Gang Zhao was an early participant in the controversial avant-garde Stars Group that showed in Beijing in the 1970s when the artist was still less than twenty years old. Educated in Holland and the United States, Zhao's work combines both Eastern and Western influences and encompasses elements and sensibilities from both worlds to explore his world view. Zhao has continued to paint increasingly poignant figurative works that are at once lyrical and based on intellectual roots. Zhao was born in Peking, China in 1961. He lived for over twenty years in the United States, moving back to Beijing in 2006. He attended the State Academy of Fine Art, Maastricht, Holland, and Vassar and Bard Colleges. He has exhibited widely in China and Europe as well as in the US. Museum exhibitions include those at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile, the Suzhou Museum, Suzhou, China, the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China, and the He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China, among others. He currently lives and works in Beijing.
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