MO Yi

♂ *1958 / China

Works

Solo exhibitions

The Scenery of Time

Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
5 Dec 2025 – 24 Jan 2026
Me in My Landscape

Ullens Center Contemporary Art, Beijing (CN)
28 Sep 2024 – 29 Dec 2024
RED 1982-2017

Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
23 Jun 2017 – 19 Jul 2017
Through My Eyes

The Opposite House, Beijing (CN)
19 Oct 2011 – 31 Dec 2011
My Neighborhood

Walsh Gallery, Chicago (US)
1 Jun 2007 – 14 Jul 2007
Triptychs

Guangzhou Photo Biennial 2005

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
18 Jan 2005 – 28 Feb 2005

Group

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

10 YEARS OF THREE SHADOWS +3 GALLERY

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
16 Jul 2022 – 18 Sep 2022

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Michael Cherney, Chu Chu, CAI Dongdong, REN Hang, Hisaji Hara, Eikoh Hosoe, Zhang Jin, Zhang Jin, LI Jun, Zhang Kechun, Ken Kitano …
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 …
Working on History / Arbeiten in Geschichte

Contemporary Chinese Photography and the Cultural Revolution / Zeitgenössische chinesische Fotografie und die Kulturrevolution

Museum für Fotografie, Berlin (DE)
17 Aug 2017 – 7 Jan 2018

with HAI Bo, He Chongyue, ZHANG Dali, CAI Dongdong, ZHUANG Hui, CAO Kai, Zhang Kechun, Maleonn (Ma Liang), Feng Mengbo, Weng Naiqiang, WANG Ningde, Wang Qingsong …
40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Photography (1976-2017)

Three Shadows 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
28 Jun 2017 – 15 Oct 2017

with Adou, ZHAO Bandi, Wei Bi, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), GAO Bo, HAI Bo, LIU Bolin, GUAN Ce, YAN Changjiang, He Chongyue, Chu Chu, ZHANG Dali …
Chinese Photography: Twentieth Century and Beyond

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
17 Oct 2015 – 25 Oct 2015

with GAO Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, CAI Dongdong, CHEN Fuli, AN Ge, WU Jialin, HAN Lei, HONG Lei, WANG Ningde, JIANG Pengyi, Wang Qingsong …
CHINA 8 Works in Progress

Fotografie aus China

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
15 May 2015 – 13 Sep 2015

with Adou, CAI Dongdong, Shan Feiming, ZHUANG Hui, Alfred Ko, WANG Ningde, JIANG Pengyi, Wang Qingsong, CHEN Shaoxiong, HO Siu Nam South, CHEN Wei, LIANG Weizhou …
LIANZHOU FOTO FESTIVAL 2014

Staging Encounters: Ten Years of Contemporary Photography in China 2005-2014

Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou (CN)
21 Nov 2014 – 22 Dec 2014

with Adou, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Lukas Birk, LIU Bolin, Wenjun Cheng, WANG Chuan, Olivier Culmann, ZHANG Dali, LUO Dan, XING Danwen, FANG Er, WENG Fen …
Hong Kong International Photo Festival 2014

Hong Kong Photo Festival, Hong Kong (CN)
8 Aug 2014 – 11 Nov 2014

with anothermountainman, Wong Wo Bik, Almond Chu, Gohar Dashti, Rena Effendi, AN Ge, Shadi Ghadirian, YONG He, HEI Ming, NASA , Raghu Rai, RONG Rong …
Landscapes

Galerie Magda Danysz, Shanghai (CN)
25 Jan 2014 – 28 Feb 2014

with Peikwen Cheng, Zhang Xiao, YANG Yongliang, Fu Yu
FROM NEW PHOTOGRAPHY TO ROOKIE AWARD: THREE SHADOWS' COLLECTION

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
26 Oct 2013 – 26 Jan 2014

with Adou, GAO Bo, He Chongyue, XING Danwen, ZHANG Haier, LIU Heung Shing, ZHUANG Hui, HONG Lei, HAN Lei, CHEN Lingyang, WANG Ningde, RONG Rong …
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Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
22 Jun 2010 – 18 Jul 2010

with Song Chao, Zeng Han, Jacqueline Hassink, ZHU Jiangbo, Theo Niekus, Ad van Denderen, Gerald van der Kaap, Frank van der Salm, WassinkLundgren, XIONG WenYun, Henk Wildschut, CHEN Xiao …
WATW We Are the World: Photography from China and the Netherlands

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
28 Nov 2009 – 28 Jan 2010

with Song Chao, Zeng Han, Jacqueline Hassink, ZHU Jiangbo, Theo Niekus, Ad van Denderen, Gerald van der Kaap, Frank van der Salm, WassinkLundgren, XIONG WenYun, Henk Wildschut, CHEN Xiao …
Still life

