1962  Born in Heilongjiang Province, China
1989  Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
Current Lives and Works in Beijing, Professional Artist.

Solo Exhibitions
2007  Yue Minjun and the Symbolic Smile, Queens Museum, New York, USA
　　　Yue Minjun: Looking for Art, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
　　　Yue Minjun: I Love Laughing, Asia Society, New York, USA
2006  Yue Minjun: Manipulation Series, Enrico Navarra Gallery, Paris, France

            The Reproduction of Idols: Yue Minjun 2004-2006, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
　　　Looking for Terrorists, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
2005  Post- auratic Self Portrayal of Yue Minjun, CP Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia
2004  Yue Min Jun: Sculptures & Paintings, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2003  YueMinJun, Meile Gallery , Switzerland
           Yue Min Jun: Beijing Ironicals, Prüss & Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2002  Soaking In Silly Laughter: One of Art Singapore 2002, SooBin Art Gallery, Singapore
　　　Yue Min Jun: Handling, One World Art Center, Beijing, China
2000  Red Ocean - Yue Minjun, Chinese Contemporary, London, UK

Group Exhibitions
2008  Academic and Un-academic Ⅱ, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China
           Facing Reality, China National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2007  China - Facing Reality, Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna, Austria
　　　Red Hot, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
            Post Martial Laws vs. Post ’89: the Contemporary Art in Taiwan and China, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Tai Wan, China  
2006  Radar—Selections from the Collection of Vicky and Kent Logan, Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA
           Shu: Reinventing Book in Contemporary Chinese Art, China Institute Gallery, New York, USA
           China Now, Sammlung Essl Museum , Vienna, Austria
　　　Mahjong - Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
2005  Beautiful Cynicism, Arario Beijing, Beijing, China
           Sky of Fate-Invited Exhibition of Chinese Paintings 2005, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
           Plato and His Seven Spirits, Century Overseas Chinese City, Beijing; OCT Contemporary Art Terminal of He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
           Open 2005—International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Lido, Venice, Italy
           Pioneer - Chinese Avant-garde Sculpture, Museum Beelden Aan Zee, Hague, the Netherlands
           Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, Switzerland
           Dress Up in Art：Theme Exhibition on Traditional Chinese Operas, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
           Always to the Front - China Contemporary Art, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, China
　　   Conceptual Art - Exhibit of Contemporary Paintings from China, Shenzhen Art Museum, China.
2004  Beyond Boundaries, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
　　   Dreaming of the Dragon's Nation: Contemporary Art Exhibition from China, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
　　   Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
　　   Painting and Sculpture Exhibition "Faces of Illusion" by Fang Lijun, Ye Yongqing and Yue Minjun, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
　　   Gwuangju Biennale 2004: A Grain of Dust, A Drop of Water, Korea
　　   Art on the Beach: Sculptures, Enrico Navarra Gallery, Ramatuelle, France
　　   20 Years of Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hangkong
　　   China, the Body Everywhere?, Marseilles Museum of Contemporary Art, France
2003  New Painting 2003, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China
           From China with Art, Indonesian National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
　　  The Rest of the World, Neuffer Am Park, Pirmasens, Germany
　　   Newe Kunsthalle Mannheim 2, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany.
　　   CP Open Biennale 2003, Indonesian National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
　　   People and People: Chinese Modern and Contemporary Art Collections of GDMA, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
　　   Living Conditions: Selections from the GDMA Collection of Contemporary Chinese Art, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2002  Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition: Red Land, China, Gwangju Art Museum, Korea

            Korean and Chinese Painting - 2002 New Expression, Seoul Arts Center, Korea
　　　Chinese Contemporary Art, Rekjavik Art Museum, Iceland
            The First Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
　　　Golden Harvest - Chinese Contemporary Exhibition, Croatia National Art Museum, Croatia
2001  Ornament and Abstraction, Foundation Beyeler, Switzerland
            Hotpot: Chinese Contemporary Art, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
            Towards A New Image: Twenty Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting, China National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing;   Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; SiChuan Art Museum, Chengdu;   Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
           Song Zhuang, Stadtische Galerie im Buntentor Bremen & Kunstverein, Germany
2000  ...Between..., Upriver Residence, Kunming, China
　　　Portrait de Chine Contemporaine, Espace Culturel Francois Mitterrand, Perigueux, France
　　　Our Friends, Bauhaus University Art Gallery, Weimar, Germany
1999  The 48th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
           Transparence, opacité?-14 Chinese Contemporary Artists, France; Italy
           Open Channels, Dongyu Museum of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China

            New Modernism for a New Millennium: Works by Contemporary Asian Artists from the Logan Collection, LIMN Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1998  The 1st Exhibition of Upriver Gallery's Collection, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
　　　5000+10, Contemporary Art from Mainland China, Bilbao, Spain
            It's me, Forbidden City, Beijing, China
　　　Made in China, Nikolaus Sonne Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
1997  China!, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany, Touring Show in Germany, Austria, Poland, Denmark
           Quotation Marks: Chinese Contemporary Paintings, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
           China Now, Tokyo, Japan; Basel, Switzerland.
           Red and Grey: Eight Avant-garde Chinese Artists from China, SooBin Art Gallery, Singapore
1996  Art to Swatch, Take Part in the Design of "The 1996 Artist Collection” of Swatch
1995  Vision of China: Contemporary Chinese Painting by Chinese Masters, Pacific City Club, Bangkok, Thailand
           Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition: From Realism to Post-Modernism, Theoremes Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1994  Faces Behind the Bamboo Curtain: Works of Yue Minjun and Yang Shaobin, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
1992  Yuan Ming Yuan Artists Exhibition,Yuan Ming Yuan, Beijing, China
1991  Contemporary Modern Art Exhibition, Friendship Guesthouse, Beijing, China
1987  "S" Art Exhibition, Hebei Province Exhibition Center, Shijiazhuang, China