Gao Brothers
biography

Gao Qiang
1962 Born in Jinan, China

Gao Zhen
1956 Born in Jinan, China

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.



SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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2007
 "The Gao Brothers", Box Art Gallery, Verona, Italy

"The High Place: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition", Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA.
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2006
"Miss Mao: Gao Brothers' Sculpture and Photography Exhibition", Krampf/Pei Gallery, New York

"One and Together: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition", Moscow House of Photography - Gallery on Solyanka, Moscow

"The passage of Time: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition"
  La Galerie Guislain Etats d' Art, Paris

"The Utopia of Hugging", London, Nottingham, Marseilles

"Trope of Body: Gao Brothers' Photography Exhibition", Beijing New Art Projects, Beijing
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2005
"One Abandoned Building’s Visual Story" — Photography, Beijing New Art Projects, China
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2002
"A Dinner With The Homeless People" - Performance, Jinan, China
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2001
"Embrace: Gao Brothers' New Works", Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
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2000
"Fuse: Gao Brothers' Photography", Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China
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1995
"The End of Mankind: Gao Brothers', Installations, Jinan Painting Institute, China

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2007
"The Exhibition Of Chinese Contemporary Social Art", The State Tretyakov Museum,Moscow.
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2006
"Ten Chinese Avant-garde Photographers ", Asia Art Center, Beijing.

"Photography of Gao Brothers, Matteo Basile and Raimondo Galeano", IL PONTE CONTEMPORANEA, Rome

"Miss Mao", Black List 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

"5×7 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
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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

"2005 Pingyao International Photograpy Exhibition", Pingyao, China
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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
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2003
The 2nd International Photo Festival of Rome". L' Officina, Rome, Italy

"Chinese Art Today", China Century Altar, Beijing
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2002
"The First Triennial Of Chinese Arts". Guangzhou Art Museum. China
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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", Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice, France

"Mao Y'a Pas Photo", the Espace d' Art Contemporain of La Rochelle, Paris
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2000
"China Avant-garde Artists' Documents”, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan

"Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups from the MCAF collection", BIZART, Shanghai, China

"China Avant-garde Artists Documents", Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
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1999
"The 2nd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture", Shenzhen, China

"The Documentary Exhibition of World Chinese Installation Art", Hong Kong Art Commune
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1992
"Guangzhou Biennale", Guangzhou, China
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1989
"China Avant-Garde", China National Art Museum, Beijing, China
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1985
"Shandong Modern Art Exhibition", Jinan, China