BIOGRAPHY
1982 Born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
2005 Bachelor's degree in Management (Marketing), Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China
2011 Bachelor of Arts (DNAP), Limoges-Aubusson National Art School, Limoges, France
2013 Master of Arts (DNSEP), Villa Arson National Art School, Nice, France
2026 Artist residency, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA (until June 30)
Present Lives and works in Paris
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
- Steel Garden, ShanghART Gallery, Singapore
2023
- Yao Qingmei: Mole, West Bund Museum, Shanghai, China
2021
- Yao Qingmei: The Burrow, Magician Space, Beijing, China
2019
- Alienation. Who finishes first?, Graz, Switzerland
2018
- La commerce du parole, Atelier Blanc, Villefranche de Ruge, France
2017
- The Ecdysiast, Magician Space, Beijing, China
2016
- Sanzu Ding and its motif, OCAT Xi'an Contemporary Art Terminal, Xi’an, China
2015
- One Hour Occupy Parking Art, Work in progress, Paradise, Nantes, France
- Professor Yao, Magician Space, Beijing, China
2014-2015
- Yao Qingmei, Les Modules Programme supported by Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
- New Voices in Paris Now: Between Memory and Matter, French May Arts Festival Associated Project, Alisan Atelier, Hong Kong
- Reimagine the Familiar: A pop-up exhibition, Alisan Atelier, Hong Kong (by appointment only)
- Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Chengdu Biennale: Pulse of Life, Chengdu Art Museum, Chengdu, China (Until Aug 23)
2025
- The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China: Art & Science, 798 Art Committee, Beijing, China
- Encrucijadas, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
- Special Screening and Artist Talk, DRC NO.12, Beijing, China
- Cultural Valley of Ou River A Group Show, HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- Wandering Till the Wind Whispers My Land, Unit 1 Gallery, London, UK
- Stay Connected: Navigating the Cloud, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, China
- Under the Stars, Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Hannah Arendt’s Passing, Goethe-Institut China, Beijing, China
- 18th International Conference: The World is Watching, CPDP, Brussels, Belgium
- Lie Between, ShanghART Gallery, Beijing, China
- Qingtian, HdM Gallery, Paris, France
- Charging Guide, Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- Intervention in the Labyrinth, Aster Curator Museum, Kanazawa City, Japan
2024
- 目(mù) China, A new generation of artists, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- We will meet again: France-China Art Exhibition, Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
- Intervention in the Labyrinth, Mikke Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Prosodic Grains, By Art Matters, Hangzhou, China
- A Century of Art Between China and France: A Perpetual Path, Hongmei Art Space, Shenyang, China
- In Harmony With The Way, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China
- The Enlightenment, CLC Gallery, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
- Mean Time to Failure, l’Espace Le Carré, Lille, France
- Study Toward the New Era, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
- Scales in Flames, Shanghai Bund Art Centre, Shanghai, China
2023
- Engaging with the World: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art Since the Dawn of the 20th Century, Taikang Art Museum, Beijing, China
- A Story of a Merchant, Kurimanzutto Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
- Mediated Body: Among Objects and Fields, ShangART Gallery, Shanghai, China
- Sur le feu, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
- Voice, Musée Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany
- Microcosm: Emotions in the Age of Technology, Chengdu Art Museum, China
2022
- Floating, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
- The Intimate Revolt, Goethe Institute, Beijing, China
- Alice in Wonderland, 69 Art Campus, Beijing, China
- Rythme and Refrain, Song Art Museum, Beijing, China
- The Real Show, Brétigny Centre d’art de Brétigny, Brétigny, France
2021
- Boomerang: OCAT Biennial, OCAT Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
2020
- Play Societies: Wolves, Lynx and Ants, Hyundai Motorstudio Beijing, Beijing, China
- Embodied Mirror: Performances in Chinese Video Art, New Century Art Foundation, Beijing, China
- Un point complet sur la situation, Espace A Vendre, Nice, France
- Artiste Film Internation, Whitechapel Gallery, London
- I Wish You Could Swim, Like the Dolphins Can Swim, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
- Factories, Machines and the Poet’s Words, 798 Art Zone Buildings, Beijing, China
- Bicycle Thieves, Para Site, Hong Kong
- The Racing Will Continue, The Dancing Will Stay, Time Museum, Guangdong, China
- Reverberation from Crystallized Revolution, Tete, Berlin, Germany
- Under the Sign of Saturn, CLC space, Beijing, China
- Chinese Landscape, Taikang Collection, Beijing, China
- Shards from the Mirror of History, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
- Yellow Reflection, Galerie Liusa Wang, Paris, France
2018
- Disappearing Archive, Mocube, Beijing, China
- Danse with it, Taikang Space, Beijing, China
- New Metallurgiste, Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Here/There, He Xiangning Museum, Shenzhen, China
- Respire : Works from the Lemaitre Video Art Collection, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel
- Traces of Abandonment, Mstudio, Beijing, China
- Brace for Impact, De Appel Curatorial Programme, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Jeune Création 2018, Palais des études (Beaux-arts de Paris), Paris, France
- Now: Chinese Female Contemporary Artists, HOME, Manchester; Tate Research Centre: Asia, London, UK
- Frontier: Re-assessment of Post-Globalisational Politics, OCAT Art Centre, Shanghai, China
2017
- A Separation, Gallery Yang, Beijing, China
