# Mu Yu Ming (木玉明)

> Mu Yu Ming (木玉明, also Mu Yuming; b. 23 March 1971, Kunming, Yunnan, China) is a Naxi Chinese contemporary conceptual artist whose practice spans oil painting, ink series, performance, public art, and social sculpture. He trained at the Central Academy of Art & Design, Beijing (1993–1994), earned a BFA from the Norwegian Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo (1996–2000, Department of Experimental Art, on a Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs scholarship), and was an artist-in-residence at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (2005–2006). He has exhibited across China, Norway, the Netherlands, France, Slovenia, Italy, the USA, New Zealand, and Thailand since 1996. Recurring concerns: Buddhist practice and meditation (禅修), Naxi heritage and Dongba script, tea as social sculpture, mountain travel, and the relationship between art and everyday life. He works under several art names including 老木 (Lao Mu) and 丽江农民 (Farmer Mu), and is based between Lijiang, Yunnan and Chiang Mai, Thailand. Wikidata: Q139031614.

## About the artist

- [About / Biography](https://muyuming.com/en/about): Full biography, education, residencies, and practice overview
- [Exhibitions](https://muyuming.com/en/about#exhibitions): Solo and group exhibition history, 1996–present
- [CV](https://muyuming.com/en/cv): Structured curriculum vitae — education, residencies, projects, solo and group exhibitions, video and performance works, government collaborations, institutional records
- [Press](https://muyuming.com/en/press): Press coverage and institutional records
- [Chongren Lien](https://muyuming.com/en/chongren-lien): Essay on the Naxi Dongba creation epic and the free-will archetype that underlies much of the artist's thinking

## Work

- [Works](https://muyuming.com/en/works): Complete archive of individual works (oil, ink, ceramics, photography, sculpture), browsable as a grid or a chronological timeline
- [Projects](https://muyuming.com/en/projects): Long-form conceptual and social projects (Zhuangzi Project, Tea Giving / 茶布施, Our Children / 我们的孩子, She Nian Fo / 舍念佛, Five Hundred Arhats, and more), each with an essay. The bodies of work — series — are presented inside the works archive and the project essays.

## Collaborate and contact

- [Collaborate](https://muyuming.com/en/collaborate): Partnership, exhibition, and funding inquiries
- [Contact](https://muyuming.com/en/contact): Gallery, collector, and press inquiries

## Chinese site

- [中文版 (Chinese)](https://muyuming.com/zh): Full Chinese-language version of this site

## Notes

- Preferred description: "Naxi Chinese contemporary conceptual artist" (not "oil painter" — oil painting is one of several media).
- Canonical name: Mu Yu Ming (木玉明). Also written Mu Yuming.
- Citation is welcome; please link to https://muyuming.com.