| 1952 | Born in Dayuji Village, Shandong Province, China |
| 1978 | Graduated from the Department of Art, Shandong Normal University (B.A.), Shandong Province, China |
| 1987 | Graduated from Central Academy of Fine Art (M.F.A.), Department of Folk Arts, Beijing, China |
| Currently | Professor in the Folk Art Department at CAFA, Beijing Lives and works in Beijing, China |
| 2017 | Last Century, Today Art Museum, China |
| 2010 | Lu Shengzhong: A Decade, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA |
| 2007 | Square Earth, Round Heaven, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA Zhaxidele: Auspice from Above, Tibet, China |
| 2005 | The New Emerging From the Old, University Art Museum, Albany, USA |
| 2004 | The Book of Humanity, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA |
| 2003 | Auspice from Above, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2002 | A la nuit tombée: Lu Shengzhong, Grenoble, France |
| 2001 | Lu Shengzhong: World!, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2000 | First Encounter, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA Record of Emotion, the Watchtower-Contemporary Art, Beijing, China |
| 1996 | Calling the Soul, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan |
| 1995 | ORT-+, Wuppertal, Germany |
| 1994 | Soul Stele, Adelaide, Australia Soul Market, Beck Forum, Munich, Germany Emergency Center, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 1992 | Red Train, Emden, Berin, Wiesbaden, and Hamburg, Germany |
| 1991 | Calling the Soul, Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China |
| 1990-92 | Calling the Soul Around, Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Hunan, Guanxi, and Liaoning provinces, China |
| 1990 | Calling the Soul Hall, Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 1989 | Life: Ephemeral and Eternal, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1988 | Lu Shengzhong Papercut Art Show, National Art Gallery of China (NAGC), Beijing, China |
| 1987 | Graduation Exhibition, Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 2010 | Holland Paper Biennial, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, Netherlands |
| 2009 | Out of the Ordinary: Spectacular Craft, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK Slash: Paper under the Knife, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, USA |
| 2008 | Chinese Garden for Living: Illusion into Reality, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany |
| 2007 | Perfect Imbalance: Exploring Chinese Aesthetics, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA 85 New Wave: The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China Net: Reimagining Space, Time and Culture, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing, China The Quiet Gesture: Recent Chinese Art, Newark Museum, New Jersey, USA |
| 2006 | Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art, China Institute, New York, USA |
| 2005 | The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art, Albright-Knox Galleries, University at Buffalo Art Galleries, New York, USA & Millennium Art Museum, Beijing, China |
| 2004 | Artisti cinesi fra tradizione e presente, Marsilio Art Museum, Italy Universal Figure — A. R. Penck and Lu Shengzhong, White Space Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 2003 | Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou Museum of Fine Art, Guangzhou, China Blue Sky Exposure, Yizhuang, Beijing, China Synthi-Scapes: Chinese Pavilion of the 50th Venice Biennale, (cancelled due to SARS), later shown in Guangzhou Museum of Fine Art, Guangzhou, China Openness, China Art Museum, Beijing, China Left Hand, Right Hand, 798 Art Space, Beijing, China |
| 2001 | Beijing-Dachauer, Dachauer Schloss, Germany Clues to the Future, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 2000 | Gate of the Century (1979-1999) Chinese Art Invitational Exhibition, The Contemporary Art Museum, Chengdu |
| 1998 | Notes Across Asia, Berlin, Germany Recalling Tradition, German Embassy, Beijing |
| 1996 | ARCOS DA LAPA, Rio de Janiero, Brazil Origin and Myths of Fire, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan |
| 1995 | International Biennual Art Show, Gwangju, Korea 4th Asian Art Show (Realism as an Attitude), Setagaya Art Museum, Japan |
| 1994 | Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan |
| 1993-92 | Post-Mao Product, New Art from China, traveling exhibition in Australia |
| 1992 | Begenung Mit Den Anderen, Halle K18, Gesanthochschole, Kassel, Germany |
| 1989 | China Avant-Garde, NAGC, Beijing |
| 2005 | Art in America, June-July 2005 The New Emerging From the Old, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA |
| 2004 | The Book of Humanity, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA The Story of the Little Red Figure, Art Publishing House, Shanghai, China Farewell Tradition III, SDX San Lian Publishing House, Beijing, China Farewell Tradition IV, SDX San Lian Publishing House, Beijing, China |
| 2003 | Original Manuscript of Modeling, SDX San Lian Publishing House, Beijing, China Farewell Tradition I, SDX San Lian Publishing House, Beijing, China Farewell Tradition II, SDX San Lian Publishing House, Beijing, China Auspice from Above, Eslite, Taiwan |
| 2002 | Colored Clothes, Guangxi Fine Arts Publishing House, Guangxi, China Baby's Sling, Guangxi Fine Arts Publishing House, Guangxi, China |
| 2001 | New York Times, January 5, 2001 Pastry Tiger of Langzhuang (co-authored with Li Hongjun), Hansheng Publishing House, Taiwan |
| 2000 | Walking and Observing, San Lian Bookstore Publishing, Beijing First Encounter, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA |
| 1998 | Lu Shengzhong: Calling the Soul, Guangxi Art Publishing Co. |
| 1996 | Seeking the Soul, Hunan Art Publishing Co. |
| 1993 | Selection of Folk Papercuts, Film Publishing Co. |
| 1992 | Folk Paper-cuts of China, Hunan Art Publishing Co. |
| 1991 | Selection of Line Drawings, Guangxi Art Publishing Company Co. Folk Wood-Engravings of China, Hunan Art Publishing Co. |
| 1990 | Works of Lu Shengzhong, Hunan Art Publishing Co. |
| Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong |