Mao Yan, Madam, 2022, oil on canvas, 150 cm × 100 cm (59-1/16" × 39-3/8") © Mao Yan Mao Yan Details:b. 1968, Xiangtan, Hunan Province, China Read More Mao Yan is recognized as a key figure of contemporary art in China, with a practice focusing on the essence of painting and portraiture rather than strict representation.His exploration of painting proposes stylistic and technical innovations while drawing on the tropes of European painting. Mao’s portraits eschew specific cultural or temporal signifiers, and his reduced palette of cool gray and blue tones is used as a compositional device, and which he deems a subject of his work in itself.Drawn to painting as a child, Mao Yan was introduced to the practice through his father, who exposed him to Soviet-era painting and European masters such as Eugène Delacroix. Mao learned advanced painting techniques in his adolescence and, in the late 1980s, went on to study oil painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, where he became interested in figure painting and portraiture. For many young Chinese artists of Mao’s generation, the post-1989 period represented change. The exposure to a broader set of international art movements—from Abstract Expressionism to Pop and Conceptual art—resulted in the emergence of Chinese contemporary movements such as Cynical Realism and Political Pop. Mao Yan, however, found himself looking far back in history, finding inspiration in Old Masters such as Goya and Rembrandt. Mao’s figurative paintings began to reveal a deliberate focus on classical pose and drapery. Read More Mao Yan, Portrait of Xiao Shan, 1992, oil on canvas, 170 cm × 100 cm © Mao Yan After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1991, Mao left Beijing’s flourishing contemporary art scene and relocated to Nanjing, where he taught at Nanjing University of the Arts and developed his first series of portraits. Drawing from his circle of friends, his early subjects were often rendered as full-length figures set in unspecified interiors or as tightly cropped bust portraits set in front of mountainscapes. He depicted the expressive gaze of his sitters and accentuated details of clothing and accessories through a palette of bright reds, blues, and ochers.Mao’s first one-artist exhibition, The Drawing Works of Mao Yan, was held at the Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts, China in 1992. He was honored twice in 1994, with the Chinese Oil Painting Art Prize Award, China, and the Excellent Art Work Prize Award, China. Three years later, his second monographic exhibition was presented at Nanjing Pinge Art Guild, China (1997). Mao’s painting style continued to evolve throughout the mid-1990s, resulting in foreshortened, full-length figures and busts removed from any discernable environment. His backgrounds came to be comprised of expressionistic brushstrokes in a corresponding palette of earthy, subdued tones. While Mao’s contemporaries were grounding their practices in Chinese symbolism, gestures, and conceptual frameworks, Mao sought to distance himself from cultural labels, which he considered reductive. His desire to paint friends, relatively unknown to larger audiences, corresponded to a refusal of popular readings and sentimentality. His paintings of Thomas Rohdewald, a foreign student taking Chinese language courses, and other non-Chinese subjects enabled him to move away from nationalistic associations. Mao met Rohdewald in 1998 and began painting him the following year. Developing from an initial detailed drawing, the renderings gradually became loose and atmospheric—spectral portraits emerging from a painterly haze of blue-gray sfumato. Revitalizing his exploration of the figure, Mao continued to distill his painterly language, resulting in a prolific output of a single subject and, later, the addition of animals and nude female subjects. Read More Mao Yan, Small Portrait of Thomas, 2005, oil on canvas, 36 cm × 27.8 cm © Mao Yan Mao Yan, Thomas on the Chair, 2009, oil on canvas, 330 cm × 200 cm © Mao Yan At the onset of the following decade, Mao was included in two group exhibitions at The National Art Museum of China, Beijing: Chinese Oil Painting in the 20th Century (2000), and Towards a New Image: Twenty Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting (2001), both of which traveled to the Shanghai Art Museum. His work was also included in Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, held at the Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (2005), which traveled to the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (2006–2007); Salzburg Museum der Moderne, Austria (2007); University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (2008–2009); and the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts (2009). Other group exhibitions include The Second Triennial of Chinese Contemporary Art, Nanjing Museum, China (2005); China's Neo Painting: A Triumph over Images, Shanghai Art Museum (2007); China: Construction / Deconstruction, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (2008); The 23rd Asia International Fine Art Exhibition, Guangzhou (2008); Chinamania, ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishøj, Denmark (2009); Collecting History: China New Art, Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art, China, (2011); In Time—2012 Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing (2012); Skin’s Literary Form: Dual Exhibition by He Duoling and Mao Yan, Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, China (2014); Duration: Chinese Art in Transformation, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum (2020); Rhythm and Being In the World, Long Museum, Shanghai (2022–2023); Another Story, M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong (2023); and Portraits: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum, Long Museum, Shanghai (2023–2024). Read More Mao Yan, Oval Portrait - Posie Musgrau No. 2, 2010, oil on canvas, 72.5 cm × 53.5 cm © Mao Yan In 2010, Mao traveled to Scotland to participate in the Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Program, where he painted a series of portraits of workers from the Glenfiddich distillery. The residency culminated in the exhibition Mao Yan in Dufftown at ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai (2010). In 2023, Mao was the subject of a solo exhibition organized by the Song Art Museum, Beijing. Since joining Pace in 2013, he has had four solo exhibitions at Pace Gallery, in Beijing (2013), New York (2015), Hong Kong (2018), and London (2024).Mao’s work is held in numerous private and public collections, including the Yuz Museum, Shanghai; University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong; Shanghai Art Museum; Shenzhen Art Museum, China; Upriver Gallery, Chengdu; and the Start Museum, Shanghai.Among his awards and honors, he was named the Martell Artist of the Year by the Today Art Museum, Beijing, in 2013.Mao Yan has been represented by Pace since 2013. Mao Yan, Fish Head for Goya, 2012, 130 cm × 90 cm © Mao Yan Mao Yan, Huihui, 2012, 27.8 cm × 90 cm © Mao Yan Mao Yan, Faerie on the Chair, 2013, oil on canvas, 330 cm × 200 cm © Mao Yan Mao Yan, Woman with a Mirror, 2017-2018, oil on canvas, 130 cm × 90 cm (51-3/16" × 35-7/16") © Mao Yan Mao Yan, Reflection in a Night Scene (Studio), 2021, oil on canvas, 150 cm × 100 cm (59-1/16" × 39-3/8") © Mao Yan Mao Yan, Broken Teeth No. 7, 2022, oil on canvas, 40 cm × 30 cm (15-3/4" × 11-13/16") © Mao Yan Exhibitions View All Past Mao Yan New Paintings Jan 19 – Mar 9, 2024 London Past Chewing Gum VI Aug 4 – Sep 7, 2023 Hong Kong Past Chewing Gum V Jul 22 – Sep 8, 2022 Hong Kong Past Signs Mar 4 – Apr 24, 2021 Hong Kong Journal View All Essays Excavating the Present: Temporality and Presence in the Recent Works of Mao Yan Feb 28, 2024 Pace Live Capturing Essence: A Discussion on Contemporary Chinese Art, Portraiture and Abstraction through Mao Yan’s Lens Feb 02, 2024 Essays Art Basel Hong Kong: A Closer Look Mar 18, 2020 Art Fairs Pace Gallery to Participate in ART 021 Shanghai Nov 11, 2014 One-Artist Exhibitions Group Exhibitions Public Collections Periodicals Books and Catalogues Close Mao YanOne-Artist Exhibitions Mao Yan One-Artist Exhibitions DatesBorn 1968, Xiangtan, Hunan Province, ChinaEducation1991, B.A., Oil painting department of Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China2024Mao Yan: New Paintings, Pace Gallery, London, January 19–March 9, 2024.2023Mao Yan, Song Art Museum, Beijing, September 23–December 20, 2023.2018Mao Yan: By The Edge, Pace Gallery, 