Yao Qingmei

Yao Qingmei was born in Yueqing, Zhejiang, China in 1982. She entered École Nationale Supérieure d'Art de Limoges in 2007 and graduated in 2013 from École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Villa Arson Nice with DNSEP Master degree in Fine Arts. She subsequently won numerous awards, including Young Chinese Artist of the Year from Porsche in Shanghai (2017); 68th Jeune Création Prize in Paris (2018); Asian Cultural Council New York Fellowship (2022). Currently lives in Paris, France.

Major solo exhibitions were on view at Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2014) and West Bund Museum in Shanghai (2023). She has also exhibited and performed at institutions such as Centre Pompidou, Paris; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Haus der Kunst in Munich, Biennial of Jeune Création européenne, Shanghai Biennale, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing.

Her works are part of public and private collections, including Centre Pompidou Collection, Fonds Municipal d'Art Contemporain de la Ville de Paris; Direction des Affaires Culturelles de la Ville de Marseille; Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco; Taikang Space, Beijing; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou.