Zhao Yao (born 1981, Sichuan Province, China; lives in Beijing, China) graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2004. Solo exhibitions include By and by it unfolds and then folds, Fosun Foundation, Shanghai (2025); The Power of Nature: A Ten Thousand Square Meter Painting in Beijing, Workers Stadium, Beijing (2018); A Painting of Thought, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong (2015); Spirit Above All, Pace Gallery, London (2013); and 51 m2: 3# Zhao Yao, Taikang Space, Beijing (2010). He has been included in group exhibitions at BY ART MATTERS, Hangzhou (2025); Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai (2019); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2015); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2014); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2014); UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2013); Rubell Family Collection, Miami (2013); Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, Michigan (2013); Pinchuk Art Centre, Kyiv (2013); ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany (2013); Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia (2011); and Tate Modern, London (2010).
