Gao Brothers     高兄弟

Gao Zhen, Born in Jinan in 1956 and
Gao Qiuang, born in Jinan in 1962

The Gao Brothers are a pair of artist brothers based in Beijing, the authors of several published works, including“How Far Can You Walk in One Day in Beijing”, “The Current State Of Chinese Avant-Garde Art” and “The Report Of Art Environment”, who have been collaborating on installation, performance, photography works and writing since the mid1980s.Some of their works were published in “A History Of China Modern Art”,” China Avant-garde Photography”, “The Best Photography Of China”,etc,and collected by Chinese and foreign people and museums.
 

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2008
China…Forward, TSUM,Moscow.

The Gao Brothers,Vallois Gallery,Paris,France (Solo)
2007

The Gao Brothers, Albert Benamou Gallery, Paris.France. (Solo)
The Gao Brothers, Limn Gallery, San Francisco.USA. (Solo)
The Utopia of 20 Minutes Embrace, Brandenburg Gate,Berlin.Germany. (Solo)
Another World: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition, Arles Photo Festival,France. (Solo)
The Gao Brothers, Boxart Gallery,Verona,Italy. (Solo)
The High Place: Gao Brothers Photography and Sculpture Exhibition”, Beijing New Art Projects,Beijing.China. (Solo)
The Miserable Prostitutes: Gao Brothers Painting and Sculpture Exhibition,Gao Brothers Center For Contemporary Art,Beijing,China. (Solo)
From China with Love: Gao Brothers Photography and Sculpture Exhibition, Walsh Gallery, Chicago,USA. (Solo)
Chinese Aroma-Huantie Times Chinese Art Invitation Exhibition, Huan Tie Times Art,Beijing
Made in Beijing: China Contemporary Art, Modern Art Museum of Hongik University,Seoul,Korea.
China Under Construction: Contemporary Art from the People’s Republic,Beborah Colton Gallery, Houston,USA.
Exhibition Of Chinese Contemporary Social Art, The State Tretyakov Museum,Moscow,Russia.
The Photographs of the Performance in China, Ying Art Center,Beijing,China
Dragon’s Evolution,China Square Art Center,,New York,USA.
Breathe: Shandong Contemporary Art Exhibition,Shandong Museum,Jinan,China.
2006

Miss Mao: Gao Brothers Sculpture and Photography Exhibition, Krampf/Pei Gallery,New York.USA. (Solo)
One and Together: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition,Moscow House of Photography - Gallery on Solyanka,Moscow,Russia (Solo)
The passage of Time: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition, La Galerie Guislain Etats d’ Art, Paris,France. (Solo)
The Utopia of Hugging, London, Nottingham, Marseilles. (Solo)
Trope of Body: Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition, Beijing New Art Projects,Beijing,China. (Solo)
Ten Chinese Avant-garde Photographers, Asia Art Center,Beijing.
Photography of Gao Brothers,Matteo Basile and Raimondo Galeano, IL PONTE CONTEMPORANEA,Rome
MissMao, Black Projects,London
Between Art and Architecture,798 Avant Gallery, New York.USA
Beijing-Soldiers at the Gates, Factory 798 Dashanzi Art District ,Beijing
The First Annual Exhibition Of Chinese Contemporary Art, China Century Altar,Beijing,China.
My Space, Your Space, Walsh Gallery, Chicago,USA.
Brothers, Xin Dong Chen Space For Contemporary Art,Beijing
Ruins,Inova Art Center,Peckschool of Art,University of Wisconsion,Milwaukee,USA
Field OF VIision:Beijing, Beijing New Art Projects,Beijing
Post Electronic Image, MUSTBE Contemporary Art Center,Beijing
5×7 Frame Decide the Attitude Exhibition in Pingyao International photography Festival,Pingyao,China
“Photographing China”,The circumvallation site of Ming Dynasty, Beijing
"Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China",Santa Barbara Museum of Art,USA

