Shen
Yuan
Born in 1959 in Xianyou, China
Lives and works in Paris, France
Lives and works in Paris, France
Since graduating from the Fine Arts Academy of Zhejiang in China, she has participated in the Chinese “avant-garde” movement. Shortly after participating in Beijing’s historical exhibition in 1990, she decided to leave China, installing herself in Paris where she’d join her husband, the artist Huang Yong Ping. Shen Yuan expresses her feelings about exile and melancholy with modesty and decency. She invites the public to think and reflect on complex situations without imposing a value judgment. Her works evoke the moving, the language, the memory, and the omission. They create places for poetical encounters between cultures.
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, 2013
Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, 2017
Monnaie de Paris, 2017
Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2018
Mennour, Paris, 2021
Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing, 2022
Tang Contemporary Art Beijing, 2024
Mennour, Paris, 2015
Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2018
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, 2013
Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, 2017
Monnaie de Paris, 2017
Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2018
Mennour, Paris, 2021
Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing, 2022
Tang Contemporary Art Beijing, 2024
Mennour, Paris, 2015
Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2018
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, 2013
Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, 2017
Monnaie de Paris, 2017
Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2018
Mennour, Paris, 2021
Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing, 2022
Tang Contemporary Art Beijing, 2024
Mennour, Paris, 2015
Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2018
portfolio
2022
“Angling”, Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Yellow Umbrella/Parasol”, Württembergischen Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
2021
“Huang Yong Ping, Shen Yuan, Is Paris Burning? 2019”, Mennour, Paris
“Matteo and I”, Zoo Zone Art Forum, Rome
“Fragments de mémoire”, Musée Cernuschi, Paris
2018
“HON: Shen Yuan / Niki de Saint-Phalle”, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
exhibitions
Shen Yuan & Leiko Ikemura
The Image of Memory
Nov 10 - Dec 24, 2023
Being Art Museum, Shanghai
Huang Yong Ping & Shen Yuan
J’ai une famille
Oct 10, 2023 - Feb 18, 2024
Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration, Paris
Shen Yuan
Angling
Nov 2, 2022 - Feb 26, 2023
Red Brick Art Museum, Chaoyang
Shen Yuan
Yellow Umbrella/Parasol
Sep 2 - Sep 25, 2022
Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
© Shen Yuan, Adagp, Paris, 2025.