Zhao Yao was born in Sichuan province in 1981. He graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2004, and currently lives and works in Beijing. His solo shows were held at Beijing Commune, Beijing (2018, 2016, 2012, 2011), Pace Gallery, Hong Kong (2015), Pace Gallery, London (2013), Taikang Space (Beijing, 2010). His works have also been exhibited at various museums and institutes including the Asia Triennial Manchester (2014); Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai (2019); OCT Contemporary Art Terminal Shanghai, Shanghai (2018); OCT Contemporary Art Terminal Shanghai Beijing, Beijing (2018); Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi (2017); KWM Artcenter, Beijing (2017); Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Beijing (2017, 2014); Mingsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (2016); Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, UK (2016); Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing (2016, 2015); San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio (2015); Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (2015); Rubell Family Collection, Miami (2013); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2014); chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai (2014); the Whitechapel Gallery, London (2015); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2014); Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe (2013); PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv (2013); Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2013); Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan (2012); Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Australia (2011); Taikang Space, Beijing (2011); Tate Modern Museum (2010); Para/Site, Hong Kong (2010); Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai (2010); Today Art Museum, Beijing (2010); and Nanjing Museum, Nanjing (2005),

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