DING Yi

Chinese　1962

Born in Shanghai. Ding Yi graduated from Shanghai Arts and Crafts Institute in 1983, then graduated from Fine Arts Department of Shanghai University in 1990. Ding Yi stated making appearance of cross mark in his works since the 80s, whether they’re painted on canvases, cardboard or silk, and these crosses in repetition intrigued diverse interpretation.

Selected solo exhibitions:

1995 “Ding Yi: Opere su Carta (Paper Works of Ding Yi)”, Galleria degli Archi, Comiso, Italy
1998 “Ding Yi: Crosses '89-'97”, International Art Palace, Beijing
2003 “DING Yi: Appearance of Crosses”, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland
2006 “Graticule, Ding Yi's Works from 1989 to 2006”, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
2011 “Specific Abstracted, Ding Yi Solo Exhibition”, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
2015 Ding Yi: What's Left to Appear, Long Museum (West Bund), Shanghai

Public Collection
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
M+Collection, Hong Kong
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Long Museum, Shanghai
Uli Sigg Collection, Switzerland