Zhao Gang was born in Beijing in 1961, as one of the earliest and most consistent proponents of the Chinese avant-garde, Zhao Gang has never stopped re-inventing himself. The youngest member of the Stars Group in the late seventies and early eighties, he subsequently went on to study, live, and work in New York as a banker, publisher, filmmaker and artist. Zhao Gang’s multifaceted work and audacious persona have helped deem him godfather of “bad painting” in China.
His recent exhibitions include: Domestic Anxiety, Long Museum (West Bund), Shanghai(2021); Chinese Eastern Railway: Zhao Gang, Long March Space, Beijing(2020); Zhao Gang 21st: Supports/Colorlumps as Anthropography of History, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei(2020); Zhao Gang: History Painting, Pérez Art Museum, Miami(2019); Zhao Gang: Acquiring Identity, Long March Space, Beijing(2018); The Road to Serfdom II, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile(2016); Paramour’s Garden, Suzhou Museum, Suzhou(2015); Zhao Gang: The Road to Serfdom, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China(2015)
