within the "3+x" exhibition pattern, promoted by shaheen merali, jin weihong, ai weiwei and shen qibin, yuan has exhibited with artists such as jin feng, qiu zhijie, xu zhen, zuoxiao zuzhou, xi jianjun, the gao brothers and zhao zhao. within these exhibitions the artists present their work in different spaces, emphasizing the independence of the creation process, of the artworks and of the artists themselves.