Ding Yi     丁乙

1962 Born in Shanghai
1983 graduated from the Shanghai Arts & Crafts Institute
1990 graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Shanghai University and is lecturing at the Shanghai Arts & Crafts Institute up to now
 

2008

"The Tale of Silk - A Hermès Exhibition", Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

"Appearance of Crosses from 1989 - 2007", Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy (Solo Show)

2007

"Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg", Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria

"85 New Wave - The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art", Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

"Strategy on Paper - Works on Paper Invitational", Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China

"The Tale of Silk - A Hermès Exhibition", Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

"Rejected Collection - More the 40 Chinese Artists / Over 60 Rejected Proposals", Ke Center for Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China

"Harmony and Difference - East China Contemporary Sculpture Invitational Exhibition", Art Space of Fine Art College, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

"Shanghai Attitude - Invitational", No. 3758 Qixin Rd., Minhang District, Shanghai, China

2006

"Graticule - Ding Yi's Works from 1989 to 2006", ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai, China (Solo)

"Zhangjiang Art Park Opening Ceremony", Zhangjiang Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, China

"Art in Motion", Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China

"Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg ", Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

"Hyper Design. 6th Shanghai Biennale", Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

"MOCA Envisagel - Entry Gate: Chinese Aesthetics of Heterogeneity", Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China

"Contemporary China", PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea

"The Blossoming of Realism - The Oil Painting of Mainland China Since 1978", Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, China

"Works on Paper", Xuhui Art Museum, Shanghai, China

"Transform-Artists Created by Their Works", Jing Art Gallery, Shanghai, China

"In the Name of Material", HSS Art Centre, Shanghai, China

2005

"Ding Yi - Appearance of Crosses", Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England (Solo)

"Pictorial DNA Made in China", Galerie Urs Meile. Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

"Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg", Kunstmuseum Bern, Berne, Switzerland

"Alien Illusion", Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

Shenzhen Art Biennale, OCT Contempory Art Centre, Shenzhen, China

"Cina. Prospettive d' arte contemporanea / China: As Seen by Contemporary Chinese Artists", Provincia di Milano, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy

2004

"Persona3", China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing, China

"Shanghai Modern", Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany

"DIAL 62761232", Callers Location, Shanghai, China

"Dreaming of the Dragon's Nation: Contemporary Art from China", Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, Ireland
"Small Works", ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China (Solo)

