1943 
Born in Shanghai 

Education
1973 
Graduated from the Central Academy of Art & Design, Beijing 

Solo Exhibitions
2008 
New Abstract Paintings——Yu Youhan Solo Exhibition, Shanghai Art Fair, Outstanding Artists Section, Booth E21, Art Fairs ShanghaiMART, 
2004 
Yu Youhan, Landscape of Yi Meng Shan, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai 
1999 
Ah! Us, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai 
1998 
Yu Youhan, Gallery Sonne, Berlin, Germany 
1996 
Yu Youhan, Maison de la Chine, Paris, France 

Group Exhibitions
2009 
Another scene-artists' projects, concepts and ideas, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai 
2008 
Five Years of Duolun: Chinese Contemporary Art Retrospective Exhibition, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Duolun road No.27, Shanghai 
 Lan, LAN Club, 4/F, LG Twin Towers,12B Jianguomenwai Dajie, Chaoyang District 
 Generations, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai 
 Hybrid, ShanghART at Huaihai Rd 796, Shanghai 
 Shanghai Art Fair—ShanghART Gallery Booth Nr. F30, Art Fairs ShanghaiMART 
 "Cheng Xiang" Shanghai EYE LEVEL GALLERY Opens, EYE LEVEL GALLERY, Shanghai, China 
 Speed of the Flows-Invited Artists Exhibition of Nominated Contemporary Artworks, Shanghai Yuandian Gallery 
 Shanghart Group Exhibition, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai 
 Writing on the Wall: Chinese New Realism and Avant-Garde in the Eighties and nineties, The Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands 
 Red Aside-Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, The Joan Miró Foundation, Sants-Montju？c, Spain 
2007 
85 New Wave-The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing 
 ShanghART Autumn Exhibition, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai 
 Individual Positions 1, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai 
 Strategy on Paper-Works on Paper Invitational Exhibition, Square Gallery of contemporary Art, Nanjing 
2006 
Witness, Blue Dreamland Gallery, Chengdu 
2005 
Study Practice, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai 
2004 
Chine, le corps partout? (China, the body everywhere?), Museum of Contemporary Art, Marseilles, France 
2003 
Prayer Beads and Brush Strokes, Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Dashanzi, Beijing 
2002 
Paris-Pekin-Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France 
2001 
Made by Chinese #3. Chinese Pop, Galerie Navarra, Paris, France 
 Shanghai Star, Casula Art Centre, Sydney, Australia 
2000 
Futuro Chinese Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Centre, Macau 
1997 
15 Contemporary Chinese Artists, National Art Association, Portugal 
 Faces and Bodies of the Middle Kingdom, Chinese Art of the 1990', Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech; OTSO Gallery, Espoo, Finland 
1996 
Reckoning with the Past-Contemporary Chinese Painting, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, U.K. 
1995 
Change - Chinese Contemporary Art, Konsthallen Goetaplatsen, Goeteborg, Sveden 
 Des Pais del Centre, Avantguardes Artistiques Xineses, Santa Monica Art Centre, Barcelona, Spain 
1994 
22nd International Biennial of S？o Paolo, Brazil 
1993 
45th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale-Cardinal Points of the Arts, Venice, Italy 
 The First Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia 
 Mao Goes Pop, China Post '89, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney & Victoria National Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 
 China Avant-garde, Touring Exhibition, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Kunsthall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Brandts Klaederfabrik, Odense, Denmark; Hildesheim Art Gallery, Germany; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK 
 China's New Art, Post-1989, Hong Kong Arts Centre and City Hall, Hong Kong 
1991 
Materials, Beijing; Nanjing; Chongqing 
1989 
China/Avant-garde Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing 
1988 
Today, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai 
1986 
First Shanghai Concave – Convex Exhibition, Xuhui Cultural Centre, Shanghai 
 Inauguration Exhibition of the Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai Art Museum,Shanghai