1980
Born in Jia ding, Shanghai,
For ten years from his early age he was taught Chinese traditional painting, calligraphy etc.
various art forms by Yang Yang who was professor in Hongkong Chinese University.
Shanghai Fine Art Institute, decoration and design department
1995
Shanghai Arts & Crafts Vocational College, Visual Communication department
1999
China Fine Art Academy Institute, Visual Communication department in Shanghai branch
2004
Set up his own studio with friends, took role of Art Director in the studio. During the time, many
experimental short films and artworks had been nominated and prized. Many of his articles ware
published in various magazines
Currently works and lives in Shanghai.
Selected Exhibitions
2010
18Gallery, solo exhibition, Shanghai, China
Heavenly City, solo exhibition, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris, France
2009
Yang Yongliang Photography Solo Exhibition, Limn Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Scene-A dialogue with space & time, River South Art Center, Shanghai
Under construction-Photography on the EXPO 2010 Shanghai, Pudong Library, Shanghai
China Avant Garde - Landscape in Transit Han Bing, Yang Yongliang & Zhang Wei, Limn Art
Gallery, San Francisco, USA
City of Phantom Visions, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
Drama/Stage, Urban Photography in Shanghai, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
Photo Beijing, The Agricultural Exhibition Centre of China, Beijing
On the Quiet Water, 45 Downstairs Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2nd Thessaloniki Biennale, Thessaloniki, Greece
YANG YONGLIANG
Solo Show
29 April – 8 June 2010
18Gallery : 18 Zhongshan East Road (E1), 4F, Shanghai See more :
Gallery Director : Magda Danysz www.artatbund18.com
Information : info@artatbund18.com
40th Anniversary of the Rencontres d’Arles, Discovery Award, Arles, France
H&R Block ArtspaceProject Wall, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas, USA
New Chinese architecture, Institute Cervantes, Beijing
2008
Two Points：2008 Chinese Contemporary Art, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo, Italy
Stairway to Heaven, Bates College Museum of Art, Maine USA
FOTO OFOTO, OFOTO Gallery, Beijing
Artificial Nature, MOCA ARTLAB, Shanghai
Collision Part I - New KClassic: Yang Yongliang & Gao Feng, FQ Projects, Shanghai
Material Link - A Dialogue Between Greek and Chinese Artists, MOCA, Shanghai, Athens
Heavenly City & On the Quiet Water, OFOTO gallery, Shanghai
Collision Part II - TU LONG JI: Installation by Yang Yongliang, FQ Projects, Shanghai
Shanghai-urban public-Space, Hamburg, Germany
Contemporary Chinese Art, Limn Gallery, AQUA Art Miami, Miami
Mixed Maze, Red Mansion Foundation, London
2007
Phantom Landscape Series 2&3, OFOTO gallery, Shanghai
Art Now 2007, Gyeonggido Museum of Modern art, Ansan, Korea
2007 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao
Celebrating, Epson Imaging Gallery, Shanghai, Beijing
Collections
The British Museum, London, UK
Bates College Museum of ART, Maine USA
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, USA
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Portland, USA
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA