1967
Born in Baotou, Inner Mongolia
1988-89
Studied in Tianjin Academy of Music
1991
Self-studied painting
1993
Started to Live in Beijing East Village

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
"Rites of Nature", C-SPACE, Beijing, China
"Cang Xin's Shamanic Vision", Space Can, Seoul, Korea
2008
"Cang Xin`s Mythology”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
"Cang Xin`s Mythology", Mook Gallery, Beijing, China
"Cang Xin`s Mythology",10 Chancery Lane Gallery,Hong Kong
"Harmony Between Man and Nature", Z-Art Certer, Shanghai, China
"Cang Xin", Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
2007
"Cang Xin" solo exhibition, Vanessa Art Link, Jakarta, Indonesia
"Existence in Translation: Cang Xin Solo Exhibition", Espace Cultrural Ample, Bacerlona, Spain
2006
"Existence in Translation: Cang Xin Solo Exhibition 1993-2006", Xindong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
"Existence in Translation: Cang Xin Solo Exhibition 1993-2006”, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
"Identity Exchange", The Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK
"Different Life", East Link Gallery, Shanghai, China
1997
"Program for the Patient: Auto-write", solo show of performance art, Beijing, China
1996
"Communication", solo show of performance art, Beijing, China
1994
"Virus Series: Trample the Face", solo show of performance art, Beijing, China
1993
"Virus Series: No. 1" , solo show of performance art, Beijing, China

Selected Group Exhibition
2010
"Incarnations II", Galerie Paris-Beijing, Beijing, China
"Photo Exhibition of Contemporary Artists", Beijing
2009
"Action-Camera-Beijing performance Photography", Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
"Reflection", The Wall Museum,Beijing/Xihu Museum, Hangzhou, China
"Originaire-Installation Exhibition", Deshan Art Space, Beijing, China
"Yi Pai Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition", Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
"Selected Works from The White Rabbit Collection", The White Rabbit Musuem, Sydney, Australia
"Room Service", XI'an, China
"Experience/Gorgeous", Chinese contemporary art exhibition, Beijing, China
"Beijing Time.La hora de China", Chinese contemporary art exhibition, Madrid, Spain
2008
"ZHUYI ! CHINA Contemporary Photography from China”,The Museum La Virreina, Barcelona, Spain
"Hanging in Sky Drifting on Surface", Linda Gallery, Beijing, China
"Virtual City:New Power-China Contemporary Art Biennale 2008", Yuan Gong Art Museum, China
"Lianzhou International Photo Festival 08", China
"Chinese Fantasies", Found Museum, Beijing
"Beijing - Athens", Technopolis of the city of Athens, Athens, Greece
"Inward Gazes", Documentaries of Chinese Performance Art 2008, Macao Museum of Art, Macao
"The revolution Continues: New Art from China", The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
"China Gold - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition", Musee Maillol, Paris, France
"Liberation Feet", Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, The University of New South Wales, Australia
2007
"Chinese Contemporary Sotsart”, The State Treyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
"ZHUYI ! CHINA Contemporary Photography from China”, ARTIUM Basque Centre and Museum of Contemporary Art, Victoria, Spain
"Made in China: Works from the Estella Collection", Louisiana, Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006
"Beyond Experience: New China!", Arario Gallery, Beijing , China
"China Gate", Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
"Bologna International Art Expo", Bologna, Italy
2005
"Vehicle and Mirror", Beijing New Art Projects, Beijing, China
"Photography Group Exhibition", London Red Mansion Foundation, UK
"Out of The Red-2 The photographic Session", Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
"Living in Interesting Times: A Decade of New Chinese Photography", The Open Museum of Photography, Haifa, Israel
"A Strange Heaven: New Chinese Photography", Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
"100 Artist for A Museum", Casoria Contemporary Museum, Italy
"Body Scape", Red Gate Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
"Uunsual Scene Five Chinese Contemporary Artists' Case Analysis", Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
"Beauty Chinese Contemporary Art", Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
