Yu Chunming - Artist Biography Chronology
2025
Solo Exhibition at Singapore Ming Liu Gallery
Solo Exhibition at San Diego State University (SDSU) Chinese Culture Center, USA
2022
Solo Exhibition at Silicon Valley Asian Art Center, USA
2016
Yu Chunming Art Museum established in Nanchang
Organized the 3rd International Academic Symposium on Chinese Ming and Qing Export Porcelain. Participants included: Director of Peabody Museum (USA), Director of Amsterdam Museum (Netherlands), and museum experts and scholars from Canada, Germany, UK, and France
Participated in Art Beijing Fair
2015-2019
Participated in Shenzhen Art Fair (annually)
2014
Organized the 2nd International Symposium on Chinese Ming and Qing Export Porcelain
Solo Exhibition at Baozhentang Gallery, Shenzhen
"Dwelling - Yu Chunming Oil Painting Exhibition" at Baozhentang Gallery, Guangzhou
Solo Exhibition at Red Valley Beach Water City Art Village Building No. 6, Nanchang
2013
"Homeland" - Yu Chunming Oil Painting Exhibition at Shanghai Culture and Art Research Institute
2012
Organized the First International Symposium on Chinese Ming and Qing Export Porcelain
2011
Donated 236 pieces of Ming and Qing export porcelain to Nanchang University and established Nanchang University Museum, serving as Director
2010
Awarded Honorary Citizen of Cupertino, USA
Invited to paint portrait of Nobel Prize laureate Charles K. Kao
"Home Mountain" - Yu Chunming Oil Painting Exhibition at Silicon Valley Asian Art Center, USA
Yu Chunming Oil Painting Exhibition at San Francisco Modern Art Gallery, USA
2009
Interview on Ding Ding TV program "Extraordinary Weiping"
"Poetic Dwelling" exhibition at "Shang" Gallery, Shanghai
"Beautiful Homeland, Beautiful Life" exhibition at Silicon Valley Asian Art Center
Yu Chunming Exhibition at San Francisco City College Library, USA
2008
Mill Valley City Hall, Northern California, USA
Stanford University Art Space Gallery
Lulu Gallery, Carmel, Northern California, USA
Charity sale for China earthquake relief and anti-cancer association
2007
Interview on International Channel program "Tonight We Need to Talk"
2006
Works presented by Cupertino City Government, Northern California, as gift to Hsinchu City Government, Taiwan
Interview on International Channel program "Beyond the Horizon"
Exhibition at Silicon Valley Asian Art Center
2005
Invited to give lecture at Google headquarters in September
Represented Mainland China in the 30th anniversary exhibition of World Journal North America
"Distant Homeland" exhibition at World Journal Gallery
"Poetic Home" exhibition at Stanford University Library
2004
World Parliament of Religions Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain
2003
Personal interview on International Channel (Channel 26), USA
2002
Solo Exhibition at "Dragon's Child" Gallery, Palo Alto
Painted portraits for Nobel Prize Centennial, commemorative envelopes issued in USA and Europe
Started painting American Universities series in watercolor
2001
Oil painting published as commemorative cards for US Presidential Inauguration
1999
20th Century World Religious Figures Painting Exhibition at Eastern Art Gallery, Los Angeles
1997-2001
Painted over 160 works (oil and watercolor) in the 20th Century World Religious Figures series
1997
Personal interview on International Channel (Channel 18), USA
Taught Chinese residential culture at UCLA Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
1996
Yu Chunming Exhibition at Eastern Art Gallery, Los Angeles
1995
Co-organizer of World Vernacular Architecture Symposium
Yu Chunming Exhibition at D.C. Fishscale Ousetooth Art Gallery
Yu Chunming Chinese Vernacular Architecture Exhibition at Bada Shanren Memorial Hall, Jiangxi
1993
Yu Chunming Vernacular Architecture Exhibition at Shinyei Gallery, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
1992
Yu Chunming Exhibition at Tianqiao Hotel and Rongbaozhai, Beijing
1990
First solo exhibition: Yu Chunming Chinese Vernacular Architecture Exhibition at Hong Kong International Exhibition Center
1985
Began participating in "China Lacquer Painting Exhibition," "China Youth Art Exhibition," and others. Works collected by National Art Museum of China
1983-1996
Taught at Nanchang University Department of Architecture. During this period, self-funded travels throughout China to study Chinese vernacular architecture, creating over 3,000 sketches over more than ten years
1982
Graduated from China Academy of Art (formerly Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts)