Hou Young's work has been exhibited in major group shows including New voices: a dslcollection story, Klein
Sun Gallery, New York, NY (2016); Dessensus Agitation - The Painting of Language, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (2016); Fact or Fiction, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong (2016);
Omnipresent Concrete, Hunsand Space, Beijing, China (2014 - 2015); Touch, Chengdu A4 Contemporary Arts Center, Chengdu, China (2009 - 2010); The mARket Summer 2009 - 2010, Beijing Center for the Arts, Beijing, China (2009); Blank Show, Inside - Out, Beijing, China (2008); Blank, Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China (2007); Today Art Gallery Recent Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (2006); The 3rd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China (2003).