UCCA Center for Contemporary Art is proud to announce its Exhibition Program 2025, a series of nine exhibitions throughout the year at UCCA Beijing and UCCA Dune, featuring acclaimed artists from Asia, China, North America, and Europe. As one of Asia’s most influential contemporary art centers, UCCA expects to welcome over one million visitors this year, providing a multidimensional program that explores the intersections of culture, biology, and sensory experience. The exhibitions will showcase a wide range of media, from immersive installations to conceptual projects.
Anicka Yi: The Biopolitics of the Senses
March 22 – June 15, 2025
In her first major exhibition in Asia, Korean-American artist Anicka Yi presents a selection of commissioned pieces alongside key works from her career, exploring what she calls “the biopolitics of the senses.” This exhibition, co-organized with Leeum Museum of Art and curated by Peter Eleey and Gina Lee, invites visitors into a sensory journey that examines how experiences are shaped by cultural and biological forces. Yi’s work challenges us to question the connections between biology and society, offering a glimpse into her distinctive artistic vision.
View of Anicka Yi, There Exists Another Evolution, But In This One, Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, 2024. Courtesy the artist, Leeum Museum of Art, and Gladstone Gallery. Photo: Andrea Rossetti.
Pipilotti Rist: Immersive Art in the Great Hall
July 19 – October 19, 2025
Renowned Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist transforms UCCA’s Great Hall with a large-scale immersive installation. Curated by Yan Fang, this project fills the space with light, color, and humor, creating a captivating visual and emotional experience. The exhibition will also feature some of Rist’s most emblematic works, offering audiences of all ages a window into her vibrant and unique artistic world.
Pipilotti Rist, video still, 2024. Courtesy the artist.
Yang Fudong: Library Film Project
November 15, 2025 – February 22, 2026
In his first large-scale institutional exhibition in Beijing, Yang Fudong presents the inaugural installment of his ambitious Library Film Project. Inspired by his childhood on Beijing’s outskirts, Yang weaves elements of past and present into a unique visual experience exploring the complexities of reality, both constructed and lived. This exhibition, curated by Philip Tinari and Chelsea Qianxi Liu, reflects on the intersection of the public and the personal in the context of a constantly changing city.
The Summer Palace, c. 1976. Courtesy Yang Fudong.
Lubaina Himid: Four Decades of Art
January 18 – March 27, 2025
A central figure in the UK’s Black Arts Movement, Lubaina Himid presents her first solo exhibition in China, spanning over forty years of her career. Curated by Shixuan Luan, the exhibition features iconic works such as A Fashionable Marriage and Naming the Money, along with sound installations and found objects. Himid’s work challenges dominant historical narratives, inviting audiences to question and reconsider official histories.
Lubaina Himid, Cosmic Coral, 2024. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 152.4 × 213.4 cm. © Lubaina Himid. Courtesy the artist, Hollybush Gardens, London, and Greene Naftali, New York. Photo: Andy Keate.
Chen Ke: Bauhaus Memories
May 17 – September 7, 2025
Painter Chen Ke, known for her evocative depictions of daily life and the role of women, presents an iteration of her “Bauhaus Gal” series, inspired by photographic archives of the Bauhaus and reinterpreted through her own memories. Curated by Philip Tinari, this exhibition connects with the context of UCCA and the 798 Art District, areas that share Bauhaus architectural and industrial design legacies.
Chen Ke, Factory No. 1, 2024. Oil on canvas, 50 × 60 cm.
Liao Fei: Transformative Sculpture and Space
May 17 – September 7, 2025
In his first large institutional exhibition, Liao Fei revisits early series such as One Way Sculpture and Permutation Generation, exploring ideas of change, perception, and spatial identity. Curated by Neil Zhang, the exhibition invites visitors to explore the reconfiguration of space and its relationship to individual perception.
Liao Fei, Partially Obscured Circles 4, 2022. Paint pen coloring on matte silver cardstock, 250 × 143 cm. Courtesy the artist and Vanguard Gallery.
Koki Tanaka: The Significance of the Everyday
September 27, 2025 – January 4, 2026
Koki Tanaka’s work reveals depth in simple, everyday actions, finding meaning in the ordinary. Curated by Neil Zhang, this exhibition presents over a decade of Tanaka’s practice, spanning video, installations, and intervention projects. Tanaka challenges audiences to find the essence of the extraordinary in the common.
Koki Tanaka, Mobility and Extinction (production still), 2024. Video, color, sound, 60:27 minutes. Courtesy the artist.
UCCA Dune
Hu Yinping: Hu Xiaofang – Artistic Brand and Social Experiment
March 27 – October 12, 2025
Hu Yinping’s conceptual project Hu Xiaofang operates as a platform that challenges traditional production and consumption logic. Her “artistic brand” empowers women in rural villages, promoting the creativity and value of women’s labor through textiles and crafts. Curated by Holly Roussell, this exhibition of the “Xiaofang community” invites viewers to reflect on the nature of handmade work and informal economy in our society.
Hu Yinping, Potato oh Potato!, 2024. Wool, cotton. 35 × 60 cm. Courtesy the artist.
Kim Lim: Sculpture and Universal Space
October 26, 2025 – March 12, 2026
In her first institutional exhibition in mainland China, Kim Lim presents a survey of her sculptural and print works. Curated by Neil Zhang, the exhibition explores the intersection of Eastern and Western artistic traditions, inviting audiences to contemplate the possibilities of cultural dialogue through abstract forms and materiality that transcend boundaries.
Kim Lim, Dunhuang Series 1, 1988. Courtesy Kim Lim Estate/Turnbull Studio. Photo: © Estate of Kim Lim. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024.
About UCCA
Located in Beijing’s vibrant 798 Art District, the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art is one of China’s most influential contemporary art institutions. Since its founding in 2007, UCCA has facilitated cross-cultural dialogue, offering groundbreaking exhibitions and promoting a global understanding of contemporary art. With its Exhibition Program 2025, UCCA reaffirms its role as a reference point for art and culture worldwide.
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