Shi Yong has been the subject of both solo and group exhibitions worldwide.
Select solo exhibitions include One Man’s Art History, TrealmHui Art Space, Guangzhou (2020); The Ubiquitous, DRC No. 12, Beijing (2019); A ( ) Bird Be Released from the Top of a Certain Tower, Boxes Art Museum, Guangdong (2018); Shi Yong: Under the Rule, ShanghART, Shanghai (2017); A Bunch of Happy Fantasies, ShanghART S-Space, Beijing (2016); Let All Potential be Internally Resolved using Beautiful Form, Madeln Gallery, Shanghai (2015); Think Carefully, Where Have You Been Yesterday?, BizArt, Shanghai (2007); and Realistic Reality, 2577 Creative Garden, Shanghai (2007).
Select group exhibitions include Chair, Zhi Art Museum, Chengdu (2021); The Fourth Today’s Documents: A Stitch in Time, Chongqing Contemporary Art Museum (2021); Duration: Chinese Art in Transformation, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing (2020); A Rose is a Rose is a Rose, HOW Art Museum, Wenzhou (2019); _Saudade _— Irretrievable Place in Time, Museu Coleção Berardo, Portugal (2018); Nonfigurative, Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum (2015); Off Site Programme, Silent Film, Ikon Gallery, Fletchers Walk, Birmingham (2014); Surreal Versus Surrealism, Institut Valencià d’ Art Modern, València (2011); and The 3rd Nanjing Triennial, RCM Art Museum, Nanjing (2008).
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