YAO YICHUNBorn 1984 in Shanghai, China
Lives and works in London UK
www.yaoyichun.com | @yao_yichun | +44 07536244419
EDUCATION DEGREE
M.F.A., Ma Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design (UAL), London, UK. 2023
B.A., Art and design, China Academy of Art, Shanghai, China. 2006
EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
No Resume For Artists, Dongchao Rice Mill Contemporary Art Center, Hangzhou, China 2025
Shanghai Youth Art Fair 2024, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China 2024
Canal Dream Art Festival 2024, Regent’s Canal, Kings Cross, London, UK. 2024
Replica Avatar Doppelganger, Koppel Collective Gallery, London, UK. 2024
Replica Avatar Doppelganger 2024
The Exphygit Corpse, TheWrong Biennale 2023
Mother Tongue: Bodies Beyond Words, Millbank Tower, London, UK. 2023
Chelsea College of Art and Design 2023 Degree Show, Triangle gallery, London, UK. 2023
Group Show, Weatherbys Private Bank, London, UK. 2023
Common People, St Saviour’s Church, London, UK. 2023
The Fuckin’ Show Man!, Chelsea Gallery, London, UK. 2023
It’s the little things, Cookhouse Gallery, London, UK. 2023
Parallel Festival, CVA Gallery, Hongkong, China. 2023
Parallel Festival, Chelsea Gallery, London, UK. 2023
-Ing, Cookhouse Gallery, London, UK. 2022
Unrealized Ideas, London, UK. 2022
Labels, Cookhouse Gallery, London, UK. 2022
One Thing Always Lead To Another, London, UK. 2022
Departure Lounge, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK. 2022
Ephemeral, WE@BUND, Shanghai, China. 2015
New Photography in China, City Festival, Hong Kong, China. 2008
1800-0600, Epson Imaging Gallery Epsite Shanghai, Shanghai, China. 2006
Outlook Art and Design, Super Grand Mall, Shanghai, China 2006
Streetsnaps, Room with a View Gallery, Shanghai, China. 2005
PUBLICATIONS & AWARDSRoyal Academy of Arts - Summer Exhibition 2025, Shortlisted 2025
Canal Dream Art Festival 2024, ShortlistedIppawards Honorable Mentions 2024
Ippawards Honorable Mentions 2017
3030: New Photography in China, Paperback, October 2010, p. 168-171. 2010
Outlook Art and Design, Supergrand Mall, Shanghai, China, p. 76-77. 2006
Shanghai 1800-0600, Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House, January, 2006, p 22-25. 2006
PERFORMANCES, RESIDENCY & WORKSHOPS
Performance: IaskAIaski, Adema International Art Week, Mallorce, Spain. 2023
Internet Art Experiment Workshop, Adema International Art Week, Mallorce, Spain 2023
Sound Visualization Workshop, Parallel Festival, Cookhouse Gallery, London, UK. 2022
Art Poster Workshop, Réel, Shanghai, China. 2016
Cut & Paste Art Poster Workshop, City Square, Shanghai, China. 2016