12/F H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, June 8–July 12, 2018.2016Mao Yan, N3 Gallery, Beijing, December 29, 2016–March 20, 2017.2015Mao Yan, Pace Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York, March 6–April 4, 2015. (Catalogue)2013Mao Yan, Pace Beijing, May 11–June 22, 2013. (Catalogue)2012Ethos: Maoyan Works, Art & Public, Geneva, June 7–August 31, 2012.2011Mao Yan Works on Paper, Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery, Beijing, April 23–June 30, 2011. (Catalogue)2010Mao Yan in Dufftown: 2010 Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Program, ShanghART Gallery, November 21–December 26, 2010. (Catalogue)2009Longing for More – Mao Yan Solo Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, September 2–16, 2009.2008Mao Yan Painting Exhibition, China Today Gallery, Belgium, February 15–March 1, 2008.2000Mao Yan Painting Exhibition, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, October 18–31, 2000.1997Mao Yan Painting Exhibition, Nanjing Pinge Art Guild, Nanjing, China, 1997.1992The Drawing Works of Mao Yan, Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts, Nanjing, China, 1992.Mao Yan Painting Exhibition, Nanjing Pinge Art Guild, China, 1997. Mao YanGroup Exhibitions Mao Yan Group Exhibitions 2025The Hidden Collectors II, LA VIE Material Living Art Center, Shenzhen, China, March 23–April 26, 2025.2024Innocence & Experience: The Synesthesia of Art and Literature, Hushen Art Museum, Shanghai, December 26, 2024–March 9, 2025.Portraits: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum, Long Museum, Shanghai, November 8, 2023–May 7, 2024.Awakening in Motion, Hui Art Museum, Wuxi, China, May 10-August 17, 2025.Neo-vision: Chinese Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Jingdezhen Ceramic University Museum, China, June 27–July 26, 2024. Traveled to: Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, October 15–December 15, 2024.Golden – The 28th Anniversary Exhibition, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, May 22–June 28, 2024.Engaging with the World: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art Since the Dawn of the 20th Century & Taikang Collection Exhibition, Guang Hui Art Museum, Tianfu New Area, Sichuan, China, May 10–July 10, 2024.Inscription of Time: Experience and Transformation of Contemporary Chinese Art Collection, Ennova Art Museum, Langfang, China, April 29–September 16, 2024.Mao Yan and Shen Zhou, Ni Art Museum, Suzhou, January 7 – March 28, 2024.2023M+ Sigg Collection: Another Story, M+, Hong Kong, September 22, 2023–June 26, 2025.Engaging with the World: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art Since the Dawn of the 20th Century & Taikang Collection Exhibition, Taikang Art Museum, Beijing, August 22, 2023–January 12, 2024. Traveled to: Guang Hui Art Museum, Tianfu New Area, Chengdu, China, May 10–July 10, 2024.Chewing Gum VI, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, August 4–September 7, 2023.Boundary and Conversion: Dual Exhibition by He Duoling and Mao Yan, Shede Chengdu Fosun Foundation, Chengdu, China, June 6–September 3, 2023.2022Start: Inaugural Exhibition, Start Art Museum, Shanghai, December 30, 2022-May 21, 2023.Being In the World: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum, Long Museum (West Bund), Shanghai, November 13, 2022–February 5, 2023.Chewing Gum V, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, July 22–September 1, 2022.Rhythm and Refrain, Song Art Museum, Beijing, April 9–July 24, 2022.2021Signs, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, March 5–April 24, 2021.2020Nine-Tiered Pagoda: Spatial and Visual Magic ③ - My Poet - Exhibition of Mao Yan and Han Dong, Pingshan Art Museum, Shenzhen, opened on December 23, 2020.Ineffable Longings, G Museum, Nanjing, China, November 11, 2020–February 18, 2021.Duration: Chinese Art in Transformation, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, opened on September 25, 2020.2019Zhang Xiaogang, Mao Yan and Qiu Xiaofei, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, November 22, 2019–January 2, 2020 (closed December 21, 2019).The Intertextuality of Art and Poetry, OCAT Shenzhen, Shenzhen, September 21–November 10, 2019.2016The Nanjing International Art Festival, Baijia Lake Museum, November 