Gao Qiang
1962 Born in Jinan, China

Gao Zhen
1956 Born in Jinan, China


education

The Gao Brothers are a pair of artist brothers based in Beijing, the 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", who have been collaborating on installation, performance, photography works and writing since the mid-1980s. Some of their works were published in "A History Of China Modern Art", "China Avant-garde Photography", "The Best Photography Of China", etc. and collected by Chinese and foreign people and museums.


solo Exhibitions

2010 – “Gao Brothers’ Painting Exhibition”, China Art Archives and Warehouse, Beijing
2010 - “The Gao Brothers: Grandeur and Catharsis”,  Kemper Museum of Contrmporary Art, Kansas City, USA
2008 – “Sense of Space”, Galerie Art Mur, Montreal, Canada
2008 – “Some Space for Humanity: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition”, ifa gallery, Shanghai, China
2008 - "The Gao Brothers", Vallois Gallery, Paris, France
2007 - "The Gao Brothers", Albert Benamou Gallery, Paris, France
2007 - "The Gao Brothers", Limn Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2007 - "The Utopia of 20 Minutes Embrace", Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
2007 - "Another World: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition", Arles Photo Festival, France
2007 - "The Gao Brothers", Box Art Gallery, Verona, Italy
2007 - "The High Place: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition", Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
2006 - "Miss Mao: Gao Brothers' Sculpture and Photography Exhibition", Krampf/Pei Gallery, New York
2006 - "One and Together: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition", Moscow House of Photography - Gallery on Solyanka, Moscow
2006 - "The passage of Time: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition" La Galerie Guislain Etats d' Art, Paris
2006 - "The Utopia of Hugging", London, Nottingham, Marseilles
2006 - "Trope of Body: Gao Brothers' Photography Exhibition", Beijing New Art Projects, Beijing
2005 - "One Abandoned Building’s Visual Story" — Photography, Beijing New Art Projects, China
2002 - "A Dinner With The Homeless People" - Performance, Jinan, China
2001 - "Embrace: Gao Brothers' New Works", Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
2000 - "Fuse: Gao Brothers' Photography", Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China
1995 - "The End of Mankind: Gao Brothers', Installations, Jinan Painting Institute, China


