Born in Foshan, Guangdong in China in 1956, Yang Jiechang first studied traditional Chinese painting at the Foshan Folk Art Institute in Foshan. And later he finished his education from Guangdong Fine Arts Academy, where he had taught for years after graduating, majored in traditional Chinese painting. He now works and lives in Paris Selected Exhibitions 2014 “Yang Jiechang: Still Flowers, Birds and Landscape” Randian, Beijing, China 2009 “On Ascension” Galerie Jaeger Bucher, Paris, France 2008 “Artists continue to try hard-New Works by Yang Jiechang”, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA 2007 “The Most Beautiful Country in China”, HanArtTZ Gallery, Hong Kong 2006 “Tomorrow Cloudy Sky”, HanArtTZ Gallery, Hong Kong 2006 “Idylls” Grace Li Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland 2005 “Une facture, Monsieur”, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France/Shenzhen Hexiangning Art Museum, China 2005 “Who Occupies the Space?”,Isola d’arte, Milano, Italy 2003 “Lookchat”, Centre A, Vancouver, Canada 2003 “For Emily”, 4A Gallery, Sydney, Australia 2002 “Der längste Tag”, Kunstverein Nürtingen, Germany 2001 “Double View”, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France 2001 “100 Layers of Ink”, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2000 “You – Double View”, Project Room, ARCO 2000, Madrid, Spain 1999 “Another Turn of the Screw”, Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China 1999 “Rebuild Dong Cunrui”, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 1998 “Your Customs” – Our Customs, Altes Zollamt, Frankfurt, Germany 1994 “Cut the Fingernails from My Body”, Espace d’art contemporain Le Faubourg, Strasbourg, France 1993 “Rencontres dans un Couloir”, private flat of Hou Hanru, Paris, France 1992 “Testament, Dritte Welt Haus”, Frankfurt, Germany 1992 “Solo Exhibition by Yang Jiechang” Gallery Turbulences, New York, USA 1992 “L’Encre Noire du Oriental” Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France 1991 “Works on Paper”, Frith Street Gallery, London, England 1990 “Voyage en Mexique”, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico Selected Group Exhibition 2009 “La Biennale De Lyon” Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France 2009 “Our Future” Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China 2007 “Istanbul Biennial”, Istanbul, Turkey 2007 “Metamorphosis: The Generation of Transformation in Chinese Contemporary Art”, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland 2007 “Made in China”, Louisianna Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark 2006 “Laboratoires pour un Avenir Incertain”, Grand Palais, Paris, France 2004 “Stop Over Hong Kong”, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong 2004 “Le Moine et le Démon”, Musée d’art contemporain, Lyon, France 2004 “A l'Ouest du Sud de l’est/ A l'Est du Sud de l'Ouest”, Centre Régional d’art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sète, France 2004 “All under Heaven Collection Ullens”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium 2003 “Zone of Urgency”, Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy 2000 “Paris pour Escale”, Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France 1999 “Asiart 99 Biennale d’Arte Contempranea”, Museum of Contemporary Art Genoa, Italy 1998 “Les Magiciens de la Terre”, Anina Nosei Gallery, New York, USA 1994 “Out of the Centre”, Museum of Modern Art, Pori, Finland 1993 “Silent Energy”, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England 1993 “Coalition”, Centre for Contemporary Art Glasgow, Scotland 1989 “Les Magiciens de la Terre”, Centre d’art moderne Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Collection Centre d’art moderne Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong