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| 1962 | Born in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China |
| 1979 | Worked as an Electrician, Ocean Oil Company, Tianjin, China |
| 1983 | Graduated from Hebei Normal University, Oil painting department, China |
| 1996 | Designed Redstar watch for The Artists Collection of Swatch Watches |
| Lives and works in Beijing, China | |
Selected Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2009 | The Archeological Discovery in A.D. 3009, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China |
| 2007 | Yue Minjun and the Symbolic Smile, Queens Museum, New York, U.S.A. |
| 2007 | Yue Minjun and the Symbolic Smile, Queens Museum, New York, U.S.A. |
| 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 Min Jun, CP Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 2004 | Yue Minjun: Sculptures & Paintings, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hongkong, China |
| 2003 | Yue Minjun: Beijing Ironicals, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN │ BEIJING, Berlin, Germany Yue Minjun, Meile Gallery, Switzerland |
| 2002 | Soaking in Silly Laughter: One of Art Singapore 2002, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore Yue Minjun: Handling, One World Art Centre, Beijing, China |
| 2000 | Red Ocean-Yue Minjun, Chinese Contemporary, London, England |
Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2009 | COLOSSAL - KUNST FAKT FIKTION, Museum und Park Varusschlacht im Osnabrücker Land, Germany |
| 2008 | Loss of Control, Crossing the boundaries to art from Félicien Rops to the present, Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst und Design, Herford, Germany Translocalmotion. 7th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China Facing Reality-Selection of Chinese Contemporary Art, National Art Museum of China |
| 2007 | China-Facing Reality, Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna, Austria Red Hot! Asian Art from the Chaney Family Collection, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA The Year pf the Golden Pig - Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, England Max Protetch Gallery, New York, U.S.A. Post Martial Law vs Post '89: The Contemporary Art in Taiwan and China, Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, China |
| 2006 | China now - Kunst in Zeiten des Umbruchs, Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuberg, Austria Xianfeng! Chinese Avant-Garde, Museum Beelden aan zee, Scheveningen, Netherlands Without Boundary, Pyo Gallery Seoul / Pyo Gallery Beijing Radar: Selections from the Collection of Vicky and Kent Logan, Denver Art Museum, U.S.A. Shu: Reinventing Book in Contemporary Chinese Art, China Institute Gallery, New York, U.S.A. China Now, Sammlung Essl Privatstiftung, Klosterneuberg, Austria Mahjong: Contemporary Art from the Sigg Collection, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany |
