Ding Yi (Chinese, born )

Ding Yi (Chinese, b.1962) is a Contemporary painter from Shanghai. He holds degrees from both the Shanghai Arts & Crafts Institute (1983), and Shanghai University’s Fine Arts department (1990). Ding is one of China’s foremost Abstract painters, his work having been exhibited around the world including the Venice Biennale, Yokohama Triennale, and Sydney Biennale. His paintings are characterized by an acute attention to detail, with systematic repetition of forms and layering. The main motif in Ding’s work is the cross shape, which he has used throughout his entire career. The artist is best known for his large-scale, densely patterned paintings. His works from the 1980s were monochrome and influenced by De Stijl and Mondrian. There were no Figurative elements in these pieces, only lines forming patterns of intersecting grids. During the 1990s, Ding began experimenting more with color, material, and overall technique; his grid pattern is still present during this period, but such materials as charcoal, watercolor, and chalk are seen on a variety of surfaces including screens, fans, and card. Since the 2000s, Ding has worked with a much brighter palette of color for his work, and continues to produce stunningly intricate paintings. Ding currently lives in Shanghai, painting and lecturing at the Shanghai Arts & Crafts Institute.

Timeline

1962
Born in Shanghai, China
1983
Graduated from the Shanghai Arts & Crafts Institute, China
1990
Graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Shanghai University, China
lives and works in Shanghai, China

