Born in Wuxi Jiangsu, China

University 1982-1986;

Lived as an artist in Beijing

Studied at the Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany

Works as a teacher at the Department Photography and Digital Medie of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.

Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

Beijing Art Museum

National Museum of Chinese History, Beijing

Beijing Art Museum and Shanghai Art Museum

"KULTURBEGEGNUNGEN", Gallery Stellwerk, Kassel, Germany

"FROM EAST TO WEST AND BACK TO EAST", Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing.

"LINGER", Gallery Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland

"A VISITOR FROM THE PAST", Epson Photo Gallery, Beijing; Shanghai
"PHANTASMAGORIA", Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA

"URBAN CREATION", Shanghai Biennale 2002, Shanghai Art Museum, China
"UNDER CONSTRUCTION", Tokyo Opera city Art Gallery, Japan
"MEDIA CITY SEOUL 2002", The 2nd Seoul international media art Biennale, Seoul, Korea
"CHINA-TRADITION AND MODERN", Ludwig Museum, Oberhausen; Art Cologne, Germany
"CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART", Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
"FANTASIA", East Modern Art Center, Beijing, China

"ME AND MORE", Museum of Art Lucerne, Switzerland; ARCO, Art Fair, Spain;
Art Fair Zurich, Switzerland
LEFT HAND, RIGHT HAND: A SINO-GERMAN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART", 798 Art Space Concept in Situ, The Villa Museum
"MODERNIZATION & URBANIZATION-ASIA ART NOW", Marronnier Art Center, Seoul, Korea;
Art Cologne, Germany
"ENCOUNTER", Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing; Liu Haisu Museum, Shanghai, China

"BEYOND BOUNDARIES", The Shanghai Gallery of Art, China
"PINYAO IN PARIS", MK2 in The National Library Mitterrand, Paris, France
"SPELLBOUND AURA: THE NEW VISION OF CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY", Museum of Contemporary Art, Taibei, Taiwan
"RIVKA RINN UND MIAOXIAOCHUN", White Space Beijing at 798
"LE PRINTEMPS DE CHINE", Musée CRAC Alsace, France
"SIGHTSEEING", SCA Galleries, Sydney College of the Arts, Australia
"UN-NORMAL PERSPECTIVE", 798 Space, Beijing, China
"BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE: NEW PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO FROM CHINA", International Center of Photography and Asia Society, New York; Smart Museum of Art and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA

"RE-VIEWING THE CITY", Guangzhou Photo Biennale 2005, Guangdong Art Museum