1980   Born in Jiading, Shanghai. 
          Studied Chinese traditional painting and calligraphy from youth under Professor Yang Yang of
           Hongkong Chinese University
1995   Shanghai Arts & Crafts Vocational College, Visual Communication Department
1999   China Fine Art Academy Institute, Visual Communication Department in Shanghai Branch
2004   Set up his own studio with friends, took role of Art Director in the studio
2005   Started experiment and creation of contemporary art, such as modern ink painting,
           photography and video art etc
2006   Began working as a tutor at Shanghai Institute of Visual Art
Now     Lives and works in Shanghai

EXHIBITIONS

2013   Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, USA)
           Seven sunsets, waiting dawns, all in one. How to kill a wondrous time…, not waiting a
           thousand hours., Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai 
           DE LEUR TEMPS, ADIAF(Association for the International Diffusion of French Art)Art Center,
           The Banana Hangar Nantes, Nantes, France
           Occupy Utopia, Holbæk, Denmark, How far away is the horizon? , Copenhagen, Denmark
           5 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Space-time / Main Project, Moscow, Russia
           123b4, Exhibition with works-donations from the Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art,
           Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki-SMCA (Warehouse B1,port), Thessaloniki, Greece
           New Ink, An exhibition of ink art by post 1970 artists from the Yiqingzhai collection,
           Sotheby's Hong Kong Gallery, Hong Kong
           European Media Art Festival 2013 - Artbox, Stadtbibliothek Osnabrueck, Germany
           Et la Chine s'est éveillée…/China has awakened..., Chapelle de la Visitation, the
            contemporary art space of Thonon-les-bains, France
           Stad in Beeld, Beeld van een Stad (City in Picture, Picture of a City), Stedelijk Museum
           Zwolle, Zwolle, The Netherlands
           Venti d'oriente, Al blu d prussia Gallery, Naples, Italy
           Moonlit Metropolis / solo show, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
           2013 Changwon Asian Art Festival, Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon, Korea
           Dreamers, Palazzo Tagliaferro contemporary culture center, Milano, Italy
           Landmark: the Fields of Photography, Somerset House, London, UK
           Silent Valley, MC2 Gallery, Milano, Italy
           The moonlight, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris, France
2012   A Sprinkle of Salt, MOT ARTS, Taibei, Taiwan
           The Printed Image in China,8th-21th Century, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, USA
           The Peach Colony, LIMN Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA
           Conceptual Renewal - Short History of Chinese Contemporary Photographical Art, Si Shang
           Art Museum, Beijing
           Latitude/ Attitude, Schoeni art gallery 20 Anniversary, Beijing - Hong Kong
           The Moonlight, MD gallery, Shanghai
           The creators project: Beijing 2012, UCCA / Ullent Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing  
           Damaged Heritage: Jiangnan in Contemporary Photography, BOTTEGA VENETA, The Bund,
           Shanghai
           Babel, The Museum of Fine Arts of Lille, Lille, France
           Time Catcher, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2011   Contemporary Photography in China, India - Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedebad,
           tour exhibition
           One Hundred flowers, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
           Phantom Metropolis, Schoeni art Gallery, Hongkong
           The Peach Colony, Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery, Beijing
           The Peach Blossom Colony, 18 Gallery, Shanghai
           Metropolis / city life in the urban age, Noorderlicht International Photofestival 2011,
           Groningen, the Netherlands
           The end of the brush and ink era: Chinese Landscape, True Color Museum, Suzhou
           The 4th edition of the Fotofestival, The eye is a lonely hunter: images of humankind, |
           Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidbelberg
           Asolo art film festival 2011, Asolo,Italy 
           Shan Shui- Poetry without sound, Landscape in chinese contemporary art works from the
           sigg collection, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
           ARTMIA Living, ARTMIA Gallery, Beijing
           Words and Dreams, Where technology meets dreams and vice versa
           Group show with: Aaajiao,Yang yongliang, JonOne, 18 Gallery, Shanghai
           Post Tradition: the 4th Youth Fine Art Exhibition, Duo Lun Art Museum, Shanghai
           Open: Exhibition of New Generation, My Humble House, Tai Pei
