Born 1978, Guangzhou, China
Lives and works in Guangzhou
1997
The Affiliated Middle School of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
2005
2004
Cao Fei, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands
COSPlayers, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
COSPlayers, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
The San Yuan Li Project, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
1999
What Are You Doing Here?, Siemens Art Project 2006: Fu Shan Osram Factory,Guangzhou
Joy, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Exchange Value of Pleasure, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, Korea
Sweet Taboos, 3rd Tirana Biennale, Tirana, Albania
I still believe in miracles, Part II, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Trouble with Fantasy, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Nurnberg, Germany
2nd Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Out of Sight, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Parallel Realities: Asian Art Now, The 3rd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukuoka, Japan
Follow Me!: Contemporary Chinese Art at the Threshold of the Millennium, Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Get It Louder, Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China
Unspeakable Happiness, Tamayo Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico City
Women by Women in Photography, part two, Cook Fine Art, New York
CIRCULAR-domas, 2005 Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy
Emergency Biennale in Chechnya, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Millennium, Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1st Montpellier Biennale, Montpellier, France
Yoko Ono’s Water Event 2005, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
London Chinese Film Festival 2005 SOAS, University of London, London
Borders in Asia, World Social Forum, Porte Alegro, Brazil
Dialectics of Hope, 1 Moscow Biennial, Moscow, Russia
Do It, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, Florida
Taiwan International Documentary Festival, Taiwan, China
Nuit Blanche, Art Public Contemporain, Paris, France
Impakt Festival, Netherlands
Past in Reverse: Contemporary Art of East Asia, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California
Die Chinesen: Contemporary Photography and Video in China, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
5th Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
China Moon, Watermill Center, Watermill, New York
A l'Est du Sud de l'Ouest, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China, ICP and Asia Society, New York, New York
Tatig Sein, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst e.V. (NGBK), Berlin, Germany China Now, Gramercy Theatre, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Heads & Portraits, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Feverish Unconscious, Chambers Fine Art, New York
Generation Video, Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
Out the Window: Spaces of Distraction, Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan Darling Art Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
Left Wing, Left Bank Community, Beijing, China
Screening Programme: San Yuan Li Project, MK2 (Bibliothèque), Paris, France Fabricated Paradises, Le Parvis centre d'art contemporain, Ibos, France
10th Biennial of the Moving Image, Geneva, Switzerland
Zooming into Focus: Chinese Contemporary Photography from the Haudenschild Collection, San Diego State University & San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego
Public Space and Personal Eyes, Kampnagel, Hamburg
Alors la Chine?, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Z.O.U., 50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
+system, Short Videos from the World 2002-2003, BizArt, Shanghai
The Minority Is Subordinate to the Majority, BizArt, Shanghai
In/Video, Milan, Italy
Kino Film Festival, Manchester, UK
Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
Media City Seoul 2002, Seoul, South Korea
Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France
Making China, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, New York
Weightlessness, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
The New Media Art Festival: Non-linear Narrative, National Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Living in Time, Hamburger Bahnhof Contemporary Art Museum, Berlin, Germany City Slang, Art Village, Hong Kong, Japan
Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany
Take Part, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland
Virtual Future, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Fuck Off, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China
Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival: Leaving the Island, Pusan, South Korea
PhotoEspana 2000, Madrid, Spain
8th Biennial of Moving Images, Saint-Gervais Geneva, Switzerland
4th Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macau Student Film & Video Festival, Hong Kong
Japan Video screening, Galerie Büro Friedrich, Berlin, Germany
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
Li, Pi. Flash Art News: “The Second Guangzhou Triennial.” Flash Art, Jan–Feb.
Cuup, Samantha. “The Cos Effect: Cao Fei Makes New Art for China.” The Fader, January.
Pollack, Barbara. “Russia's Jump-Start.” Art in America, June-July.
Benvides, Nadia. “Cao Fei.” Codigo. Issue #27, June-July, Mexico.
Hanru, Hou. “New Human Beings,” Flash Art, May.
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review; Cao Fei at Lombard-Freid.” New York Times, April 9, 2005
Campagnola, Sonia. “Focus China: Red Hot: A Survey of Contemporary Chinese Art.” FLASH ART, No. 241, March-April, New York
Hanru, Hou: “Dialectics of Hope, 1 Moscow Biennial,” (catalog) Moscow, Russia Pollack, Barbara. “The Opening of China,” Artnews. April, New York
Pollack, Barbara. “Cao Fei, ‘CosPlayers’” (review) Time Out New York. March 24-30
Pollack, Barbara. “Russia’s Jump-Start,” Art in America June-July 2005: 69.
