NI
Youyu
Ni Youyu
Artist and curator.
Ni Youyu was born in 1984, and currently lives and works in Shanghai. He graduated in 2007 from the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, majored in Chinese traditional painting. He was awarded the Contemporary Chinese Art Award (CCAA) as “Best Young Artist” in 2014.
Education
2003 - 2007
Fine Art College of Shanghai University, Chinese traditional painting major
Awards
2014
“Best Young Artist”, Contemporary Chinese Art Award (CCAA)
Exhibitions
Solo
2023
2022
2019
ART023, Blunt Society, Shanghai, China
Ni Youyu: Dome & Scale, He Art Museum, Foshan, China
The Last Sunset, Galerie Perrotin, Shanghai, China
∞, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
2018
Relic, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Ni Youyu: Dust Paintings, Orange County Museum of Art, California, USA
So Near Yet So Far, Perrotin, Hong Kong, China
2017
The Endless Second, Gallery Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
Concrete Waterfall, Kunstverein Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
2016
2015
Big Dipper, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Constant Dripping Wears Away a Stone, MOCA Taipei, Taipei, Chinese Taiwan
Invisible Force, Arario Gallery, Shanghai, China
2014
2013
Inches of Time, Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China
Form and Matter, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Zilch – Ni Youyu Independent Project, Department for Culture and Education of the German Consulate-General in Shanghai, 9m² Museum Project Space, Shanghai, China
2012
A Brief History, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Group (selected)
2024
Returning to the Sea, TAG Art Museum, Qingdao, China
Shan Shui Reboot: Re-envisioning Landscape for a Changing World, China Institute, New York, USA
The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China (Macau) 2022, Macau, China
2023
Silhouette of Splendors, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Bordercrossing: Possibilities and Interactions, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
M+Sigg Collection: Another Story, M+ Museum, Hong Kong, China
SIGG: Chinese Contemporary Art from the Sigg Collection, SongEun Art and Cultural Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
Perception and Imagery - Shanghai Contemporary Art Group Exhibition, Saisen Art, Shanghai, China
2022
Hill of the Madman, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
For a Bigger Picture, APS Museum, Shanghai, China
Eternal Seasons, LGDR, Hong Kong, China
2021
The Dream of the Museum, M+ Museum, Hong Kong, China
SUSHI - A World in a Grain of Sand, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Tokyo, Japan
To Draw a Line: Reflections on Drawing as a Form, ADM Gallery (School of Art, Design and Media/NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY), Singapore
The Methodology of the New Generation: To Be the Better One, Wind H Art Center, Beijing, China
Mis/Perceptions of Leisure and Labor in the Asia-Pacific, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Towards a New Land: Tales of the Ancient Pavilion, Canglangting (The Surging Wave Pavilion) & Keyuan & Yiyuan (The Garden of Pleasance) & Yipu (The Garden of Cultivation), Suzhou, China
To the Edge of Time: KU Leuven Library, Leuven, Belgium
2020
2019
Messengers, Galerie Perrotin, Shanghai, China
In Front of the Sea, Passerelle Centre d'art contemporain, Brest, France
Facing the Collector: The Sigg Collection of Contemporary Art from China, Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy
Out of the Shadows: Contemporary Chinese Photography, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA
The Curation Workshop II: Story and Structure, OCAT, Shenzhen, China
The Museum Collection, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Ode to Great Beauty: Memories and Dialogues with Yungang Grottoes, Power Long Museum, Shanghai, China
The Museum Collection, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Uncompleted, Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China
Chinese Whispers: Recent Art from the Sigg Collection, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
Ghisla Art Collection Season 2019, Locarno, Switzerland
Roots of Clouds Adrift: Temporality - OCAT Nanjing Qixia Public Art Project 2019, OCAT Nanjing, Nanjing, China
Do you Copy, MoCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2018
After Sunset, Galerie Liusa Wang, Paris, France
A Chinese Journey - The Sigg Collection, Noordbrabandts Museum, Hertogenbosh Holland
Into the Great Wide Open, 166 Artspace, Shanghai, China
Post-Brushwork Era: Chinese Landscapes, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2017
The Weight of Lightness, M+ Museum, Hong Kong, China
4th Documentary Exhibition of Fine Arts: Stress Field, Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan, China
Ritual Spirit, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Collage: The Cards Players, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
All happens after sunset…, MOCA Shanghai Pavilion, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Black and White, 166 Artspace, Shanghai, China
The Blues, 166 Artspace, Shanghai, China
2016
An Atlas of Mirrors, The 5th Singapore Biennale, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Painting as Strait Gate, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Nature: A Subjective Place, Shanghai Center Of Photography, Shanghai, China
Chinese Whispers, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Ink Remix: Contemporary art from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, UNSW Galleries, Sydney, Australia
Over the Wall: Paintings Tempted by Installation, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
New Capital, Museum of Contemporary Art Chengdu, Chengdu, China
Everyday Legend, Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Temporary Museum, Museum of College of Fine Arts, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
