Cao fei biography

Cao Fei

Cao Fei (b. 1978, Guangzhou) is an internationally-renowned Chinese contemporary artist, currently living in Beijing, she mixes social commentary, popular aesthetics, references to Surrealism, and documentary conventions in her films and installations.

Her works reflect on the rapid and developmental changes that are occurring in Chinese society today.

Cao Fei's works have been exhibited at a number of international biennales and triennales, including the Shanghai Biennale (2004), the Moscow Biennale (2005), the Taipei Biennial (2006), the 15th & 17th Biennale of Sydney (2006 and 2010), the Istanbul Biennial (2007), the Yokohama Triennale (2008), the 50th, 52nd & 56th Venice Biennale (2003, 2007 and 2015), the Aichi Triennale (2022), and Sharjah Biennial (2023).

Cao Fei’s major projects in recent years include a solo exhibition at MoMA PS1, New York (2016), a solo show at the Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2018), a retrospective at K21