Song Dong was born in 1966, Beijing, China. He attended the Capitol Normal University in Beijing in 1985 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1989. He had his first solo exhibition at the Culture Palace in Beijing in 1992 called 'Show of Oil Paintings'. He has continued to exhibit in several solo exhibitions in London, Los Angeles, Newcastle, Vancouver, and Sydney, most notably at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He has emerged from a strong Chinese avant-garde performing arts community and developed into a significant contemporary art figure in the progression of Chinese conceptual art. His work, which is often in collaboration with his wife and fellow Chinese artist, Yin Xiuzhen, ranges from performance and video to photography and sculpture. Song explores notions of impermanence and the transience of human endeavor. He currently lives and works in Beijing.