The Decameron – BMCA Documenting Art, Blue Mountain Contemporary Art, Caochangdi Art Village, Beijing, China
2015
Copyleft, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
Ink Remix: Contemporary art from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, Canberra Museum, Canberra, Australia
Harmony and Transition – Reflecting Chinese Landscape, Museum Marta Herford, Herford, German
The Garden of Forking Paths – Tracks and Intersections of 15 Artists, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
Editing the Spectacle: the Individual and Working Methods Post-Mediatization, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Dunhuang – Song of Living Beings, Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China
Revolution in Tradition – China's Post-Ink Painting Era, Gallery Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
Overlay Image, Casa Dei Carraresi Museum, Treviso, Italy
The 2nd “CAFAM Future” Exhibition: Observer-Creator, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
Garden Splendors, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou, China
A Tale of Two Cities, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2014
Outside The Lines – New Art From China, RH Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Thinking of Landscape – Paintings from the Yeap Lam Yang Collection, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
Confronting Anitya – Oriental Experience in Contemporary Art, Kunstraum Villa Friede, Bonn, Germany; Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China; Kunstwerk Charlshuette, Buedelsdorf, Germany; Art Sanya 2014, Sanya, China
The Sociology of Oneself, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Chinese Taiwan
Broken·Stand - The New Painting to Order, Long museum, Shanghai, China
John Moores New Painting Prize（China）, Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Labor & Time, Chambers Fine Art Beijing, Beijing, China
How Now 2014 – Silent Force, How Museum, Wenzhou, China
On the Road 2014, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Resolution, SVA – NYC Art Platform, Shanghai, China
2013
Painstaking Painting, "St. Moritz Art Masters" project space, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Bidirectional Punctum: As an Entry Point of Representation, One Kind of Painting, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
The Moment, We Awe, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
The 6th Chengdu Biennale, New International Convention & Exposition Center
Chengdu Century City, Chengdu, China
Break and Breathe – Hands On No.5, College of Fine Arts Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
The 8th International Ink Art Biennale of Shenzhen, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2012
Ctrl+N – The 9th Gwangju Biennale Special Exhibition, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
The 1st "CAFAM Future" Exhibition: Sub-Phenomena: Report on the State of Chinese Young Art Nomination, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
Sattva, Bogota Morden Art Museum, Bogota,Columbia; Wifredo Lam Museum, Havana, Cuba
2011
ShanShui – Poetry without Sound, Contemporary Art from the Sigg Collect, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
Magic Space, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Learning Method – Hands On No.4, V Arts Centre Space1, Shanghai, China
Pattern-Vortex-Encounter, Museum Of Unknown, Space Station, Beijing, China; Times Museum, Guangzhou, China
Contemporary China, Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Nature of Matter, East link Gallery, Shanghai, China
2010
Big Draft – Shanghai, Contemporary Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder（OCD） – Hands On No.3, DDM, Shanghai, China
Reflection of Minds – MOCA Envisage Biennale, MOCA ShangHai, Shanghai, China
Post Traditions, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
San Sheng Wan Wu – Inaugueation of the Exhibition of Zendai Contemporary Art Exhibition Hall, Zendai Contemporary Art Exhibition Hall, Shanghai, China
2009
2008
2006
Material Link – Technopolis, City of Athens, Athens, Greece
Parallel – Hands On No.2, M50 Art District, Shanghai, China
Material Link – A Dialogue Between Greek and Chinese Artists, MOCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China; Greek State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Lian Cheng Jue – Visual Creativity in New Urban, ZhenDai MOMA, Shanghai, China
With the Way We Game – Hands On No.1, Bin Jiang Creative Enterprises Centre, Shanghai, China
Public Collection
- Ghisla Art Collection Foundation, Locarno, Switzerland
- Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
- M+ Museum, Hong Kong
- Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
- me Collectors Room / Olbricht Collection, Berlin, Germany
- Arario Museum, Seoul / Jeju, South Korea
- Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China
- White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
- DSL Collection, Paris, France
- Sigg Collection, Switzerland
- Rockbund Museum, Shanghai, China
- Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
- He Art Museum, Foshan, China
- Shanghai Library East, Shanghai, China
Press
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2023.11 Wallpaper - 艺艺生辉｜一个人的艺博会
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2022.12 ARTFORUM - 倪有鱼谈“穹顶与刻度”｜ARTFORUM采访
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2022.9 IDEAT - 独家｜倪有鱼：时间幻境中，穹顶与刻度
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2022.8 Wallpaper - 倪有鱼：⻓篇小说的宏大序章
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2019.10 NOWNESS - 水冲的时间，可疑的画
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2019.9 Artnet - 倪有鱼的抽离与抽象：艺术家从来不是什么创造者
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2019.8 Tatler - 倪有鱼，绝对有限和相对无穷
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2017.9 BAZZAR ART - 倪有鱼：艺术是漫长的一瞬间
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2017.9 ARTFORUM - 倪有鱼 | ARTFORUM展评