Yan Lei     颜磊

Born in Hebei province, China in 1965
Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, China
Works and lives in Beijing and Hong Kong, China
 

2008
Sparkling, Galerie Paul Frèches, Paris, France (Solo)
Sparkling, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado, USA (Solo)
Cina XXI secolo. Arte fra identità e trasformazione, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, Italy
2007
Dogzstar project, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy (Solo)

Ouverture, Galleria Continua / Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, France 
12° Documenta, Kassel, Germany
10°  Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
A Continuous Dialogue, Galleria Continua, Italy
2006
Mahjong, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
MOCA Envisage 2006, MOCA Shanghai, China
Art 37 Basel, Switzerland
Xin Beijing Art Gallery First Exhibition, Beijing, China
One Work: Hong Hao and Yan Lei, Taikang Top Space, Beijing, China    
On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley Collage, Mussachusetts, USA    
On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA    
A Continuous Dialogue, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China
2005
Super Light, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland (Solo)

PICTORIAL DNA made in China, Galerie Urs Mesile. Lucerne, Switzerland
Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
CHINA: as seen BY CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ARTISTS, Provincia di Milano, Spazio Oberdan, Italy
On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, California, USA
A l'Ouest du Sud de l'Est - L'annee de la chine, CRAC centre regional d'art contemporain, Sète, France
2004
Art Basel Fair, CAAW, Basel, Switzerland
Degenerated, Modern Chinese Art Foundation, Ghent, Belgium
Silknet, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland
Winter Show, CAAW, Beijing, China
A l'est du sud de l'ouest, Crac - Centre National d'Art contemporain, Sète, France
Left Wing, Left Bank Community, Beijing, China
2003
Climbing Space, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland (solo)
The 50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Alors la Chine?, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2002
Yan Lei, Loft, Paris, France
Citades, The 25th Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Pause, The 4th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
Paris-Pékin, Espace Cardin, Paris, France
ArtKoln, Koln, Germany
Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China
The First Guangzhou Triennale, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Landscape of Sur-Consuming, Vitamin, Guangzhou, China
Junction, Shanghai Architecture Museum, Shanghai, China
Mirage, Suzhou Art Museum, Suzhou, China, curated by Gu Zhenqing
2001
International Scenery, China Art Archives and Warehouse, Beijing, China (solo)
Polypolis - Contemporary Art from South-East Asia, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany
City-Slang, The First Annual Contemporary Art from Zhu Jiang Delta, The Gallery of Artist Commune, Hong Kong
The First Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China
2000
Unusual and Usual Contemporary Art Exhibition, Yuangong Modern Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
1999
On the Frontier of Capitalism, Museum of Site, Hong Kong
"Alleluia", Museum of Site, Hongkong
The Contemporary Art from China, Korea and Japan, The Museum of Pusan University, Korea
Fast Forward - video art exhibition from China, Hong-Kong, Taiwan, Macau Contemporary Art Center
Unveiled Reality: Contemporary Chinese Photograph, Bangkok, Thailand; Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver ; Annie Wong Art Foundation, Hong Kong
China Maze, Gallery OTSO, Espoo, Finland
1998
Images Telling Stories, Shanghai, China
It's Me, Forbidden City, Beijing, China
1997
New Asia, New City, New Art, Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, China
1996
Phenomenom and Image, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, China
1995
Invasion, Beijing Junior Art Theatre, Beijing, China
Post 89 - China New Art, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
1994
Contemporary Photography from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong
1993
Post 89 - China New Art, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong
1989
China Avant-Garde, China Art Gallery, Beijing, China