1985
Studied in the Oil Painting Department of Hebei Normal University, China
1962
Born in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006
“Yue Minjun: Manipulation Series”, Enrico Navarra Gallery, Paris, France
“The Reproduction of Idols: Yue Minjun 2004-2006”, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
“Looking for Terrorists”, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
2005
“Post Auratic Self Portrayal of Yue Minjun”, CP Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia
2004
“Yue Minjun: Sculptures & Paintings”, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2003
“Yue Minjun”, Meile Gallery, Switzerland
“Yue Minjun: Beijing Ironical”, Prüss & Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2002
“Soaking In Silly Laughter: One of Art Singapore 2002”, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore
“Yue Minjun: Handling”, One World Art Center, Beijing, China
2000
“Red Ocean: Yue Minjun”, Chinese Contemporary, London, England

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
“Facing Reality-Selection of Chinese Contemporary Art”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2007
“Red Hot”, Huston Museum of Art, USA
“Post Martial Laws vs. Post 89: the Contemporary Art in Taiwan and China”, Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan; Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing China
2006
“Radar: Selections from the Collection of Vicky and Kent Logan”, Denver Art Museum, USA
“Shu: Reinventing Book in Contemporary Chinese Art”, China Institute Gallery, New York, USA
“China Now”, Sammlung Essl Privatstiftung, Klosterneuburg, Austria
“Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection”, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
2005
“Beautiful Cynicism”, Arario, Beijing, China
“Sky of Lot: Invited Exhibition of Chinese Paintings 2005”, Shenzhen Art Museum, China
“Plato and His Seven Spirits”, BJ Century Overseas Chinese City; OCT Contemporary Art Terminal of He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
“Open 2005: International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations”, Lido, Venice, Italy
“XIANFENG: Chinese Avant-garde Sculpture”, Museum Beelden Aan Zee, Hague/Scheveningen, Netherlands
“Mahjong: Sigg Collection of Modern Chinese Art”, Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, Switzerland
“Dress Up in Art: Theme Exhibition on Traditional Chinese Operas”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
“No U-Turn: China Contemporary Art”, TNUR Guando Museum of Art, Taiwan, China
“Conceptual Art: Exhibit of Contemporary Paintings from China”, Shenzhen Art Museum, Guangdong, China
2004
“Dreaming of the Dragon’s Nation: Contemporary Art Exhibition from China”, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Techniques of the Visible: Shanghai Biennale 2004”, China
“A Grain of Dust, A Drop of Water: Guangju Biennale 2004”, Korea
“Art on the Beach: Sculptures”, Enrico Navarra Gallery, Ramatuelle, France
“20 Years of Hanart TZ Gallery”, Hong Kong Art Center, China
“China, the Body Everywhere?”, Maseille Museum of Contemporary Art, France
2003
“From China with Art”, Indonesia National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
“The Rest of the World”, Neuffer Am Park, Pirmasens, Germany
“Newe Kunsthalle Mannheim ”, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany
CP Open Biennale 2003, Indonesia National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
“People and People: Chinese Modern and Contemporary Art Collections of GDMA”, Guangdong Museum of Art (GDMA), Guangzhou, China
“Living Conditions: Selections from the GDMA Collection of Contemporary Chinese Art”, GDMA, Guangzhou, China
2002
“Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition: Red Land, China”, Gwangju Art Museum, Korea
“Korea and Chinese Painting: 2002 New Expression”, Seoul Culture & Art Center, Korea
“Chinese Contemporary Art”, Rekjavik Art Museum, Iceland
“A Point in Time: Changsha”, Beauty Art Museum, Changsha, China
The 1st Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, China
“Contemporary Terracotta Warriors: Inaugural Exhibition”, the Esplanade, Singapore
“Golden Harvest: Chinese Contemporary Exhibition”, Croatia National Art Museum, Croatia
2001
“Ornament and Abstraction”, Foundation Beyeler, Switzerland
“Hotpot: Chinese Contemporary Art”, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
“Towards a New lmage: Twenty Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu; Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
“Songzhuang”, Stadtische Galerie im Buntentor Bremen & Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany
2000
“Between...”, Chengdu Upriver Residence, Kunming Upriver Club, China
“Portraits of Chinese Contemporaries”, the Culture Centre of Francois Mitterrand, France
“Our Friends”, Bauhaus University Art Gallery, Weimar, Germany
1999
“Open Boundary: The 48th Venice Biennale”, Venice, Italy
“Transparence, opacité?: 14 Chinese Contemporary Artists”, France, Italy
“1999 Open Channels: The 1st Collecting Exhibition of Dongyu Museum of Fine Arts”, Dongyu Museum, Shenyang, China
“New Modernism for a New Millennium: Works by Contemporary Asian Artists from the Logan Collection”, Linn Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1998
“The Grand Tour: Chinese Contemporary”, London, UK
The 1st Exhibition of Upriver Gallery Collection, He Xiangning Art Gallery, Shenzhen, China
“It's Me!: A Profile of Chinese Contemporary Art in the 90s”, Forbidden City & Tai Miao, Beijing, China
“Beijing Prediction: Contemporary Art of China”, Beijing, China
1997
“Quotation Marks: Chinese Contemporary Paintings”, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
“China Now”, Tokyo, Japan; Basel, Switzerland
1996
“China!”, Bonn Art Museum, Germany; Kuenstlerhaus, Wien, Austria
“Art to Swatch”, take part in the Design of “The 1996 Artist Collection” of Swatch
1995
“Vision of China: Contemporary Chinese Painting by Chinese Masters”, Pacific City Club, Bangkok, Thailand
“Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition: From Realism to Post-Modernism”, Theoremes Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1994
“Faces Behind the Bamboo Curtain: Works of Yue Minjun and Yang Shaobin”, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1992
“Yuan Ming Yuan Artists Exhibition”, Yuan Ming Yuan, Beijing, China
1991
“Contemporary Modern Art Exhibition”, Beijing Friendship Guest House, China
1987
“S Art Exhibition”, Hebei Museum, China