Cao Yu
Biography
1988 born in Liaoning Province, China
Lives and works in Beijing, China
2011 BFA, Sculpture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2016 MA, Sculpture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
I Was Born To Do This, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2021
Passing Through the Human World, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2019
Femme Fatale, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2017
I Have an Hourglass Waist, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Poetry By the Barbarian, ASE Foundation, Shanghai, China
2023
AMAZING WOMEN—A Tribute Exhibition to Outstanding Female Artists by Forbes China, Phoenix Satellite Television Center, Beijing, China
FROM THE OTHER HILL, GUARDIAN ART CENTER, Beijing, China
The Wild Theatre—Award Of Art China, 2023, Shenzhen Artron Art Center, Shenzhen, China
SWIRL · The 8th stars plan young Artists Research Exhibition, Wuhan Art Museum (Qintai), Wuhan, China
STEPPING OUT! Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
SIGG : Chinese Contemporary Art from the Sigg Collection, SONGEUN Art and Cultural Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
2022
Empowerment, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2021
ECHO, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland
Space Fantasy: The New Generation of Chinese Installation Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan,
Yinchuan, China
Symphony of Gravity & Harshness, G+ Art Space, Wuyishan, China
SNAPSHOT, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2020
Shifting, Pop-up Art Parcours, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland
Being of Evils, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2019
Goodbye Plastic, Longtang, Zurich, Switzerland
Now Is The Time, 2019 Wuzhen Contemporary Art Exhibition, North Silk Factory, Wuzhen, China
Bodies of Work, Baxter Street at the Camera Club New York New York, US
Chinese Whispers 中国私语 - Recent Art from the Sigg Collection, MAK Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
2018
Her Kind, Zhuzhong Art Museum, Beijing, China
SANKT MARTIN, Martina Tauber Fine Art, Munich, Germany
Encounter Asia - Multi-vision of Youth, Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Tank Loft, Chongqing Contemporary Art Center, Chongqin, China
Extending Space-2018 Dongguan Sculpture and Instalation Art Festival, Tongsha Ecological Park, Dongguan, China
The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China 2017, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China
XIE-SHENG, bonacon gallery, Guangzhou, China
平窓: Peace over window, Speci c Space, Pyeongchang, Korea
0:00, BANK, Shanghai, China
2017
Extended Ground, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
BANANA BANANA2, DISKURS Berlin, Berlin, Germany
THE PUBLIC BODY .02, Artspace, Sydney, Australia
Recent acquisitions – recent developments, Sishang Art Museum, Beijing, China
Kabinett, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Prix Yishu 8 Chine Exposition des Finalistes, Yishu 8, Beijing, China
2016
The 3rd Today’s Documents-BRIC-á-brac:The Jumble of Growth, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Neo - Eden: The Artworks by Young Chinese, Japanese and Korean Artists, Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou, China
Technology - Alchemy and Body Modification, Ying Art Center, Shanghai, China
Thinking in Torus: Young Chinese Artists Across Dimensions, Luohu Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
The 1st Daojiao New New Art Fesrival, XI Contemporary Art Center, Dongguan, China
2016 - Fresh Vision, OCT Art and Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China
WHY the PERFORMANCE?, McaM, Shanghai, China
BANANA BANANA, JNBY Concept Store, Beijing, China
China Streaming·VIA Art Channel, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Awards
Young Artist of the Year, 12th AAC Award of Art China
Nomination, French Yishu 8 art foundation’s Young Artist Award
Third prize, CAFA Graduates Outstanding Exhibition 2011, Beijing, China
Nomination, Zeng Zhushao Sculpture Fellowship, Datong, China
Public Collections
Zhuzhong Art Museum, Beijing, China
M+ Collection, Hong Kong, China
Si Shang Art Museum, Beijing, China
CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China