HUANG Yan

*1966 / China

Works

Solo exhibitions

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Primo Marella Gallery, Milano (IT)
23 Oct 2007 – 23 Nov 2007
Photographs

Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York (US)
12 Apr 2007 – 19 May 2007
Buddhism

Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai (CN)
6 May 2006 – 16 May 2006
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Red Gate Gallery, Beijing (CN)
9 Jul 2005 – 31 Jul 2005
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Chinese Contemporary Art Gallery, London (GB)
18 May 2005 – 11 Jun 2005
Chinese Landscape

Marella Project Space 1, Como (IT)
8 Jun 2004 – 24 Jul 2004

Group

Studio/Archive

Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs (US)
3 Feb 2024 – 9 Jun 2024

with Disfarmer (Mike Meyer), Elger Esser, Ja'Tovia Gary, Kahlil Robert Irving, Annette Kelm, Zanele Muholi, Vik Muniz, Alice O’Malley, Joachim Schmid, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Malick Sidibe, Sanlé Sory …
A Window Suddenly Opens

Contemporary Photography in China

Hirshhorn Museum, Washington (US)
4 Nov 2022 – 7 Jan 2024

with HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, HONG Hao, ZHANG Huan, ZHUANG Hui, WANG Jinsong, HONG Lei …
Then and Now

Life and Dreams Revisited

The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (DE)
6 May 2019 – 27 Oct 2019

with HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, SONG Dong, YANG Fudong, WANG Gongxin, ZHENG Guogu, Zhang Hai'er, HONG Hao, ZHANG Huan, ZHUANG Hui, WANG Jinsong, Sze Tsung LEONG …
The Fuck Off Generation

Chinese Art in the Post-Mao Era

Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York (US)
31 Jan 2018 – 20 Mar 2018

with ZHANG Dali, XIAO Lu, Ai Weiwei, QIU Zhijie
Body, Self, Society

Chinese Performance Photography of the 1990s

The Walther Collection, New York (US)
14 Apr 2017 – 19 Aug 2017

with SONG Dong, ZHANG Huan, ZHUANG Hui, MA Liuming, Ai Weiwei, CANG Xin
Die Ordnung der Dinge

Neupräsentation: Fotografie aus The Walther Collection

The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (DE)
29 May 2016 – 13 Nov 2016

with Dieter Appelt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Martina Bacigalupo, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Karl Blossfeldt, SONG Dong, Samuel Fosso, ZHANG Huan, ZHUANG Hui, Hiroh Kikai, Les Krims …
After Eden

The Walther Collection

La Maison Rouge, Paris (FR)
17 Oct 2015 – 24 Jan 2016

with Dieter Appelt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Sammy Baloji, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Alphonse Bertillon, Jodi Bieber, Karl Blossfeldt, Candice Breitz, SONG Dong, Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin …
The Order of Things / Die Ordnung der Dinge

Photography from The Walther Collection

The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (DE)
17 May 2015 – 27 Sep 2015

with Otl Aicher, Dieter Appelt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, Martina Bacigalupo, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Karl Blossfeldt, William Christenberry, SONG Dong, Samuel Fosso, ZHANG Huan …
TATTOO - THE FACE OF FREEDOM

Teutloff Museum, Berlin (DE)
2 Aug 2013 – 4 Aug 2013

with Daniele Buetti, Robert Doisneau, Valie Export, Alex Flemming, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Margi Geerlinks, Lynn Hershman, Thomas Hoepker, Herbert Hoffmann, John Isaacs, Geoffrey Johnson, Kim Joon …
Rising Dragon

Contemporary Chinese Photography

San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose (US)
2 Feb 2013 – 30 Jun 2013

with Adou, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, LU Guang, Yu Haibo, LU Hao, ZHANG Huan, SUN Ji, WANG Jin, LI Lang, Yao Lu, Maleonn (Ma Liang) …
A Tribute To Photography

Primo Marella Gallery, Milano (IT)
9 Jun 2011 – 31 Jul 2011

with Eleanor Antin, Eelco Brand, Mat Collishaw, Tim Davis, Destiny Deacon , Tacita Dean, WENG Fen, Naomi Fisher, YANG Fudong, Chitra Ganesh, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon …
Staging Action: Performance in Photography since 1960

