Works and lives in Shanghai
1963
Born in Shanghai
Education
1984
Graduated from the Fine Art Department of the Shanghai Light Industry College
Solo Exhibitions
2007
Think carefully, where have you been yesterday?, BizARTrt Center, Shanghai
Realistic·Reality-Shi Yong Solo Exhibition, No.36 Bldg, 2577 Longhua Road, Xuhui, Shanghai
2004
The Heaven · The World-Solo Show by Shi Yong in 2 Parts, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai & ShangART in Park97, Shanghai
2002
Pingyao International Photography Festival (PIP)-Project by Shi Yong, Pingyao, Shanxi Province
Group Exhibitions
2009
ImPOSSIBLE-8 Chinese Artists Engage Absurdity,
Pin-An Extension Project of ShanghART Videotheque, ShanghART Beijing
2008
The 5th Small Productions Event, Shopping Gallery
Hybrid, ShanghART at Huaihai Rd 796, Shanghai
Chinese Freedom, T SPACE
ShContemporary 08-Shi Yong at Best of Discovery; Zhang Ding at Outdoor projects, Art Fairs Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai
The 3rd Nanjing Triennial-Reflective Asia, RCM ART MUSEUM, Nanjing
Shanghai Art Fair—ShanghART Gallery Booth Nr. F30, Art Fairs ShanghaiMART
Insomnia Photographs Exhibition, Bizart Art Center
Opuscule-ShanghART Group Exhibition, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
Our Future-The Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation Collection, Ullens Foundation, Beijing
The World of Other's: A Contemporary Art Exhibition, Museum of Contemportary Art, Shanghai
Shanghai Kaleidoscope, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto, Canada
Homesickness-Memory and Virtual Reality, T Space Dashanzi 798 Art District, No.2 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Art Multiple 2008, Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, Shanghai
Artseason-The Third China New Media Art Festival, China Art Academy, Hangzhou
Selected, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
Videotheque at ShanghART Shanghai and ShanghART Beijing, Videotheque
2007
ShanghART Autumn Exhibition, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
Energy-Spirit . Body . Material, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Rejected Collection-More the 40 Chinese Artists /Over 60 Rejected Proposals, Ke Center for Contemporary Arts, Shanghai
Keep an Eye on China, N.O.Gallery, Milan, Italy
New Curator Project: The Story of Hair, TS1 Contemporary Art Center, Beijing
the 7th Photo Festival-Chinese Contemporary Photo & Video, GANA Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 It's All Right-Contemporary Art Exhibition, Hu Qing Tang Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou
Alllooksame/Tutttuguale?-Art from China, Japan and Korea, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Dual Realities-the 4th Seoul International Media Art Biennale (Media_City Seoul), Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Satellite 2006, 2218 Yangshupu Rd., Contemporary Art Pavilion, Shanghai
Second Shanghai Duolun Exhibition of Young Artists, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
Solo Exhibition, 2577 Creative Garden, Shanghai
2005
The 1st Lianzhou International Photo Festival-Double Vision, Culture Square Lianzhou, Lianzhou, Guangdong
The Second Guangzhou Triennial Self Organisation-BizART: How to Turn Guangzhou into Shanghai, Xinyi International Club, Guangzhou
The Second Guangzhou Triennial-BEYOND: an extraordinary space of experimentation for modernization, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
Zooming into Focus (NAMOC)-Contemporary Chinese Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection, National Art Museum Of China, Beijing
Felicidad Indecible (Unspeakable Happiness)-Arte contemporáneo de China, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
In Their 40's, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
Back to the Future: Shanghai Arts, IF Museum Inner Spaces, Poznan, Poland; Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover, Germany
Shanghai Constructions-Group exhibition by 10 artists, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai
Follow Me!-Contemporary Chinese Art at the Threshold of the Millenium, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2004
5th Shanghai Biennale-Techniques of the Visible, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Dial 62761232-contemporary art exhibition, BizArt, Shanghai
Zheng Guogu, Zhao Bandi, Shi Yong, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
China Moon-Watermill Summer Benefit 2004, Watermill Center, Long Island, New York, USA
All Under Heaven-Ancient and Contemporary Chinese Art the Collection of the Ullens Foundation, Koninklijk Museum, Antwerpen, Belgium
Zooming into Focus (SAM)-Chinese Contemporary Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Beyond Boundaries, Shanghai Gallery of Art , Shanghai
Zooming into Focus (Singapore)-Chinese Contemporary Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection, Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
Zooming into Focus (Tijuana)-Chinese Contemporary Photography from the Haudenschild Collection, Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
2003
Open Sky-Grand Opening of Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
Return Natureā
”:Pastoral-An Exhibition of International Contemporary Art, Shenghua Arts Center, Nanjing
Return Nature I: Trojan Horse—An Exhibition of International Contemporary Art, Shenghua Arts Center, Nanjing
A Strange Heaven-Contemporary Chinese Photography, Galerie Rudolfinum, Praha, Czech
Beijing Chongqing Shanghai photography from Beijing and Shanghai, Karin Sachs Gallery, Muchen, Germany
Junction-Chinese Contemporary Architecture of Art, Lianyang Architecture Art Museum, Shanghai
Different Choice-The Invited Exhibition of the Shanghai 60's Artists, Bandao Gallery, Shanghai
Left Wing-An exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Left Bank Community, Beijing
City - net Asia 2003, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Zooming into Focus (San Diego)-Chinese Contemporary Photography from the Haudenschild Collection, University Gallery of San Diego State University, San Diego, USA
2002
Synthetic Reality-Video & image works show of Chinese Artist, East Modern Art Center, Beijing
Quick Look!-Shanghai Zhejiang Jiangsu Anhui Contemporary Art Exhibition, Consulate General of Switzerland, Shanghai
Too Much Flavor Mirage-Contemporary Art Exhibition, 3H Art Center, Shanghai
DAY DREAM:the Contemporary Art Exhibition of China, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing
XXV Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Media and Art, Chinese International Exhibition Center, Beijing
2002 Money and Value, the Last Taboo, Expo 02, Switzerland
4th Shanghai Biennale-Urban Creation, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
24:30 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bizart, Shanghai
2001
Polypolis-Art from Asian Pacific Megacities, Hamburger Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany
Unpacking Europe, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
Living in Time-29 Contemporary Artists from China, National galerie im Hamburger Bahnhof Museum fuer Gegenwartskunst, Berlin, Germany
2000
2000 China - Korea – Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Changning Culture and Art Centre, Shanghai
Leaving the Island, Pusan International Art Festival, Pusan, Korea
Looking out / Looking in-Art Show 2, East Quad Art Gallery, University of Michigan, USA
Exit, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
1999
Food for Though: An Insight in Chinese Contemporary Art, Canvas world art/Canvas Foundation, Amsterdam, Holland
Looking Out/ Looking In-Shanghai Contemporary Art Exhibition, Plug In Contemporary Art Centre, Winnipeg, Canada
Cities on the Move 4, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cities on the Move 5, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
CAPPING-Contemporary Art Exhibition, Sohyang Gallery, Pusan, Korea
The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Cities on the Move 6, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Art for Sale, Shanghai Plaza, Shanghai
BM99, Bienal da Maya, Maya Art Center, Portugal
1998
Jiangnan-Modern and Contemporary Art form South of the Yangzi River, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1997
Honorable Mention Award to go to Vermont Studio Center for Art Exchange, Vermont, U.S.A.
Chinese Contemporary Video Art Exchange of 97, Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
New Asia, New City, New Art—97 Chinese-Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, Changing Culture and Art Centre, Shanghai
Cities on the Move 1-Exhibition of Asian art, Secession, Vienna, Austria
Cities on the Move 2, CAPC, Musee d' Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Cities on the Move 3, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, NewYork, USA
1996
Shanghai Fax: Let's Talk about Money-International Fax Art Exhibition, Shanghai Huashan Professional School of Art Gallery, Shanghai
In the Name of Art - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Liu Hai Su Art Museum, Shanghai
Passing the Plane-The Media Exhibition by Six Artists, Guangzhou
Existence and Environment the Chinese Way:The first Academic Exhibition of Chinese Contenporary Art, The Art Museum of Capital Normal University, Beijing
1995
Not Here Not There-Two Visiting Installation Artists from Shanghai, Access Artist Run Center, Vancouver, Canada
45 Degrees as a Reason-Conceptual Collaboration Work Organized by Geng Jianyi with Artists from Hangzhou-Shanghai-Beijing, Artist`s Private Home, Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou
1994
The Third Modern Chinese Art Research Documents Exhibition-Installation Environment-Performance, East China Normal University Library, Shanghai
The First Hanmo New Art Exhibition, Hanmo Art Center, Beijing
1992
92 China Art Exhibition, Beijing People Culture Center, Beijing
Two Attitudes Toward Identity 93-Qian Weikang & Shi Yong Installation Works Show, Gallery of Shanghai Huashan Art Vocational School, Shanghai
Projects
2003
3 Projects for the AZIA Bldg. Pudong, Shanghai-The Building Alive, AZIA Bldg. Pudong, Shanghai
