Mao Yan

Dates

Born 1968, Xiangtan, Hunan Province, China

Education

1991, B.A., Oil painting department of Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China

2024

Mao Yan: New Paintings, Pace Gallery, London, January 19–March 9, 2024.

2023

Mao Yan, Song Art Museum, Beijing, September 23–December 20, 2023.

2018

Mao Yan: By The Edge, Pace Gallery, 12/F H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, June 8–July 12, 2018.

2016

Mao Yan, N3 Gallery, Beijing, December 29, 2016–March 20, 2017.

2015

Mao Yan, Pace Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York, March 6–April 4, 2015. (Catalogue)

2013

Mao Yan, Pace Beijing, May 11–June 22, 2013. (Catalogue)

2012

Ethos: Maoyan Works, Art & Public, Geneva, June 7–August 31, 2012.

2011

Mao Yan Works on Paper, Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery, Beijing, April 23–June 30, 2011. (Catalogue)

2010

Mao Yan in Dufftown: 2010 Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Program, ShanghART Gallery, November 21–December 26, 2010. (Catalogue)

2009

Longing for More – Mao Yan Solo Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, September 2–16, 2009.

2008

Mao Yan Painting Exhibition, China Today Gallery, Belgium, February 15–March 1, 2008.

2000

Mao Yan Painting Exhibition, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, October 18–31, 2000.

1997

Mao Yan Painting Exhibition, Nanjing Pinge Art Guild, Nanjing, China, 1997.

1992

The Drawing Works of Mao Yan, Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts, Nanjing, China, 1992.

Mao Yan Painting Exhibition, Nanjing Pinge Art Guild, China, 1997.

2024

Portraits: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum, Long Museum, Shanghai, November 8, 2023–May 7, 2024.

Neo-vision: Chinese Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Jingdezhen Ceramic University Museum, China, June 27–July 26, 2024. Traveled to: Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, October 15–December 15, 2024.

Golden – The 28th Anniversary Exhibition, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, May 22–June 28, 2024.

Engaging with the World: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art Since the Dawn of the 20th Century & Taikang Collection Exhibition, Guang Hui Art Museum, Tianfu New Area, Sichuan, China, May 10–July 10, 2024.

Inscription of Time: Experience and Transformation of Contemporary Chinese Art Collection, Ennova Art Museum, Langfang, China, April 29–September 16, 2024.

Mao Yan and Shen Zhou, Ni Art Museum, Suzhou, January 7 – March 28, 2024.

2023

M+ Sigg Collection: Another Story, M+, Hong Kong, opened on September 22, 2023.

Engaging with the World: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art Since the Dawn of the 20th Century & Taikang Collection Exhibition, Taikang Art Museum, Beijing, August 22, 2023–January 12, 2024. Traveled to: Guang Hui Art Museum, Tianfu New Area, Chengdu, China, May 10–July 10, 2024.

Chewing Gum VI, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, August 4–September 7, 2023.

Boundary and Conversion: Dual Exhibition by He Duoling and Mao Yan, Shede Chengdu Fosun Foundation, Chengdu, China, June 6–September 3, 2023.

2022

Start: Inaugural Exhibition, Start Art Museum, Shanghai, December 30, 2022-May 21, 2023.

Being In the World: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum, Long Museum (West Bund), Shanghai, November 13, 2022–February 5, 2023.

Chewing Gum V, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, July 22–September 1, 2022.

Rhythm and Refrain, Song Art Museum, Beijing, April 9–July 24, 2022.

2021

Signs, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, March 5–April 24, 2021.

2020

Nine-Tiered Pagoda: Spatial and Visual Magic ③ - My Poet - Exhibition of Mao Yan and Han Dong, Pingshan Art Museum, Shenzhen, opened on December 23, 2020.

Ineffable Longings, G Museum, Nanjing, China, November 11, 2020–February 18, 2021.

Duration: Chinese Art in Transformation, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, opened on September 25, 2020.

2019

Zhang Xiaogang, Mao Yan and Qiu Xiaofei, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, November 22, 2019–January 2, 2020 (closed December 21, 2019).

The Intertextuality of Art and Poetry, OCAT Shenzhen, Shenzhen, September 21–November 10, 2019.

2016

The Nanjing International Art Festival, Baijia Lake Museum, November 12, 2016–February 12, 2017.

