BIOGRAPHY
Liang Hao (b. 1988, Guangdong Province) currently lives and works in Shanghai. He graduated from the Painting Department of the Academy of Arts and Design at Tsinghua University, Beijing, in 2012. His practice focuses on painting while extending to other media. He is interested in the dynamics between the hand, gaze and mind, reconsidering the technicality of the hand and the affects that flow through it by constructing illusions of technical production and making references to images in art history or texts.
His recent solo exhibitions include: Doubled Bifurcation (He Art Museum, Guangdong 2023); Gesture and Speech (BANK/MABSOCIETY, Shanghai, 2023); Present, Again (Line Gallery, Beijing, 2022); Unfolding into the Expanse (10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, 2020); A Kind of Gaze (Line Gallery, Shanghai, 2019); Image and Hunting Ground (Line Gallery, Beijing, 2017). His work has been exhibited in worldwide institutions that include: Art OMI, New York; Daechumoo Fine Art, Korea; ASE Foundation, Shanghai; He Art Museum, Guangdong; MinSheng Art Museum, Shanghai; Today Art Museum, Beijing; Offshore Project Space, Iceland; CAFA Art Museum, Beijing. His past artist residencies include: Art OMI International Artist Residency (New York, 2016); Island Iceland Offshore Project (Seydisfjordur, 2015).His award nominations include: John Moores Painting Prize (2018,2016).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Melan+Khole. Frieze LA 2025. Los Angles. US
2023 Doubled Bifurcation. He Art Museum. Guangdong. China
2023 Gesture and Speech. BANK/MABSOCIETY. Shanghai. China
2022 Present, Again. Line Gallery. Beijing. China
2020 Unfolding into the Expanse. 10 Chancery Lane Gallery. Hong Kong. China
2019 A Kind of Gaze. Line Gallery. Shanghai. China
2017 Image and Hunting Ground. Line Gallery. Beijing. China
SOLO PROJECTS
2021 A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever. postpost. Beijing. China
2019 A Painting. PLATE showcase. Beijing. China
2016 Art OMI OPEN. OMI. New York. US
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 The Cloud Catcher. Perrotin. Shanghai. China
2024
Reflections: Surface and Substance. Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center. Newport News. VA. US
A Cloud in Trousers. West Bund Museum. Shanghai, China
Embodied Rituals. Times Museum. Guangdong. China
2023
By Virtue of Situated Compromise. ASE Foundation. Shanghai. China
TORSION FIELD. TORSION FIELD/ Mstudio. Beijing. China
2022
The Spring Breeze in February. Line Gallery. Beijing. China
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place. Yuan Museum. Beijing. China
2021
IT’S A JOKE. ARCH GALLERY. Changsha. China
Love in the Dream. 10 Chancery Lane Gallery. Hong Kong. China
2020
You Won Fair and Square. Daechumoo Fine Art. Korea
Jungle. Line Gallery. Beijing. China
Shifting Boundaries. WOOTON Gallery. Changsha.China
2018
John Moores Painting Prize. MinSheng Art Museum. Shanghai. China
VIVE LE TRAVAIL. YING SPACE. Beijing. China
2017
Wall Power. Today Art Museum .Beijing. China
The World is Not Flat－Chinese Contemporary Video Art. Mingtai Space. Beijing.
China. Adelaide Festival Centre. Adelaide. Australia. China Cultural Centre in
Sydney. Sydney. Australia
2016
The 3 rd CAFA Biennial Negotiating Space. CAFA Art Museum. Beijng. China
IVY ART 2016. TianJin Museum. Tianjin. China
John Moores Painting Prize. MinSheng Art Museum. Shanghai. China
2015
Global Impression. Berlin. Germany
Island Iceland Offshore Project. Project Space. Seydisfjordur. Iceland
Upstairs and Downstairs. Yuan Art Museum. Beijing. China
Moving in time. CAFA Art Museum. Beijing. China
2014
As Soon as Bolt. ON SPACE. Beijing. China
Pluck The Laurel-Chinese New Painting Award. Hi Art Center. Beijing. China
Chao-Bai River Project. Chao-Bai River. Beijing. China
BUMINGJUELI. ON SPACE. Beijing. China
2012
The 3ed Exploring and Discovery New Artist Exhibition. Chinese Academy of Oil painting. Beijing. China
Art Exhibition (oil painting) in Nanjing. JiangSu Museum of Art. Nanjing. China
Eight Academy of Fine Arts Outstanding Graduation Exhibition. Museum of Xi An Academy of Fine Art. Xi An. China
AWARDS, RESIDENCY & SCHOLARSHIPS
2018 Shortlist. John Moores Painting Prize
2016
Shortlist. John Moores Painting Prize
Art OMI International Artists Residency. New York. US
2015 Island Iceland Offshore Project Artists Residency. Seydisfjordur. Iceland
2014 Shortlist. Pluck The Laurel --Chinese new painting Award
2012
Award of Merit. The 3ed Exploring and Discovery New Artist Award
Shortlist. 2012 Art Exhibition (Oil Painting) in Nanjing. China
The first prize. Tsinghua University Graduation Award
PUBLICATIONS
2016 JUST FISHING IN THE NATURE. Publishing Platform : tria. Zurich. Switzerland
Liang Hao (b. 1988, Guangdong Province) currently lives and works in Shanghai. He graduated from the Painting Department of the Academy of Arts and Design at Tsinghua University, Beijing, in 2012. His practice focuses on painting while extending to other media. He is interested in the dynamics between the hand, gaze and mind, reconsidering the technicality of the hand and the affects that flow through it by constructing illusions of technical production and making references to images in art history or texts.
