Walsh Gallery

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, 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

2008
  • Sense of Space, Galerie Art Mur, Montrel,Canada
  • Some Space for Humanity: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition, LAF gallery, Shanghai
  • The Gao Brothers, Vallois Gallery, Paris France
  • The Utopia of Consturction, Gao Brothers Center for  Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
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.
  • "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
2005
  • One Abandoned Building’s Visual Story—Gao Brothers Phtography Exhibition, Beijing New Art Projects
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

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007
  • "The Exhibition Of Chinese Contemporary Social Art", The State Tretyakov Museum,Moscow.
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
  • "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
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
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
2002
  • "The First Triennial Of Chinese Arts". Guangzhou Art Museum. China
2001
  • "The 5th Los Angeles International Biennale", Bergamot Station Arts Center, LAÅCUSA
  • 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
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
1999
  • "The 2nd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture", Shenzhen, China
  • 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

Selected Bibliography