- Festival The Spectre of Communism, Musée Haus Der Kunst, Munich, Germany
- The Unknown Future, Niu Centre d’art, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
- Deconstructing Buyology, Centre d’art Bai Ta Si, Beijing, China
- La Pensée du Tremblement, Galerie Jeune Création, Paris, France
- Young Chinese Artiste of the Year, Yicang Musem, Shanghai, China
- A Chemical Love Story, Tang Contemporaray Art, Beijing, China
- Every Skyscraper, 2nd Changjiang Photography/Video Biennale, Chongqing, China
- Festival l'OEil d'Oodaaq, Renne, France
- The New Normal: Art and China in 2017, UCCA, Beijing, China
2016
- Vidéo d'artistes, Festival Ville au Corps, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris, France
- Scarcity and Supply, Baijiahu Museum, Nanjing, China
- J’ai des certitudes sur mes doutes, Artothèque, Caen, France
- Pixel Park: Contemporary Video Art Exhibition, Shanghai, China
- Not Early Not Late, Gallerie Pace, Beijing, China
- Jeune Création Européenne 2015/2017, Latvia
- Yes, I can ! , Centre d’art contemporain Walter-Benjamin, Perpignan, France
- Jeune Création Européenne 2015/2017, Poland
- Jeune Création Européenne 2015/2017, Kunst bygningen vraa, Denmark
- We Refugees: Of the Right to Have Rights, Badischer-Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
2015
- La Leçon, Espace à vendre, Nice, France
- (et pour) quelques minutes de plus, la Générale en manufacture, Sèvre, France
- Le JCE Biennale 2015/2017, Montrouge, France
- L'Art-o-Rama, Show Room 2015, Marseille, France
- Zamin Time, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
- How Art Museum, Wenzhou, China
- Zoom Contemporary Image Art Invitational Exhibition, Glorious Plaza, Xi'an, China
- Loop Video, Barcelona, Spain
- Art Basel Hong Kong, Film sector, Hong Kong
- Fundamental Labor, KaoLa Space, Tianjin, China
- Pavillon Blanc, Centre d’art de Colomier, France
- Traverse Vidéo 2015, Galerie Concha de Nazelle, Toulouse, France
- Brussels Cologne Contemporaries 2015, Brussels, Belgium
- Un monde léger et profond, Art Up 2015 (Carte Blanche à Stephane Corréard), Lille, France
2014
- FIAC, (OFF)ICIELLE, Cité de la Mode et du Désign (Stand de FMAC, Fond Municipal d'art contemporain de Paris), Paris, France
- Le commerce de la parole, Musée de Rochechouart, France
- The Player, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême, France
- Deux trois mouvement, Les Charpentiers de la Corse, Corsica, France
- La Comédie de l'Art, Fondation de doute, Ville de Blois, France
- 59e Salon de Montrouge, Ville de Montrouge, France
- Traverse Vidéo 2014, Chapelle des Carmélites, Toulouse, France
- Mauvaise herbe, Galerie La Vitrine, Limoges, France
- La bricologie, raumLABOR, Braunschweig, Germany
- ENTRACT 11, pad/ studio Loba (organisé par le collectif blast), Angers, France
- Collection Les Maitres, Maison Européen de la Photographie, Paris, France
- Festival Vidéo Vidéo, Bourgogne, Paris, France
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2024
- The rising sun, Asia Now, Monnaie de paris, Paris, France
- Blowing a feather, Asymmetry Art Foundation, Asian Forum, official Collateral Events of the 60th edition of La Biennale di Venezia, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice
- Blowing a feather (work in progress), Movement Research at Judson Church, New York, USA
2023
- Gozilla can't be killed, Macalline Center of Art, Shanghai, China
2021
- Quarantine diary, Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- Fight Landscape, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China
- A better life, Aranya Art Centre, Qinghuangdao, China
- One rehearsal (live show), Cache Space, Beijing, China
2017
- Specters of Communism, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2016
- 12 minutes de performance, Rue française by Miss China, Paris, France
2015
- Miss Weather for the Plateau discussion 'Contemporary in the Making,' la Générale en manufacture, Sèvre, France
2014
- The Ceremony of Animal Liberation, Museum of Hunting and Nature, Paris, France
- Professor Yao's Conference: The Sanzu Ding and its motif, in the "Partition Conference" program., Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Paris, France
- Street Therapy for the INACT Festival, Strasbourg, France
- Street Therapy (Opening Cocktail), Intervention in the city of Limoges, France
SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2023
- New York Residency Program, Asian Cultural Council, New York, USA
- The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2021
- Today Art Museum residency program, Beijing, China
- Cache Space, Beijing, China
2016
- Museu Municipal Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, Amarante, Portugal
- The Artistic Residence House of Amarante, Portugal
- Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
2015
- Paradise, Nantes, France
- Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
2014
- Les charpentiers de la Corse, Corsica
- L'Atelier de Montrouge, Montrouge, France
- Cité internationale des arts (2014 – 2016), Paris, France
SELECTED AWARDS
2025 Artistic Project Grant, CNAP (National Centre for Visual Arts), Paris, France
2023 Asian Cultural Council New York Fellowship, New York, United States
2022 Individual Creation Fellowship, DRAC Île-de-France (Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs), France
2018 The 68th Prix Jeune Création of Paris, Paris, France
2017 Young Chinese Artist of the Year, Shanghai, China
2014 Special Jury Prize, 59th Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, France
Individual Creation Fellowship, DRAC Limousin (Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs), France
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Fonds Municipal d'Art Contemporain de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Direction des Affaires Culturelles de la Ville de Marseille, Marseille, France
Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, USA
Taikang Space, Beijing, China
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
