1960   Born in Beijing
1978-1982   Read BA English Language at PLA University of Foreign Languages in Luoyang, Henan 
1982-1984   Appointed as lecturer at the Audio and Video Centre of the PLA University of Foreign Languages in Luoyang, Henan 
1985-1986   Studied in the Department of Oil Painting of the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou, Zhejiang 
1988-1992   Read MA History of Art at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in Guangzhou
1993-1997   Worked at the Audio and Video Centre of the PLA University of Foreign Languages in Luoyang, Henan
1998-1999   Worked as a freelance photographer and cameraman for China Central TV in Beijing.
2000   Appointed as the Professor of Photography at the Shanghai Institute of Design, China 
         Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016   Around, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
       Around, Gucang Contemporary Photo Gallery, Lanzhou
       Roundabout, Pan-view Gallery, Zhengzhou
       Wall, OCAT Art Museum, Xi’an
        A Place Far Away, AKI Gallery, Taipei
2015   Black, White, Grey, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
           Black, White, Grey, Mo Art Space, Henan
2013   Heart Steps, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
2011   Artists’ Belongings, Art Museum of Xian Art Academy, Xi’an 
2010   Extraordinary · Ordinary, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai 
           Plight Shines into the Realiy, Auto Art Center, Xiamen
2009   Extraordinary · Ordinary, Fei Gallery, Guangzhou
           Luo Yongjin Photography Exhibition, Timezone 8 Bookstore, 798 Art District, Beijing
2008   Renovation, Zhangjiang Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai
           Luo Yongjin Photography Exhibition, Hexiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen
2007   Moving Closer, Bangkok University Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2006   View Points, Allsopp Contemporary, London, UK
           Luo Yongjin Photography Exhibition, Eidos, Barsano, Italy                
           About Face, Artsea, Shanghai
2005   Faces In Time, Sala del Granaio, Grimaldi Foundation, Modica (RG), Italy
2004   Luo Yongjin Photography Exhibition, Photography Gallery of Art College, Seoul, Korea
           Luo Yongjin Solo Exhibition, Year of Chinese Culture, Central Lille, France 
           Luo Yongjin Photography Exhibition, La Galerie Photoeil, Fabrezan, France
2003   Are We Dreaming? Tonson Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2002   Faces In Time, Photographic Gallery L. Ghirri, Corte Capitaniale, Caltagirone, Italy
1999   Fixed Transience, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai
1996   Celebrations and Celebrities, CIFA Gallery, Beijing
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016   PhotoFairs Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai
           Photography Biennale of Tianshui, Gansu
           Dharma Project, Rainbow Box, Zhengzhou
           Local Dialect, China Art Museum, Shanghai
           Songshan Proect, Limiangou, Zhengzhou
           Photograph - Calligraphy, 203 Art Gallery, Swiden
           International Contemporary Art Tour, Hangzhou Library Art Center
2015   Songshan Project, Kunlun Moon View Art Museum, Zhengzhou
           Chinese Incidents and Images, Kunlun Moon View Art Museum, Zhengzhou
           Designing View Beyond the Earth - 20 Years of Contemporary Photography in China, Xian Art Museum
           Tea Point - Group Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Tea Affair Art Space, Xiamen 
           Shanghai Urban Space Art Season - City Light, West Bund, Shanghai
           The Urban Vision - 2015 Shanghai Contemporary Art Exibition, Cloud Art Space, Shanghai 
           A Vision with Two Eyes, Confucius School, Renne, France
           Grain to Pixel, A Story of Photography in China, Shanghai Center of Photography
           Photo Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Center
           To Be or Not to Be, Artoon, Shanghai
           Songshjan Proect, Dali International Photography Festival 
           Water, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
           The Order of Things, The Walther Collection Museum, Neu-Ulm, Germany
2014   Facade, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
           Staging Encounters, Lianzhou Foto Festival, Lianzhou
           Photo Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai
           Hans van Dijk: 5000 Names, UCCA, Beijing
           REAL-LY, Ray Art Center, Shanghai
           Myth/History, Yuz Collection of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
           Oltre La Materia, Mo Space, Xinmi, Henan / Accademia di belle arti di Bologna, Italy
           Pagoda, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
           Songshan Microcosmic Art Exhibition, Limiangou, Henan
2013   Regards sur le Guizhou, Chaillot Palace, Paris, France
           Collection from OCAT, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzheng 
           China Academy of Art, Shanghai
2012   A Vision with Two Eyes, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
           Regrouping, Bend In The River, UK
           Jetlag, China-Germany Multimedia Contemporary Art Exhibition, Hannover, Germany
           Photogaphy of Architecture Made in China, Museum for Applied Arts, Cologne, Germany
           Citizen Art Shanghai, Garden Hotel, Shanghai
           OFOTO@Commune by the Great Wall, Commune by the Great Wall, Beijing
           Heartbeat Shanghai, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai
2011   Contemporary Photography in China, TASVEER, (Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedebad), India
           Biennale of Alessandria 2011, Alessandria, Italy
           Photo L.A., Los Angeles, USA
2010   Da Xiang Wu Xing, Gucang Contemporary Photo Gallery, Lanzhou
           Stay You, the Great Wall, Beijing
           Big Tree Foot,The 5th OCAT International Art Residency Exhibition, J&Z Gallery, Shenzhen
           Contemporary Photography Exhibition from China, AKI Gallery, Taipei
           San Sheng Wan Wu, Zendai Contemporary Art Exhibition Hall, Shanghai
           River Flows East-Landscapes of the Imagination, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing / The 
           Collection Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire, UK
           Open Frame - New Landscape Photography from China, Yavuz Fine Art, Singapore
           Global Financial Center Photography Exhibition, Global Financial Center, Shanghai
           Preservation by Design, the Meridian International Center, Washington, USA
           Landscape Insight, Around Gallery, Shanghai
2009   Attitude, Shit Art, Zhengzhou
           All Manifestations of Nature, China Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou
