Yang Yongliang
Yang Yongliang (sometimes written Yang Yong-liang; born 1980 in Jiading, Shanghai) is a Chinese contemporary artist. In 1999 he attended the China Academy of Art, Visual Communication Department, Shanghai branch. In 2005 he started his career as an artist with the stated goal of "creating new forms of contemporary art." He currently lives and works in Shanghai.
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- Name
- Yang Yongliang
- Born
- 27 July 1980
- Birthplace
- Jiading, Shanghai, China
- Occupation
- Artist
- Nationality
- People's Republic of China.
- Languages
- Chinese.
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Yang Yongliang (sometimes written Yang Yong-liang; born 1980 in Jiading, Shanghai) is a Chinese contemporary artist. In 1999 he attended the China Academy of Art, Visual Communication Department, Shanghai branch. In 2005 he started his career as an artist with the stated goal of "creating new forms of contemporary art." He currently lives and works in Shanghai.
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• Name — Yang Yongliang • Native Name — * 杨泳梁 • 楊泳樑 • yáng yǒngliáng • Born — 27 July 1980 • Birthplace — Jiading, Shanghai, China • Occupation — Artist • Website — www.yangyongliang.com Yang Yongliang (sometimes written Yang Yong-liang; born 1980 in Jiading, Shanghai) is a Chinese contemporary artist. As a young student, he studied traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy before attending the Shanghai Art & Design Academy, where he specialized in decoration and design beginning in 1996. In 1999 he attended the China Academy of Art, Visual Communication Department, Shanghai branch. In 2005 he started his career as an artist with the stated goal of "creating new forms of contemporary art." He currently lives and works in Shanghai.
Selected exhibitions
Selected exhibitions
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Identity
Identity
Yang Yongliang is recorded as a citizen of People's Republic of China. Recorded with the occupation photographer. Established in Bibliothèque nationale de France under 16278641z. Established in Library of Congress under no2012135749. Established in RKDartists under 435772. Established in FAST under 1950416.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1980
Yang Yongliang was born on 27 July 1980.
Selected collections
Selected collections
• British Museum (London, UK) • National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia) • Nevada Museum of Art (Reno, Nevada, US) • Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (Eugene, Oregon, US) • Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) • Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art (Gainesville, Florida, US) • Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris, France) • White Rabbit Gallery (Sydney, Australia)
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- “Yang Yongliang”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3574245: Yang Yongliang
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Awards
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Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Limn Art Gallery. Yang Yongliang.
- 2.Magda Danysz Gallery. Yang Yongliang.
- 3.British Museum. Shenshi shanshui san (Phantom Landscape III).
- 4.Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art. Art Now 2007 - International Residency Program. August 2025.
- 5.Bates College Museum of Art. Stairway to Heaven: From Chinese Streets to Monument and Skyscraper.
- 6.Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai. Material Link - A Dialogue Between Greek and Chinese Artists.
- 7.Red Mansion Foundation. Mixed Maze.
- 8.FQ Projects. Collision Part II - TU LONG JI.
- 9.Kansas City Art Institute. The Project Wall of H & R Block Artspace.
- 10.Rencontres d'Arles. 40th Anniversary of the Rencontres d'Arles.
- 11.2nd Thessaloniki Biennale.
- 12.LIMN Art Gallery. China Avant Garde - Landscape in Transit.
- 13.LIMN Art Gallery. Yang Yongliang Solo Exhibition.
- 14.Nevada Museum of Art. Views From China/Yang Yongliang and The Modern Metropolis.
- 15.British Museum. The Printed Image in China: from the 8th to the 21st Centuries.
- 16.Shanghai DuoLun Museum of Modern Art. 《Post-tradition: the Magnified Slice》—Post Tradition: Forth Shanghai Duolun Exhibition of Young Artists.
- 17.MC2 Gallery. Heavenly City - Yang Yongliang Solo Exhibition.
- 18.Kunstmuseum Luzern. Shan Shui - Poetry without Sound? Landscape in Chinese Contemporary Art Works from the Sigg Collection. August 2025.
