Zhao Gang

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Zhao Gang (b. 1961, Beijing) currently lives and works in New York and Beijing. He made his artistic debut as a member of the Stars Group, one of the first avant-garde artist groups to open the era of contemporary art in China, when he was just 18 years old. Shortly thereafter he pursued formal art education in Europe and then New York, studying at the State Academy of Fine Art, Maastricht, Holland; Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, USA; MFA, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA. Afterwards, Zhao Gang lived overseas for over two decades, developing a diverse body of work as his perspective became distinctively international. Since returning to Beijing in 2006, Zhao Gang has turned his ever-expanding focus toward the entanglement of his personal past with Chinese history and his unique position, at once a native and a newcomer, in China today.

His selected museum solo exhibitions include: “ZHAO GANG：NOTHING IS HAPPENING”,Long Museum Chong Qing,Chong Qing,China,2022;”The Road to Serfdom II”, Museo de ArteContemporáneo, Santiago, Chile, 2016; “Paramour’s Garden”, Suzhou Museum, Suzhou, China, 2015; “The Road to Serfdom”, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China, 2015; “Sick Man: Zhao Gang”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2011. His selected group exhibitions include: “The Door”, P.S.1 Institute of the Arts/Blum Helman Gallery, New York, USA, 1990. He has participated in important biennial/triennial exhibitions as PERFORMA 07, the Guangzhou Triennial, and the Yokohama Triennial