LIU YOU HONG Pen name YO YO
	Date of Birth	10 April 1955 (Lanzhou China)
	Address	22 Carlton Mansions Holmleigh Raod London N16 5PX e-mail: youyouliu6@gmail.com www.yanglian.net/english (click yoyo)
	Status	Married
	Nationality	British
	Education
	1981-1985	Beijing Teacher Training University BA Chinese Literature
	1986-1987	Renmin Wenxue literary Magazine writing programme

	Teaching and Working
	Since 2014 Writer in Residency and Lecture Professor in University of Shantou, Guangdong Province, China.
	2001- 2012 Eton College in Windsor, UK. (Part-time teacher of Mandarin Chinese)
	1996 - 2012 School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK. (Part-time teacher of Mandarin Chinese)
	1996-1997 Department of Chinese, University of Westminster, London, UK. (Part-time teacher of Mandarin Chinese)
	1992-1993 School of Asian Studies, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (Associate lecturer BA programme)
	1993 Macquarie University Sydney Australia (Editor and Curriculum Officer, Chinese Language Levels examination syllabus)
	1989-1991 Department of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Language Tuition of MA students)
	1980-1988 China Theatre Publishing Houses, Beijing, China (Art editor)

	Artistic Titles
	2014	Freies Museum Berlin, Curator of Chinese and Foreign Projects
	2012	Studio International Arts Magazine, Chinese project Curator

