GAO YUAN
1986, Kunming, Yunnan, China, lives and works in Beijing, China
EDUCATION
2009
BFA, Animation Arts, Communication University of China, Beijing, China
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
The Omen, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2017
Eternal Return, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Awakening, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China
When We Become Us², Capsule Venice, Venice, Italy (curated by Manuela Lietti)
2022
The Belonging of Plants, Juanzong Cabinet, Xiamen, China (co-curated by Juanzong Cabinet & Capsule Shanghai)
Spring Antidote, Blanc Art Space, Beijing, China (curated by Capsule Shanghai)
2021
The 14th Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale of Venice, Venice, Italy
2020
A Room of HER Own, How Museum, Shanghai, China
2019
Temporary Garden: Tiger Lily and Agave, curated by Chai Mi and Elizabeth Ross, SNARTE Space, Jiang Xi Province, China
Field Meeting Take 6: Thinking Collections, Asia Contemporary Art Week (ACAW), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2018
Pity Party, curated by Yang Zi, Sleepcenter, New York, USA
Intimacies and Imagined Futures, SOMA Art Space, Berlin, Germany
2017
M+ Screenings: City Limits, Broadway Cinemateque, Hong Kong, China
Sun Xun, Gao Yuan, Henry Coombes, Telescope Artist Studio, Beijing, China
2016
You Won't Be Young Forever, curated by Biljana Ciric, Shanghai, China
2013
Unfinished Book, Space Regeneration Project, Jianshan Project #3, Tianjin, China
2012
Secret Love, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden
Spot Light - China Youth Art Exhibition, Bund 18 Gallery, Shanghai, China
Day/Often: Zendai Discovery of Young Artist Exhibition, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2010
Get it Louder 2010, Sanlitun SOHO, Beijing, China
ART FAIR SOLO PROJECTS
2023
Liste Art Fair Basel, Basel, Switzerland (presented by Capsule Shanghai)
2020
Gao Yuan: Cloud of the Unknown, Solo Project at Frieze NY, Frame Section, New York, USA (Online Viewing Room)
West Bund Art and Design, Shanghai, China (presented by Capsule Shanghai)
2018
Art Basel Hong Kong Film Program, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, China
AWARDS
2020
The 14th Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale of Venice, Venice, Italy
2019
Script and Project Development: Bright Future, Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), Rotterdam, Netherlands
2017
Tiger Awards for Short Films (nominated), International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2016
Special Mention of the Jury, CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival, Queretaro, Mexico
FESTIVALS
2020
Locarno Film Festival, Pardi di domani International Competition, Locarno, Switzerland
2018
FIRST International Film Festival (Pre-selection Jury), Xining, China
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong, China
2017
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong, China
Erarta MOTION PICTURES: International Festival of Shorts about Paintings, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2016
Asiana International Short Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden
DOK Leipzig (International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film), Leipzig, Germany
DC Chinese Film Festival, Washington, USA
Beijing Independent Film Festival, Beijing, China
Festival Silhouette, Paris, France
International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, Kerala, India
2010
Beijing College Student Film Festival, Beijing, China
Chongqing Independent Film and Video Festival, Chongqing, China
Song Zhuang Independent Film and Video Festival, Beijing, China
2009
The 3rd Filming East Festival (UK), London, UK
The 2nd China Queer Film Festival Tour, Hong Kong, China
The 9th Beijing Film Academy Award for Animation School, Beijing, China
COLLECTIONS
M+ Museum, Hong Kong
Sunpride Foundation, Hong Kong
JPMorgan Chase Art Collection