group exhibitions

2011 - "Enquête n°1", artparis+guests, ifa gallery booth, Paris, France
2010 - "Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu Culture and Art Center, Daegu, Korea
2010 - "Intramoenia Extra Art Mirages”, Alfonso’s Castle of Brindisi, Italy
2010 - "Reshaping History: China Art from 2000 to 2009”, National Conference Center, Beijing, China
2010 - "State of the Dao: Chinese Contemporary Art”, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, USA
2010 - "Hot Bed: Shandong Contemporary Art”, Sunshine International Museum, Beijing, China
2009 - "Vancouer Biennale”, Vancouver, Canada
2009 - "Action-Camera, Beijing Performance Photography”, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2009 - "Made in China”, the Museum of New Art (MONA), Detroit, USA
2009 - "The Very Condition”, Wall Art Museum, Beijing, China
2009 - "Contact Photo Festival” Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
2009 - "Between the Sexes”, Paris Beijing Photo Gallery, Beijing, China
2009 - "Xun Dao: Searching for Spirituality in Contemporary Chinese Art”, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, USA
2008 - "Mahjong, Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection”, The Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, USA
2008 - "The 2008 Foto Fest, 12th International Photography Biennial, Houston, USA
2008 - "China…Forward", TSUM, Moscow
2007 - "Chinese Aroma-Huantie Times Chinese Art Invitation Exhibition", Huan Tie Times Art, Beijing
2007 - "Made in Beijing: China Contemporary Art", Modern Art Museum of Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
2007 - "China Under Construction: Contemporary Art from the People’s Republic", Beborah Colton Gallery, Houston, USA
2007 - "The Exhibition Of Chinese Contemporary Social Art", The State Tretyakov Museum, Moscow
2006 - "Ten Chinese Avant-garde Photographers ", Asia Art Center, Beijing.
2006 - "Photography of Gao Brothers, Matteo Basile and Raimondo Galeano", il ponte contemporanea, Rome
2006 - "Miss Mao", Black List Projects, London
2006 - "Between Art and Architecture", 798 Avant Gallery, New York.USA
2006 - "Beijing-Soldiers at the Gates", Factory 798, Dashanzi Art District, Beijing
2006 - "The First Annual Exhibition Of Chinese Contemporary Art", China Century Altar, Beijing, China
2006 - "My Space, Your Space", Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
2006 - "Brothers", Xin Dong Chen Space For Contemporary Art, Beijing
2006 - "Ruins", Inova Art Center, Peckschool of Art, University of Wisconsion, Milwaukee, USA
2006 - "Field OF VIision: Beijing", Beijing New Art Projects, Beijing
2006 - "Post Electronic Image", MUSTBE Contemporary Art Center, Beijing
2006 - "5×7 Frame Decide the Attitude" Exhibition in Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
2006 - "Photographing China", The Circumvallation Site of Ming Dynasty, Beijing
2006 - "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
2005 - "Field OF VIision: Extremes", The Institute for New Media, Frankfurt, Germany
2005 - "The Gesture. Visual Library in progress", Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
2005 - "Tian An Men - Tian An Men - Gate to Heaven", Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005 - "A UTOPIA OF THE VISIBLE: 13 Outstanding Art Photographers In China", Beijing New Art Projects, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
2005 - "Placed in China", Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA.
2005 - "The Flower in th Ruin:Contemporary Image Exhibition", Niu Fang Depot, Macau
2005 - "Unlimit: Gao Brothers, Huang Yan & Zhang Tiemei's Computerized Photography", Beijing New Art Projects, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
2005 - "The City in 360 Degrees: French and Chinese Photographers in China", Beijing New Art Projects, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
2005 - "China Avant-Garde: Contemporary Chinese Art", ARENA, Santa Monica, USA
2005 - "Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China", Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK
2005 - "China Avant-Garde:Contemporary Chinese Art", ARENA, Santa Monica, USA
2005 - "Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China", Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
2005 - "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
2005 - "Start To Fly: He Xiangning Art Museum OCAT Contemporary art Collection", He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2005 - "Vehicle and Mirror Image", Beijing New Art Projects", Beijing, China
2005 - "Forge The Fable", MUST BE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, Beijing, China
2005 - "SCRATCH-OR China-Singapore Digital Image Art Exhibition", Beijing New Art Projects, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
2005 - "2005 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
2004 - " Tiananmen", Chinese Eyes Gallery, Paris
2004 - "Design the marble – 40 international artists in Carrara", Carrara, Italy
2003 - The 2nd International Photo Festival of Rome". L' Officina, Rome, Italy
2003 - "Chinese Art Today", China Century Altar, Beijing
2002 - "The First Triennial Of Chinese Arts". Guangzhou Art Museum. China
2001 - "The 5th Los Angeles International Biennale", Bergamot Station Arts Center, LA, USA
2001 - "The First Tirana Biennale", National Gallery & Chinese Pavilion, Albania
2001 - "Nice International Photography Festival: Chinese Album", Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice, France
2001 - "Mao Y'a Pas Photo", the Espace d' Art Contemporain of La Rochelle, Paris
2000 - "China Avant-garde Artists' Documents”, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
2000 - "Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups from the MCAF collection", BIZART, Shanghai, China
2000 - "China Avant-garde Artists Documents", Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
1999 - "The 2nd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture", Shenzhen, China
1999 - "The Documentary Exhibition of World Chinese Installation Art", Hong Kong Art Commune
1992 - "Guangzhou Biennale", Guangzhou, China
1989 - "China Avant-Garde", China National Art Museum, Beijing, China
1985 - "Shandong Modern Art Exhibition", Jinan, China