1955 Born in Waishuangxi, Taipei
2014 Passed away
Exhibitions
2024
“Only Recalling the Kunlun Peaks – The 10th Anniversary Memorial Exhibition of Yu Peng”, Wistaria Tea House, Taipei, Taiwan
2023
“Since the Prime Meridian is Met | Eastern Materials – Moon Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibition”, Moon Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2022
“Individuals, Networks, Expressions”, M+ Museum, Hong Kong, China
2022
“No Layman” Taiwan Masters Exhibition, Yi Yun Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2021
“Leisurely Mountains and Waters”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2020
Solo Exhibition “Strange Rocks in the Creek”, A Concept Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2019
Solo Exhibition “House in the Shade of Osmanthus Trees · Bustling Spring Scenery”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2014
“A Wanderer Between Heaven and Earth – Yu Peng and His Life Work”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
“Cloud Roots Unsevered and Causing A Stir on Earth– Farewell Yu Peng”, Wistaria Tea House, Taipei, Taiwan
2013
Solo Exhibition “Being Mountain from a Vertical Orientation or Apex from a sidelong”, Moon Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan “The Origin of Dao—New Dimensions in Chinese Contemporary Art”, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
2012
“Time Games: Contemporary Appropriations of the Past”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2009
“New Ink Art from Taiwan”, Galerie Michael Haas, London, UK
2009 “The New Aspect—Exhibition of Contemporary Cross-Strait Ink Painting”, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
“Form, Idea, Essence, Rhyme: Contemporary East Asian Ink Painting Invitational Exhibition”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2008
“Conjunction with reboot : the third Chengdu Biennale”, Chengdu Museum of Modern Art, Chengdu, China
“Journey”, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
2007
“Cattage Project—Solo Exhibition in Gui Yin Lu”, Sanshang Art, Beijing, China
2006
“Imagery in Wuyi—International Tour Exhibition”, Shanghai Art Museum, Sanshang Art, Beijing, China
2004
Solo Exhibition “Transforming”, LIN & LIN Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2004
Solo Exhibition “En Transe”, Bateau-Lavoir Art Gallery, Montmartre, Paris, France
2003
“The 4th International Ink Art Biennale of Shenzhen”, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
“The Yellow Box: Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting in Taiwan”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
“Shanghai Design Art Exhibition (Ceramics Exhibition)”, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2002
“Asian Art Week: Landscape of Desire - Sea Charm”, KAIKODO, New York, USA
2001
“Pu-Jiang International Ink Painting Invitational Exhibition”, Shanghai Art Museum, Pujiang, Hangzhou, China
“Landscape of Desire - Sea Charm”, Providence University Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
“Pure, Exotic, Archaic and Strange: New Paintings by Yu Peng”, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2000
“Shanghai Biennale”, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
1998
“Exhausting extraordinary peaks for a sketch - Recent Works of Yu Peng”, KAIKODO, New York, USA
1997
“Depicting Taiwan - Four Artists Joint Exhibition”, New York Drawing Center, Parrish Art Museum, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, California, Long Island, USA, Taiwan
1995
British Museum, Netherlands, Germany
“Tradition and Innovation-Touring Exhibition of 100 Chinese Painters of the 20th Century”, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Singapore Art Museum
Solo Exhibition of Yu Peng’s Ceramics, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Solo Exhibition of Yu Peng’s Sculpture, Hanart TZ Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1994
Solo Exhibition “Western Materials and Chinese Sentiment”, Pacific Cultural Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
Solo Exhibition “The Melancholy Joy in Yu Peng's Brush”, Tsinghua University Art Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
1993
Solo Exhibition of Painting, Yellow River Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
Solo Exhibition of Painting, Gallery Yang, Munich, Germany
Solo Exhibition “Five Women”, Hanart TZ Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1992
Solo Exhibition “Roaming Through Ten Thousand Valleys”, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, Taipei, Taiwan
1991
Solo Exhibition in US, Towson University Asian Art Center, Maryland, USA 1991 Solo Exhibition “Garden of Pure Enjoyment”, Hanart TZ Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1990
Solo Exhibition in New York, Hanart TZ Gallery, New York, USA
Solo Exhibition “Feast on the Grass”, King Stone Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
Solo Exhibition “Better to Watch Ducks Than People”, Wistaria Tea House, Taipei, Taiwan
1989
Solo Exhibition in Hong Kong, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
Solo Exhibition in Taipei, Hanart TZ Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1985
Solo Exhibition of Ink Painting, Artist Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1983
Solo Exhibition of Pastel Painting, Chian-Jyu Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1981
Solo Exhibition of Sketch, Blue Lamp Gallery, Athens
1980
First Solo Exhibition of Watercolor, Qiu Yuan Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Public Collections
The British Museum, London, UK
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
M+ Museum, Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China