Exhibitions

2010
The Official Opening of Minsheng Art Museum – Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 1979-2009, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2010
Exhibition in the sky, Pudong tower advertisement boards,Shanghai, China (group)
2010
Shanghai, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.A. (group)
2010
Shanghai Modern Exhibition, CAI,Sapporo;Gallery Monma,Sapporo, Japan (group)
2010
Chinese Contemporary Art in the Year of the Tiger, Centre Culturel de Rencontre, Abbaye de Neumunster, Luxembourg (group)
2010
Photo Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (group)
2010
Chinese Contemporary Artist in Their Twenties, Beijing Angle Modern Art, Beijing, China (group)
2009
ShanghART Group Show, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China (group)
2009
Footloose, Galerie Waldburger, Brussels, Belgium (group)
2009
Collision-Experimental Cases of Contemporary Chinese Art, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China (group)
2009
Out of Shanghai, Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf, Germany (group)
2009
Fan Ceremony-Works On Paper, Yard Gallery, Holywood, UK (group)
2009
Domus Collection New York | Beijing, White Space, Beijing, China (group)
2009
ShanghART Group Show, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China (group)
2009
Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass, U.S.A. (group)
2009
Shanghai History in Making from 1979 till 2009, 436 Jumen Rd., Shanghai, China (group)
2009
Another scene - artists' projects, concepts and ideas, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai, China (group)
2009
Warm Up, Minsheng Art Museum, Bldg F, No.570 Huaihai Rd, Shanghai, China (group)
2009
Un-natural-A New Ciscussion on Nature and Chinese Traditions, Beijing Center for the Arts, Beijing, China (group)
2009
Yi Pai - Century Thinking A Contemporary Art Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (group)
2009
Inaugural Exhibition, Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery, Beijing, China (group)
2008
DING YI - recent works, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2008
Appearance of Crosses from 1989 – 2007, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy (solo)
2008
The Tale of Silk – A Hermès Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2007
Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
2007
85 New Wave – The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2007
Strategy on Paper – Works on Paper Invitational, Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
2007
The Tale of Silk – A Hermès Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2007
Rejected Collection – More the 40 Chinese Artists / Over 60 Rejected Proposals, Ke Center for Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China
2007
Harmony and Difference – East China Contemporary Sculpture Invitational Exhibition, Art Space of Fine Art College, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
2007
Shanghai Attitude – Invitational, No. 3758 Qixin Rd., Minhang District, Shanghai, China
2006
In the Name of Material, HSS Art Centre, Shanghai, China
2006
Graticule – Ding Yi's Works from 1989 to 2006, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai, China (solo)
2006
Zhangjiang Art Park Opening Ceremony, Zhangjiang Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2006
Art in Motion, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2006
Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
2006
Hyper Design. 6th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2006
MOCA Envisagel – Entry Gate: Chinese Aesthetics of Heterogeneity, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2006
Contemporary China, PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006
The Blossoming of Realism – The Oil Painting of Mainland China Since 1978, Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, China
2006
Works on Paper, Xuhui Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2006
Transform-Artists Created by Their Works, Jing Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
2005
Ding Yi – Appearance of Crosses, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England (solo)
2005
Pictorial DNA Made in China, Galerie Urs Meile. Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
2005
Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg , Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
2005
Alien Illusion, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2005
Shenzhen Art Biennale, OCT Contempory Art Centre, Shenzhen, China
2005
Cina. Prospettive d' arte contemporanea / China: As Seen by Contemporary Chinese Artists, Provincia di Milano, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy
2004
Persona3, China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing, China
2004
Shanghai Modern, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany
2004
DIAL 62761232, Callers Location, Shanghai, China
2004
Dreaming of the Dragon's Nation: Contemporary Art from China, Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, Ireland
2004
Small Works, ShanghArt Gallery, Shanghai, China (solo)
2004
Crossed Vision, CAAW - China Art Archive & Warehouse, Beijing, China (solo)
2003
Appearance of Crosses, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland (solo)
2003
Chinese Maximalism, Millennium Art Museum, Beijing, China
2003
New Painting, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China
2003
Junction-Chinese Contemporary Architecture of Art, Lianyang Architecture Art Museum, Shanghai
2003
Open Sky, Grand Opening of Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art , Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2003
An Openning Era, NAMOC (National Art Museum of China), Beijing, China
2002
The 1st Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2002
Crossing Cultures, Kunsthaus Muerz, Mürzzuschlag, Austria
2002
Ost + West, Kunsthaus Wien, Vienna, Austria
2002
24:30 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bizart, Shanghai, China
2002
2002 Shanghai Abstract Art Group Show, Liu Haisu Art museum, Shanghai, China
2002
Metaphysics 2002, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2002
Two Abstract artists in Shanghai, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China
2002
Appearance of Crosses, Galerie Waldburger, Berlin (solo)
2001
Take Part II, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
2001
As Long As They Catch Mice..., Munkeruphus, Dronningmolle, Denmark
2001
1st Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China
2001
Gallery Opening, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, USA
2001
Take Part I, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
2001
Living in Time, Contemporary Artists from China, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
