1963
Born in Beijing, China, 1963
1985-1989
Majored in Oil Painting at the Fine Arts Department of Capital Normal University, Beijing, Awarded a B.A. degree when graduated in July, 1989.
Now lives and works in Beijing

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
Project 92, Museum of Modern Art, New York (upcoming)
2009
“Yin Xiuzhen”, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney
2008
“Yin Xiuzhen : Introspective Cavity ”, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2008 “Commune”, The Moritzhof of Chemnitz and Gallery Weltecho Chemnitz, Germany
2007
“Yin Xiuzhen in Beijing Commune", Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
2006
“The Way of Chopsticks”, Chambers Fine Art, New York
“International Airport: Terminal 1”, Alexander Ochs Gallery, Berlin
“Restroom W”, Gallery at REDCAT, Los Angeles, USA
2004
“Fashion Terrorism”, Town Hall, Friedrichshafen, Germany
2003
“SARS TIMES: Song Dong and Yin Xiuzhen”, ISE Foundation, New York, USA
2002
“Chopsticks: Song Dong and Yin Xiuzhen”, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA
2001
“Clothes Airplane—Made in Siemens” Siemens art project “What are they doing here?”, Beijing, China
2000
"Building Materials", 200 Gertrude Front gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1998
"Brain", Manchester Craft Centre, Manchester, U.K.
1997
"Sun Clothes", Hua Yan Li, Beijing, China
"Dining Table", Ruine for Arts Berlin, Germany.
1996
"Ruined City", Capital Normal University Museum, Beijing, China
1995
One-person Exhibition of Installations, Beijing Contemporary Art Museum. Beijing, China

