Biography of Yang Jiecang 1956 Born in Foshan, Guangdong province, China 1974-78 Studied paper mounting, folk art, calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting at the Foshan Folk Art Institute, Foshan, Canton 1978-82 Studied traditional Chinese painting at the Guangdong Fine Arts Academy of Canton 1982-89 Taught at the Fine Arts Academy of Canton 1984-86 Studied Taoism with Master Huangtao at Mount Luofu, Canton and studied Zen Buddhism at Guangxiao Temple, Canton 1992-93 Fellowship of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York 2003 Residency at the Kunst Werke in Berlin, sponsored by French AFAA and German Government 2005 Visiting artists at Stanford University (February) 2008 Visiting Professor at Stanford University Present Lives and works in Paris, France and Heidelberg, Germany Selected Solo Exhibitions 2007 The Most Beautiful Country of China, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong 2006 Tomorrow Cloudy Sky, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong   Idylls, Grace Li Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland 2005 Memorandums, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France   Hei Ji Sheng Xiang, Shenzhen Painting Institute, China   Who Occupies the Space?, Isola d’arte, Milan, Italy 2003 Lookchat, Centre A, Vancouver, Canada   For Emily, 4A Gallery, Sydney, Australia 2002 Der Längste Tag, Kunstverein Nürtingen, Germany 2001 French May, Hong Kong University Museum, Hong Kong Enlightened Blackness, Alice King Gallery, Hong Kong Double View, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris 100 Layers of Ink, Cherng Piin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan Institut Français, Frankfurt, Germany 2000 You – Double View, ARCO 2000, Madrid, Spain 1999 Another Turn of the Screw, Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing Rebuild Dong Cunrui, Cherng Piin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 1998 Your Customs – Our Customs, Altes Zollamt, Frankfurt, Germany 1996 Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris 1995 Ostwestliche Kontakte, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany Galerie Samuel Lallouze, Montreal, Canada Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland Art Cologne, booth of Galerie Jeanne Bucher 1994 Cut the Fingernails from My Body, Espace d'art Contemporain Le Faubourg, Strasbourg, France Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France 1993 Rencontres dans un Couloir, private flat of Hou Hanru, Paris, France Galerie Lauter, Mannheim, Germany 1992 Testament, Dritte Welt Haus, Frankfurt a.M., Germany Gallery Turbulences, New York, USA Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France 1991 Works on Paper, Frith Street Gallery, London 1990 Salon de mars, booth of the Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France Voyage en Mexique, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico 1988 Milky Way Exhibition N°9, Gallery of the Central Park, Guangdong Artists Association, Guangdong rovince, China Selected Group Exhibitions 2007 Ullens Foundation, Beijing, PR China   Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey   Metamorphosis: The Genreation of Transformation in Chinese Contemporary Art, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland   Made in China, Louisiana Museum, Kopenhagen Denmark 2006 Laboratory for an Uncertain Future, Grand Palais, Paris France   La Rivoluzione Siamo Noi, Isola Art Centre, Milano, Italy   Capolavoro, Palazzo di Primavera, Terni, Rome, Italy   Infiltration - Idylls and Visions, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, PR China   Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK   Taste 5th Shenzhen International Ink Painitng Biennial, Shenzhen, PR China 2005 Beyond, Second Guangzhou Triennialm Guangzhou, China   Layered Landscapes: Works by Yan Lei and Yang Jiechang, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford, California   Biennial of Emergency, Palias de Tokyo, Paris/ Grozny 2004 Le Moine et le Démon, Museé D'art contemporain, Lyon, France   A l'est de sud de l'ouest, Villa Arson/Credac Sète, France   All Under Heaven, Muhka, Antwerpn, Belgium   La Nuit Blanche, Paris, France 2003 Zone of Urgency, Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy   Shenzhen Ink Painting Biennial, Shenzhen Painting Institute, China   The Fifth System, Fifth International Shenzhen Sculpture Exhibition, China 2002 Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, China Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, Korea Variations of Ink, Chambers Fine Art, New York First Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu, China 2001 20 Main Chinese Painters, National Gallery Beijing, Shanghai Art Museum, Chengdu Art Museum, and Guangdong Art Museum, China China: 20 Years of Ink Experiment, Guangdong Museum of Art, China Centre de Refuge, Centre International de Poesie, Marseille, France 2000 Paris pour Escale, Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France Continental Shift, Musée d'art Moderne et d'art Contemporain, Liège, Belgium A Portrait, Gallery agnès b., New York Fuori Uso – The Bridges, Pescara, Italy 1999 Art in March: Legend 99, Nantou, Taiwan Asiart ‘99 Biennale d'arte Contempranea, Museum of Contemporary Art, Genova, Italy 1998 Les Magiciens de la Terre, Anina Nosei Gallery, New York, USA The 2nd International Biennial, Shanghai, China 1997 In Between Limits, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju, Korea Uncertain Pleasure, Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver 1996 Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany 1995 Über Hölderlin, Hölderlin Museum Tübingen, Germany 1994 Out of the Centre, Museum of Modern Art, Pori, Finland 1993 Coalition, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, Scotland Silent Energy, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England 1992 Chinese Museum Project, The Artists' Museum, Lodz, Poland 1991 Exceptional Passage, City Museum Project, Fukuoka, Japan 1990 Chine Demain Pour Hier, Les Domaines de l'art, Pourrières, France 1989 Les Magiciens de la Terre, Centre d'art Moderne Georges Pompidou, Paris, France China/Avantgarde, National Gallery, Beijing, China Reviews, Publications and Selected Material 2003 Art in America, February 2003

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