	Publications Literature and Arts Events
	2026 May, Participated in a reading & discussion in the city library in Innsbruck, Austria. May, a website was made for YoYo’s fiction writings with the original writings, translations, researchs and reviews in English and Chinese: https://sites.google.com/view/yoyo-suspended/home May, Participated in a reading in a bookshop in Innsbruck, Austria. April, Participated “Friendship during the dark time”, an arts exhibition held by the literature house, Stuttgart, Germany. March, Solo Exhibition " Ode to Joy" in PalmArtPress, Berlin, Germany. Jan, Participated the "Writing between Languages" literary event held by The association of Peose and Poetry of Cambridge in University of Cambridge and recited selected chapters from "One Man’s Decision to Become a Tree". Jan, Published the Arabic translation of One Man’s Decision to become a Tree, and participated Cairo International Book Fair.
	2025 May, Participated the "Interwoven" literary festival held by the "Interwoven" project in Cairo, Egypt and recited selected chapters from "One Man’s Decision to Become a Tree". Mar, Participated the "Writing to Survive" literary reading held by University of Eastern Anglia in Cambridge, UK and recited selected chapters from "One Man’s Decision to Become a Tree". Feb, Participated the "Wight of Writing" literary reading held by SOAS, University of London and recited selected chapters from "One Man’s Decision to Become a Tree"; Jan, Participated the "Exiled Writers’ Ink" literary reading held by "Exiled Writers’ Ink" in London and recited selected chapters from "One Man’s Decision to Become a Tree".
	2024 Oct, Participated the "Parataxe—Writing Chinese in Berlin" literary seminar held by the Berlin Chinese Art Association in Germany and recited selected chapters from "One Man’s Decision to Become a Tree"; May, Arts exhibition in“300”memorial exhibition held by Großes Waisenhaus Foundation by in Potsdam, Berlin, Germany. Apr, Reading of “One Man’s Decision to become a Tree” in Hackney, London, UK. March, Reading of “One Man’s Decision to become a Tree” in SOAS, University of London, London, UK.
	2023 Dec, Reading in Literature house in Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Oct, Launch and reading of “One Man’s Decision to become a Tree” in the Coronet Theatre, London, UK. Sep, Arts exhibition in “Asian Artists Association in Berlin”, Berlin, Germany May, “One Man’s Decision to become a Tree” and published by PalmArtPress, Berlin, Germany; May, a solo-exhibition held in PalmArtPress Berlin, Germany;
	2022 Sep – Dec, Solo-exhibition titled “Virus, Loneness, Beuty” held by Von Zanthier Law Firm, Berlin, Germany. Sep – Oct, Solo-exhibition titled “YoYo – Bei Wu” held by “Bei Wu Sculpture Park” in Weissen See, Wesenberg, Germany. May 19th: YoYo’s four paintings shown in the event titled “The Moral Duties of Art - Chinese Literary Exile in Germany” organized by University of Frankfurt, Germany.
	2021 Sep – Oct, Solo-exhibition titled “Couleure Errantes” held by Espace des femmes-Antoinette Fouqué, Paris, France.
	2019 Oct: Won the Premio Sulmona (the prize for the international artists shown in the Sulmona arts-exhibition 2019), Italy. Sep: INSIDE – OUTSIDE, a catalogue of paintings has been published by Damocle, a publisher based in Venice, Italy. June 8-30: Solo-exhibition titled "The Stones and Water from Other Mountains" held by Foundatione Pescaraabruzzo in Pascare, Italy. April: Solo-exhibition titled "Inside -- Outside" held by Von Zanthier & Schulz in Berlin, Germany. Feb. 15-17: Attending and reading in Poetry Festival The Raza Biennale of Asian Poetry held by The Raza Foundation in New Delhi, India.
	2018 Dec. 4: Attending the seminar on Contemporary Chinese Poetry held by the poetry magazine of Tropic of Cancer in Haining, Zhejiang Province, China. Nov. 17: Solo exhibition titled "The Stones and Water from Other Mountains" in the museum of Shantou University, Guangdong Province, China. Jan. 23: Double Solo-exhibitions (YoYo & Carles Castel) titled "Watching Ourselves Set Sail" in e g Gallery, Berlin, Germany
	2017 Dec. 16: Solo fiction reading in Shantou University, Guangdong, China Nov. 11: Solo-exhibition on the stage of the performance of “Narrative Poem” in Print Room in Coronet, London, UK
	2016 Dec: Group exhibition of “2nd Poetical Survivors”, Liaoning Provincial Museum, Shenyang, China Nov: Group exhibition of “7+1”, Berlin, Germany Sep: Group exhibition of “1×1”, Berlin, Germany
	2015, Nov - Dec: Writer in Residency and Lecture Professor in University of Shantou, Guangdong Province, China. Nov. 15: Solo-exhibition in Wang Shi Xiao Yuan (YoYo family’s formal home and a national level of Museum now), Yangzhou, China Oct. 11: Solo-exhibition and lecture in the 25th anniversary of VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ in Poznan city, Poland Oct. 8 - 9: Solo-exhibition in Checkpoint #11 together with two evenings of discussion titled “Artist: Ego and the Other”, Berlin, Germany Oct. 3: Literary reading in “100 Years of Now”, the project held in HKW (Haus der Kulturen der Welt), Berlin, Germany
	2014, Nov - Dec: Writer in Residency and Lecture Professor in University of Shantou, Guangdong Province, China. Nov: Group exhibition “The Poetical Survivers”, Zhongdao Museum, Shanghai, China May: Double solo-exhibition in Berlin Avantgarde Garrery, Berlin, Germany Apr: Invited to be the Curator of Chinese and Foreign Projects by Freies Museum Berlin, Curator of Chinese and Foreign Projects
	2013, Aug: Art article <Domain Sense>, Published by Asian News in Holland June: Prose <Wild chrysanthemum’s Hand>, Published by Literature in Chinese in Hong Kong
	2012 May: Article <Watching the Internal Waterfall>, Published by Art & Fortune in Beijing Oct: Invited to be the Chinese project Curator by Studio International Arts Magazine
	2011 Sep: <Eton College and Teach system> Published by Publishing House of Electronics Industry in Beijing
	2006 Dec: Novelette <Who knows> Published by INDEX On Censorship in London
	2005 May: Invited to give the readings and join the discussions by International of Sydney Writers’ Festival April: <Eton College> Published by Shanghai Pictorial Pubilshing House March: Book of Collection short stories <Marriage Games> Published by Shanghai Baijia Publishing House Feb: Novel <Ghost tide> in English translation Published by Fourth Estate of HarperCollishers
	2003 June: Novelette <Wing of Desire> Published by Hong Kong Literary Collection
	2002 Novel <River Tide> Published by Unitas Publishing Co Ltd in Taiwan Taibei Short story <Gestohlene Tage> Published by Minima sinica, Magazine in Bonn Germeny
	2000 Book of Novelettes and short stories Collections <Blues Substitute>, Published by Workers Publishing House in Beijing Short story <The function of bathing> Published as INDEX for Free expression in London
	1997 Essay <Opening the Door to Inner silence> Chinese Literature Facing the World, The Olof Palme International Center , Swenden
	1995 <She Saw Two Moons> Collection of short stories Pulished by Betasman book Club in China Short story <Es war einmal ein Berg> Pubilshed by Orient Ierungen in Germeny Short story <Nebelhaftes, Schattenhaftes> Pubilshed by Minima Sinica in Germeny
	1994 <Humanscape.Ghost Speak> Selection of prose and essays Published by Central Translation Press in Beijing
	1993, Regular columnist, contributing over120 articles China Times, Taiwan newspapers in Australia

	Academic Scholarships and Grants
	Since 2014 Writer in Residency and Lecture Professor in University of Shantou, Guangdong Province, China.
	2005 (Aug/Sep) Writer in residency in Cove Park, Scotland.
	2000 (Jan/Feb) Writer in residency in Taipei City, Taiwan.
	1998 (Aug/Oct) Writer in residency in DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), Berlin, Germany.
	1997 (Dec) Writer in residency in Yaddo Artists Colony, New York, USA
	1997 (Jul/Oct) Writer in residency in “Kunstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf”, Germany.
	1994 – 1995 Writer in residency in Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany.
	1994 (Aug/Sep) Writer in residency in Yaddo Artists Colony, New York, USA.
	1992 (Jun/Jul) Writer in residency in Yaddo Artists Colony, New York, USA.