1956 Born in Foshan, Guangdong province, China
1974-78 Studied paper mounting, folk art, calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting at the Foshan Folk Art Institute, Foshan, Canton
1978-82 Studied traditional Chinese painting at the Guangdong Fine Arts Academy of Canton
1982-89 Taught at the Fine Arts Academy of Canton
1984-86 Studied Taoism with Master Huangtao at Mount Luofu, Canton and studied Zen Buddhism at Guangxiao Temple, Canton
1992-93 Fellowship of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York
2003 Residency at the Kunst Werke in Berlin, sponsored by French AFAA and German Government
2005 Visiting artists at Stanford University (February)
2008 Visiting Professor at Stanford University
present Lives and works in Paris, France and Heidelberg, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 deutschlandpremieren, Galerie Conrads, Duesseldorf, Germany
2009 On Ascension, Galerie Jaeger Bucher, Paris, France
2008 No- Shadow Kick, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Yang Jiechang: Artists Continue to Try Hard, Chambers Fine Art, New York City, USA
Biennale di Venezia, Tibetan Pavilion, Edicola Notte, Rome, Italy
In God We Trust, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, USA
2007 The Most Beautiful Country of China, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong
2006 Tomorrow Cloudy Sky, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
Idylls, Grace Li Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
2005 Memorandums, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France
Hei Ji Sheng Xiang, Shenzhen Painting Institute, China
Who Occupies the Space?, Isola d'arte, Milan, Italy
2003 Lookchat, Centre A, Vancouver, Canada
For Emily, 4A Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2002 Der Längste Tag, Kunstverein Nürtingen, Germany
2001 French May, Hong Kong University Museum, Hong Kong
Enlightened Blackness, Alice King Gallery, Hong Kong
Double View, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris
100 Layers of Ink, Cherng Piin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Institut Français, Frankfurt, Germany
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