Selected Group Exhibitions and projects
2009
Government Building Complex R6 project, Oslo, Norway
“Art Map”, CAOS, Terni, Italy
2008
“All Inclusive- A Tourist World”, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany
“Orients Sans Frontieres”, Espace Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
“China – Facing Reality”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
“Go China”, ASSEN-GRONINGEN Drents Museum-Groninger Museum
“Our Future: the Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation Collection”, UCCA, Beijing, China
“Shanghai Bienniale”, Shanghai Art Museum
“Deep Breathing”，Shanghai Creek Gallery，Shanghai, China
“Beijing Map Games” Contemporary Art and Architecture in Beijing, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, England
“Map Games: Dynamics of Change”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Art Map”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2007
Chinese Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2007, Venice, Italy
“Global Feminisms”，Brooklyn Museum，Brooklyn, New York
“China: Facing Reality” Ludwig Museum, Vienna, Austria
“China Now”，Cobra Museum Voor Moderne Kunst, Amstelveen, Holland,
2006
China Now, Sammlung Essl / Essl Collection, Vienna, Austria
“News ”, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
2005
“Convergence at E116°/N40°”, International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute European Contemporary China
“The Wall ”, Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition,Beijing, China
“Asian Traffic ”, Asian Contemporary Art Show, Today Art museum, Beijing, China
“Follow me !” Chinese Contemporary Art Show? Mori Art museum,Tokyo, Japan
“2005 The Biennale of Contemporary Chinese Art in Montpellier” Montpellier, France
“Art-Robe : Women Artists at the Nexus of Art and Fashion”, UNESCO Headquarters, France
“On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West ” Cantor Arts Center, Stanford university, USA.
“In and Out or In-between: N kinds of space Displacement ” SOKA Contemporary space, Beijing, China
2004
“26th San Paulo Biennale” San Paulo, Brazil
“2004 Sydney Biennale ” Art Museum of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
“Officina Asia” Contemporary Art Museum, Bologna , Rimini and Cesena, Italy
“Concrete Horizons: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition” , Adam Art Gallery ,Wellington, New Zealand
“Human Scale”, Contemporary dance, Guangzhou, China
“Future Cities” Contemporary Art Museum, Hamilton, Canada
2003
“Left-wing ”, Beijing, China
“Fabricated Paradises", Le Parvis Centre d’art Contemporain, IBOS, France
“Home and Away: the New Globalism", Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
“Every Day - from China Japan,korea,Thailand", Kunstforeningen Copenhagen, Denmark
“Second Hand Reality ”, Today art Gallery, Beijing.
“Left Hand, Right Hand”, Beijing 798 New Art zone, Beijing, China
“Time After Time: Asia and Our Moment ”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA
“How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in A Global Age.”, Walker Art Center, Minneaplise, USAZUO
2002
The 2nd Fukuoka Triennale, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
“2002 Guangzhou Triennial”, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong, China
“Bumper Harvest: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Beijing Agriculture Museum, Beijing, China
“Site + Sight: Translating Cultures”, Asian Civilisations Museum, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
“2002 Gwangju Biennale ”, Gwangju, Korea.
“2002 ARCO ”, Madrid, Spain
2001
The 4th Cotemporary Sculpture Art Show, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
“Living in Time: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Hamburger Bahnhof Contemporary Art Museum, Berlin
“1st? Liang Sicheng Architecture Biennale”, National Art Museum Of China, Beijing, China
“Le Paysage Comme Babel”, Galerie Les Filles du calvaire, Paris-Bruxelles, France
“Crossroads”, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Cheng Du, China
“Chronicles of Women: Illness as Metaphor” Shatin Town Hall Concert Hall , Hong Kong, China
“Reinventing the Images and Signs” Universal Classical Cultural Arts Co.Ltd., Beijing, China
“1st Architecture Biennale”, China National Gallery of Art, Beijing, China
2000
Unusual & usual: A contemporary Art Exhibition at Yuan Gong Modern Art Museum in Shanghai, China
Fuori Uso 2000 "the Bridges", Pescara, Italy
“Our Chinese Friends" ACC Gallery and Bauhaus", Weimar, German
“At the New Century, 1979-1999 Contemporary Art of China Invitation Art Exhibition", Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, China.
2000-2003
“Text & Subtext” (Touring Exhibition) Earl Lu Gallery, Lasalle Gallery, Singapore.
1999
“Food for Thought: Chinese Characters”, Amsterdam
“I Am Here”, Bad Ems, Germany
“Supermarket: Art for Sale”, Shanghai, China
The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery , Brisbane, Australia
“Transience: Chinese Art at the End of 20th Century”, The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA
“In/from China: Art + Architecture” Asian Fine Art Berlin, Pruss & Ochs Gallery, German
“Flooded Valley”, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1998
“It's me!: A profile of Chinese Contemporary Art in the ‘90s”, Taimiao, the Forbidden City, Beijing, China
“Inside Out: New Chinese Art Exhibition”, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, USA
“Half of the Sky: Contemporary Chinese Women Artists”, Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany
20th century-Feminina, China National Gallery and Beijing Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Wildlife: Starting From 1997 Jingzhe”, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, China
“Trace of Existence: A Private Show of China Contemporary Art '98”, Art Now Studio, Beijing, China
“1997-99 Cities on the Move”, Austria, France, USA, UK, Thailand and Finland
“Traditional and Anti-traditional Art”, German Embassy, Beijing, China
1997
“Between Ego and Society: An Exhibition of Contemporary Female Artists in China”, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, USA
“ART/OMI Visual Arts Program”, ART/OMI Foundation, New York, USA
“Against the Tide”, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA
“Another Long March”, Chinese Contemporary Art Show, Chasse Kazerne –Breda, The Netherlands
Immutability and Fashion: Chinese Contemporary Art in the Midst of Changing Surroundings, Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Japan
“China City: Korean Art Exchange in Beijing”, Beijing, China
1996
The 7th Com-Art Show of Artists from Korea, China and Japan, Suwon City, Korea.
The 2nd United Art Project with American Artists, Tibet, China
1995
“Displacement", Capital Normal University Museum, Beijing, China
“Open Your Mouth, Close Your Eyes", Beijing·Berlin Art Communication Exhibition, Capital Normal University Museum, Beijing, China.
Art Critics' Nomination Show of Sculpture and Installation, United Art Project with American Artists, Sichuan, China.
Chinese Artists “Water Source Protector”, Experimental Art Project, Chengdu, China
1994
'94 Outdoor Art, Beijing, China
“12·12” Installation Art show of Women Artist, Private space, Beijing, China

Public collection
The Art Gallery of New South Wales
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
Annie Wong Art Foundation
Smart Museum
Groninger Museum
Mori Art Museum