Talking on Paper, Pace Beijing, April 16–June 11, 2016.

2015

Art Historical Flashbacks: Another Path in Chinese Contemporary Art, Elion Art Gallery, Beijing, August 15–September 16, 2015.

2014

Focus Beijing, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 14-September 21, 2014.

Skin’s Literary Form: Dual Exhibition by He Duoling and Mao Yan, The Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, April 29–May 24, 2014.

2013

The Garden of Diversion: Sifang Art Museum Inaugural Exhibition, Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China, November 2, 2013–March 2, 2014.

Evolution, Avant-Garde Contemporary Art Center, Nanjing, May 19–June 30, 2013. (Catalogue)

Portrait of the Times: 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, August 18–November 10, 2013. (Catalogue)

2013 Martell Artists of the Year, Today Art Museum, Beijing, June 16–30, 2013.

Face to Face, Portraits and Interiors- Chinese Dutch Painting Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, March 4–30, 2013. Traveled to: Hexiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China, July 7–September 8, 2013.

2012

The Image Behind the Image - Jorg Immendorf & Mao Yan, Basel, Switzerland, 2012.

In Time - 2012 Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, June 16–27, 2012.

Face, Mingsheng Arts Museum, Shanghai, March 10–April 28, 2013. (Catalogue)

2011

Collecting History: China New Art, Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu, China, July 1–August 31, 2011. (Catalogue)

Growing Up, Shanghai World Finacial Center, Shanghai, October 24–November 2, 2011.

2010

Chinese Expression, Bloom Gallery, Beijing, October 16–November 16, 2010.

The Official Opening of Minsheng Art Museum – Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 1979–2009, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, April 19–July 18, 2010.

Erotic, Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery, Beijing, March 20–May 28, 2010.

Reshaping History: Chinart from 2000–2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing, May 4–21, 2010. Concurrent with: Arario Gallery, Beijing, April 25–June 12, 2010 and Today Art Museum, Beijing, April 25–May 19 2010. (Catalogue)

2009

In the 1980s: Wen Pulin Archive of Chinese Avant-garde Art Exhibition, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, September 8–October 4, 2009. (Catalogue)

Art Changsha, Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha, October 23–November 23, 2009.

Inaugural Exhibition, Hadrien De Montferrand Gallery, Beijing, October 29–November 7, 2009.

Phenomena and Situation since 1985: Trends in Hubei and Hunan Chinese Contemporary Art 1985- 2009, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China, July 31–August 31, 2009. (Catalogue)

China Mania: Colorful, Diverse and Distinctly Narrative, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark, June 27, 2009–January 3, 2010.

2008

Brush / Clay / Wood: The Nancy & Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art, Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008.

CHINA: CONSTRUçãO – DESCONSTRUçãO, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand – MASP, Brazil, 2008.

Today’s China, BEIVUE Art Museum, Brussel, Belgium, 2008.

Academy and Non-academy II, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, 2008.

Artists in Art Criticize, Saint Space, Beijing, 2008.

Correspondence, Qinghe Art Museum, Najing, China; NO.10 Art Space Airport, Chengdu, China, 2008.

Today's China, Beivue Museum, Brussels, 2008.

China: Construct and Deconstruction, The National Gallery of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, November 18, 2008–February 15, 2009. (Catalogue)

Semiosis, China Square, New York, March 6–29, 2008.

The 23rd Asia International Fine Art Exhibition, Guangzhou, December 3, 2008–March 10, 2009.

2007

Look on Somebody’s Trouble with Indifference, Kassel Central Train Station, Kassel, 2007.

Transparent Situation, Tibet Museum, Lhasa, China, 2007.

Art Changsha, Hunan Jiandu Museum, Changsha, opened on September 15, 2007.

Emotion Aesthetics, dARTex, Beijing, April 21–May 13, 2007.

Portrait’s Zero:The Painting of Xia Xiaowan & Mao Yan, Aye Gallery, Beijing, April 8–June 10, 2007.

China's Neo Painting: A Triumph over Images, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, December 13–23, 2007. (Catalogue)

2006

Flower?, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, 2006.

Summer Time Sharing Art, Aye Gallery, Beijing, July 11–September 1, 2006.

Initial Image 2006, Yibo Gallery, January 11–February 11, 2006.

