Zhao Yao was born in Sichuan province in 1981 and graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2004. He currently lives and works in Beijing.
His solo exhibitions include "51 m2: 3# Zhao Yao" at Taikang Space (Beijing, 2010); "Zhao Yao: I Am Your Night" and "Zhao Yao: You Can't See Me, You Can't See Me" at Beijing Commune (Beijing, 2011 and 2012); "Spirit Above All" (London, 2013) and "A Painting of Thought" at (Hong Kong, 2015) at Pace Gallery; "The Power of Nature: A Ten Thousand Square Meter Painting in Beijing" at Workers Stadium (Beijing, 2018); "Signals from Heaven,Signals from Heaven" at Beijing Commune (Beijing, 2018).
Group exhibitions include Tate Modern, London (2010); Fremantle Arts Centre , Australia (2011); Rubell Family Collection, Miami (2013); Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan (2013); Pinchuk Art Centre, Ukraine (2013); ZKM Center, Germany (2013); UCCA, Beijing (2013); Boijmans Van Beuningen, Nederland (2014); "Inside China", Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2014); "Adventures of the Black Square", Whitechapel Gallery, London (2015); Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai (2019).
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Zhao YaoA Painting of Thought III-102B, 2023Acrylic on found fabric180 x 180 x 4.5 cm -
Zhao YaoA Bed Sheet from the Countryside, 2021PlasticDimensions Variable
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Zhao YaoA Painting of Thought I-282, 2020-2022Acrylic on found fabric180 x 180 x 6 cm
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Zhao YaoSignals from Heaven_Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me), 2018Sound, wood, nails, fabric, plastic film, text109 x 110 x 103 cm
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Zhao YaoOne Spirit 20181020, 2018Acrylic on found fabric50 x 50 cm
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Zhao YaoA Painting of Thought III-431, 2014Acrylic on found fabric120 x 120 cm
"Zhao Yao | Masanori Handa", Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, 2023
Photo: Kannichi Kanegae
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Point, Line, Plane
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Guo-Liang Tan, Zhao Yao 20 Jul - 24 Aug 2024 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Point, Line, Plane', a group exhibition featuring artists Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Guo-Liang Tan and Zhao Yao. The works of these...Read more -
Zhao Yao | Masanori Handa
Zhao Yao, Masanori Handa 25 Feb - 8 Apr 2023 TokyoOta Fine Arts is delighted to present a duo exhibition featuring Zhao Yao and Masanori Handa.Read more
Beijing-based artist Zhao Yao will showcase his work for the first time in Japan. In A Painting of Thought III-431 (2014), he visualizes the process of thinking by painting diagrams from business books onto a canvas. A tent in which Tibetan monks meditate in the mountains is imitated in Signals from Heaven – A Call to Men (2018). By playing TED Lectures which represent contemporary intelligence inside the tent, Zhao questions the concept of knowledge that is required in religion and the real world.
Masanori Handa, on the other hand, captures the places that appear as fissures between perception and reality. The four monitors placed around Zhao’s tent showcase Handa's first video work which was shown at the Hawai’i Triennial 2022. Composed of fixed-point videos of seascapes of Hawai’i and Japan, the work impresses with its abstract and poetic beauty through the use of artificial colours.
We invite all to explore the artworks of two artists from Japan and China who are re-examining what it means to know, to think, and to feel.
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West Bund Art & Design 2024
Booth A101 23 Oct 2024Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present artworks by Yayoi Kusama, Ay Tjoe Christine, Chen Wei, Maria Farrar, Mannat Gandotra, Hilmi Johandi, Tomoko Kashiki, Nobuaki...Read more -
ART SG 2024
Booth BB13 13 Jan 2024Ota Fine Arts will participate in 'ART SG 2024', from 18th to 21st January 2024. Ota Fine Arts is located at Booth BB13, presenting artworks...Read more -
West Bund Art & Design 2023
Booth A101 7 Nov 2023Ota Fine Arts will participate in 'West Bund Art & Design', from 9th to 12th November 2023. Ota Fine Arts is located at Booth A101,...Read more
