1961
Born Taiyuan , Shanxi Province, China
 
1984
Graduated from Fine Art Department, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
1989
Graduated from Art Student League, New York, USA
Currently lives in Beijing.
 
Some Selected Group Exhibitions
2004
Between Past and Future – ICP and Museum of Asia Society , New York, USA ; MoMA, Chicago , USA
2003
Echigo-Tsunami Art Triennial, Japan
2002
2nd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2002 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum , Japan
Gwangju Biennale , Korea
Ireland Biennale 2002, Ireland
Shanghai Biennale 2002, Shanghai Art Museum , China
Guangzhou Triennale 2002, Art Museum, Guangzhou , China
2001
Threads of Vision: Toward a new feminine poetics, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art , Ohio , USA
Translated Acts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt , Berlin , Germany and Queen's
Museum of Art , New York , USA  Wang Gong Xin and Lin Tianmiao's New
Works, Loft New Media Art Space, Beijing 
2000
Inside/Out New Chinese Art, National Gallery of Australia Home? Contemporary Art Project, Shanghai 1999
Revolutionary Capitals: Beijing in London , Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
1998
Inside/Out: New Chinese Art, Asia Society, P.S.1 Contemporary Art center, New York