2005
“One Abandoned Building’s Visual Story—Gao Brothers Photography Exhibition”,Beijing New Art Projects (Solo)
“The Second Reality:Photographs From China”,Piazza of Berlaymont building,European Commission.Brussels, Belgium
“Field OF VIision:Extremes”,The Institute For New Media,Frankfurt,Germany
“The Gesture. Visual Library in progress”，Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
“China,Tiananmen”, Foam Photography Museum,Amsterdam, Netherlands
“A UTOPIA OF THE VISIBLE: 13 Outstanding Art Photographers In China”, Beijing New Art Projects, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
“The Flower in th Ruin:Contemporary Image Exhibition”,Niu Fang Depot,Macau
“Unlimit: Gao Brothers,Huang Yan & Zhang Tiemei’s Computerized Photography”, Beijing New Art Projects, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
"The City in 360 Degrees: French and Chinese Photographers in China”, ,Beijing New Art Projects, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
"China Avant-Garde:Contemporary Chinese Art", ARENA, Santa Monica, USA
"Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China", Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
"Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China",Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA
“Start To Fly: He Xiangning Art Museum OCAT Contemporary art Collection"，He Xiangning Art Museum,Shenzhen,China
"Vehicle and Mirror Image", Beijing New Art Projects", Beijing。
"SCRATCH-OR China-Singapore Digital Image Art Exhibition",Beijing New Art Projects, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
2004
"Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China", International Center of Photography and Asia Society, New York
"Tiananmen", Chinese Eyes Gallery, Paris
"Design the marble – 40 international artists in Carrara", Carrara, Italy
2003
"The 2nd International Photo Festival of Rome". L' Officina, Rome, Italy
"Chinese Art Today", China Century Altar,Beijing
2002
“A Dinner With The Homeless People”, performance, jinan, China (Solo)
"The First Triennial Of Chinese Arts". Guangzhou Art Museum. China
2001
"Embrace: Gao Brothers' New Works", Courtyard Gallery, Beijing China (Solo)
"The 5th Los Angeles International Biennale", Bergamot Station Arts Center, LA，USA
"The First Tirana Biennale", National Gallery & Chinese Pavilion, Albania
"Nice International Photography Festival: Chinese Album", the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice, France
"Mao Y'a Pas Photo", the Espace d' Art Contemporain of La Rochelle, Paris
2000
"Fuse: Gao Brothers' Photography", Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China (Solo)
"China Avant-garde Artists Documents”, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
"Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups from the MCAF collection"，BIZART，Shanghai, China
“China Avant-garde Artists Documents”,Fukuoka Art Museum,Japan
1999
"The 2nd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture", Shenzhen, China
"The Documentary Exhibition of World Chinese Installation Art", Hongkong Art Commune
1995
"The End of Mankind:Gao Brothers'Installations,Jinan Painting Institute,China (Solo)
1992
"Guangzhou Biennale", Guangzhou, China
1989
"China Avant-Garde", China National Art Museum, Beijing, China
1985
“Shandong Modern Art Exhibition”, Jinan, China

Selected Bibliography
“Gao Brothers”, The CourtYard Gallery Of Beijing,2001.
“Critical: A Series Of Great Crucifix & Other Works - Dialogue, Critical Discourse and Study on Gao Brothers’ Art”, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House Of China,1996.
“Conceptual Art: Deconstruction and Reconstruction”, Zhang Xiaoling, Jilin Fine Arts Publishing House of China, 1999
“Pop Art: Disruption and Continuity”, Sun Jin, Jilin Fine Arts Publishing House of China, 1999
“A History of China Modern Art 1979-1989”, Lu Peng and Yi Dan, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House of China, 1992
“90s Art China 1990-1999” Lu Peng, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House of China,2000
Review in “The New York Time”,October 29,2000,USA
Review in “World Fine Arts”, April, 1998,China
Review in “NY Arts”,Vol.10 no 5/6 May/June 2005,USA