Born in 1959 in Xianyou, China. Has lived and worked in Paris since 1990.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Shen yuan solo exhibition, Centre A, Vancouver, Canada

2005 Galerie Beaumont & Publique, Luxembourg

2001 Shen Yuan, "Bluecoat," Liverpool, UK
         Shen Yuan, " Arnolfini, " Bristol, UK
        " Un Matin du Monde, " Chisenhale Gallery, London,UK
        " Shen Yuan, " Institut francais du Royaume-Uni,London,UK

2000 " Sous la terre, il y a de ciel, " Kunsthalle de Berne, Switzerland

1999 "Diverged Tongue," Project Gallery at CCA Kitakyushu, Japan

1994 Perdre sa salive, Organized by "Vices & Vertues", Paris, France

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 The 52nd Venice Biennale,The Chinese Pavillon, Venice Italy

2006 The 5th International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

         "Wherever we go," Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Milan, Italy

         Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea

         La force de l'Art grand Palais, 2006, Paris, France

2005 Guang Zhou Triennal, Guang Zhou, China

         Sous les ponts, Le long de la rivière, Casino, Luxembourg

         "Don't Tounch white Woman" - Contemporary Art between diversity and Liberation, Castel Dell Ovo Napoli, Naples, Italy