12, 2016–February 12, 2017.Talking on Paper, Pace Beijing, April 16–June 11, 2016.2015Art Historical Flashbacks: Another Path in Chinese Contemporary Art, Elion Art Gallery, Beijing, August 15–September 16, 2015.2014Focus Beijing, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 14-September 21, 2014.Skin’s Literary Form: Dual Exhibition by He Duoling and Mao Yan, The Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, April 29–May 24, 2014.2013The Garden of Diversion: Sifang Art Museum Inaugural Exhibition, Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China, November 2, 2013–March 2, 2014.Evolution, Avant-Garde Contemporary Art Center, Nanjing, May 19–June 30, 2013. (Catalogue)Portrait of the Times: 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, August 18–November 10, 2013. (Catalogue)2013 Martell Artists of the Year, Today Art Museum, Beijing, June 16–30, 2013.Face to Face, Portraits and Interiors- Chinese Dutch Painting Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, March 4–30, 2013. Traveled to: Hexiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China, July 7–September 8, 2013.2012The Image Behind the Image - Jorg Immendorf & Mao Yan, Basel, Switzerland, 2012.In Time - 2012 Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, June 16–27, 2012.Face, Mingsheng Arts Museum, Shanghai, March 10–April 28, 2013. (Catalogue)2011Collecting History: China New Art, Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu, China, July 1–August 31, 2011. (Catalogue)Growing Up, Shanghai World Finacial Center, Shanghai, October 24–November 2, 2011.2010Chinese Expression, Bloom Gallery, Beijing, October 16–November 16, 2010.The Official Opening of Minsheng Art Museum – Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 1979–2009, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, April 19–July 18, 2010.Erotic, Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery, Beijing, March 20–May 28, 2010.Reshaping History: Chinart from 2000–2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing, May 4–21, 2010. Concurrent with: Arario Gallery, Beijing, April 25–June 12, 2010 and Today Art Museum, Beijing, April 25–May 19 2010. (Catalogue)2009In the 1980s: Wen Pulin Archive of Chinese Avant-garde Art Exhibition, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, September 8–October 4, 2009. (Catalogue)Art Changsha, Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha, October 23–November 23, 2009.Inaugural Exhibition, Hadrien De Montferrand Gallery, Beijing, October 29–November 7, 2009.Phenomena and Situation since 1985: Trends in Hubei and Hunan Chinese Contemporary Art 1985- 2009, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China, July 31–August 31, 2009. (Catalogue)China Mania: Colorful, Diverse and Distinctly Narrative, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark, June 27, 2009–January 3, 2010.2008Brush / Clay / Wood: The Nancy & Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art, Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008.CHINA: CONSTRUçãO – DESCONSTRUçãO, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand – MASP, Brazil, 2008.Today’s China, BEIVUE Art Museum, Brussel, Belgium, 2008.Academy and Non-academy II, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, 2008.Artists in Art Criticize, Saint Space, Beijing, 2008.Correspondence, Qinghe Art Museum, Najing, China; NO.10 Art Space Airport, Chengdu, China, 2008.Today's China, Beivue Museum, Brussels, 2008.China: Construct and Deconstruction, The National Gallery of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, November 18, 2008–February 15, 2009. (Catalogue)Semiosis, China Square, New York, March 6–29, 2008.The 23rd Asia International Fine Art Exhibition, Guangzhou, December 3, 2008–March 10, 2009.2007Look on Somebody’s Trouble with Indifference, Kassel Central Train Station, Kassel, 2007.Transparent Situation, Tibet Museum, Lhasa, China, 2007.Art Changsha, Hunan Jiandu Museum, Changsha, opened on September 15, 2007.Emotion Aesthetics, dARTex, Beijing, April 21–May 13, 2007.Portrait’s Zero:The Painting of Xia Xiaowan & Mao Yan, Aye Gallery, Beijing, April 8–June 10, 2007.China's Neo Painting: A Triumph over Images, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, December 13–23, 2007. (Catalogue)2006Flower?, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, 2006.Summer Time Sharing Art, Aye Gallery, Beijing, July 11–September 1, 2006.Initial Image 2006, Yibo Gallery, January 11–February 11, 2006.2005The Second Triennial of Chinese Contemporary Art, Nanjing Museum, China, 2005.Image is Power, Bangkok Tang Contemporary Art, September 22–October 15, 2005.Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Germany, June 13–October 16, 2005. Traveled to: Hamburger Kunsthalle, September 14, 2006–February 18, 2007; Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, July 21–November 11, 2007; The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, September 10, 2008–January 4, 2009; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, February 21–May 17, 2009.2004The Painting Show of Mao Yan and He Duoling, Chinablue Gallery, Beijing, 2004.The Metamorphosis: The Painting Show of Mao Yan and Liu Ye, Diya Gallery, Taiwan, 2004.Poisonous: The Invitation Exhibition of Free Communication Book Store, Free Communication Book Store, Beijing, 2004.Sharping, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, September 27–October 27, 2004.Human Scenery, Anna Ning Fine Art, Hong Kong, 2004.2003New Generation and Post-revolution, Chinablue Gallery, Beijing, 2003.New Painting 2003, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, January 8–February 9, 2003.2002The Different Similarities, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, 2002.Face to Face: Chinese Portrait Art Exhibition, Jingwen Art Centre, Shanghai, 2002.Group Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Schoeni Art Gallery, Beijing, 2002.The Image of Idea: 2002 Invitation Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Oil Paintings, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, 2002.On the Edge of the Millennium: New Art From China, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, March 29–April 27, 2002. Traveled to Goedhuis Contemporary, London, June 7–28, 2002. (Catalogue)Paris - Pekin, Espace Cardin, Paris, October 5–28, 2002.2001Academy and Non-academy, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, 2001.Poster Exhibition of Chinese Avant-garde, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tokyo, Paris, 2001.The First Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, China, December 15, 2001–January 15, 2002.Abbild: Recent Portraiture and Depiction, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria, October 5–December 16, 2001. (Catalogue)Initial Image 2: Contemporary Work on Paper, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, September 26–October 26, 2001.Towards a New Image: 20 Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting, National Gallery of Art, Beijing, May 2001. Traveled to: Shanghai Art Museum, 2001; Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu, China, 2001; Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China, 2001. (Catalogue)2000Chinese Oil Painting in the 20th Century, National Art Museum of China, Beijing. Traveled to: Shanghai Art Museum, 2000.Exhibition of Liu Haisu Museum’s Collection, Shanghai, 2000.Mao Yan & Liu Ye, Contemporary Chinese Art Gallery, London, 2000.Phantom, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, 2000. Mao YanPublic Collections Mao Yan Public Collections Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum of Art, BeijingFeng Pingshan Museum, Hong Kong UniversityFosun Foundation, ShanghaiGolden Eagle Museum of Art, Nanjing, ChinaHunan Tan Guobin Contemporary Art Museum, Changsha, ChinaLong Museum, ShanghaiM+, Hong KongShanghai Art MuseumShanghai Powerlong MuseumShenzhen Art Museum, ChinaSong Art Museum, BeijingStart Museum, ShanghaiTaiking Art Museum, BeijingUniversity Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong KongUpriver Gallery, ChengduYuz Museum, Shanghai Mao YanPeriodicals Mao Yan Periodicals 2024Churchman, Fi. “The Weary Mao Yan” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Art Review Asia, 2 April 2024. https://artreview.com/mao-yan-new-paintings-pace-london-review/“Five Exhibitions To See In London In January 2024” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Art Plugged, 3 January 2024. https://artplugged.co.uk/five-exhibitions-to-see-in-london-in-january-2024/.2019Wang, Kaihao. "Art & Design Community Honored at Beijng Awards Ceremony." China Daily, 15 January 2019. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201901/15/WS5c3d4a5fa3106c65c34e485e.html2018Cheng, Gabrielle. “’By the Edge’: Chinese Artist Mao Yan’s First Solo Show in Hong Kong at Pace Gallery” (exhibition review). Art Radar, 11 August 2018. http://artradarjournal.com/2018/08/11/by-the-edge-chinese-artist-mao-yans-first-solo-show-in-hong-kong-at-pace-gallery/2015Goodman, Jonathan. “Mao Yan at Pace Gallery, New York” (exhibition review). Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art 14, no.5 (September/October 2015).Mao, Yan. “Lost in Time” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Interview with Emily McDermott. Interview, March 2015. http://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/mao-yan-pace/#_Mao Yan. “Mao Yan Tan Zi Shen Chuang Zuo” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Interview with Qian Fan. Artforum, 31 March 2015. http://artforum.com.cn/words/7625“Painting the Faces of Our Era” (Pace New York exhibition review). Sinovision English Channel, 11 March 2015. Online video, 3:31. http://en.sinovision.net/painting-the-faces-of-our-era/Rao, Mallika. “Mao Yan: A Portraitist For The Selfie Age” (Pace Gallery exhibition preview). Huffington Post, 24 February 2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/24/mao-yan-portraits_n_6723254.html2014Wang, Sue. “Skin’s Literary Form: Dual Exhibition by He Duoling and Mao Yan Debuted at the Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts” (exhibition review). CAFA Artinfo, 7 May 2014. http://en.cafa.com.cn/skins-literary-form-dual-exhibition-by-he-duoling-and-mao-yan-debuted-at-the-art-museum-of-nanjing-university-of-the-arts.html2013Ai, Chen. “Song Gei Zi Ji Yi Zhang Ling Hun Xiao Xiang” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Hers, June 2013, illustrated.Bortoletto, A Sara. “The Stubbornness of Mao Yan” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). China Files, 3 June 2013, illustrated.Cao, Junjie. “Mao Yan: Wo Shi Zhong Yao Mian Lin Xu Duo Zhang Ai” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). 21st Century Business Herald, 20 July 2013. http://epaper.21cbh.com/html/2013-07/22/content_71461.htmCao, Yuan. “Mao Yan: ‘Qian Wan Ju Le Bu’ Li de Mao Shi Xiao Xiang” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Sina Hong Kong, 20 May 2013. http://finance.sina.com.hk/news/-33452-5864977/1.htmlCao, Yuan. “Mao Yan: ‘Mao Shi Xiao Xiang’ Li Ji Zhi de ‘Hui’” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Shanghai Securities News, 22 May 2013.Carlson, Jeffrey. “Pace Gallery Beijing Presents China’s Leading Portrait Painter, Mao Yan” (exhibition review). Fine Art Connoisseur, 2003. http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/Pace-Gallery-Beijing-Presents-China-s-Leading-Port/16468076#Fan, Shaohua. “Mao Yan Xin Feng ‘Kuai Shi Yi Shu de Di Ren’ Yi Jian Zuo Pin You Shi Hao Fei Ji Nian” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Jing Bao, 24 July 2013, illustrated.Jiao, Xueyan. “Mao Yan Solo Exhibition” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Artitude, June 2013: 32, illustrated.Liang, Ting. “Mao Yan: Ren Sheng Yao Xue Hui Ke Zhi Yu Wang” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Shenzhen Te Qu Bao, 12 July 2013, illustrated. http://sztqb.sznews.com/html/2013-07/12/content_2548492.htmLi, Li. “Review: Fixed Bodies and Free Souls at Mao Yan’s Pace Beijing Solo Show” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Artinfo, 17 May 2013. http://encn.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/903278/review-fixed-bodies-and-free-souls-at-mao-yans-pace-beijingLi, Jianya. “Mao Yan Xin Zuo Hui ‘Nv Ren Ti’ Da Chi Fu Xiao Xiang Hua Yin Re Yi” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Beijing News, 6 June 2013.Liu, Jing. “Mao Yan: Wo Xi Huan Zai Liang Ge Ji Duan Zhong Ben Pao” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Life Style, no. 1883, 29 July 2013, illustrated.Liu, Yang. “Mao Yan Xin Zuo ‘Gao Bie’ An Jing To Ma Si” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Beijing Business Today, 17 May 2013.Mao, Yan. “Mao Yan: Shu Fa Shi Wo Jin Ru de Yi Ge Tu Jing” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Bund Pic, no. 547, 11 July 2013.Mao, Yan. “Mao Yan Ge Zhan: Wo de Nei Xin Gen Wo de Zuo Pin Zhi Jian You Yi Ge Tong Dao” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Artron.net. Onine video, 12:01. 