His recent solo exhibitions include: Doubled Bifurcation (He Art Museum, Guangdong 2023); Gesture and Speech (BANK/MABSOCIETY, Shanghai, 2023); Present, Again (Line Gallery, Beijing, 2022); Unfolding into the Expanse (10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, 2020); A Kind of Gaze (Line Gallery, Shanghai, 2019); Image and Hunting Ground (Line Gallery, Beijing, 2017). His work has been exhibited in worldwide institutions that include: Art OMI, New York; Daechumoo Fine Art, Korea; ASE Foundation, Shanghai; He Art Museum, Guangdong; MinSheng Art Museum, Shanghai; Today Art Museum, Beijing; Offshore Project Space, Iceland; CAFA Art Museum, Beijing. His past artist residencies include: Art OMI International Artist Residency (New York, 2016); Island Iceland Offshore Project (Seydisfjordur, 2015).His award nominations include: John Moores Painting Prize (2018,2016).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Melan+Khole. Frieze LA 2025. Los Angles. US
2023 Doubled Bifurcation. He Art Museum. Guangdong. China
2023 Gesture and Speech. BANK/MABSOCIETY. Shanghai. China
2022 Present, Again. Line Gallery. Beijing. China
2020 Unfolding into the Expanse. 10 Chancery Lane Gallery. Hong Kong. China
2019 A Kind of Gaze. Line Gallery. Shanghai. China
2017 Image and Hunting Ground. Line Gallery. Beijing. China
SOLO PROJECTS
2021 A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever. postpost. Beijing. China
2019 A Painting. PLATE showcase. Beijing. China
2016 Art OMI OPEN. OMI. New York. US
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 The Cloud Catcher. Perrotin. Shanghai. China
2024
Reflections: Surface and Substance. Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center. Newport News. VA. US
A Cloud in Trousers. West Bund Museum. Shanghai, China
Embodied Rituals. Times Museum. Guangdong. China
2023
By Virtue of Situated Compromise. ASE Foundation. Shanghai. China
TORSION FIELD. TORSION FIELD/ Mstudio. Beijing. China
2022
The Spring Breeze in February. Line Gallery. Beijing. China
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place. Yuan Museum. Beijing. China
2021
IT’S A JOKE. ARCH GALLERY. Changsha. China
Love in the Dream. 10 Chancery Lane Gallery. Hong Kong. China
2020
You Won Fair and Square. Daechumoo Fine Art. Korea
Jungle. Line Gallery. Beijing. China
Shifting Boundaries. WOOTON Gallery. Changsha.China
2018
John Moores Painting Prize. MinSheng Art Museum. Shanghai. China
VIVE LE TRAVAIL. YING SPACE. Beijing. China
2017
Wall Power. Today Art Museum .Beijing. China
The World is Not Flat－Chinese Contemporary Video Art. Mingtai Space. Beijing.
China. Adelaide Festival Centre. Adelaide. Australia. China Cultural Centre in
Sydney. Sydney. Australia
2016
The 3 rd CAFA Biennial Negotiating Space. CAFA Art Museum. Beijng. China
IVY ART 2016. TianJin Museum. Tianjin. China
John Moores Painting Prize. MinSheng Art Museum. Shanghai. China
2015
Global Impression. Berlin. Germany
Island Iceland Offshore Project. Project Space. Seydisfjordur. Iceland
Upstairs and Downstairs. Yuan Art Museum. Beijing. China
Moving in time. CAFA Art Museum. Beijing. China
2014
As Soon as Bolt. ON SPACE. Beijing. China
Pluck The Laurel-Chinese New Painting Award. Hi Art Center. Beijing. China
Chao-Bai River Project. Chao-Bai River. Beijing. China
BUMINGJUELI. ON SPACE. Beijing. China
2012
The 3ed Exploring and Discovery New Artist Exhibition. Chinese Academy of Oil painting. Beijing. China
Art Exhibition (oil painting) in Nanjing. JiangSu Museum of Art. Nanjing. China
Eight Academy of Fine Arts Outstanding Graduation Exhibition. Museum of Xi An Academy of Fine Art. Xi An. China
AWARDS, RESIDENCY & SCHOLARSHIPS
2018 Shortlist. John Moores Painting Prize
2016
Shortlist. John Moores Painting Prize
Art OMI International Artists Residency. New York. US
2015 Island Iceland Offshore Project Artists Residency. Seydisfjordur. Iceland
2014 Shortlist. Pluck The Laurel --Chinese new painting Award
2012
Award of Merit. The 3ed Exploring and Discovery New Artist Award
Shortlist. 2012 Art Exhibition (Oil Painting) in Nanjing. China
The first prize. Tsinghua University Graduation Award
PUBLICATIONS
2016 JUST FISHING IN THE NATURE. Publishing Platform : tria. Zurich. Switzerland