Cao Yu
1988 born in Liaoning Province, China
Lives and works in Beijing, China
2011 BFA, Sculpture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2016 MA, Sculpture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Septic Tank, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2023
I Was Born To Do This, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2021
Passing Through the Human World, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2019
Femme Fatale, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2017
I Have an Hourglass Waist, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
Forever Tomorrow: Chinese Art Now, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tmaki, Auckland, New Zealand
2025
Anker Protocol – 1.0, Galerie Urs Meile Zurich (Ankerstrasse), Zurich, Switzerland
2024
THE EXHIBITION OF ANNUAI OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF CHINA 2014–2024, ONE ART MUSEUM, Beijing, China
THE MISSING PUZZLE—A Childhood Lacking Family Relationships, Jinyue Children’s Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Amor Fati, Porsche “Young Chinese Artist of the Year” Nominees’ Exhibition, Shanghai Exhibition Center West Hall Round Hall S20, Shanghai, China
PICTURES OF THE POST—80S GENERATION / GENERATIONAL LEAP, TANK SHANGHAI, Shanghai, China
Splendors of the sun and moon, SHANGHAI JIUSHI ART MUSEUM, Shanghai, China
Good News, GOETHE INSTITUT, Beijing, China
Poetry By the Barbarian, ASE Foundation, Shanghai, China
2023
AMAZING WOMEN—A Tribute Exhibition to Outstanding Female Artists by Forbes China, Phoenix Satellite Television Center, Beijing, China
FROM THE OTHER HILL, GUARDIAN ART CENTER, Beijing, China
The Wild Theatre—Award Of Art China, 2023, Shenzhen Artron Art Center, Shenzhen, China
SWIRL · The 8th stars plan young Artists Research Exhibition, Wuhan Art Museum (Qintai), Wuhan, China
STEPPING OUT! Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
SIGG : Chinese Contemporary Art from the Sigg Collection, SONGEUN Art and Cultural Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
2022
Empowerment, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2021
ECHO, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland
Space Fantasy: The New Generation of Chinese Installation Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan,
Yinchuan, China
Symphony of Gravity & Harshness, G+ Art Space, Wuyishan, China
SNAPSHOT, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2020
Shifting, Pop-up Art Parcours, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland
Being of Evils, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Awards
Young Artist of the Year, 12th AAC Award of Art China
Nomination, French Yishu 8 art foundation’s Young Artist Award
Third prize, CAFA Graduates Outstanding Exhibition 2011, Beijing, China
Nomination, Zeng Zhushao Sculpture Fellowship, Datong, China
Public Collections
Zhuzhong Art Museum, Beijing, China
M+ Collection, Hong Kong, China
Si Shang Art Museum, Beijing, China
CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
Cao Yu
1988 born in Liaoning Province, China
Lives and works in Beijing, China
2011 BFA, Sculpture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2016 MA, Sculpture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Biography
Cao Yu
1988 born in Liaoning Province, China
Lives and works in Beijing, China
2011 BFA, Sculpture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2016 MA, Sculpture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Septic Tank, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2023
I Was Born To Do This, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2021
Passing Through the Human World, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2019
Femme Fatale, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2017
I Have an Hourglass Waist, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
Forever Tomorrow: Chinese Art Now, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tmaki, Auckland, New Zealand
2025
Anker Protocol – 1.0, Galerie Urs Meile Zurich (Ankerstrasse), Zurich, Switzerland
2024
THE EXHIBITION OF ANNUAI OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF CHINA 2014–2024, ONE ART MUSEUM, Beijing, China
THE MISSING PUZZLE—A Childhood Lacking Family Relationships, Jinyue Children’s Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Amor Fati, Porsche “Young Chinese Artist of the Year” Nominees’ Exhibition, Shanghai Exhibition Center West Hall Round Hall S20, Shanghai, China
PICTURES OF THE POST—80S GENERATION / GENERATIONAL LEAP, TANK SHANGHAI, Shanghai, China
Splendors of the sun and moon, SHANGHAI JIUSHI ART MUSEUM, Shanghai, China
Good News, GOETHE INSTITUT, Beijing, China
Poetry By the Barbarian, ASE Foundation, Shanghai, China
2023
AMAZING WOMEN—A Tribute Exhibition to Outstanding Female Artists by Forbes China, Phoenix Satellite Television Center, Beijing, China
FROM THE OTHER HILL, GUARDIAN ART CENTER, Beijing, China
The Wild Theatre—Award Of Art China, 2023, Shenzhen Artron Art Center, Shenzhen, China
SWIRL · The 8th stars plan young Artists Research Exhibition, Wuhan Art Museum (Qintai), Wuhan, China
STEPPING OUT! Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
SIGG : Chinese Contemporary Art from the Sigg Collection, SONGEUN Art and Cultural Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
2022
Empowerment, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2021
ECHO, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland
Space Fantasy: The New Generation of Chinese Installation Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan,
Yinchuan, China
Symphony of Gravity & Harshness, G+ Art Space, Wuyishan, China
SNAPSHOT, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2020
Shifting, Pop-up Art Parcours, Galerie Urs Meile, Ardez, Switzerland
Being of Evils, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Awards
Young Artist of the Year, 12th AAC Award of Art China
Nomination, French Yishu 8 art foundation’s Young Artist Award
Third prize, CAFA Graduates Outstanding Exhibition 2011, Beijing, China
Nomination, Zeng Zhushao Sculpture Fellowship, Datong, China
Public Collections
Zhuzhong Art Museum, Beijing, China
M+ Collection, Hong Kong, China
Si Shang Art Museum, Beijing, China
CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China