Ye-min Yin
尹燁敏
Architectural and urban designer, poet, and painter
Chinese, born 1985
Art Practice
2016 “Dream Series” Shenzhen International Education Exhibition group show
2016 “Ashes and Echoes” solo painting and poetry exhibition, ID Town, Shenzhen
2013-2016 The Nature Conservancy, annual flora and fauna painting series
2012 Invited exhibitor, China and Indonesia Art Exhibition
2011 “Wu Zhi Qiao” Times Square Building, Hong Kong, exhibition of sketches and paintings
2010 Trio show, Birmingham, UK
2010 Korean Art Exhibition
2006 solo exhibition in Rotterdam, the Netherlands; appointed as “Cultural Ambassador”
2006 solo exhibition, Dongguan, Guangzhou
Works held by the Chinese Embassy in the Netherlands, the City of Rotterdam, and in personal collections in China (mainland), Hong Kong, the United States, Britain, and Italy
Urban and Architectural Practice
2015 keynote lecture, “Land of Living and ‘Le Poeme De L’Angle Droit’” accompanying the exhibit “Le Corbusier: Modern Giant” at OCT Art and Design Gallery, Shenzhen; sponsored by the French Embassy and the Corbusier Foundation
2015 invited speaker “Ecological Theory and Ongoing Museum Practice in China” Shenzhen Guan Shan Yue Art Museum
2015 Yunnan Dali Three Pagodas Green Peach Village, Renewal and Conservation Project Leader
2015 Shenzhen Dapeng Village Regeneration, Conservation Group Leader
2014 Joined A+E Design and Engineering Co., Shenzhen, as Senior Design Architect
2014 joined aether architects as urban design and art consultant
2014 lecture at inaugural TEDxDongguan: “Thought and Practice of the Development of the Old Town of Dongguan”
2013 joined Nepal earthquake response team, school repair unit
2011 “Wu Zhi Qiao” charity bridge design and construction in Yunnan, wins several domestic and international architectural awards
2010 joined British engineering and architecture firm ARUP, as urban designer
2009 UK Master’s thesis “Upper Ground” is selected for publication in the UK and Korean magazine “Architecture & Culture”
2008 “Dongguan Old City” plan receives China Environmental Design Gold Award
Literary Practice
2016 published poetry collection “Ashes and Echoes,” to accompany solo exhibition of the same name
2016 launched blogging micro-channel, publishing texts, paintings, and creative design
Education
2010 Master of Art in Urban Design, University of East London
2008 Bachelor of Architecture and Environmental Design, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
2004 passed entrance examinations for Central Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Jiangnan University, and Dalian University of Technology