Gao Brothers

Gao Zhen 1956 Born in Jinan, China
Gao Qiang 1962 Born in Jinan, China

The Gao Brothers are a pair of artist brothers based in Beijing and authors of several published works, including“How Far Can You Walk in One Day in Beijing”, “The Current State Of Chinese Avant-Garde Art” and “The Report Of Art Environment”, They have been collaborating on installation, performance, sculpture, photography works and writing since the mid1980s. Some of their works were published in “A History Of China Modern Art”, ” China Avant-garde Photography”, “The Best Photography Of China”, etc, and is held in private and museums collections, such like He Xiangning Art Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, etc, in China and across the world.

Selected solo exhibitions

2008

Sense of Space. Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
Some Space for Humanity: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition,
Iaf Gallery, Shanghai.
The Gao Brothers, Vallois Gallery, Paris, France

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1995

Selected group exhibitions

2008

The 2008 Fotofest 12th International Photography Biennial, Houston.
China…Forward: China Contemporary Art, TSUM, Moscow.
Ah!We: Chinese Contemporary Art 1978-2008, China National Theater, Beijing

2007

Chinese Aroma-Huantie Times Chinese Art Invitation Exhibition, Huan Tie Times Art, Beijing
Made in Beijing: China Contemporary Art, Modern Art Museum of Hongik University, Seoul, Korea.
China Under Construction: Contemporary Art from the People’s Republic, Beborah Colton Gallery, Houston, USA.
Exhibition Of Chinese Contemporary Social Art, The State Tretyakov Museum, Moscow, Russia.
The Photographs of the Performance in China, Ying Art Center, Beijing, China
Dragon’s Evolution, China Square Art Center, New York, USA.
Breathe: Shandong Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shandong Museum, Jinan, China.

2006

Ten Chinese Avant-garde Photographers, Asia Art Center, Beijing.
Photography of Gao Brothers, Matteo Basile and Raimondo Galeano, IL PONTE CONTEMPORANEA, Rome
MissMao, Black Projects, London
Between Art and Architecture, 798 Avant Gallery, New York. USA
Beijing-Soldiers at the Gates, Factory 798 Dashanzi Art District, Beijing
The First Annual Exhibition Of Chinese Contemporary Art, China Century Altar, Beijing, China.
My Space, Your Space, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA.
Brothers, Xin Dong Chen Space For Contemporary Art, Beijing
Ruins, Inova Art Center, Peckschool of Art, University of Wisconsion, Milwaukee, USA
Field OF VIision: Beijing, Beijing New Art Projects, Beijing
Post Electronic Image, MUSTBE Contemporary Art Center, Beijing
5x7 Frame Decide the Attitude Exhibition in Pingyao International photography Festival, Pingyao, China
“Photographing China”, The circumvallation site of Ming Dynasty, Beijing
"Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China", Santa Barbara Museum of Art, USA

2005

The Second Reality: Photographs From China, Piazza of Berlaymont building, European Commission. Brussels, Belgium
Field OF VIision: Extremes, The Institute For New Media, Frankfurt, Germany
The Gesture. Visual Library in progress, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Tian An Men - Tian An Men - Gate to Heaven, Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
A UTOPIA OF THE VISIBLE: 13 Outstanding Art Photographers In China, Beijing New Art Projects, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
Placed in China, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA.
The Flower in th Ruin: Contemporary Image Exhibition, Niu Fang Depot, Macau
Unlimit: Gao Brothers, Huang Yan & Zhang Tiemei’s Computerized Photography, Beijing New Art Projects, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
The City in 360 Degrees: French and Chinese Photographers in China, Beijing New Art Projects, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
China Avant-Garde: Contemporary Chinese Art, ARENA, Santa Monica, USA
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK
China Avant-Garde: Contemporary Chinese Art, ARENA, Santa Monica, USA
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA
Start To Fly: He Xiangning Art Museum OCAT Contemporary art Collection, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Vehicle and Mirror Image, Beijing New Art Projects, Beijing, China
Forge The Fable, MUST BE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, Beijing, China
SCRATCH-OR China-Singapore Digital Image Art Exhibition, Beijing New Art Projects, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
Pingyao International Photograpy Exhibition, Pingyao, China

2004

Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, International Center of Photography and Asia Society, New York
Tiananmen, Chinese Eyes Gallery, Paris
Design the marble - 40 international artists in Carrara, Carrara, Italy

2003

The 2nd International Photo Festival of Rome". L' Officina, Rome, Italy
Chinese Art Today, China Century Altar, Beijing
SOHO Contemporary Art Exhibition, SOHO Street, Beijing
Bare Androgyny - A group show of Contemporary Art, 798 Art Community, Beijing

2002

The First Triennial Of Chinese Arts. Guangzhou Art Museum. China
Limits of Bodies, Shangrila, Beijing
“2002 Pingyao International Photograpy Exhibition”, Pingyao, China

2001

"The 5th Los Angeles International Biennale", Bergamot Station Arts Center, LA，USA
The First Tirana Biennale, National Gallery & Chinese Pavilion, Albania
Nice International Photography Festival: Chinese Album, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice, France
Mao Y'a Pas Photo, the Espace d' Art Contemporain of La Rochelle, Paris
Rotate 360 - Chinese Plan Art Exhibition, Paragold Int'I Art Centre, Shanghai

2000

China Avant-garde Artists Documents, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups from the MCAF collection, BIZART, Shanghai, China.
Family? ContemporaryArt Project, Yuexing International Furniture Center, Shanghai, China.
Man and Animal, performance show, Beijing, China.

1999

The 2nd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, Shenzhen, China.
The Documentary Exhibition of World Chinese Installation Art, Hongkong Art Commune, Hongkong.
The Picture and Writing Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Artists. Gallery of Nanjing Teachers University, China.
Out Of Control, Design Art Museum, Beijing, China.

1996

1992

1989

China Avant-Garde, China National Art Museum, Beijing, China.

1985

Selected Catalogues

2008

2007

2006

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1996