Photographie contemporaine chinoise

Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar, Brussels (BE)
18 Oct 2009 – 24 Jan 2010

with Adou, XING Danwen, HONG Hao, Ling Hua, HUANG Lei, HONG Lei, Ping Qiu, RongRong & inri, XIONG WenYun, Ruan Xiaorong, LI Yongbin, Liang ZHAO
2nd Daegu Photo Biennale - Memories of the Future

Koren - Chinese - Japanese Contemporary Photographs

Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu (KR)
31 Oct 2008 – 16 Nov 2008

with Adou, Sekwon Ahn, Emi Anrakuji, Seung Woo Back, Byung-Sang BANG, Bin-Wen Chao, Chin-Pao Chen, I-Chien Chiu, JoongWon Choi, ZHANG Haier, Debbie Han, Yeondoo JUNG …
2006 Lianzhou International Photo Festival - Between the observer and the observed

Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou (CN)
5 Dec 2006 – 20 Dec 2006

with Pascal Aimar, Lili Almog, Steven Benson, HAN Bing, Sergey Chilikov, Sabine Delcour, Beth Yarnelle Edwards, Thomas Füsser, Peter Granser, Daniel Lainé, HUANG Lei, Fredrik Marsh …
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 …
Double Vision - 1st Lianzhou International Photo Festival

Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou (CN)
20 Nov 2005 – 26 Nov 2005

with Olivo Barbieri, Philip Blenkinsop, Bai Chuan, LU Chunsheng, XING Danwen, Stephen Dupont, WENG Fen, Paul Fusco, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Yves Gellie, WANG Gongxin, Mark Greenberg …
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 …
Guangzhou Photo Biennial 2005

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
18 Jan 2005 – 28 Feb 2005

with Jane Evelyn Atwood, Olivo Barbieri, Eyal Ben-Dov, HAI Bo, Pierre Bourdis, Rene Burri, Pablo Carrera Oser, David Damoison, XING Danwen, Nathalie Desserme, Claude Dityvon, Elliott Erwitt …
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 …
Un-normal Perspective

798 Photo Gallery, Beijing (CN)
12 Jun 2004 – 30 Jun 2004

with SHI Guorui, WANG Peng, MIAO Xiaochun, Xu Yong, LUO Yongjin

Events

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai 2026

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
7 May 2026 – 10 May 2026

with Olivo Barbieri, Joao Miguel Barros, Bernd & Hilla Becher, He Bo, Antony Cairns, Théo Delors, Charlotte Dumas, Stephen Gill, Andreas Gursky, Candida Hoefer, Zeng Han, Hisaji Hara …
Paris Photo 2025 - Group show

Three Shadows +3, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Hisaji Hara, Bohnchang Koo, RongRong & inri, WANG Wusheng, Liang Xiu, Yin Yunya
Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth

Three Shadows +3, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Michael Cherney, Lahem, RONG Rong, RongRong & inri, Taca Sui, Liang Xiu, Yin Yunya
Rencontres d'Arles 2024

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
1 Jul 2024 – 29 Sep 2024

with Mustapha Azeroual, François Bellabas, Sophie Calle, Debi Cornwall, Cristina De Middel, Stephen Dock, Bruce Eesly, Nicolas Floch, Cemil Batur Goekceer, Miyako Ishiuchi, Coline Jourdan, Rinko Kawauchi …
Rencontres d'Arles 2024 - Opening Week

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
1 Jul 2024 – 7 Jul 2024

with Mustapha Azeroual, Arnis Balcus, Sylvie Bonnot, Mark Boulos, Sophie Calle, Lorenzo Castore, Pierfrancesco Celada, Simon Chang, Frederic Cornu, Debi Cornwall, Denis Dailleux, Cristina De Middel …
Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival 2020

THREE SHADOWS BEIJING, Xiamen (CN)
27 Nov 2020 – 3 Jan 2021

with Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Philippe Braquenier, Raymond Cauchetier, LUO Dan, Elsa & Johanna, Francois-Xavier Gbre, Zeng Han, ZHU Hao, Hisaji Hara, Mari Katayama, Rinko Kawauchi, HAN Lei …
X International Festival of Photography PhotoVisa

PhotoVisa, Krasnodar (RU)
13 Oct 2018 – 27 Oct 2018

with Dmitry Ageev, Frederick C. Baldwin, Roger Ballen, Ilana Bar, Xavi Bou, Mikhail Dashevsky, Natan Dvir, Maksim Finogeev, Adriana Groisman, Garrett O. Hansen, Igor Kultyishkin, Lyalya Kuznetsova …
Guangzhou Photo Biennial 2005

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
18 Jan 2005 – 28 Feb 2005

with Jane Evelyn Atwood, Eyal Ben-Dov, HAI Bo, Pierre Bourdis, Rene Burri, XING Danwen, Claude Dityvon, Elliott Erwitt, Jean-Pierre Favreau, WENG Fen, Francois Fontaine, Stéphan Guéneau …