Zhao Gang
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Zhao Gang
Zhao Gang 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 then New York, where he lived for over two decades, developing a diverse body of work as his perspective became distinctively international. Over the course of his wanderings, Zhao Gang has been featured along-side prominent painters such as Liu Wei and David Diao; participated in PERFORMA, the Guangzhou Triennial, and the Yokohama Triennial; and presented solo exhibitions at the Ullens Center of Contemporary Art, the Suzhou Museum, and Santiago’s Museo de Arte Contemporáneo.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions：
2019
Zhao Gang: History Painting, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), USA
2017
Useless Things – Zhao Gang New Works, AYE Gallery, Beijing Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
2016
GANG ZHAO, Tilton Gallery, New York, USA
GANG ZHAO-Contemporary Chinese Painting, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologn, Germany
Zhao Gang: The Road to Serfdom II, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), Santiago, Chile
2015
Cocksucker Blues, BANK, Shanghai
Paramour’s Garden, Suzhou Museum, Suzhou
Zhao Gang: The Road to Serfdom, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
2014
Emperor and His… – Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition, AYE Gallery, Beijing
2013
The Khitans - Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition, Platform China, Beijing
Another Reality, Gallery LIN, Taipei
2012
Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition”, Wada Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2011
Sisyphus - Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition, Aura Gallery, Beijing
Sick Man – Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Burning the Wood: The Collection of Du Yuesheng - Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition, AYE Gallery, Beijing
2010
Gang Zhao, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
2009
Dance in Dream – Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition, Triumph Art Space, Beijing
2008
Painting of Zhao Gang, Hong Kong Art Center / Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
Gang Zhao, TSI Yi Space Gallery, Beijing
2007
Gang Zhao, Jack Tilton Gallery, NY, USA
Gang Zhao, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
Gang Zhao, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
Portrait Landscape Memory, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen
2006
Broken Narrative, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Vienna, Austria
2005
Want Sex, Beijing Art Now Gallery, Beijing The War Game, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
2004
Irony of Mistranslation, Michael Goedhuis, NY, USA
2002
Gallery 4A, Sydney, Australia
1999
Courtyard Gallery, Beijing
1994
Peg Alston Fine Arts, NY, USA1992 Vorpal Gallery, NY, USA
1991
The Unpainted Landscapes, Gutharc Balin Gallery, Paris, France
1990
Vorpal Gallery, NY, USA
1989
Via Del Moro 25/b, Rome, Italy
1987
Lavaggi Gallery, NY, USA Selected
Group Exhibitions：
2016
Self, Massimo De Carlo, London, UK
Our Painting, Yang Museum, Beijing, China
2015
Chinese Spirit- The Fourth Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, Chinese Academy of Oil Painting, Beijing; Tianjian Art Museum, Tianjin; Shangdong Art Museum, Jinan; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Xi’an Art Museum, Xi’an
The Civil Power- Beijing Minsheng Art Museum Opening Exhibition, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing
2014
About Painting, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Xi’an
2013
Paint(erly), BANK, Shanghai
2012
Pinellia, Aura Gallery, Beijing
2010
Demolition Milk Ⅱ, Kunst Im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, Germany
2009
Embrace Suzhou - Exhibition of the Chinese Contemporary Arts, Suzhou Museum, Suzhou
Guangzhou Triennale, Guangzhou, China
Yokohoma Triennale, Yokohoma, Japan
2008
Delirious Beijing, PKM Gallery, Beijing
Chinese Apartment Art: 1970s-1990s, Shuimu Art Space, Beijing
2007
Yi School: Thirty Years of ‘Abstract Art’ Preview in Beijing, Wall Art Museum, Beijing, China / Spain
Origin Point: ‘Star Group’ Retrospective Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Long March Project in Performa 07, New York, USA
A Point in the Red, Kashya Hilderbrand Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2006
Jiang Hu, Tilton Gallery, New York, USA
The Face of Contemporary Art in China, Virginia Beach Contemporary Museum of Art, Washington D.C., USA
San Paulo Biennial, Brazil
Asian Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia
2005
Contemporary Erotic Drawings, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
Connecticut / Diverse Works Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
David Diao and Gang Zhao, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong Yokohoma Triennale, Yokohoma, Japan
2004
Sunrise Sunset, Smack Mellon Gallery, NY, USA Silknet, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland Taipei Biennale, Taiwan Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Le Monie et la Demon – Chinese Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Lyon, France
2003
David Diao / Gang Zhao: at Mid Career, Asian American Arts Center/Chambers Fine Art, NY, USA
2002
Jessica Murray Projects, NY, USA
2001
Central Academy Gallery of Fine Art, Beijing
Wei Liu and Gang Zhao, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2000
Xing Xing Group Show, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1998
Salon 300, Williamsburg, NY, USA
David Lowe and Gang Zhao, Peng Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
1990
The Door, P,S,1, Institute of the Arts/Blum Helman Gallery, NY, USA
1989
The Stars: 10 Years, Festival d’Automne de Paris, Paris, France
1987