"Bad Girls,Good Girls", Red Foundation, London, UK
"Inward Gazes" Documentaries of Chinese Performance Art Macao Museum of Art, Macao
2004
"Spellbound Aura: the New Vision of Chinese Photography", Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei
"Between Past and Future", New Photography and Video from China, New York International Center of Photography; Asia Society; Chicago David Alfred Smart Museum of Art; University of Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art; Seattle Art Museum; London Victoria and Albert Museum; Berlin Haus der Kulturen der Welt; Santa Barbara Museum of Art
"The 9th Nippon Asian Performance Art Series'04", Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, Nagano, Japan
"Moving on"Contemporary Art Museum,National University of Singapore
"The 4th Pingyao International Photography Festival", Pingyao, Shanxi, China
"Public Territory",the 1st Architectural Biennial, Beijing, China
"Public Space and Urban Enviroment", Red Gate gallery, Beijing, China
"Chinese contemporary art photograph exhibition", Alexandria gallery, Berlin, Germany
2003
"Asian Art Festival", Fokouka Asian Gallery, Japan
"Bare Androgyny", Beijing, China
"A Stronge Heaven", Contemporary Chinese Photography, Vienna National Museum; The National Museum of France; Czechoslovakia National Museum
"Public Space and Personal Eyes - New Vision in China", Kampnagel Artist Center, Hamburg, Germany
2002
"N Identity", Nanjing, China
"Biennale of Sydney - The World May be Fantastic", Sydney, Australia
"Mask Vs.Face", Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China
"Photography Group Exhibition", Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
"Ke Li Lang Over-Interest Contemporary Art Exhibition", Singapore
"Pingyao International Photography Festival", Pingyao, Shanxi, China
"Making Dreams", portrait Donglang Gallery, Shanghai, China
"Bridge-Contemporary Art Exhibition", Jilin Changchun, China
"The First Guangzhou Triennial", Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
2001
"Charming China ", Bangkok, Thailand
"The 8th International Performance Art Exhibition", Tokyo, Japan
"Hot Pot", Kinesisk Samtidskunst, Chinese Contemporary Art, Norway
"Virtual Future", GuangDong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
"Hong Kong Chinese Contemporary Photography", Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong
"Contemporary Chinese Photography", Galerie Loft, Paris, France
"Uprising", Singapore, Kualu Lumpar, Taiwan, Beijing, Macau
"Annual Exhibition of Chinese Photography", Shandong, Dong Ying, China
"Neice Chinese Photography Festival", Nice, France
"Dialogo", Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Mantova, Italy
"Chinese Contemporary Performance Photography Exhibition ", Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
"Dialogo-others", Chiesa Santa Teresa dei Maschi, Bari, Italy
"Knowledge is Power", Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing, China
2000
"Xieyang Island Performance Art Festival", Guangxi, China
"2000 Image and Net Art Festival", changchun, China
"Home: Contemporary Art Project", Shanghai, China
"Man and Animals",performance Art show", Beijing, China
"International Contemporary Art Interflow Exhibition", Nanjing, China
"Photographs of Four Artists", London, UK
"International Performance Art Frstival", Beijing, China
"Asian Art Festival performance art photo exhibition", Paris, France
"Documentation of Chinese Avant-Garde Art in the 90's", Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
"China's Human Landscapes Land Art Exhibition",Guilin ,China
"Amazing China", Eastlink Gallery", Shanghai, China
"Unusual and usual", Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai, China
1999
"Modern Photography of Four Artists", Tokyo, Japan
"Out of Control", Beijing, China
"Start from China", Beijing, China
"Unusual Way of Writing", Nanjing, China
"Traditional Visual Image", Fine Art Academy of Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
"Documentation of chinese Installation Art Exhibition", Hong Kong
1995
"Heighten the Nameless Mountain by One Meter", performance art, Beijing, China
"Original Sound", performance art show, Beijing, China
"Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition", Changchun, China
1994
"Asia Contemporary Art", Tokyo, Osaka, Japan
"Post Eleven”, Zhaoyao Gallery, Beijing, China