Yao Lu

*1967 / China

Solo exhibitions

New Landscape

Bruce Silverstein, New York (US)
29 Oct 2009 – 12 Dec 2009

Group

Temporary in Nature

Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix (US)
9 Oct 2021 – 31 Dec 2021

with Edward Burtynsky, Binh Danh, Mark Klett, Michael Koerner, Mayme Kratz, Michael Lundgren, Marie Navarre, James Turrell
The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene

UMMA Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor (US)
27 Apr 2019 – 28 Jul 2019

with Claudia Andujar, Sammy Baloji, Huma Bhabha, LIU Bolin, Edward Burtynsky, Dornith Doherty, Mishka Henner, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Eva Leitolf, Dana Levy, Dana Levy, Pedro Neves Marques …
Time Frames: East Asian Photography

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore (US)
4 Nov 2018 – 24 Mar 2019

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Bae Bien-U, LIU Bolin, An-My Le, Daido Moriyama, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Masaru Tatsuki
The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene

Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville (US)
18 Sep 2018 – 3 Mar 2019

with Claudia Andujar, Sammy Baloji, Subhankar Banerjee, Huma Bhabha, LIU Bolin, Edward Burtynsky, Sandra Cinto, Elena Damiani, Dornith Doherty, Charles Gaines, Mishka Henner, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla …
Art of the Mountain - Through the Chinese Photographer's Lens

three sections with 80 photographs by 26 contemporary photographers

China Institute in America, New York (US)
8 Feb 2018 – 2 Dec 2018

with Zhang Anlu, YAN Changjiang, Xiao Chao, Zheng Congli, Li Daguang, Zeng Han, LU Hao, Hou Heliang, Zhang Huajie, Gao Hui, Zhang Jiaxuan, Wang Jing …
Deceptive Beauty

Schneider Gallery, Chicago (US)
13 Jul 2018 – 1 Sep 2018

with ZHANG Wei, YU Xiao
Circle / Squared

Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix (US)
5 May 2018 – 25 Aug 2018

with Tami Bahat, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Kahn & Selesnick, Bettina von Zwehl, LIU XiaoFang
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 …
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, Maleonn (Ma Liang), Muge …
Asia Serendipity

The new challenges of photography in Asia - PHOTOESPAÑA 2012

Fernán Gómez, Madrid (ES)
6 Jun 2012 – 22 Jul 2012

with Kana Honda, Miwako Iga, Pushpamala N., Sohei Nishino, Hiroshi Nomura, Sherman Ong, Koji Sekimoto
Prix Pictet

FORMA per la Fotografia, Milano (IT)
5 Oct 2010 – 17 Oct 2010

with Darren Almond, Christopher Anderson, Sammy Baloji, Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gursky, Naoya Hatakeyama, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi, Abbas Kowsari, Edgar Martins, Chris Steele-Perkins
Nominierung Prix Pictet 2009: Earth

Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin (DE)
30 Jun 2010 – 19 Jul 2010

with Darren Almond, Christopher Anderson, Sammy Baloji, Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gursky, Naoya Hatakeyama, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi, Abbas Kowsari, Edgar Martins, Chris Steele-Perkins
Prix Pictet - EARTH

Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin (IE)
3 Apr 2010 – 30 May 2010

with Darren Almond, Christopher Anderson, Sammy Baloji, Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gursky, Naoya Hatakeyama, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi, Abbas Kowsari, Edgar Martins, Chris Steele-Perkins
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, MENG Jin, LIU Jin, CHI Peng, Wang Qingsong, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, LI Wei, Liu Xinhua, HUANG Yan …
Earth Tracks

Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki (GR)
19 Dec 2009 – 28 Feb 2010

with Darren Almond, Christopher Anderson, Sammy Baloji, Antonio Biasiucci, Elina Brotherus, Simon Burch, Edward Burtynsky, Stephane Cuisset, Nikos Daniilidis, Jessica Delsaux, Romain Girtgen, Naoya Hatakeyama …
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, CHI Peng, Wang Qingsong, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, QU Yan, HUANG Yan, BAI Yiluo
Prix Pictet 2009 Shortlist - Earth

Passage de Retz, Paris (FR)
23 Oct 2009 – 23 Nov 2009

with Darren Almond, Christopher Anderson, Sammy Baloji, Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gursky, Naoya Hatakeyama, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi, Abbas Kowsari, Edgar Martins, Chris Steele-Perkins
Prix Pictet, Photography Prize 2009

Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (GB)
6 Oct 2009 – 10 Oct 2009

with Darren Almond, Christopher Anderson, Sammy Baloji, Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gursky, Naoya Hatakeyama, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi, Abbas Kowsari, Edgar Martins, Chris Steele-Perkins
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 …

Events

Getxophoto International Image Festival 2026

Reset

Getxophoto Festival, Getxo (ES)
28 May 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

with Alejandro Acín, Philip Kwame Apagya, Frederic Aranda, Chloé Azzopardi, Lisa Barnard, Yuxing Chen, Gohar Dashti, Cristina De Middel, Mark Formanek, Julieta Gil, Mohamed Hassan, Jan Richard Heinicke …
Photographies

ADER NORDMANN DOMINIQUE, Paris (FR)
10 Jun 2025 – 12 Jun 2025

with Edouard Baldus, Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola), Bernd & Hilla Becher, Guy Bourdin, Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Antoine d'Agata, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Fouad Elkoury, Robert Frank, Francis Giacobetti, André Giroux …
Art Central Hong Kong 2017

Art Central Hong Kong, Hong Kong (CN)
21 Mar 2017 – 25 Mar 2017

with Cecilia Avendaño, Boomoon, Ching Hui Chou, Leandro Erlich, Jacob Gils, Loke Hong Seng, Zhang Kechun, Nam June Paik, Martin Roemers, George Steinmetz, Tomas Van Houtryve, Nick Veasey …