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
28 Jan 2011 – 9 May 2011

with Vito Acconci, Bas Jan Ader, Matthew Barney, Matthew Barney, Guenter Brus, Valie Export, Valie Export, Robert Filliou, Lee Friedlander, Gilbert & George, George Maciunas, George Maciunas …
Never Equal Distance To The Moon

Power, Politics & the Environment

Kunsthal 3,14, Bergen (NO)
12 Mar 2010 – 30 May 2010

with SHI Guorui, HONG Hao, MA Hongjie, JIN Jiangbo, LIU Jin, MENG Jin, Yao Lu, CHI Peng, Wang Qingsong, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, LI Wei, Liu Xinhua …
Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection

FOTOFEST 2010 BIENNIAL

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (US)
21 Feb 2010 – 9 May 2010

with Vito Acconci, Shimon Attie, Chan-Hyo Bae, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Oliver Boberg, Christian Boltanski, Guenter Brus, Edward Burtynsky, James Casebere, Robert Cumming …
Never Equal Distance to the Moon: Power, Politics, and the Environment

Faurschou Copenhagen, København (DK)
19 Nov 2009 – 23 Jan 2010

with HONG Hao, MA Hongjie, JIN Jiangbo, Yao Lu, CHI Peng, Wang Qingsong, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, QU Yan, BAI Yiluo
Special gay pride exhibition

Beautiful men & women

Koster Fine Art, Amsterdam (NL)
25 Jul 2009 – 15 Aug 2009

with Diana Blok, Annie Leibovitz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Erwin Olaf, Gerard Rancinan, Herb Ritts
Tattoo

Kuratiert von Peter Weibel, ZKM

Teutloff Collection, Bielefeld (DE)
15 Feb 2009 – 30 Apr 2009

with Daniele Buetti, Mario Cravo Neto, Robert Doisneau, Valie Export, Alex Flemming, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Margi Geerlinks, Lynn Hershman, Thomas Hoepker, Herbert Hoffmann, John Isaacs, Geoffrey Johnson …
Zhù Yì ! China actual photography

La Virreina Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona (ES)
29 Feb 2008 – 25 May 2008

with ZHAO Bandi, ZHANG Dali, WENG Fen, WU Gao Zhong, SHI Guorui, HONG Hao, ZHANG Huan, WANG Jin, LIU Jin, HONG Lei, CHEN Lingyang, MA Liuming …
Body Language - Contemporary Chinese Photography

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
14 Mar 2008 – 18 May 2008

with ZHANG Huan, CHEN Nong, CHI Peng, SHENG Qi, Wang Qingsong, LIU Wei (*1972)
Convection Works from the Permanent Colleciton of Three Shadows Photography Art Centre

Works from the Permanent Colleciton of Three Shadows Photography Art Centre

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
2 Nov 2007 – 24 Feb 2008

with Nobuyoshi Araki, GAO Bo, XING Danwen, Bernard Faucon, Robert Frank, Eikoh Hosoe, HAN Lei, HUANG Lei, HONG Lei, CHEN Lingyang, Man Ray , Yasumasa Morimura …
Zhù Yi! Chinese Contemporary Photography

ARTIUM. Centro-Museo, Vitoria-Gasteiz (ES)
15 Mar 2007 – 23 Sep 2007

with ZHAO Bandi, ZHANG Dali, WENG Fen, YANG Fudong, WU Gao Zhong, SHI Guorui, HONG Hao, XU Heng, ZHANG Huan, LIU Jin, WANG Jin, HONG Lei …
Dragon's Evolution

Chinese Contemporary Photography <br>Curated by Zhu Qi

ChinaSquare New York, New York (US)
10 May 2007 – 9 Jun 2007

with HAN Bing, CHEN Chieh-Jen, XING Danwen, WU Daxin, LIAN Dongya, LU Feifei, WENG Fen, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Guofeng, ZHENG Guogu, SHI Guorui, Zeng Han …
Legacy, Contemporary Photographic Works from China.