SUNY Albany Art Gallery, Albany, NY, USA
1986
Beijing / New York: Avant-Grade Chinese Art, Sharon Creative Arts Foundation, CT. USA / Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA / City Gallery, NY, USA
1980
Xing Xing (The Star), China Art Gallery, Beijing
1979
Xing Xing (The Star), Beihai Park, Beijing
2019
Zhao Gang: History Painting, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), USA
2017
Useless Things – Zhao Gang New Works, AYE Gallery, Beijing Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
2016
GANG ZHAO, Tilton Gallery, New York, USA
GANG ZHAO-Contemporary Chinese Painting, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologn, Germany
Zhao Gang: The Road to Serfdom II, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), Santiago, Chile
2015
Cocksucker Blues, BANK, Shanghai
Paramour’s Garden, Suzhou Museum, Suzhou
Zhao Gang: The Road to Serfdom, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
2014
Emperor and His… – Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition, AYE Gallery, Beijing
2013
The Khitans - Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition, Platform China, Beijing
Another Reality, Gallery LIN, Taipei
2012
Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition”, Wada Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2011
Sisyphus - Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition, Aura Gallery, Beijing
Sick Man – Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Burning the Wood: The Collection of Du Yuesheng - Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition, AYE Gallery, Beijing
2010
Gang Zhao, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
2009
Dance in Dream – Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition, Triumph Art Space, Beijing
2008
Painting of Zhao Gang, Hong Kong Art Center / Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
Gang Zhao, TSI Yi Space Gallery, Beijing
2007
Gang Zhao, Jack Tilton Gallery, NY, USA
Gang Zhao, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
Gang Zhao, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
Portrait Landscape Memory, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen
2006
Broken Narrative, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Vienna, Austria
2005
Want Sex, Beijing Art Now Gallery, Beijing The War Game, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
2004
Irony of Mistranslation, Michael Goedhuis, NY, USA
2002
Gallery 4A, Sydney, Australia
1999
Courtyard Gallery, Beijing
1994
Peg Alston Fine Arts, NY, USA1992 Vorpal Gallery, NY, USA
1991
The Unpainted Landscapes, Gutharc Balin Gallery, Paris, France
1990
Vorpal Gallery, NY, USA
1989
Via Del Moro 25/b, Rome, Italy
1987
Lavaggi Gallery, NY, USA Selected
Group Exhibitions：
2016
Self, Massimo De Carlo, London, UK
Our Painting, Yang Museum, Beijing, China
2015
Chinese Spirit- The Fourth Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, Chinese Academy of Oil Painting, Beijing; Tianjian Art Museum, Tianjin; Shangdong Art Museum, Jinan; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Xi’an Art Museum, Xi’an
The Civil Power- Beijing Minsheng Art Museum Opening Exhibition, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing
2014
About Painting, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Xi’an
2013
Paint(erly), BANK, Shanghai
2012
Pinellia, Aura Gallery, Beijing
2010
Demolition Milk Ⅱ, Kunst Im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, Germany
2009
Embrace Suzhou - Exhibition of the Chinese Contemporary Arts, Suzhou Museum, Suzhou
Guangzhou Triennale, Guangzhou, China
Yokohoma Triennale, Yokohoma, Japan
2008
Delirious Beijing, PKM Gallery, Beijing
Chinese Apartment Art: 1970s-1990s, Shuimu Art Space, Beijing
2007
Yi School: Thirty Years of ‘Abstract Art’ Preview in Beijing, Wall Art Museum, Beijing, China / Spain
Origin Point: ‘Star Group’ Retrospective Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Long March Project in Performa 07, New York, USA
A Point in the Red, Kashya Hilderbrand Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2006
Jiang Hu, Tilton Gallery, New York, USA
The Face of Contemporary Art in China, Virginia Beach Contemporary Museum of Art, Washington D.C., USA
San Paulo Biennial, Brazil
Asian Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia
2005
Contemporary Erotic Drawings, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
Connecticut / Diverse Works Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
David Diao and Gang Zhao, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong Yokohoma Triennale, Yokohoma, Japan
2004
Sunrise Sunset, Smack Mellon Gallery, NY, USA Silknet, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland Taipei Biennale, Taiwan Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Le Monie et la Demon – Chinese Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Lyon, France
2003
David Diao / Gang Zhao: at Mid Career, Asian American Arts Center/Chambers Fine Art, NY, USA
2002
Jessica Murray Projects, NY, USA
2001
Central Academy Gallery of Fine Art, Beijing
Wei Liu and Gang Zhao, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2000
Xing Xing Group Show, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1998
Salon 300, Williamsburg, NY, USA
David Lowe and Gang Zhao, Peng Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
1990
The Door, P,S,1, Institute of the Arts/Blum Helman Gallery, NY, USA
1989
The Stars: 10 Years, Festival d’Automne de Paris, Paris, France
1987
SUNY Albany Art Gallery, Albany, NY, USA
1986
Beijing / New York: Avant-Grade Chinese Art, Sharon Creative Arts Foundation, CT. USA / Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA / City Gallery, NY, USA
1980
Xing Xing (The Star), China Art Gallery, Beijing
1979
Xing Xing (The Star), Beihai Park, Beijing
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