Zhong Biao Born 1968 in Chongqing, China. Lives and works in Sichuan, China.
Education 1991 BA Oil Painting, Zhejiang Fine Arts Academy, Hangzhou, China
Solo Exhibitions 2016 “The Other Shore,” Klein Sun Gallery, New York, NY
2015 "Splitting Time," Zhong Gallery, Beijing, China
2014 "Zhong Biao: Blown Over," Tivat Naval Heritage Collection Museum, Tivat, Montenegro
2013 “The Universe of Unreality-2013 Zhong Biao’s Visions, “ Chiesa Santa Maria Della Visitazione, Venice, Italy "Tailoring Clouds: Zhong Biao’s 15-Day Museum," Suzhou Art Museum, Jiangsu, China
2012 “Hidden in the Depths of Reality – Zhong Biao,” Opera Gallery ION, Singapore
2011 "Zhong Biao - Reflected on Air," Frey Norris Contemporary & Modern, San Francisco, CA
2010 “For the Future- Zhong Biao,” Z-Art Center, Shanghai, China
2009 “The Tendency of Events- Zhong Biao,” Yuz Art Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia
2008 “The Position of Zhong Biao-Essen,” Galerie Frank Schlag and Cie, Essen, Germany “Revelation-Zhong Biao,” SHiNE Art Space, Shanghai, China
2007 “Cohesion,” Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai, China “Beyond Painting – Works by Zhong Biao,” Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China “Splendid: Over 10 Years of Exploration,” Olyvia Oriental Gallery, London, UK
2006 “Zhong Biao,” Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo, Japan “Chance Encounter,” Chinatoday Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2004 "Zhong Biao," Benamou Gallery, Paris, France “Ubiquity,” Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai, China
2001 “A Chance Existence,” Art Scene China Gallery, Hong Kong
1997 “The Fable of Life,” Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
1996 “The Fable of Life,” Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
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Selected Group Exhibitions 2019 “Curitiba Biennial of Contemporary Art,” Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba, Brazil “Traces,” Nolan Park, Governors Island, New York, NY
2018 “Napoleon,” Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China “Emerging Imagery: A Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition,” Kunstraum Villa Friede, Bonn, Germany “A Truth beyond the Real—The Exploration and Reinterpretation of Perception by Fourteen Chinese Artists,” Doosan Art Center, Seoul, South Korea “None Stop,” Time Museum, Beijing, China “The Concept of Hot and Cold Hardedges: the Development Trend of the Research of a Painting Exhibition,” Lingnan Art Museum, Guangdong, China “Open Source: Shenzhen Biennale 2018,” Luohu Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China
2017 “The Third Aesthetics,” Lotus Chen Art Museum, 798 Art District, Beijing, China “Journey to the Southwest: The Exhibition of Chinese Southwestern Contemporary Art from The Long Museum Collection”, Long Museum, Shanghai, China “Chinese New Reality Art Europe Exhibition Tour ‘Start from West’”, Museum of Darmstadt, Darmstadt Germany “Southwest China Thriving Energy”, 541 Art Space, Sydney, Australia; China Cultural Centre, Singapore; Chinese Culture Center in Berlin, Berlin, Germany “Texture of Time – The Exhibition of Sichuan Fine Art Institute”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2016 “Centennial Presents in Return: Exhibition of Alumni Donation from Chen Dongsheng and Li Yifei,” Wanlin Art Museum, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China “Dialogue with Manuscripts: the Secret of Painting,” Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China “Linda Gallery Beijing 10th Anniversary,” Linda Gallery, Beijing, China “The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China 2015,” Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China “2016 International Graphic Exhibition of Prints,” Winshare Art Museum, Chengdu, China "Observation/ Reference/ Gesture Contemporary Painting," Ringling College of Art and Design, Willis Smith Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2015 "MYTH," Whitebox Art Center, 798 Art District, Beijing, China "Biography - Chinese Contemporary Art On Light Shelf," Gaea Gallery, Guangzhou, China 2nd Nanjing International Art Festival, Nanjing International Exhibition Center, Nanjing, China
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"Personal Scenes," The Art Gallery of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China "From Liberation Monument To Wide Alley,” Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu, China "The Vivid Spirit - Chinese Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition," Confucian Temple of Anxi, Fujian, China "MODEL CHINA - The First Master Star Invitational Exhibition,” Songzhuang Contemporary Space, Beijing, China
