Installation view of 'Ding Yi: The Winding Path' at Contemporary Gallery Kunming, 26 July – 9 November 2025, Courtesy Contemporary Gallery Kunming, Photography by Alessandro Wang
Ding Yi
Fondazione Querini Stampalia
May 2026
The Shanghai-based artist Ding Yi presents a major presentation at Fondazione Querini Stampalia, curated by Alfredo Cramerotti and Auronda Scalera, during the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition, entitled Cosmotechnics, traces Ding Yi’s journey from the disciplined austerity of the late 1980s to a fully expanded cosmotechnical practice, where painting, sculpture, and architecture interpenetrate. The show includes twelve newly produced paintings on basswood panels and two stone steles, presented in close dialogue with the architectural language of Carlo Scarpa, alongside six historic works spanning the 1980s to the 2020s which chart the evolution of his language. For the presentation, Ding Yi forms a contemplative “forest” with the installation operating like a planetary code: a system through which he maps the invisible forces shaping our perception. Their staggered placement creates a meandering path reminiscent of traditional Chinese gardens, where every step reveals a new composition, a fresh scene to be read and absorbed.
Exhibition view of 'Between Prediction and Retrospection' by Ding Yi at Mostyn Gallery © Ding Yi. Photo: Rob Battersby.
Ding Yi
Fondazione Querini Stampalia
May 2026
The Shanghai-based artist Ding Yi presents a major presentation at Fondazione Querini Stampalia, curated by Alfredo Cramerotti and Auronda Scalera, during the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition, entitled Cosmotechnics, traces Ding Yi’s journey from the disciplined austerity of the late 1980s to a fully expanded cosmotechnical practice, where painting, sculpture, and architecture interpenetrate. The show includes twelve newly produced paintings on basswood panels and two stone steles, presented in close dialogue with the architectural language of Carlo Scarpa, alongside six historic works spanning the 1980s to the 2020s which chart the evolution of his language. For the presentation, Ding Yi forms a contemplative “forest” with the installation operating like a planetary code: a system through which he maps the invisible forces shaping our perception. Their staggered placement creates a meandering path reminiscent of traditional Chinese gardens, where every step reveals a new composition, a fresh scene to be read and absorbed.
Exhibition view of 'Between Prediction and Retrospection' by Ding Yi at Mostyn Gallery © Ding Yi. Photo: Rob Battersby.
Ding Yi
Fondazione Querini Stampalia
May 2026
The Shanghai-based artist Ding Yi presents a major presentation at Fondazione Querini Stampalia, curated by Alfredo Cramerotti and Auronda Scalera, during the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition, entitled Cosmotechnics, traces Ding Yi’s journey from the disciplined austerity of the late 1980s to a fully expanded cosmotechnical practice, where painting, sculpture, and architecture interpenetrate. The show includes twelve newly produced paintings on basswood panels and two stone steles, presented in close dialogue with the architectural language of Carlo Scarpa, alongside six historic works spanning the 1980s to the 2020s which chart the evolution of his language. For the presentation, Ding Yi forms a contemplative “forest” with the installation operating like a planetary code: a system through which he maps the invisible forces shaping our perception. Their staggered placement creates a meandering path reminiscent of traditional Chinese gardens, where every step reveals a new composition, a fresh scene to be read and absorbed.
Exhibition view of 'Between Prediction and Retrospection' by Ding Yi at Mostyn Gallery © Ding Yi. Photo: Rob Battersby.
Ding Yi
Fondazione Querini Stampalia
May 2026
The Shanghai-based artist Ding Yi presents a major presentation at Fondazione Querini Stampalia, curated by Alfredo Cramerotti and Auronda Scalera, during the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition, entitled Cosmotechnics, traces Ding Yi’s journey from the disciplined austerity of the late 1980s to a fully expanded cosmotechnical practice, where painting, sculpture, and architecture interpenetrate. The show includes twelve newly produced paintings on basswood panels and two stone steles, presented in close dialogue with the architectural language of Carlo Scarpa, alongside six historic works spanning the 1980s to the 2020s which chart the evolution of his language. For the presentation, Ding Yi forms a contemplative “forest” with the installation operating like a planetary code: a system through which he maps the invisible forces shaping our perception. Their staggered placement creates a meandering path reminiscent of traditional Chinese gardens, where every step reveals a new composition, a fresh scene to be read and absorbed.
Exhibition view of 'Between Prediction and Retrospection' by Ding Yi at Mostyn Gallery © Ding Yi. Photo: Rob Battersby.
Ding Yi
Fondazione Querini Stampalia
May 2026
The Shanghai-based artist Ding Yi presents a major presentation at Fondazione Querini Stampalia, curated by Alfredo Cramerotti and Auronda Scalera, during the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition, entitled Cosmotechnics, traces Ding Yi’s journey from the disciplined austerity of the late 1980s to a fully expanded cosmotechnical practice, where painting, sculpture, and architecture interpenetrate. The show includes twelve newly produced paintings on basswood panels and two stone steles, presented in close dialogue with the architectural language of Carlo Scarpa, alongside six historic works spanning the 1980s to the 2020s which chart the evolution of his language. For the presentation, Ding Yi forms a contemplative “forest” with the installation operating like a planetary code: a system through which he maps the invisible forces shaping our perception. Their staggered placement creates a meandering path reminiscent of traditional Chinese gardens, where every step reveals a new composition, a fresh scene to be read and absorbed.
Installation view of 'Ding Yi: The Winding Path' at Contemporary Gallery Kunming, 26 July – 9 November 2025, Courtesy Contemporary Gallery Kunming, Photography by Alessandro Wang
Ding Yi
Fondazione Querini Stampalia
May 2026
The Shanghai-based artist Ding Yi presents a major presentation at Fondazione Querini Stampalia, curated by Alfredo Cramerotti and Auronda Scalera, during the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition, entitled Cosmotechnics, traces Ding Yi’s journey from the disciplined austerity of the late 1980s to a fully expanded cosmotechnical practice, where painting, sculpture, and architecture interpenetrate. The show includes twelve newly produced paintings on basswood panels and two stone steles, presented in close dialogue with the architectural language of Carlo Scarpa, alongside six historic works spanning the 1980s to the 2020s which chart the evolution of his language. For the presentation, Ding Yi forms a contemplative “forest” with the installation operating like a planetary code: a system through which he maps the invisible forces shaping our perception. Their staggered placement creates a meandering path reminiscent of traditional Chinese gardens, where every step reveals a new composition, a fresh scene to be read and absorbed.
Ding Yi, Appearance of Crosses 2025-30, 2025, Acrylic and woodcuts on basswood, 240 x 120 cm, 94 1/2 x 47 1/4 in © Ding Yi, Courtesy Lisson Gallery
Ding Yi
Fondazione Querini Stampalia
May 2026
The Shanghai-based artist Ding Yi presents a major presentation at Fondazione Querini Stampalia, curated by Alfredo Cramerotti and Auronda Scalera, during the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition, entitled Cosmotechnics, traces Ding Yi’s journey from the disciplined austerity of the late 1980s to a fully expanded cosmotechnical practice, where painting, sculpture, and architecture interpenetrate. The show includes twelve newly produced paintings on basswood panels and two stone steles, presented in close dialogue with the architectural language of Carlo Scarpa, alongside six historic works spanning the 1980s to the 2020s which chart the evolution of his language. For the presentation, Ding Yi forms a contemplative “forest” with the installation operating like a planetary code: a system through which he maps the invisible forces shaping our perception. Their staggered placement creates a meandering path reminiscent of traditional Chinese gardens, where every step reveals a new composition, a fresh scene to be read and absorbed.