2005

The Second Triennial of Chinese Contemporary Art, Nanjing Museum, China, 2005.

Image is Power, Bangkok Tang Contemporary Art, September 22–October 15, 2005.

Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Germany, June 13–October 16, 2005. Traveled to: Hamburger Kunsthalle, September 14, 2006–February 18, 2007; Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, July 21–November 11, 2007; The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, September 10, 2008–January 4, 2009; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, February 21–May 17, 2009.

2004

The Painting Show of Mao Yan and He Duoling, Chinablue Gallery, Beijing, 2004.

The Metamorphosis: The Painting Show of Mao Yan and Liu Ye, Diya Gallery, Taiwan, 2004.

Poisonous: The Invitation Exhibition of Free Communication Book Store, Free Communication Book Store, Beijing, 2004.

Sharping, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, September 27–October 27, 2004.

Human Scenery, Anna Ning Fine Art, Hong Kong, 2004.

2003

New Generation and Post-revolution, Chinablue Gallery, Beijing, 2003.

New Painting 2003, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, January 8–February 9, 2003.

2002

The Different Similarities, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, 2002.

Face to Face: Chinese Portrait Art Exhibition, Jingwen Art Centre, Shanghai, 2002.

Group Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Schoeni Art Gallery, Beijing, 2002.

The Image of Idea: 2002 Invitation Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Oil Paintings, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, 2002.

On the Edge of the Millennium: New Art From China, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, March 29–April 27, 2002. Traveled to Goedhuis Contemporary, London, June 7–28, 2002. (Catalogue)

Paris - Pekin, Espace Cardin, Paris, October 5–28, 2002.

2001

Academy and Non-academy, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, 2001.

Poster Exhibition of Chinese Avant-garde, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tokyo, Paris, 2001.

The First Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, China, December 15, 2001–January 15, 2002.

Abbild: Recent Portraiture and Depiction, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria, October 5–December 16, 2001. (Catalogue)

Initial Image 2: Contemporary Work on Paper, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, September 26–October 26, 2001.

Towards a New Image: 20 Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting, National Gallery of Art, Beijing, May 2001. Traveled to: Shanghai Art Museum, 2001; Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu, China, 2001; Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China, 2001. (Catalogue)

2000

Chinese Oil Painting in the 20th Century, National Art Museum of China, Beijing. Traveled to: Shanghai Art Museum, 2000.

Exhibition of Liu Haisu Museum’s Collection, Shanghai, 2000.

Mao Yan & Liu Ye, Contemporary Chinese Art Gallery, London, 2000.

Phantom, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, 2000.

Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum of Art, Beijing

Feng Pingshan Museum, Hong Kong University

Fosun Foundation, Shanghai

Golden Eagle Museum of Art, Nanjing, China

Hunan Tan Guobin Contemporary Art Museum, Changsha, China

Long Museum, Shanghai

M+, Hong Kong

Shanghai Art Museum

Shanghai Powerlong Museum

Shenzhen Art Museum, China

Song Art Museum, Beijing

Start Museum, Shanghai

Taiking Art Museum, Beijing

University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong

Upriver Gallery, Chengdu

Yuz Museum, Shanghai

2024

Churchman, Fi. “The Weary Mao Yan” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Art Review Asia, 2 April 2024. https://artreview.com/mao-yan-new-paintings-pace-london-review/

“Five Exhibitions To See In London In January 2024” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Art Plugged, 3 January 2024. https://artplugged.co.uk/five-exhibitions-to-see-in-london-in-january-2024/.

2019

Wang, Kaihao. "Art & Design Community Honored at Beijng Awards Ceremony." China Daily, 15 January 2019. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201901/15/WS5c3d4a5fa3106c65c34e485e.html

2018

Cheng, Gabrielle. “’By the Edge’: Chinese Artist Mao Yan’s First Solo Show in Hong Kong at Pace Gallery” (exhibition review). Art Radar, 11 August 2018. http://artradarjournal.com/2018/08/11/by-the-edge-chinese-artist-mao-yans-first-solo-show-in-hong-kong-at-pace-gallery/

2015

Goodman, Jonathan. “Mao Yan at Pace Gallery, New York” (exhibition review). Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art 14, no.5 (September/October 2015).

