Yang Liming 杨黎明

Artist Biography：

Yang Liming (b. 1975, Sichuan, China)Yang Liming graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Sichuan Normal University College of Art in 1999 with a Bachelor’s degree. Yang Liming’s artistic practice is akin to a sustained inner cultivation spanning over two decades. His paintings follow a kind of telepathic intuition—in his own words, “there is an inner voice, an inner energy that guides and pulls me forward.” His work has undergone a clear evolution through distinct series: from blue, to black, to red, and most recently to white. The early blue series is charged with passion and experimentation; this was followed by a phase of deep black, in which he delved into the depths of the psyche to clarify his cultural DNA. He then turned to dark reds and deep crimson, engaging in a struggle between abandon and discipline, risk and restraint. More recently, his work has entered an expansive white world, opening up toward infinite radiance and clarity.Yang has developed a distinctive abstract style defined by his signature “calligraphic curves,” rooted in his early training in calligraphy and a rhythmic sensibility drawn from music. By combining the Chinese brush with Western oil paint, he builds layer upon layer on the canvas—sometimes applying more than twenty coats of colour—to create deep, nuanced chromatic spaces. He currently lives and works in Beijing.

Exhibition Record

Solo Exhibitions

2026 “Crossing”, Crossing Art Gallery, New York, USA

2024 “Vibrating Strings – Yang Liming Solo Exhibition”, Chun Art Museum, Shanghai

2023 “Grand Writing – Yang Liming”, Yuandian Art Museum, Beijing

2022 “The Appearance of the Formless”, Triumph Gallery, Beijing

2019 “Yang Liming”, LOFT Gallery, Paris

2017 “The Formless”, Triumph Art Space, Beijing

2015 “Writing – Yang Liming Solo Exhibition”, Poly Hong Kong Art Space, Hong Kong

2015 “Space · Rhythm – Yang Liming Solo Exhibition”, LOFT Gallery, Paris

2014 “N.B.PROJECTS – N.B. Yang Liming”, Shangpin Yilang, Beijing

2013 “Yang Liming Solo Exhibition”, Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong

2012 “Red and Black – Yang Liming Solo Exhibition”, Ziyunxuan Tea House, Beijing

2010 “From Within Outward – Yang Liming Oil Painting Solo Exhibition”, F2 Gallery, Beijing

2008 “After Departing from Reality – Yang Liming Art Exhibition”, Triumph Art Space, Beijing

2006 “Space · Flowing Rhythm 2003–2005 – Yang Liming Oil Painting Solo Exhibition”, ChinaToday Gallery, Belgium

2006 “Space · Flowing Rhythm 2005–2006 – Yang Liming Oil Painting Solo Exhibition”, Jia Gallery, Taiwan

2003 “Space · Flowing Rhythm 2001–2003 – Yang Liming Oil Painting Solo Exhibition”, Haishangshan Art Center, Shanghai

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 “Xinyu: Xinyu Art Space Inaugural Exhibition”, Xinyu Art Space, Beijing

2025 “Submerged Image: The Hidden Real – China-Japan-Korea Abstract Art Exhibition”, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou

2025 “General”, Yuandian Art Museum, Beijing

2025 “Abstract Eastward: The Locality of Eastern Spirit (Dunhuang) Special Exhibition”, Dunhuang International Exhibition Center, Dunhuang

2024 “Symbiosis 2024” – China-Europe International Art Biennale (Shanghai) Special Exhibition, Jiushi International Art Center, Shanghai

2024 “Abstract Intention – From the Brian Wallace Collection”, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing

2024 “Ripples”, Zheng Art Museum, Hangzhou

2024 “Burning Paths”, Yilin Gallery, Shanghai

2024 “Blue as Orange”, LOFT Gallery, Paris

2023 “The Unchanging Change – Sao Yi Sao Contemporary Art Exhibition”, HaiPai Art Museum, Shanghai

2023 “Light of the Dome”, YONG Art Museum, Shanghai

2023 “Erroneous Painting”, Yuandian Art Museum, Beijing

2023 “The Everyday Seen – Unnoticed”, Macalline Art Center, Beijing

2021 “Fusion · Harmony”, Yuandian Art Museum, Tianjin

2021 “Mind Field – Xinyu Painting Exhibition”, Epoch Art Museum, Wenzhou

2021 “2021 Guardian Art Week: Distant · Insight – Heritage and Reconstruction”, Guardian Art Center, Beijing

2021 “Qianqian: In Search of the ‘Meaning’ in Painting”, Meilun Art Museum · Shengzhi Space, Beijing

2021 “Relay”, Yuandian Art Museum, Beijing

2020 “On the Edge”, Triumph Gallery, Beijing

2020 “Night Art Museum – Taihuachen Art Museum Collection Exhibition”, Jinjiang

2019 The 58th Venice Biennale – “China · Artistic Conception Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Palazzo Gabrielli Dolfin, Venice, Italy

2019 “New Journey: The 3rd Shenzhen Contemporary Art Biennale”, Shenzhen Sea World Culture and Arts Center, Shenzhen

2019 “Searching for Self · Losing Self”, Zhuyujian, Beijing

2019 “Encountering Rhythm of Time”, Crossing Art Gallery, New York

2018 “Follow Your Heart: Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Triumph Gallery, Beijing

2018 “Triumph Summer Special Exhibition – Green Light (Part II)”, Triumph Gallery, Beijing

2018 “Zen · Abstraction”, Beining Park, Tianjin

2018 “As Far As the Eye Can See – China’s New Painting”, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan

2017 “Learning from the East – Chinese Contemporary Art in Nuremberg”, Konfuzius-Institut, Nuremberg, Germany

2017 “China Special ‘Colour'”, Mossgreen – Webb’s Gallery, New Zealand

2017 *”Born to Be Art” – The 57th Venice Biennale Chinese Contemporary Artists Selection & Nomination Exhibition, Yun Art Center, Shanghai

2016 “Heavy Artillery”, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2016 “Heart Traces”, Yuandian Art Museum, Beijing

2016 “Subjective Reality”, Sheshan Contemporary Art Center, Shanghai

2016 “Natural Growth”, Big Chimney Art Center, Shanghai

2016 “Embracing Colour”, Triumph Art Space, Beijing

2016 “CROSS THINKING”, Triumph Art Space, Beijing

2016 “More@Abstraction”, Liliji Art, Beijing

2015 “The Impermanence of the Permanent – Eastern Experience and Contemporary Art”, Angerina Art Museum, Austria

2015 “Reality Ruins · Visual Misreading”, Amy Li Gallery, Beijing

2015 “Dimensions of Chinese Calligraphic Writing”, Bonn Museum of Contemporary Art, Germany

2015 “As Far As the Eye Can See – China’s New Painting in the Post-Financial Crisis Era”

2014 “Subjective Reality – Feng Lianghong, Hu Shengping, Yang Liming and Their Abstract Art”, Yimei Foundation

Art Fairs

2020 Guangzhou Contemporary Art Fair, presented by Triumph Gallery, Guangzhou

2019 Art Shenzhen, presented by Triumph Gallery, Shenzhen

2018 Art Taipei, presented by Triumph Gallery, Taipei