2014 "Social Landscape - the 'Landscape Narration' in Chinese Contemporary Painting as well as Its Cultural Concept Changes," Chengdu International Communication Center for Culture and Art Exchange, Chengdu, China "Xiangjiang River Running North: Tan Guobin and Chinese Contemporary Art," Tan Guobin Contemporary Art Museum, Changsha, China "1199 People: Collection from Long Museum," Long Museum, Shanghai, China "Painting the Chinese Dream - An Exhibition Celebrating the 65th Anniversary of the Founding of the “People’s Republic of China," National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China "Meta-Spectacle: Multi-Logic of the Pictorial World," Shijiazhuang Art Museum, Hebei, China "Chongqing Art in Sixty Years," Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China
2013 “Hot Pot: A Taste of Chinese Contemporary Art,” Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT ASIAN BIENNALE, ASIAN Cultural Square Hall, Nanning, China "Portrait of the Times - 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art," Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China "New Sights in Chinese Contemporary Art," Sofia Arsenal Museum for Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria; National Contemporary Art Museum of Romania, Bucharest, Romania; National Castle Museum of Czech, Praque, Czech Republic "Form and Consciousness - Chinese Contemporary Art in the First Exhibition," Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2012 "From Ancient to Modern Times - Long Museum Opening Exhibition," Long Museum, Shanghai, China "The Art of the Water Cube," Water Cube, Beijing, China The Second Western China International Art Biennale, Yinchuan Cultural Art Center, Ningxia, China "Ta Shan Hui Shi - Chinese Contemporary Painting Original Masters Exhibition," Shandong Art Museum, Ji'nan, China "Art into the Liangjiang - China Yangtze River Contemporary Art Exhibition," Changjianghui Contemporary Art Center, Chongqing, China "Creative Cities Collection Fine Arts Exhibition, The Barbican Art Center, London, UK The First China Oil Painting Biennial, China Art Museum, Beijing, China The First Suzhou Jinji Lake Biennale, Suzhou Contemporary Art Museum, Jiangsu, China
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2011 “Realms of Fantasy,” Olyvia Fine Art, London, UK “Beauty & Revolution – Summer Group Show,” Olyvia Fine Art, London, UK "Ideology and Manifestation," Winshare Art Museum, Chengdu, China "New Dreams 2011," Guangzhou Changfeng International Meeting Centre, Guangdong, China "Splendid Ethics," Interalia Art Company, Seoul, South Korea "Unable Absence - Winshare Contemporary Art Display," Winshare Art Museum, Chengdu, China "East/West: Visually Speaking," Colorado State University Art Museum, Fort Collins, CO
2010 “East/West: Visually Speaking,” Hillard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL; Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL “China Welcomes You,” Kulturspeicher Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany The Frist China Nanjing Biennale, Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, Nanjing, China "Yellow Gate," Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea "Research Representational Painting," Times Art Museum, Beijing, China The First Western China International Art Biennale, Yinchuan Cultural Art Center, Ningxia, China
2009 “Embrace!,” Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO "The Ultimate of Reality," Joy Art, Beijing, China “Beijing – Havana, New Contemporary Chinese Art Revolution,” Cuba Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba “2008 Collection Exhibition of Gwangju Museum of Art,” Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea "The 35th AJAC Exhibition of Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan “The Very Condition,” Wall Art Museum, Beijing, China “On Love? On War?,” Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2008 "Air From Last Millennium," dARTex, Beijing, China “Chinese Fantasies,” Found Museum, Beijing, China “Lovely Blossoms and Full Moon: Yuz Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art,” Yuz Art Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia “Asia in Harmony – The 23rd Asian International Art Exhibition,” The University City Art Museum of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China “Ah! We – 30 Years of Contemporary Art Exhibition of China,” National Center for Performing Arts, Beijing, China “Hypallage – The Post Modern Mode of Chinese Contemporary Art,” OCT Contemporary Art Center, Shenzhen, China “Adidas ‘Gong Zhen’ Sport in Art,” CM Art Museum, Nanjing, China; Art Museum of Luxun Fine Arts Academy, Shenyang, China; Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu, China; Today Art Museum, Beijing, China; The Landmark, Hong Kong "People· History—Exhibition of Studies of Chinese Art of the 20th Century," CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
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“Today’s China: Contemporary Art From China,” Belvue Museum, Brussels, Belgium “China… Forward!,” TsUM, Moscow, Russia “Intimate Trend: Painting from Sichuan and Taiwan,” Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan “55 Days in Valencia - Chinese Art Meeting,” Instituto Valencià d’Art Moderno, Valencia, Spain “Beijing – Athens: Contemporary Art From China,” Technopolis of the City of Athens, Athens, Greece “The Sichuan Movement: New Paintings From China,” National Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia
2007 “A Truth Beyond the Real,” Doosan Art Center, Seoul, South Korea "The Supplemental History," Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China "The Power of The Universe - Exhibition of Frontier Contemporary Chinese Art," Asia Art Center, Beijing, China "Rising Face," Geoje Art Center, Geoje, South Korea "One Sleep for Ten," Hejing Yuan Art, Bejjing, China "China Ladies," Galeria Moriarty, Madrid, Spain "UCITY," Art Museum of GAFA, Guangdong, China “China Now - Wiedergeburt des Mystischen,” Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands “Chinese Contemporary Sotsart,” The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia “Starting From the Southwest,” Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China “Contemporary Cultural Venation - China Version,” Today Art Museum, Beijing, China “Thermocline of Art,” Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
2006 “The Self-Made Generation - A Retrospective of New Chinese Painting,” Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China “Oriental Imagination,” National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China Chinese Contemporary Art Festival, Heyri Artists Village, Seoul, South Korea “China Now - Wiedergeburt des Mystischen,” The ESSL Collection Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria “Hyper Design,” 2006 Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China “The Green Mountains Are Always There,” YiBo Gallery, Shanghai, China “Body - Contemporary Art Exhibition,” Nanjing Endless Contemporary Art Space, Nanjing, China
2005 “Concept Art - Contemporary Chinese Painting Exhibition,” Tashi Art Museum, Macau, China The 2nd Triennial of Chinese Art, Nanjing Museum of Art, Nanjing, China “Tribute to 85: 2005 – 1985,” Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China “In the Deep of Reality – A Case of Chinese Contemporary Art,” UG Beyond City, Hangzhou, China “Grounding Reality,” Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea “Above and Below the River - Oil Paintings of the New Period in China,” National
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Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2004 “Forbidden Senses – Sensuality in Contemporary Chinese Art,” l'Espace Culturel François, Sarlat, France “No Distance - 2004 China Building Site Avant-Garde Art Exhibition,” Uptown River, Chongqing, China “The First Nominative of Fine Arts and Documenta,” Art Museum of Hubei Fine Arts Institute, Wuhan, China “The 10th National Exhibition of Chinese Arts,” National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2003 “The First Beijing International Art Biennale,” National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China “Third China National Exhibition of Oil Paintings,” National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China “Image of Image,” Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China "Living Conditions - Contemporary Chinese Art," Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China "People and People - Chinese Modern and Contemporary Art Collections of GDMA," Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
2002 "Thought-Provoking Art," Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China “China Trienniale Art Exposition,” Guangzhou Art Museum, Guangzhou, China “Long March - A Walking Visual Exhibition,” From Ruijin to Anshunchang, China “Harvest – Contemporary Art Exhibition of China,” China Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
2001 “China Art Now!,” Singapore Art Museum, Singapore “Chinese Contemporary Painting,” Chinese Culture Week, Salvador, Saint Paulo, Brazil “Chili from Chongqing,” Kultur Bahnhof, Kassel, Germany “Next Generation – Contemporary Asian Art,” Passage de Retz, Paris, France
2000 “The Individual and Society in Art – A Collection of Works of Art by Eleven Artists,” Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
1999 “Sharp New Sights – From Young Artists Born Around 1970,” Beijing International Art Gallery, Beijing; Hexiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China "As Beautiful as Materialism - Chinese New Concept Art Exhibition," East China Normal University Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
1997 “Walking to a New Century – Young Chinese Oil Painters,” National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Guanshanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China; Pacific Plaza, Chongqing, China; Art Museum of Luxun Fine Arts Academy, Shenyang, China
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1996 "The First Exhibition of the Chinese Oil Painting Society," National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1995 “History of Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting-From Realism to Post-Modernism,” Galerie Theoremes, Brussels, Belgium
1991 "Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition," Tokyo, Japan
Selected Public Collections Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwanju, South Korea
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