Zhong Biao

Zhong Biao (b. 1968, Chongqing, China) is a leading figure in Chinese contemporary painting. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, now China Academy of Art, in 1991, and is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute.

Zhong’s paintings bring together precisely rendered figures, fragments of contemporary life, historical references and sweeping abstract forms. Images drawn from different places and moments collide across the canvas, creating dynamic visual fields in which reality appears to dissolve and reassemble. Through these layered compositions, the artist explores time, space, memory and the invisible forces underlying the material world.

His work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions across Asia, Europe and the United States, and is represented in institutional collections including the M+ Sigg Collection, Guangdong Museum of Art, Shanghai Art Museum, Singapore Art Museum and Gwangju Museum of Art.

 

Biography

Born
1968, Chongqing, China
Education
1991, BFA, Oil Painting Department, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Art)
Academic Position
Professor and doctoral supervisor, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute

Solo Exhibitions

2026
Exploring the Four Wilds: Zhong Biao’s Artistic Universe, One Art Museum, Beijing
2020
Revelation: Zhong Biao’s Visual Imagery, United Art Museum, Wuhan
Zhong Biao: Revelation, Osthaus Museum Hagen and Kunstraum Villa Friede, Bonn
2018
Seeing Yungang Grottoes through the Hole, Yungang Grottoes, Datong
2016
The Other Shore, Klein Sun Gallery, New York
2013
The Universe of Unreality, Venice
Tailoring Clouds: Zhong Biao’s 15-Day Museum, Suzhou Art Museum
2011
Reflected on Air, Frey Norris, San Francisco

Group Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 — Here and Now: Memor Contemporary Artist Invitational Exhibition, Memor Museum
2021 — Sanbao International Ceramic Valley, Jingdezhen
2004 — The 10th National Art Exhibition, China

Collections

Public & Institutional Collections
M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju

Awards

Selected Awards and Honours
2020 — IES Illumination Award of Merit
2019 — China Lighting Award
2016 — Chinese Artist of the Year, Robb Report
2010 — Chinese Creative Artist of the Year
2004 — Excellence Award, 10th National Art Exhibition

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