Rossi & Rossi Ltd, London (GB)
19 Apr 2007 – 25 May 2007

with WU Gao Zhong, SHENG Qi, BAI Yiluo
Body Talk

Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai (CN)
13 Jan 2007 – 10 Mar 2007

with ZHANG Huan, YANG Qiang
Mahjong

Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (DE)
14 Sep 2006 – 18 Feb 2007

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), ZHUANG Hui, WANG Jianwei, WANG Jin, HONG Lei, CHEN Lingyang, MA Liuming, Feng Mengbo …
Landscape is in the eye of the beholder

Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin (DE)
24 Jun 2006 – 29 Jul 2006
Zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft - Neue Fotografie und Video aus China

Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
24 Mar 2006 – 14 May 2006

with HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin, ZHENG Guogu, HONG Hao …
Ruins: New Photography and Video from China

Institute of Visual Arts (inova), Galler, Milwaukee (US)
10 Mar 2006 – 14 May 2006

with ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), LIU Jin, LI Luming, Fong Chao Ng, SHENG Qi, CHEN Qiulin, LI Wei, LIU Wei (*1965), MA Yongfeng
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
15 Sep 2005 – 15 Jan 2006

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Expo.05 - Photo Chinoise

Galerie Loft, Paris (FR)
3 Nov 2005 – 30 Nov 2005

with SONG Dong, WENG Fen, ZHENG Guogu, HONG Hao, LU Hao, ZHUANG Hui, HONG Lei, Tianyuan Li, SHENG Qi, Wang Qingsong, RONG Rong, SUN Yuan …
Chinese Photography Now

New works by China's avant-garde photographers.

Chinese Contemporary Art Gallery, London (GB)
7 Sep 2005 – 15 Oct 2005

with ZHANG Dali, HONG Hao, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen
La Cina

Spazio Oberdan, Milano (IT)
28 Jun 2005 – 2 Oct 2005

with HAI Bo, HONG Hao, MA Liuming, LIN Tianmiao, Ai Weiwei, Gu Wenda, QIU Zhijie
A Strange Heaven - Contemporary Chinese photography

HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki (FI)
22 Jun 2005 – 28 Aug 2005

with HE An, ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, Chien Chi Chang, Leung Chi-Wo, CHEN Chieh-Jen, CHING Chin-Wai, WENG Fen, JIN Feng, YUAN Goang-Ming, ZHENG Guogu, HONG Hao …
The Venice Biennale - Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 Jun 2005 – 15 Aug 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Body Scape

Contemporary Chinese Photography and Performance Documentation

Arc One Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
2 Aug 2005 – 13 Aug 2005

with CHI Peng, SHENG Qi, CANG Xin
Living in Interesting Times - A Decade of New Chinese Photography

The Open Museum of Photography at Tel Ha, Tel-Hai (IL)
5 Feb 2005 – 30 Jun 2005

with MU Chen, ZHU Fadong, WENG Fen, ZHENG Guogu, HONG Hao, ZHUANG Hui, WANG Jinsong, HONG Lei, Feng Mengbo, OU Ning, WANG Ningde, RONG Rong …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle (US)
10 Feb 2005 – 8 May 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Out of the red

The photographic session

Primo Marella Gallery, Milano (IT)
17 Feb 2005 – 16 Apr 2005

with WENG Fen, MA Liuming, ZHOU Ming, Wang Qingsong, LI Wei, CANG Xin
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
2 Oct 2004 – 16 Jan 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago (US)
2 Oct 2004 – 15 Jan 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China

Curated by Christopher Phillips and Wu Hung

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
11 Jun 2004 – 5 Sep 2004

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
China 04 - La nuova fotografia cinese

Metropolis Photogallery, Bologna (IT)
26 May 2004 – 15 Jul 2004

with WENG Fen, Wang Qingsong, LI Wei, CUI Xiuwen, YANG Zhenzhong
A Strange Heaven - Contemporary Chinese Photography

Galerie Rudolfinum, Praha (CZ)
4 Sep 2003 – 29 Nov 2003

with HE An, ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, Chien Chi Chang, Leung Chi-Wo, CHEN Chieh-Jen, CHING Chin-Wai, WENG Fen, JIN Feng, YANG Fudong, YUAN Goang-Ming, ZHENG Guogu …
Prague Biennale - Project: Chinese Art Today

National Gallery, Praha (CZ)
26 Jun 2003 – 24 Aug 2003

with YANG Fudong, LIU Lin, CHEN Lingyang, MA Liuming, Wang Qingsong, LI Wei, YANG Zhenzhong
Unlimit: Gao Brothers,Huang Yan and Zhuang Tiemei's Computerized Photography Exhibition

Beijing New Art Projects, Beijing (CN)

with GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), ZHUANG Tiemei

Events

Modern & Contemporary Art

VERITAS, Lisbon (PT)
15 Feb 2020 – 19 Feb 2020

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Vik Muniz, Cindy Sherman, Jemima Stehli