinese Avant-garde Artists Documenta, Fukuoka Museum of Art, Japan
1999
“Singularity and Delusion: Post-Perceptual Art Exhibition”, Beijing, China
“Chinese Contemporary Arts by Four Artists”, Odden Ladegaard, Denmark
1998
“Self-Reflexive: Self and Environment Art Exhibition”, Beijing, China
1996
“Alliance, Art Exhibition of the Graduates in the 80s-90s from Central Academy of Fine Arts”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1994
XiaoYu Performance Series, “Courtship”, Beijing TV Station, Beijing, China
1987
“Walking Towards the Future Painting Exhibition”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

Award
2000
Won CCAA Award (Overall Prize Winner), Beijing, China