Gao Lei
Born 1980 in Changsha, China. Lives and works in Beijing and Shanghai.
EDUCATION
2002
B.A., Digital Media Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Gao Lei: OH! And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, White Space, Beijing
2017
Gao Lei, Asia Art Center Taipei ll, Taipei
Gao Lei: Enzyme of Trial, Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2016
Gao Lei: Wilderness, White Space Beijing, Beijing
2014
Gao Lei: Windowsky, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei
Gao Lei, Arario Gallery, Shanghai
2013
Gao Lei: CARRIER, White Space Beijing, Beijing
2012
Gao Lei: Projections, Arario Gallery, Seoul
2011
Gao Lei: The Principle, White Space Beijing, Beijing
2008
Objec(ts)pace - Photography Works by Gao Lei, Aye Gallery, Beijing
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Per-Form, M50, Shanghai
Night is the Shadow of the Earth, Wind H Art Center, Beijing
Feel the Impact of Nature on the Soul, Caiyunli Art Center, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Where Wood Stands, P.art Group & P.art Lab, Shanghai
A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place, Blunt Society, Shanghai
2021
Futurism of the Past - Contemplating the Past and Future in Chinese Contemporary Art, Beijing Exhibition Center, Beijing
Red, TANK Shanghai, Shanghai, China
The Unbearable Blue of Being, neXtlab, Shanghai
Tangle of Revolution and Political Soul, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai
Parallel Universes: Parafacts and Parafictions, Design Republic, Shanghai
2020
Being of Evils, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
2019
The Racing Will Continue, Times Museum, Guangzhou, China
Pal(ate)ette, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai
A White Space Odyssey, White Space Beijing, Beijing
A Strong Wind in Beijing, Arario Gallery Cheonan, Cheonan-si, Korea
Hic Sunt Leones, Surplus Space, Wuhan, China
Exchange Value, BANK, Shanghai
2018
After Sunset, Galerie Liusa Wang, Paris
On Paper 2, White Space Beijing, Beijing
Art Patrons, Qiao Space, Shanghai
2017
A Catalyst for Contemporary Culture in China, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
All Happens After Sunset, The Museum of Contemporary Art Pavilion, Shanghai
Voice of Asia, Arario Gallery, Shanghai
2016
Turning Point: Contemporary Art in China Since 2000, Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
The Decameron - BMCA Documenting Art, Red Brick Yard in Caochangdi, Beijing
New voices: a dslcollection story, Klein Sun Gallery, New York
We, A Community of Chinese Contemporary Artists, chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai
Over the Wall, Paintings Tempted by Installation, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing
ACROSS THE DIVIDE, Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery, London
2015
The Reality Representation of Chinese Young Art, Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
Editing the Spectacle: The Individual and Working Methods Post-Mediatization, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
2014
Present-ing Recital Louder than Paint, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai
MEMO II, White Space Beijing, Beijing
2013
Criss - Cross: Artworks of Young Chinese Contemporary Artists from Long Collection, Long Museum, Shanghai
MEMO I, White Space Beijing, Beijing
2012
A City of Others, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei
2011
Start from the Horizon - Chinese Contemporary Sculpture Since 1978, Si Shang Art Museum, Beijing
DAS ICH IM ANDEREN, Mercator Foundation, Essen, Germany
Options, Li Space, Beijing
Daybreak, Arario Gallery, Cheonan and Beijing
Almost Tangible, Arario Gallery, Beijing
2010
Beijing Time/La Hora de China, Matadero Madrid Contemporary Art Center, Madrid
Absolute Distance, White Space Beijing, Beijing
Wasabi - Exhibition of Young Contemporary Artists, Li Space, Beijing
The Pavilion of Realism - International Contemporary Art, Other Gallery, Beijing
2009
The Second Reality - Chinese Contemporary Art, National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Meridian International Center, Washington DC
Chinetik, Museum Jean Tinguely, Basel
Future Together - Nomination Exhibition, Arario Gallery, Beijing
2008
China’s ReVision - Chinese Contemporary Art, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
Accelerate: Chinese Contemporary Art, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Butterfly Dream - Shanghai MoCA Envisage II, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai
Whatever - Chinese Young Artists, I-MYU Projects, London
The Evolution of Concept - the Past and the Future of Chinese Conceptual Photography, 798 Space, Beijing
Hanging in the Sky Drifting on Surface, Linda Gallery, Beijing
2007
Floating - Modern Chinese Art Exhibition in Commemoration between Korea and China, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
2006
Yokohama International New Media Art Festival, Yokohama
2005
New Beijing New Life, Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing; Korea NABI Art Center, Seoul
Project Sound and City, British Council China, Beijing
The Line of Flight - Second International New Media Art Exhibition, China Millennium Monument, Beijing
Ten Eras Ten Colors, Soka Art Center, Beijing
2003
Second Independent Visual Art of Youth, 22FILM, Beijing
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Museum Jean Tinguely, Basel
Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
Long Museum, Shanghai
Arario Museum, Seoul
dslcollection, Paris
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2019
Roots of Clouds Adrift - Temporality: OCAT Nanjing Public Art Project 2019, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal Nanjing Qixia Exhibition Site, Nanjing, China