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Gao Brothers
Gao Zhen 1956 Born in Jinan,China

Gao Qiang 1962 Born in Jinan,China

he 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.



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Gesture, 2003



The Gao Brothers in Tokyo, 2008



Gao Brothers 20 People Hired To Hug, 2001



The Forever Unfinished Building No.4, 2008



Gao Brothers Goodbye Tiananmen, 120 X 150cm, 2007



Square, 2007



Body Trate, 2005, photograph, 100×67cm



Digital Portrait, 2005, oil on canvas, 80×80cm



Echo No.2, 2002, photograph, 100×67cm



Youth, 2001, photograph, 100×83cm



Plan of Outer space No.1, 2000



Fnag Zhou No.2, 2000, photograph, 150×123cm



Catching Prostitute, sculpture



Prophecy, 1999, sculpture



The Presentiment of Thaw, 1996



Mass in the Midnight, 1989, installation

Exhibition list
Solo Exhibitions:

2008
The Gao Brothers,Vallois Gallery,Paris,France

2007
The Gao Brothers, Albert Benamou Gallery, Paris.France.
The Gao Brothers, Limn Gallery, San Francisco.USA.
The Utopia of 20 Minutes Embrace, Brandenburg Gate,Berlin.Germany.
Another World: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition, Arles Photo Festival,France.
The Gao Brothers, Boxart Gallery,Verona,Italy.
The High Place: Gao Brothers Photography and Sculpture Exhibition”, Beijing New Art Projects,Beijing.China.
The Miserable Prostitutes: Gao Brothers Painting and Sculpture Exhibition,Gao Brothers Center For Contemporary Art,Beijing,China.
From China with Love: Gao Brothers Photography and Sculpture Exhibition, Walsh Gallery, Chicago,USA.

2006
Miss Mao: Gao Brothers Sculpture and Photography Exhibition, Krampf/Pei Gallery,New York.USA.
One and Together: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition,Moscow House of Photography - Gallery on Solyanka,Moscow,Russia
The passage of Time: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition, La Galerie Guislain Etats d’ Art, Paris,France.
The Utopia of Hugging, London, Nottingham, Marseilles.
Trope of Body: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition, Beijing New Art Projects,Beijing,China.

2005
One Abandoned Building’s Visual Story—Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition, Beijing New Art Projects,Beijing,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 Exhibition

2008
China…Forward, TSUM,Moscow.

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
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
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
The Documentary Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Chengdu,China.
International Fax Art Exhibition, Shanghai.China

1992
Guangzhou Biennale, Guangzhou, China

1989
China Avant-Garde, China National Art Museum, Beijing, China.

1985
Shandong Modern Art Exhibition, Jinan, China.

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