- 19.Noorderlicht. Metropolis - City Life in the Urban Age.
- 20.The 4th Edition of the Fotofestival. The Eye is a Lonely Hunter: Images of Humankind.
- 21.True Color Museum. The End of the Brush and Ink Era: Chinese Landscape.
- 22.Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Printed Image in China: from the 8th to the 21st Centuries.
- 23.Art Gallery of New South Wales. One Hundred Flowers.
- 24.National Gallery of Victoria. Timer Catcher.
- 25.Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille. Babel.
- 26.Ullens Center for Contemporary Art. The Creators Project: Beijing 2012 Meet the Creators.
- 27.Schoeni Art Gallery. Latitude/Attitude.
- 28.MD Gallery. Moonlight.
- 29.Schoeni Art Gallery. Moonlit Metropolis (Solo Exhibition).
- 30.Galerie Paris-Beijing. The Silent Valley.
- 31.MC2 Gallery. Silent Valley.
- 32.Somerset House. Landmark:the Fields of Photography.
- 33.Palazzo Tagliaferro contemporary culture center. Dreamers.
- 34.Stedelijk Museum Zwolle. City in Picture, Picture of a City.
- 35.Contemporary Art Space of Thonon-les-bains. China Has Awakened.
- 36.European Media Art Festival (EMAF) Art Box. European Media Art Festival 2013 - Art Box.
- 37.Sotheby's. New Ink - An Exhibition of Ink Art by Post 1970 Artists from the Yiqingzhai Collection.
- 38.Holbaek. How Far Away is the Horizon?.
- 39.Association for the International Diffusion of French Art (ADIAF). DE LEUR TEMPS.
- 40.Shanghai Gallery of Art. Seven Sunsets, Waiting Dawns, All in One. How to Kill a Wondrous Time. Not Waiting a Thousand Hours.
- 41.The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China.
- 42.RH Contemporary Art. Outside the Lines: New Art from China.
- 43.Sophie Maree Gallery. Yang Yongliang-Solo Exhibition.
- 44.Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Louvre Museum. 2050. A Brief History of the Future.
- 45.Canberra Museum and Gallery. Ink Remix: Contemporary Art from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
- 46.Yang Yongliang: Journey to the. Exhibitions MutualArt. www.mutualart.com.
- 47.British Museum. Shenshi shanshui san (Phantom Landscape III); Ceye yi (Leaf One).
- 48.British Museum. Shenshi shanshui san (Phantom Landscape III); Ceye er (Leaf Two).
- 49.National Gallery of Victoria. Phantom Landscape 2010, Colour DVD.
- 50.Nevada Museum of Art. Untitled #5, from the series "Heavenly City". January 2026.
- 51.Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Heavenly City, #1.
- 52.Art Gallery of New South Wales. Infinite Landscape.
- 53.Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Unknown. August 2025.
- 54.Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Introvert.
- 55.White Rabbit Gallery. Infinite Landscape, 2011.
- 56.2009 Outdoor Lions Winners.
- 57.Newyorkfestivals.com. New York Festivals Awards - Winners Showcase. August 2025.
- 58.2009.liaentries.com. London International Awards.
- 59.Rencontres d'Arles. Awards from Arles - Nominated to Discovery Awards.
- 60.CLIO Awards. Poster - Shan Shui - Global Warming. August 2025.
- 61.Sovereign Art Foundation. Artificial Wonderland No.2.
- 62.Prix Pictet. The Sixth Prix Pictet.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Yang, Yongliang. Grand Church. China Machine Press. 2006. 978-7111177005.
- Yang, Yongliang. Paysages. Paris Beijing. 2011. 979-1090176034.
- Yang, Yongliang. New Landscapes (Chinese Contemporary Photography). Thircuir. 2012. 978-9881992444.
- Yang, Yongliang. Paysages. Thircuir. 2012. 978-9881992499.
- Gascoigne, Laura. Exhibitions Bizarre visions. The Spectator dead link. July 2021.
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