Born in China in 1970
Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Guangdong Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
Works and lives in China
Some articles on Duan Jianyu

2008

“China china ching!!!''  Palazzo Strozzi, Piazza Strozzi, Florence
"Guangzhou station-----Special  exhibition for contemporary art of        GuangDong''     GuangDong  museum  of    art
“Notes of conception:Alocal narration of Chinese contemporary painting”  Beijing   Iberia certer  for contemporary
“Our future:The Guy &Myriam Ullens Foundation collection”    Beijing    UCCA
“Farewell to Post-colonialism-------The third Guangzhou Triennial”  Guangzhou  Guangdong museum  of art
“China international Gallery Exposition---33 Young  Asian Artists'  solo shows   ”   Beijing

"Plateau  life  guide----Now  in coming art  project''   atart3  space,  Beijing

2007

“Desires,Struggles,New Identities”   Kunsthaus Graz
“CHINA  POWER  STATION：PART  2”   Astrup  Fearrnley  Museum   Oslo
“Sister”  Italy  Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery (Solo)

2006  

“Octmania”  Para-site Art Space,Hongkong
“Acc umulation canton express next stop”  Tang Contemporary Art,Beijing
“La rivo zione siamo noj” Italy,Milano
Small Universe, Liste 06, Basel, Switzerland
How to Travel with a Watermelon, Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou (Solo Show)
2005  

Beyond-an Extraordinary Space of Experimentation for Modernization, the 2nd Guangzhou Triennial,              
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
The wall-Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art, The China Millennium Museum, Beijing / Buffalo Art  
Gallery, U.S.A.

2004

Object System:Doing Nothing, ARCO 2004 Madrid, Spain
Stop over Hong Kong, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
Open Attitude: the First Art Exhibition by Guangdong Young Generation, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou

2003
50th Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, Italy

2002
Gwangju Biennale 2002,Korea

2001
City Slang-Contemporary Art from Zhujiang River-deita,He Xiangning Gallery,Shenzhen, China
Human Scenery, CAAW, Beijing, China

1999
Duan Jianyu & Li Tianyuan - Recent Works, CAAW, Beijing, China

1996
CanTonShanghaiPeiking , Cifa Gallery, Beijing, China
CanTonShanghaiPeiKingHangzhouLuoyang, Cifa Gallery, Beijing, China

1995
Modern Chinese Art in the Goethe Institute, Beijing, China