           Underconstruction-Photography on the Expo 2010 Shanghai, Pudong Library, Shanghai
           Memory of Shanghai, Hongmiao Gallery, Shanghai
           Another China, Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
           Group Photography Exhibition, Aura Gallery, Beijing
           Drama / Stage: Urban Photography in Shanghai, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
           Resolving The Crises, Shifo Commune, Zhengzhou
           Otherness, Photo Beijing, The Agricultural Exhibition Centre of China, Beijing
           The Photograph’s Enticement of the Brush, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
2008   Dopo La Sicilia, Galleria Credito Siciliano, Italy
           FOTO · OFOTO, OFOTO Gallery, Beijing
           Art Shanghai 2008, Shanghai Mart, Shanghai
           Panoramic, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
           Another China, Kunstverin Tiergarten, Galerie Nord, Berlin, Germany
           Stairway To Heaven: From Chinese Streets to Monuments and Skyscrapers, Bates College 
           Museum of Art, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston,USA
2007   The Alchemy of Shadows, Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou
           17e Recontres Photographiques du Pays de Lorient, France
           Cina, Centro Trevi Kuoturzentrum, Bolzano, Italy
           La Chine, Saveurs Du Divers, Photoquai, L’Institut Polonais, Paris, France
           Evolution, 2007 Guangzhou Photo Biennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
           Change of Dragon, China Square, New York, USA
           Group Exhibition, 798 Art Festival, Beijing
           Group Exhibition, Aura Gallery, Shanghai
           Group Exhibition, Eastlink, Shanghai
           Group Exhibition, Shifo Commune, Zhengzhou
           Shanxi in Black and White, The Heart of the Art Space, Luoyang
           One Year of Experimental Art at Lashihai, Lashihai Haidong Art Center, Lijiang
           City Tale, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
2006   Visible and Invisible-20 Years of Chinese Photography, Sifang Museum of Contemporary Art, Nanjing
           Contemporary Chinese Art, Dongshang Gallery, Xi’an
           Between Past and Future, New Photography and Video from China, Museum fur 
           Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany
           Between Past and Future, New Photography and Video from China, Haus der 
           Kulturender Welt, Berlin, Germany
           Between Past and Future, New Photography and Video from China, Santa Barbara 
           Museum of Art, CA.Santa Barbara, USA
           Group Exhibition, Gallery Chinese Eyes, Paris, France
2005   Group Photography Exhibition, Foam Museum of Photography, Amsterdam, Holland
           Between Past and Future, New Photography and Video from China, V&A Museum, UK
           Between Past and Future, Seattle Art Museum, USA
           50 Years of Henan Photography, Henan Museum, Zhengzhou
           Back to Future, Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover, Germany
           Back to Future, Inner Space, Poznan, Poland
           Guangzhou Photography Biennale, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou
           It Is I, Galleria Caria Sozzani, Milano, Italy
           Beyond The Everyday, Doland Museum of Art, Shanghai
           Change, The Heart of the Art, Luoyang
           Tiananmen, Photograph Museum in Amsterdam, Holland
           Exhilaration, Aura Gallery, Shanghai 
           The Second Reality: Photographs from China, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
           Harvest, Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai
           Lianshou International Photography Festival, Lianzhou
2004   Asia Photography Biennale, Kim Young Seob Photo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
           Dreaming of the Dragon’s Nation, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
           Un-normal Perspective, 798 Space, Beijing
           Land-scapes, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Three on the Bund, Shanghai
           2004 VASL Exhibition, VM Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
           It Is I, Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing
           Illusion, Aura Gallery, Shanghai
           Documenting China, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston,USA
           Documenting China, China Institute, New York, USA
           Shanghai Modern, Museum Villa Stuck, Munchen, Germany
           Between Past and Future, The International Center of Photography, New York, USA
           Between Past and Future, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA
           Between Past and Future, University of Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, USA
           L’annee de la Chine, Cite du Livre, Aix En Provence, France
           Nobodys Fool Nobodys Hurt, Aura Gallery, Shanghai
           Art Shanghai 2004, INTEX Shanghai, Shanghai
2003   Take A Seat, Artsea, Shanghai
           It Is I, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao
           New Chinese Landscape, Aura Gallery, Shanghai
           The Overseas International Art Project, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2002   100 Harps for the Great Wall, Palazzone, S. Alberto di Romagan, Italy
           The Hidden Part, Aura Gallery, Shanghai
           Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai
           Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao
           Moscow Photography Festival, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia
2001   Seen From Afar, Italian Cultural Institute, Beijing
           Grosse Kunstaustellung Nrw, Duesseldorf, Germany
           16th Asian International Art Exhibition, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou
           Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu
           P * Photoshow, Shanghai Design Institute (China Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai Branch), Shanghai
           It’s Me, DDM Warehouse, Shanghai
           Chinese Cities Planning Exhibition, Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu
           The Anamorphic City, Yipin International Photography Festival, Dongying
           Strategies Against Architecture II, Stabilimento Teseco, Pisa, Italy
           Hotpot, Contemporary Chinese Art, Oslo, Norway
2000   Lost Identities, Contemporanea Arti e Culture, Milan, Italy
           Meeting With Strangers, Flower City, Luoyang
1999   Love, Chinese Contemporary Photography & Video, International Arts Festival 
           Tachikawa 99, Japan
1998   Anguillara Ad Arte, Anguillara Sabazia, Rome, Italy
1997   Face to Face, Gallery of the International Art Palace, Beijing