13 May 2013.Mao, Yan. “Mao Yan: Wei Zhong Guo Zao Xiang de Ke Neng Xing” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Interview by Wang Houfa. New Vision, June 2013: 66-67, illustrated.Mao, Yan. “Mao Yan: Wei Ren Sheng Dao Hang de Na Fu Xiao Xiang Hua” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Interview with Luo Ying. Hi Art, June 2013: 66-69, illustrated.Meng, Yufang. “Mao Yan: Hui Hua Jiu Shi Wo Yi Sheng de Meng Xiang, Shi Yi Ge Fei Chang Da de Shi Jie” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Artron.net, 27 June 2013. http://contemporary.artron.net/20130627/n468815_3.htmlQi, Yanjie. “Cover Story: The Empire of Mao Yan” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Art Guide, June 2013: 18-23, illustrated.Si Yao. “Mao Yan: Wo Cong Bu Pi Jin Zhan Ji” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Time Out Beijing, 24 May 2013. http://beijing.timeoutcn.com/ShowArticle_11253.htmSu, Qingxian. “’To Ma Si’ Zhi Hou de Mao Yan” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Xinmin Weekly, no. 757, 16 September 2013, illustrated.Xi, Qin. “Mao Yan: Hua Xiao Xiang Jiu Shi Hua Zi Ji” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Taste Reader, September 2013: 60-71, illustrated.Yang, Jing. “Hua Hao Tuo Ma Si Cai Hua Zhong Guo Ren” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Jinghua Times, 7 August 2013.Zhang, Zixuan. “Talent and Instinct” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). China Daily, 14 June 2013, illustrated. http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2013-06/14/content_16619979.htmZhou, Yulong. “Yong Mao Yan Feng Ge Pai Mao Yan” (Pace Beijing exhibition review). Beijing News, 10 July 2013. Mao YanBooks and Catalogues Mao Yan Books 2015Mao Yan (exhibition catalogue). Text by Donald Kuspit. New York: Pace Gallery, 2015.2013Mao Yan (exhibition catalogue). Text by Mathieu Borysevicz. Beijing: Pace Beijing, 2013.Portrait of the Times: 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art (exhibition catalogue). Shanghai: Shanghai Literature & Art Press, 2013, illustrated.Zhu, Tong, ed. Evolution (exhibition catalogue). Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2013.2012Face: A Survey of Chinese Portraiture (exhibition catalogue). Shanghai: Minsheng Art Museum, 2012.2011Mao Yan Works on Paper (exhibition catalogue). Beijing: Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery, 2011.Collecting History: China New Art (exhibition catalogue). Chengdu: Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art, 2011.2010Erotic Exhibition (exhibition catalogue). Beijing: Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery, 2010.Mao Yan in Dufftown (exhibition catalogue). Text by Yin Lichuan. Shanghai: ShanghART Gallery, 2010.2009In the 1980s: Wen Pulin Archive of Chinese Avant-garde Art Exhibition (exhibition catalogue). Shanghai: Duolun Museum of Modern Art, 2009.Mao Yan: Shanghai Art Museum. Texts by Li Xiaoshan, Shu Kewen, Han Dong and Wang Min’an. Shanghai: Chinablue Gallery, 2009.Wang, Huangsheng, Peng De and Zou Jianping, et al. Phenomena and Situation since 1985: Trends in Hubei and Hunan Chinese Contemporary Art 1985- 2009 (exhibition catalogue). Guangzhou: Guangdong Art Museum, 2009.2008China: Construct and Deconstruction (exhibition catalogue). São Paulo and Beijing: The National Gallery of Sao Paulo; Chinablue Gallery, 2009. (Catalogue)2007China's Neo Painting: A Triumph over Images (exhibition catalogue). Shanghai: and Nanjing: Shanghai Art Museum and Qing He Modern Art Museum, 2007.Mao Yan. Texts by Li Xiaoshan, Pi Li, Wang Min’an and Han Dong. Beijing and Changsha: Chinablue Gallery; Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 2007.2004On the Edge of the Millennium: New Art From China (exhibition catalogue). Introduction by Michael Goedhuis. New York: Goedhuis Contemporary, 2002.2001ABBILD: Recent Portraiture and Depiction (exhibition catalogue). Text by Peter Pakesch. New York and Vienna: Springer, 2001.Towards a New Image: 20 Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Liu Ji, Weng Ling, Fan Di’an, et al. Beijing: Beijing Contemporary Visual Art Development, 2001