Mao, Yan. “Lost in Time” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Interview with Emily McDermott. Interview, March 2015. http://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/mao-yan-pace/#_

Mao Yan. “Mao Yan Tan Zi Shen Chuang Zuo” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Interview with Qian Fan. Artforum, 31 March 2015. http://artforum.com.cn/words/7625

“Painting the Faces of Our Era” (Pace New York exhibition review). Sinovision English Channel, 11 March 2015. Online video, 3:31. http://en.sinovision.net/painting-the-faces-of-our-era/

Rao, Mallika. “Mao Yan: A Portraitist For The Selfie Age” (Pace Gallery exhibition preview). Huffington Post, 24 February 2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/24/mao-yan-portraits_n_6723254.html

2014

Wang, Sue. “Skin’s Literary Form: Dual Exhibition by He Duoling and Mao Yan Debuted at the Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts” (exhibition review). CAFA Artinfo, 7 May 2014. http://en.cafa.com.cn/skins-literary-form-dual-exhibition-by-he-duoling-and-mao-yan-debuted-at-the-art-museum-of-nanjing-university-of-the-arts.html

2013

Ai, Chen. “Song Gei Zi Ji Yi Zhang Ling Hun Xiao Xiang” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Hers, June 2013, illustrated.

Bortoletto, A Sara. “The Stubbornness of Mao Yan” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). China Files, 3 June 2013, illustrated.

Cao, Junjie. “Mao Yan: Wo Shi Zhong Yao Mian Lin Xu Duo Zhang Ai” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). 21st Century Business Herald, 20 July 2013. http://epaper.21cbh.com/html/2013-07/22/content_71461.htm

Cao, Yuan. “Mao Yan: ‘Qian Wan Ju Le Bu’ Li de Mao Shi Xiao Xiang” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Sina Hong Kong, 20 May 2013. http://finance.sina.com.hk/news/-33452-5864977/1.html

Cao, Yuan. “Mao Yan: ‘Mao Shi Xiao Xiang’ Li Ji Zhi de ‘Hui’” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Shanghai Securities News, 22 May 2013.

Carlson, Jeffrey. “Pace Gallery Beijing Presents China’s Leading Portrait Painter, Mao Yan” (exhibition review). Fine Art Connoisseur, 2003. http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/Pace-Gallery-Beijing-Presents-China-s-Leading-Port/16468076#

Fan, Shaohua. “Mao Yan Xin Feng ‘Kuai Shi Yi Shu de Di Ren’ Yi Jian Zuo Pin You Shi Hao Fei Ji Nian” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Jing Bao, 24 July 2013, illustrated.

Jiao, Xueyan. “Mao Yan Solo Exhibition” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Artitude, June 2013: 32, illustrated.

Liang, Ting. “Mao Yan: Ren Sheng Yao Xue Hui Ke Zhi Yu Wang” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Shenzhen Te Qu Bao, 12 July 2013, illustrated. http://sztqb.sznews.com/html/2013-07/12/content_2548492.htm

Li, Li. “Review: Fixed Bodies and Free Souls at Mao Yan’s Pace Beijing Solo Show” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Artinfo, 17 May 2013. http://encn.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/903278/review-fixed-bodies-and-free-souls-at-mao-yans-pace-beijing

Li, Jianya. “Mao Yan Xin Zuo Hui ‘Nv Ren Ti’ Da Chi Fu Xiao Xiang Hua Yin Re Yi” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Beijing News, 6 June 2013.

Liu, Jing. “Mao Yan: Wo Xi Huan Zai Liang Ge Ji Duan Zhong Ben Pao” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Life Style, no. 1883, 29 July 2013, illustrated.

Liu, Yang. “Mao Yan Xin Zuo ‘Gao Bie’ An Jing To Ma Si” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Beijing Business Today, 17 May 2013.

Mao, Yan. “Mao Yan: Shu Fa Shi Wo Jin Ru de Yi Ge Tu Jing” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Bund Pic, no. 547, 11 July 2013.

Mao, Yan. “Mao Yan Ge Zhan: Wo de Nei Xin Gen Wo de Zuo Pin Zhi Jian You Yi Ge Tong Dao” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Artron.net. Onine video, 12:01. 13 May 2013.

Mao, Yan. “Mao Yan: Wei Zhong Guo Zao Xiang de Ke Neng Xing” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Interview by Wang Houfa. New Vision, June 2013: 66-67, illustrated.

Mao, Yan. “Mao Yan: Wei Ren Sheng Dao Hang de Na Fu Xiao Xiang Hua” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Interview with Luo Ying. Hi Art, June 2013: 66-69, illustrated.

Meng, Yufang. “Mao Yan: Hui Hua Jiu Shi Wo Yi Sheng de Meng Xiang, Shi Yi Ge Fei Chang Da de Shi Jie” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Artron.net, 27 June 2013. http://contemporary.artron.net/20130627/n468815_3.html

Qi, Yanjie. “Cover Story: The Empire of Mao Yan” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Art Guide, June 2013: 18-23, illustrated.

Si Yao. “Mao Yan: Wo Cong Bu Pi Jin Zhan Ji” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Time Out Beijing, 24 May 2013. http://beijing.timeoutcn.com/ShowArticle_11253.htm

Su, Qingxian. “’To Ma Si’ Zhi Hou de Mao Yan” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Xinmin Weekly, no. 757, 16 September 2013, illustrated.

Xi, Qin. “Mao Yan: Hua Xiao Xiang Jiu Shi Hua Zi Ji” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Taste Reader, September 2013: 60-71, illustrated.

Yang, Jing. “Hua Hao Tuo Ma Si Cai Hua Zhong Guo Ren” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Jinghua Times, 7 August 2013.

Zhang, Zixuan. “Talent and Instinct” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). China Daily, 14 June 2013, illustrated. http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2013-06/14/content_16619979.htm

Zhou, Yulong. “Yong Mao Yan Feng Ge Pai Mao Yan” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Beijing News, 10 July 2013.

2015

Mao Yan (exhibition catalogue). Text by Donald Kuspit. New York: Pace Gallery, 2015.

2013

Mao Yan (exhibition catalogue). Text by Mathieu Borysevicz. Beijing: Pace Beijing, 2013.

Portrait of the Times: 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art (exhibition catalogue). Shanghai: Shanghai Literature & Art Press, 2013, illustrated.

Zhu, Tong, ed. Evolution (exhibition catalogue). Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2013.

2012

Face: A Survey of Chinese Portraiture (exhibition catalogue). Shanghai: Minsheng Art Museum, 2012.

2011

Mao Yan Works on Paper (exhibition catalogue). Beijing: Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery, 2011.

Collecting History: China New Art (exhibition catalogue). Chengdu: Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art, 2011.

2010

Erotic Exhibition (exhibition catalogue). Beijing: Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery, 2010.

Mao Yan in Dufftown (exhibition catalogue). Text by Yin Lichuan. Shanghai: ShanghART Gallery, 2010.

2009

In the 1980s: Wen Pulin Archive of Chinese Avant-garde Art Exhibition (exhibition catalogue). Shanghai: Duolun Museum of Modern Art, 2009.

Mao Yan: Shanghai Art Museum. Texts by Li Xiaoshan, Shu Kewen, Han Dong and Wang Min’an. Shanghai: Chinablue Gallery, 2009.

Wang, Huangsheng, Peng De and Zou Jianping, et al. Phenomena and Situation since 1985: Trends in Hubei and Hunan Chinese Contemporary Art 1985- 2009 (exhibition catalogue). Guangzhou: Guangdong Art Museum, 2009.

2008

China: Construct and Deconstruction (exhibition catalogue). São Paulo and Beijing: The National Gallery of Sao Paulo; Chinablue Gallery, 2009. (Catalogue)

2007

China's Neo Painting: A Triumph over Images (exhibition catalogue). Shanghai: and Nanjing: Shanghai Art Museum and Qing He Modern Art Museum, 2007.

Mao Yan. Texts by Li Xiaoshan, Pi Li, Wang Min’an and Han Dong. Beijing and Changsha: Chinablue Gallery; Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 2007.

2004

On the Edge of the Millennium: New Art From China (exhibition catalogue). Introduction by Michael Goedhuis. New York: Goedhuis Contemporary, 2002.

2001

ABBILD: Recent Portraiture and Depiction (exhibition catalogue). Text by Peter Pakesch. New York and Vienna: Springer, 2001.

Towards a New Image: 20 Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Liu Ji, Weng Ling, Fan Di’an, et al. Beijing: Beijing Contemporary Visual Art Development, 2001