"Crossed Vision", China Art Archive & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing, China (Solo)
2003
Appearance of Crosses, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland
Dajia-Studying on Design from Contemporary Art, the Museum of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Open Sky, Grand Opening of Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Different Chose-The Invited Exhibition of the Shanghai 60's Artists, Shanghai Bandao Gallery, Shanghai, China
Prayer Beads and Brush Strokes, Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Dashanzi, Beijing, China (Cur. Li Xiangting)
Chinese Maximalism, Millennium Art Museum, Beijing, China (Cur. Gao Minglu)
New Painting, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China
Junction-Chinese Contemporary Architecture of Art, Lianyang Architecture Art Museum, Shanghai, China (Cur. Ai Weiwei)
Appearance of Crosses, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland
2002
Appearance of Crosses, Galerie Waldburger, Berlin, Germany
Two Abstract Artists in Shanghai, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China (together with Shen Fan)
Crossing Cultures. Elementarteilchenkunst, Kunsthaus Muerz (Steirischer Herbst), Austria
Take Part II, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland
Ost + West, Gallery K/haus, Vienna, Austria
Golden Harvest, Museum of the Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
The First Triennial, Guangzhou Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Paris-Pékin, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
A Big Image has no Shape - An Exhibition of International Chinese Paintings, He Xiangning Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
24:30 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bizart, Shanghai, China
2002 Shanghai Abstract Art Group Show, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Metaphysics 2002, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2001
Next Generation Art Contemporain d'Asie, Passage de Retz, France
Take Part, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland
Installation, Soho, Beijing, China
As long as they catch mice.., Munkeruphus, Dronningmolle, Denmark
Gallery opening, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, U.S.A
Living in Time, Contemporary Artists form China, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Off Triennale, Zeit Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan
Towards a New Image: Twenty years of Chinese Contemporary Painting, National Art Museum, Beijing, China; Art Museum, Shanghai, China; Art Museum, Guangzhou; Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Ornament & Abstraction, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
The First Chengdu Biennal, Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Inauguration Exhibition of the New Gallery, China Art Archives & Warehouse, Beijing, China
Metaphysics 2001, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2000
Ding Yi: Fluorescence on Tartan, China Art Archives & Warehouse, Beijing, China
Fuck Off (Uncooperative Approach), Shanghai, China
Shanghai 2000, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
Red, Room with a View, Shanghai, China
2000 China - Korea - Japan, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Changing Cultural District Center, Shanghai, China
The Position of East Asia, China-Korea-Japan, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Changing District, Cultural Centre, Shanghai, China
Look Out / Look In, East Quadrangle Art Gallery, University of Michigan, USA
Chinese muren - Chinese walls Nederlandse Gasunie, Groningen, Netherlands
1999
Not a Chinese Show, Gate Foundation Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (together with Hong Hao)
Fortune Global Forum Contemporary Art Exhibit, Jinmao, Shanghai, China
Last Five Minutes, East Link Gallery, Shanghai, China
The Modern Chinese Art Foundation, Modern Chinese Art Foundation, Caermersklooster, Belgium
Look Out / Look In, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
Concepts, Color and Passions, China Art Archives & Warehouse, Beijing, China
1999 Open Channels, The first exhibition of Dong Yu Museum of Fine Arts collection, Dong Yu Museum, Shenyang, China
Abstract Art in the City, Shanghai Art Academy, Shanghai, China
New Abstract Art in Shanghai, Hongqiao Garden, Shanghai, China
Innovations Part I CAAW, Beijing, China
Biennale of Maya Maya, Portugal
12 Days of Small Works Shanghart Gallery, Shanghai, China
Art/30/ Basel, Switzerland
Everyday Attitude, Upriver Gallery, Chengdu, China
1998
Chinese sehen alle gleich aus Asia Art Now Gallery, Berlin
China ! Touring Exhibition ,Haus der kulturen der Welt, Berlin
every day 11ht biennale of Sydney
Mondrian in China - A Documentary Exhibiton with Chinese Originals The Art Gallery of the Beijing International Art Palace, Beijing
Group Exhibition of 8 artists from China Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland
Jiang Nan - From the South of the Yangzi River Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver
1998 Ding Yi: Crosses '89-'98 The Art Gallery of the Beijing International Art Palace, Beijing
1997
In Between Limits Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Sonje, South Korea
Chinese Abstraction Gallery Ursula Kinzing, Vienna, Austria
China ! Artist's House, Vienna Austria; Zacheta Art Museum, Warsaw, Poland: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
A point of Contact Taegu Art & Culture Hall, Taegu, South Korea
The collection of Shanghai Art Museum Inchon New World Art Museum, Korea
Works by Shanghai Artists Art Association Exhibition Hall, St Petersburg, Russia
New Art from China Flanders Contemporary Art, Minnetonka, USA
No Chinese Art Asian Art Now!, The Fine Arts Factory, Berlin
1997 Ding Yi: Crosses '97 Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
1996
China Kunstmuseum Bonn
Chinese Abstraction MichaelWondell Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Contemporain Direct Art Nice, France
In China Part II World Trade Center Bremen
CanTonShangHaiPeKing, CIFA Gallery, Beijing
1996 15 x Red" ShanghART Gallery Shanghai
1995
Change - Chinese Contemporary Art subsequently showed in the ''Konst Museum Göteborg' and the "Jönköping Läns Museum" , Jönköping, Sweden
New Chinese Art: 1990 - 1994 at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
China, Artistic-Avantgarde-Movements Centre d'art, Santa Mónica, Barcelona
In China Gallery Carol Johnssen, Munich
Ding Yi - Opere Su Carte (works on paper of Ding Yi) at La Galleria degli Archi, Comiso, Italy
1994
'Union-Exhibition of Six Artists Abstract Art Works Han Art TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
Ding Yi's Art Works on Paper Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, Canton
Ding Yi Shanghai Art Museum
1993
China Avant-garde subsequently showed during 93-94 Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Kunsthal, Rotterdam; Museum of Modern Art Oxford; Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense Denmark; Hildesheim Art Gallery, Germany
Post-89 Chinese Modern Art Hong Kong Art Centre
La Biennale di Venezia, XLV Espozione Internazionale D'Arte Venezia, Italy
Shanghai Modern Art Exhibition Yokohama, Japan
Asia- Pacific Triennal of Contemporary Art, Australia Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
1991-92
Documentary Exhibition of Chinese Modern Art Nanjing,Chongjing North-East Region, China
1989
China Avant/Garde National Gallery, Beijing
'90's Documentary Exhibition of Chinese Modern Art Japan K Gallery, Tokyo
1988
Exhibition of Today's Art Shanghai Art Museum
1986
The first exhibition of Shanghainese young artists' works Shanghai Artists Gallery
Inauguration Exhibition of the Shanghai Art Museum Shanghai
86 Concave-Convex Exhibition Shanghai Xuhui Culture Centre
1985
Exhibition of Modern art by six artists Fudan Unviversity, Shanghai