1961 born in sichuan province, china.

1987 graduated from sichuan fine arts academy?sichuan, china.

2007 ‘departure from south west’guangdong art museum, guangzhou, china.
‘models - allegories of the real’ kunsthalle goppingen?germany.
visiting artist at the the royal college of art?london,uk.
2006
‘double sound cracker’ tang contemporary art, beijing, china.
‘this is for real’an exhibition of chinese contemporary art,zhu qizhan art museum,shanghai,china.
‘china cupe’the hospital,london,uk.
artist resident at caribbean contemporary art cantle?port of span,trinidad tobago.
2005
work collected by formula 1 art collection.london uk.
‘convergence at e116/n40 beijing international contemporary art exhibition’ 798 da yaolu art space and east end art zone. beijing,china.
‘individual exhibition’ albemarle gallery london,uk.
‘shanghai cool’ shanghai duolun museum of modern art,shanghai,china.
2004
‘is it art?’ xi’an art museum,xi’an, china.
visiting artist at the royal college of art?london,uk.

2003-4
‘china today’ the british library gallery,london,uk.
japan international art festival,tokyo,japan.
2002
‘city of dreams’individual exhibition, the gallery art u,osaka
‘dialogue’ contemporary art center,osaka,japan.
‘dream-02’ the bargehouse and the gallery oxo,london,uk.
‘media city’art gallery artist commune,hong kong.
2001
individual exhibition: 'tidal wave' the october gallery, london,uk
‘dream-01’atlantis gallery,london,uk.
‘youth in transition’exhibition of chinese,german and british artists,
he xiangning art museum, shengzhen,china.
work collected by the red mansion foundation,london,uk.
2000
award from the british council,uk.
'the figure in contemporary chinese art' the air gallery, hanart london,uk
'face and gestures' : touring exhibition of two artists in china
upriver gallery, kunming,yunnan.
sichuan fine art academy,chongqing.
chengdu upriver gallery,sichuan.
sichuan university,chengdu,sichuan.
work collected by the muban foundation,london,uk.
1999
'transvangarde exhibition'the october gallery,london,uk.
two artist exhibition,well hung gallery,london,uk.
work collected by boehringer ingelheim, berkshire,uk
1998
'the 4th sapporo international print biennale' hokkaido museum of modern art,sapporo,japan.
awarded the sponsors' prize.
work collected by the hokkaido museum of modern art, sapporo,japan.
the international triennial-1998,osaka,japan.
'the hunting art prizes exhibition 1998'the royal college of art gallery,london,uk.
newport museum and art gallery,newport,south wales,uk.
1997
'229th summer exhibition'royal academy of arts,london,uk.
awarded the guinness prize for the best first-time contributor
'the international triennial 1997’osaka,japan.
'dialogue' the october gallery,london,uk.
'another province exhibition': video and film installation and
watermans arts centre,london.uk.
works collected by the clifford chance art collection,london,uk.
work collected by the guinness art collection, guinness plc,london,uk
1996
'the 3rd sapporo international print biennale' - hokkaido museum of modern art,sapporo,japan. awarded the first prize
works collected by the hokkaido museum of modern art, sapporo,japan
'transvangarde exhibition'the october gallery,london,uk.
'cell' installation: video and performance sichuan,china.
'exhibition of recent acquisition at the british museum' london,uk. 'national printmaking exhibition'the mall gallery,london,uk.
1995
award: 'the pollock- krasner foundation award'new york,usa.
individual exhibition - the october gallery,london,uk.
works collected by the october gallery,london,uk.
works collected by the centre of contemporary arts and culture osaka,japan.
1994
'the international triennial 1994 - osaka,japan.
work collected by the centre of contemporary arts and culture. osaka,japan.
'works of xu zhongmin' cité internationale,paris,france.
'the hunting art prizes exhibition 1994' the royal college of art gallery,
london,uk.
1993
works collected by the british museum,uk.
'the international triennial 1993’osaka,japan. award: sakai city prize
'national printmaking exhibition'the mall gallery,london,uk.
'the second sapporo international print biennale'sapporo,japan. 'manchester academy annual exhibition'manchester,uk.
award: 'manchester academy annual exhibition norweb major award',uk.
1992
two artist exhibition - central fine art academy gallery,beijing,china.
international art gallery,beijing,china.
1991
exhibition of two artists: 'new expression painting exhibition'
1990
exhibition with five other artists - dusseldorf, germany.
1988
exhibition of four artists - china national fine art museum, beijing,china.