Born: 1963 Shandong Province, China

Educated
1982 Studied in Qinghua University Art College, Beijing
1986 Graduated from Qinghua University Art College, Beijing
1987 Lived and worked in Vienna
1989 Lived and worked in Hamburg
1996 - Present Living and working in Berlin and Beijing

Solo Exhibitions
2008 Red Seed, DF2 Gallery, Los Angles, USA
        surFace: In Transit, Tang Contemporary, Bangkok, Thailand
2007 Red - Vanitas, Oil Paintings by Ling Jian, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2005 Ling Jian One-Man Show, Art RAI, Amsterdam
        Chinese Visions, Artiscope Gallery, Brussels
2004 Immaculate, Galerie van der Straeten, Amsterdam
2003 Sublime: New Works by Ling Jian, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing
2002 Asian Fashion - Asian Vibes, Pruess & Ochs Gallery, Berlin
        Sense of Nirvana, Galerie van der Straeten, Amsterdam
2000 Private Journey - Asian Fine Arts, Pruess & Ochs Gallery, Berlin
1999 Axis of Time, Kampnagelfabrik - Medienpark, Hamburg
1997 Ling Jian, Lochte Gallery, Hamburg
1996 Ling Jian, Promotion Program, Art Cologne, Cologne
1995 White Room, White Room Gallery, Hamburg
1993 Ling Jian, Schwind Gallery, Frankfurt am Main
1991 Ling Jian, Lochte Gallery, Hamburg

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2007 Hong Kong Artwalk, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2006 Beaufourt 2nd Triennale of Contemporary Art, PMMK - Musee d'Art Moderne, Beaufort, Belgium
        First Exhibition, Xin Beijing Art Gallery, Beijing
        Milan Art Fair, Milan
        PULSE Art Fair, New York
2005 FIAC, Paris 
        Gorgeous Isn't Good Enough, Spazio Pirelli, Bicocca, Milan, Rome
        Beauties, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing
        Scent of a Woman, Contemporary Chinese Art sponsored by Escada, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong
        Identities, van der Straeten Gallery, Amsterdam
        Frieze Art Fair, London
2004 Posers, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing
        Art Cologne, Cologne
        FIAC, Paris 
        Frieze Art Fair, London 
        Ling Jian and Diana Brunstein, Guardini Foundation Kunsthalle, Luckenwalde, Germany
        Artist in Residence Program and Exhibition: China Moon, with Art Director Robert Wilson, at the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation, Water Mill, Long Island, USA
        Aliens On The Way, Buero fur Kunst, Dresden, Germany 
        Cinesi artisti fra traditione e presente, Pinacoteca Provinciale, Potenza, Italy 
        Armory Show, New York
2003 The Rest of the World, Neuffer am Park, Pirmasens, Germany
        Art Forum, Berlin 
        FIAC, Paris 
        Art Cologne, Cologne
2002 Art Forum, Berlin 
        Art Cologne, Cologne
2001 The World from a German View, Odapark, Venray, Holland 
        Masterpieces Asian Fine Arts, Pruess & Ochs Gallery, Berlin 
        Foerderkoje, Berlin 
        Art Forum, Berlin 
        Art Cologne, Cologne 
        NRW Kunstausstellung, Dusseldorf
2000 ART Frankfurt, Frankfurt
        Sanssouci, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
        Art Forum, Berlin 
        Art Cologne, Cologne
1999 Scholarship, Thesirius Arts Center, Ireland
1996 Group Exhibition, Chapel Art Center, Cologne
1995 Alphabet Of Cruelty, Museum Stadt Bad Hersfeld Video - Installation 
        NRW Kunstausstellung, Dusseldorf
1993 MEDIALE, Hamburg Deichtorhallen 
        Received First Prize Award, Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, China Art Museum, Beijing
        Art Cologne, Cologne