For full biography, download PDF
1963 Born in Beijing
EDUCATION
1989
M.F.A University of Arkansas, Fulbright Scholarship
1982
B.F.A Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, P.R. China.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Frieze Art Fair, Zeno X Gallery, London, UK
2006
Yun-Fei Ji: The Water that Floats the Boat Can Also Sink It, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Great News Comes From the Collective Farm, ZenoX, Antwerp, Belgium
2004
Boxers, SAFN Museum, Reykyavik, Iceland (through January 9, 2005)
The Empty City, organized by Shannon Fitzgerald, Contemporary Art Museum St.
Louis, St. Louis, MI; traveled to Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY; Provisions Library, Gaea Foundation, Washington, DC; The Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA; Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana (Feb– April 2005)
Yun-Fei Ji: The East Wind, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia
2003
The One-Hundred Old Names, ZenoX, Antwerp, Belgium and The Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY
2002
The Boxer, the Missionary, and their Gods, POST, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
Darger-ism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger, American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY
Two Chinas, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Mining Nature, James Cohan Gallery Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2007
An Atlas of Events, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
2006
A Usable Past: Selected Alumni from the Artist-in-Residence Studio Space Program,
Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
Process and Promise: Art Education and Community at the 92nd Street Y 1930-2005,
92nd Street Y, New York, NY
2005
REGENERATION: Contemporary Chinese Art From China and the U.S., ASU Art
Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
2004
Drawn, Contemporary Drawings, Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, NY
(November 11 - December 15)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007
Lew, Christopher, "Yun-Fei Ji: Dead and Alive," ArtAsia Pacific, Winter 2007
2006
Yau, John, "Yun-Fei Ji with John Yau," The Brooklyn Rail, December 2006/January
Hsieh, David, "Yun-Fei Ji's use ink and brush to reflect upon contemporary social issues," The World Journal, November 29, 2006
"Goings On About Town: Yun-Fei Ji, The New Yorker, December 25, 2006
Spears, Dorothy, "Artists Under the Influence," Art & Antiques, Summer 2006
2005
Goodrich, John, "Gallery-Going," The New York Sun, Arts & Letters, July 28, 2005
Kerr, Merrily, "Interim Print Report: Yun-Fei Ji," art on paper, first impression, May/June 2005, p. 35.
2004
Silver, Joanne, "Gorge Yourself on Painter's Dam Project," Boston Herald.com,
November 19, 2004
Kerr, Merrily, "Yun-Fei Ji at Pierogi", Art on Paper, July/August 2004
Yau, John, "Alone and Together on The Stage of The World," The Brooklyn Rail, June 2004
Dawson, Jessica, "The Yangtze Scrolls", The Washington Post, July 29, 2004
Hughes, Jeffrey, "St. Louis: Contemporary Art Museum," Contemporary, No. 62, 2004,
pp.70-71 (illus.)
"Yun-Fei Ji," The New Yorker, May 17, 2004, p.18
Richard, Frances, "Yun-Fei Ji, Contemporary Art Museum", Review, ArtForum, January 2004
2003
Berwick, Carly, "Before the Deluge: Artists to Watch, 10 People Who Are Making Waves in the Art World", Art News, September 2003, Vol.102 / No.8, pp.101-102.
Knafo, Robert, "Yun-Fei Ji: Moral Vistas," Art in America, No. 6, June 2003, pp. 104-7, 137
Homans, Charlie, "Folk Songs of the Flood: Yun-Fei Ji and The One Hundred Old Names," Museo 6, Spring 2003 (printed at Columbia University, NYC), pp. 20-25
Wilson, Michael, "Yun-Fei Ji: Pratt Manhattan Gallery", Artforum, XLI, No 9, May 2003, p.171. (illus.)
Johnson, Ken, "Yun-Fei Ji 'The Old One-Hundred Names," The New York Times, Art Reviews, Last Chance, April 11, 2003, p. E37
Johnson, Ken, "Yun-Fei Ji 'The Old One Hundred Names," The New York Times, Art Reviews, April 4, 2003, p. E35
The New Yorker, April 7, 2003.
Harper's Magazine, February 2003
AWARDS
2006-07
Parasol Unit Artist-In-Residence, London, England
2005-06
Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome, Italy
2004
Sharp Foundation Fellowship, New York
2003
PS1 Contemporary Arts National Studio Program Fellowship, Long Island City, New York
2002
Headland Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
2001-02
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Rhode Island
2001
Art OMI International Arts Center, New York
1999
New York Foundation for the Arts Grant, works on paper, New York
1998
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
1997
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1996
The Millay Colony for the Arts Residency, Austerlitz, New York
Artist in the Marketplace Program, The Bronx Museum, New York
1995
The Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming
1994
Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Canada
1993
The Macdowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
1991
Henry Street Settlement, New York