Biography
Born in 1983 in Chengdu, Sichuan province, Hao Liang studied at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and received a bachelor and a master of fine arts in Chinese painting. He lives and works in Beijing.
Hao Liang fuses tightly the exercise of his own perception and the practice in Chinese ink painting, not only does he dig into the investigations of the ontology of Chinese ink painting within its history, but also experience the reconstruction of surreal narratives from the survival of the present time. For Hao Liang, the process of practicing Chinese painting, is more than a journey that unites painting technique and life experience, it is also a reflection on the individual exploration of one's relationship with the world. The unique world view constructed through Chinese ink paintings enables him to traverse and reflect upon the past and future, while speculating time and space, perceiving and measuring anew the position of human itself within history and the universe.
Hao Liang’s recent solo exhibitions include Hao Liang: The Sad Zither, Gagosian, London, 2023; Hao Liang: Autumn Thoughts, Mirrored Gardens, Guangzhou, 2021; Hao Liang: Circular Pond, Aurora Museum, Shanghai, 2019; Hao Liang: The Virtuous Being, Mirrored Gardens, Guangzhou, 2016; Hao Liang: Eight Views of Xiaoxiang, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2016; Hao Liang: Aura as part of BACA Projects 2016 at Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, 2016. He has participated in international exhibitions and bienniales including: 目Chine-A new generation of artists, Center Pompidou, Paris, 2024; The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10), Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery, 2021; The Dream of the Museum, M+ Museum of Contemporary Culture, Hong Kong, 2021;Viva Arte Viva, 57th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 2017; Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Traditions of China, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2017; Collection of Centre Pompidou, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2017; Bentu, Chinese artists at a time of turbulence and transformation, Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2016.
Exhibitions & Projects
Hao Liang
11 June– 16 June, 2024
Art Basel | Basel, Basel
The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10)
04 Dec 2021 – 25 Apr 2022
Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
The Dream of the Museum
12 Nov 2021 – 18 Sep 2022
M+ Museum of Contemporary Culture, Hong Kong, China
Italian Renaissance Drawings: A Dialogue with China
3 Sep 2021 – 20 Feb 2022
This exhibition is a collaboration between the British Museum and M WOODS Museum, M Woods Museum, Beijing, China
Hao Liang: Autumn Thoughts
23 Jan – 30 May, 2021
Mirrored Gardens, Guangzhou, China
Hao Liang: Circular Pond
March 26 – July 21, 2019
Aurora Museum, Shanghai
Tracing the Past and Shaping the Future, Powerlong Museum Inaugural Exhibition
18 Nov 2017—17 Apr 2018
Powerlog Museum, Shanghai
Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Traditions of China
26 Aug 2017—6 Jan 2019
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Texture of Time - The Artwork Exhibition of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
8 June—18 June 2017
National Art Museum of China, Beijing
Viva Arte Viva - 57th International Art Exhibition
13 May—26 Nov 2017
57th La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
Hao Liang: Aura, BACA Projects 2016
25 Nov 2016 – 11 June 2017
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
Hao Liang: Eight Views of Xiaoxiang
4 Nov 2016 – 8 Jan 2017
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
Hao Liang: The Virtuous Being
3 Sept – 27 Nov 2016
Mirrored Gardens, Guangzhou
Painting as Strait Gate: Post-80s Artists Invitation Exhibition
26 Aug – 24 Sept 2016
Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
Mountain Sites: Views of Laoshan
5 June – 5 Oct 2016
Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing
Bentu, Chinese artists at a time of turbulence and transformation
27 Jan – 2 May 2016
Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris
Vitamin at FIAC 2014
22 – 26 Oct 2014
FIAC(Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain) 2014, Paris, France