2001
Off Triennial, Zeit Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
2001
Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama, Japan
2001
Towards a New Image. Twenty Years of Chinese Contemporary Painting, National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou; Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
2001
Ornament & Abstraction, Museum Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
2001
Inauguration Exhibition of the New Gallery, China Art Archive & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing, China
2001
Metaphysics 2001, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2000
Looking In / Looking Out, Art Show 2, East Quad Art Gallery, University of Michigan, USA
2000
Fuck off, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China
2000
Shanghai 2000, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
2000
2000 China - Korea - Japan, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Changning Cultural District Center, Shanghai, China
2000
Ding Yi: Fluorescence on Tartan, CAAW - China Art Archive & Warehouse, Beijing, China (solo)
1999
Not a Chinese Show, GATE Foundation Gallery, Amsterdam (with Hong Hao), Holland (solo)
1999
Last Five Minutes, EastLink Gallery, Shanghai, China
1999
Collecting Exhibition, Modern chinese Art Foundation, Caermersklooster, Belgium
1999
Looking In / Looking Out, Plug in Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
1999
Concepts Color and Passions, China Art Archives & Warehouse, Beijing, China
1999
1999 Open Channels, The First Collecting Exhibition of Dong Yu Museum of Fine Arts,Dong Yu Museum, Shengyang, China
1999
Abstract Art in City, Shanghai Art Academy, Shanghai, China
1998
Every day, 11th Biennale of Sydney, Contemporary Art Museum, Sidney, Australia
1998
Mondrian in China - A Documentary Exhibition with Chinese Originals, The Art Gallery of the Beijing "Mondrian in China - A Documentary Exhibition with Chinese Originals", The Art Gallery of the Beijing"Mondrian in China - A Documentary Exhibition with Chinese Originals", The Art Gallery of the Beijing "Mondrian in China - A Documentary Exhibition with Chinese Originals", The Art Gallery of the Beijing International Art Palace Beijing, Shanghai Library, Guangdong Museum of Art, China
1998
Jiang Nan - From the South of the Yangzi River, Charles H., Scott Gallery Vancouver, Canada
1998
Eight Chinese Artists, Gallery Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
1998
AAA, Angulliara Ad Arte, Roma, Italy
1998
China!, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
1998
Ding Yi: Crosses '89-97, The Art Museum of the Capital Normal University, Beijing, China (solo)
1997
Ding Yi: Crosses '97, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China (solo)
1997
In Between Limits - An Aspect of Chinese Contemprary Art, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Klungju, Korea
1997
Chinese Abstraction, Gallery Ursula Krinzing, Vienna, Austria
1997
China!, Artist's House, Vienna, Austria; Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland; Charlottenburg Exhibition Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
1997
A point of Contact - Korean, Chinese, Japanese Contemporary Art, Taegu Art & Culture Hall, Taegu, Korea
1997
The Collection of Shanghai Art Museum, Inchon New World Art Museum, Inchon, Korea
1997
Works by Shanghai Artists, Art Association Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
1997
New Art from China, Flanders Contemporary Art, Minnesota, USA
1997
The Chinese Roots, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
1997
Handover Exhibition, Hong Kong Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China
1997
Contemporary Chinese Art, Changning District Cultural Centre, Shanghai, China
1997
Quotation Marks - Chinese Contemporary Paintings, Singapore Art Museum (SAM), Singapore
1997
Outburst, Shanghai Art Academy, Shanghai, China
1996
China!, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
1996
Chinese Abstraction, Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1996
Direct d'Art, Salon International d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France
1996
Shanghai First International Fax Art Exhibition, Hua San Art School, Shanghai, China
1996
The First China Oil Painting Society Exhibition, China Art Museum, Beijing, China
1996
Canton, Shanghai, Beijing, Central Art Academy, Beijing, China
1996
In China Part II, World Trade Center, Bremen, Germany
1996
Shanghai Art Biannual, Art Museum, Shanghai, China
1996
15 x Red, ShanghArt Gallery Shanghai, China (solo)
1995
Ding Yi - Opere su Carte – Paper Works of Ding Yi, La Galleria degli Archi, Comiso, Italy (solo)
1995
Shanghai Abstract Art, ShanghART, Shanghai, China
1995
Change - Chinese Contemporary Art, Konst Museum Goeteborg and the Joenkoeping Laens Museum, Sweden
1995
New Chinese Art: 1990 - 1994, at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
1995
Des Pais del Centre - Avantguardes Artistiques Xineses, Vancouver Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
1995
In China, Gallery Carol Johnssen, Munich, Germany
1995
New Chinese Art: 1990 – 1994, Art Centre, Chicago, USA
1995
Making Their Mark, Works on Paper, Gallery Melbourne, Meridian, Australia
1995
Aura Aurea, Chlostri Benedettini, Reggio Emilia, Italy
1995
Chinese Contemporary Art, Goethe Institute, Beijing, China
1994
Union-Exhibition of Six Artists Abstract Art Works, Han Art TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1994
Ding Yi's Work on Paper, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, Guangzhou, China (solo)
1994
Ding Yi's Abstract Work, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China (solo)
1993
China Avant-garde, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany; Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Museum of Modern Art Oxford, UK; Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark
1993
La Biennale di Venezia, XLV Espozione Internazionale D'Arte, Italy
1993
Shanghai Modern Art Exhibition, Gallery of Modern Art, Yokohama, Japan
1993
Asia-Pacific Triennal of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
1993
Mao Goes Pop - China Post '89, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Victoria National Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1989
China Avant/Garde, National Gallery, Beijing, China
1988
Exhibition of Today's Art, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
1986
The First Exhibition of Young Shanghai Artists, Shanghai Artist Gallery, China
1986
Inauguration Exhibition of the Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
1986
Concave-Convex, Xuhui Cultural Centre, Shanghai, China
1985
Exhibition of Modern Art by Six Artists, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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