Pollack, Barbara. “Zooming Up,” Art+Auction, August 2005: 107.
Stolyarova, Gina. “The Shock of the New,” The St. Petersburg Times, Feb. 4, Moscow.
Eveleigh, Romilly. “Painting the Town.” The Moscow Times, January 28.
---“Living in Interesting Times: A Decade of New Chinese Photography.” (Catalog). The Open Museum of Photography, Israel.
Fark, Bill. “Contemporary Asian art exhibit teems with Diversity,” North County Times, November 24. San Diego.
Pollack, Barbara. “The Ties That Bind.” Art Review, New York.
---“Past and Reverse: Contemporary Art East of Asia.” (catalog). San Diego Museum of Art.
Smith, Karen. Photography in China from 1949 to the Present. catalog essay, “The Chinese: Photography and Video from China.” Kunstmuseum Wofsburg.
---“Between Past and Future: New Photogaphy and Video from China.” (catalog). International Center for Photography and Asia Society, New York.
Chang, Alexandra. “Fresh: 6th Generation Chinese Video Artist.” Art Asia Pacific, No. 41, New York.
Cotter, Holland. “Capturing Today's Chinese Culture in Transition.” New York Times, June 11, 2005
Frodon, Jean-Michel: Effervescence à Canton, Cahiers du Cinéma, January, Paris Kwakkenbos, Lars: De Standaard, February 5, Belgium
Pincus, Robert: ‘Focus' On China, The San Diego Union Tribune, November 20, San Diego.
Pollack, Barbara: Mainland Dreams on Tape. Art in America, No. 6, February, New York
Stop Over Hong Kong (catalog), Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
Yasuko, Furuichi: Out the Window (catalog), Tokyo
Barrett, David: Art Monthly, Issue 268, July/August, UK
Beauvais, Yann: Chine[s]: Vidéoart et Cinéma Expérimental de Chine Populaire et de Taiwan (catalog), Paris
Breerette, Geneviève: Le Monde, June 16, France
Coignard, Jérome: Le Figaro, June 20, France
Festival d'Automne à Paris (catalog), Paris
Manchester, Clare: Traditions and Contradictions: China, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia, 10th Biennial of Moving Images (catalog), Switzerland
Tong, Zhu: The Different Same (catalog), Nanjing
Voykowitsch, Brigitte: Die Presse, July 3, Austria
Wenguang, Wu: Public Space and Personal Eyes- A New Vision of China (catalog), Kampnagel Hamburg, Germany
Xianmin, Zhang; Zhang Yaxuan: Yige Ren De Yingxiang, Zhongguo Qingnian Chubanshe
Yishu. Art & Collection Group Ltd, Taipei, June
Amaducci, Alessandro: Invideo 2000 (catalog), Milan
media_city team: 2nd Seoul International Media Art Biennale (catalog), Seoul Museum of Art
Huang Du, Bingyi: Making China (World Chinese Publication Company Lt.) Tong, Zhu: Daydream (catalog), Nanjing Museum
Wen, Liao: Women's Art as Part of Contemporary Art since 1990. Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990-2000) (catalog), Guangdong Museum of Art
Xiaoyan, Yang: Kan Yu Beikan De Mingyun. Du Shu, Sanlian Bookstore, June
Boyi, Feng: The Wan Passion Under the Environment of Monstrous History Culture, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Press, issue 3.
Hanru, Hou: Living in Time, or Choosing Individual Stand. Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Press, issue 8.
Huangsheng, Wang: 16th Asian International Art Exhibition (catalog), Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House
Koppel-Yang, Martina: Living in Time (catalog), Shenzhen
Zhenqing, Gu: Virtual Future (catalog), Guangdong Museum of Art
Castano, Antonia: PhotoEspana 2000 (catalog), Madrid
Tong, Chen: Shitiaozhe De Zaodong. Filmakers, issue 2, Shenzhen
Young Chul Lee, Rosa Martinez, Hou Hanru: Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival (catalog), Pusan
4th Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macau Student Film & Vedio Festival (programme brochure)
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