           Window 70th: Yang Yongliang, Gallery Jinsun, Seoul
           Contemporary Photography in China, TASVEER, (Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,
           Ahmedebad), India
2010   Landscape, 140sqm Gallery, Shanghai
           The Joy of Thinking, Don Gallery, Shanghai
           Veiled Landscape, The Upper Station Gallery, Hongkong
           3x3, Crossing Art Gallery, New York, U.S.A
           Heavenly City – Yang Yongliang Solo Exhibition, MC2 gallery, Milan, Italy
           Double Act 2010 Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, ddm warehouse, Shanghai
           Views from China, Yang Yongliang and Modern Metropolis Solo show, Nevada Art Museum,
           Reno, U.S.A
           iLandscape - Yang Yongliang Solo Exhibition, My Humble House, Taipei
           China Soul: Maleonn, Yang Yongliang and Zhang Dali, Magda-Danysz Gallery, Paris
           Heavenly City, Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery Solo show, Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery, Paris
           Digital Generation, Paris-Beijing 798 Gallery, Beijing
           Artificial Wonderland, 18 Gallery, Shanghai
           Multiple Visions, Epsite, Beijing
           Will to Height - Contempotary art exihibition, Epsite Shanghai
           Urban Utopia, Charly Bailly Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
           Yang Yongliang, MIFA, Melbourne, Australia
           Seoul International Photography Festival, Seoul, Korea
2009   Yang Yongliang Photographic Works Solo Exhibition, LIMN art gallery, San Fancisco,USA
           Scene-A dialogue with space & time, River south art center , Shanghai
           Under construction-Photography on the EXPO 2010 Shanghai, Pudong Library, Shanghai
           Rebirth, Chang de rd 800 show, shanghai
           China Avant Garde - Landscape in Transit, LIMN art Gallery, San Fancisco, USA
           City of Phantom Visions, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
           Drama/Stage, Urban Photography in Shanghai, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
           Photo Beijing, The Agricultural Exhibition Centre of China, Beijing
           On the Quiet Water, 45 Downstairs Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
           2nd Thessaloniki Biennale, Thessaloniki, Greece
           40th Anniversary of the Rencontres d’Arles, Discovery Award, Arles, France
           Group Exhibitions, Timezone 8 Bookstore, 798 Art District, Beijing
           Stairway to Heaven: From Chinese Streets to Monument and Skyscraper, H&R Block
           ArtspaceProject Wall, Kansas City Art Institute, H&R Block Artspace Kansas city,Missouri USA
           New Chinese architecture, Institute Cervantes, Beijin
           Spain Consulate General in Shanghai, Shanghai
           Shanghai Revolutions: Propaganda Posters and Contemporary Photography from China, 
           320° in Siófok, Hungry
2008   Two Points, 2008 Chinese Contemporary Art, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo, Italy
           Stairway to Heaven: From Chinese Streets to Monuments and Skyscrapers, Bates College
           Museum of Art, Maine, USA
           FOTO · OFOTO, OFOTO Gallery, Beijing
           Artificial Nature, MOCA ArtLab, Shanghai
           Collision Part I - New?Classic, FQ Projects, Shanghai
           Material Link A Dialogue Between Greek and Chinese Artists, MOCA, Shanghai - Athens, 
           Greece
           Heavenly City & On the Quiet Water, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
           Collision Part II - Tu Long Ji, Installation by Yang Yongliang, FQ Projects, Shanghai
           Shanghai Urban Public Space, Hafen City, Hamburg, Germany
           Contemporary Chinese Art, LIMN Gallery, AQUA Art Miami, Miami, USA
           Mixed Maze, Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK
2007   City Tale, OFOTO Gallery , Shanghai
           Art Now 2007, Danwon Arts Festival-Contemporary Art Festival, Gyeonggido Museum of
           Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
           Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao
           Celebrating, Epson Imaging Gallery, Shanghai, Beijing
2006   Wang Tong, Yang Yongliang Photography Exhibition, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
           Break Loose Design and Art Exhibition, Hign Noon Art Space, Shanghai

COLLECTIONS

AiLing Foundation (Shanghai, China)
Nevada Art Museum (Reno, Nevada, USA)
The British Museum (London, UK)
Bates College Museum of ART (Maine USA)
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art (Gainesville, FL,USA)
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (University of Oregon, Portland,OR,USA)
Ulrich Museum of Art (Wichita State University, Wichita，Kansas, USA)
National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia)
The Saatchi Gallery (London, UK)
Uli Sigg Collection (Swiss)
PAE ART Collection (Swiss)
Nadia Candet Collection (France)