1962
Born in Heilongjiang Province, China
1989
Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
Current Lives and Works in Beijing, Professional Artist.
Solo Exhibitions
2007
Yue Minjun and the Symbolic Smile, Queens Museum, New York, USA
Yue Minjun: Looking for Art, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
Yue Minjun: I Love Laughing, Asia Society, New York, USA
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 Min Jun: Sculptures & Paintings, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2003
YueMinJun, Meile Gallery , Switzerland
Yue Min Jun: Beijing Ironicals, Prüss & Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2002
Soaking In Silly Laughter: One of Art Singapore 2002, SooBin Art Gallery, Singapore
Yue Min Jun: Handling, One World Art Center, Beijing, China
2000
Red Ocean - Yue Minjun, Chinese Contemporary, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2008
Academic and Un-academic Ⅱ, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China
Facing Reality, China National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2007
China - Facing Reality, Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Red Hot, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Post Martial Laws vs. Post ’89: the Contemporary Art in Taiwan and China, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Tai Wan, China
2006
Radar—Selections from the Collection of Vicky and Kent Logan, Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA
Shu: Reinventing Book in Contemporary Chinese Art, China Institute Gallery, New York, USA
China Now, Sammlung Essl Museum , Vienna, Austria
Mahjong - Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
2005
Beautiful Cynicism, Arario Beijing, Beijing, China
Sky of Fate-Invited Exhibition of Chinese Paintings 2005, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Plato and His Seven Spirits, Century Overseas Chinese City, Beijing; OCT Contemporary Art Terminal of He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Open 2005—International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Lido, Venice, Italy
Pioneer - Chinese Avant-garde Sculpture, Museum Beelden Aan Zee, Hague, the Netherlands
Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, Switzerland
Dress Up in Art：Theme Exhibition on Traditional Chinese Operas, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Always to the Front - China Contemporary Art, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, China
Conceptual Art - Exhibit of Contemporary Paintings from China, Shenzhen Art Museum, China.
2004 Beyond Boundaries, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
Dreaming of the Dragon's Nation: Contemporary Art Exhibition from China, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Painting and Sculpture Exhibition Faces of Illusion by Fang Lijun, Ye Yongqing and Yue Minjun, Shanghai Gallery of Art，Shanghai, China
Gwuangju Biennale 2004: A Grain of Dust, A Drop of Water, Korea
Art on the Beach: Sculptures, Enrico Navarra Gallery, Ramatuelle, France
20 Years of Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hangkong
China, the Body Everywhere?, Marseilles Museum of Contemporary Art, France
2003
New Painting 2003, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China
From China with Art, Indonesian National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
The Rest of the World, Neuffer Am Park, Pirmasens, Germany
Newe Kunsthalle Mannheim 2, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany.
CP Open Biennale 2003, Indonesian National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
People and People: Chinese Modern and Contemporary Art Collections of GDMA, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Living Conditions: Selections from the GDMA Collection of Contemporary Chinese Art, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2002
Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition: Red Land, China, Gwangju Art Museum, Korea
Korean and Chinese Painting - 2002 New Expression, Seoul Arts Center, Korea
Chinese Contemporary Art, Rekjavik Art Museum, Iceland
A Point in Time·Changsha, Meilun Museum, Changsha, China
The First Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Inaugural Exhibition: Contemporary Terracotta Warriors, 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 Image: Twenty Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting, China National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; SiChuan Art Museum, Chengdu; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Song Zhuang, Stadtische Galerie im Buntentor Bremen & Kunstverein, Germany
2000
...Between..., Upriver Residence, Kunming, China
Portrait de Chine Contemporaine, Espace Culturel Francois Mitterrand, Perigueux, France
Our Friends, Bauhaus University Art Gallery, Weimar, Germany
1999
The 48th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Transparence, opacité?-14 Chinese Contemporary Artists, France; Italy
Open Channels, Dongyu Museum of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China
New Modernism for a New Millennium: Works by Contemporary Asian Artists from the Logan Collection, LIMN Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1998
The 1st Exhibition of Upriver Gallery's Collection, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
5000+10, Contemporary Art from Mainland China, Bilbao, Spain
It's me, Forbidden City, Beijing, China
Made in China, Nikolaus Sonne Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
1997
China!, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany, Touring Show in Germany, Austria, Poland, Denmark
Quotation Marks: Chinese Contemporary Paintings, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
China Now, Tokyo, Japan; Basel, Switzerland.
Red and Grey: Eight Avant-garde Chinese Artists from China, SooBin Art Gallery, Singapore
1996
Art to Swatch, Take Part in the Design of The 1996 Artist Collection” of Swatch
Female Image 3, Scheoni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China
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
1992
Yuan Ming Yuan Artists Exhibition,Yuan Ming Yuan, Beijing, China
1991
Contemporary Modern Art Exhibition, Friendship Guesthouse, Beijing, China
1987
S Art Exhibition, Hebei Province Exhibition Center, Shijiazhuang, China
