趙少若 (5.9.1962 - 26.6.2024)
Background
1989 Graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts, majoring in mural paintings
1991-1994 Professing in Northwest Minzu University, Oil Painting Department
1994-1996 Professing in Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Department
1997 Professional artist, moved to Finland
2009 Professional artist, moved back to China
2020 Professional artist, moved back to Finland
Selected exhibitions
2020 Shenzhen Xifuhui Wine Estate, Storing Zhao Shao Ruo’s Works is the Same as Storing a Good Dream, exhibition in Shenzhen China
2019-2020 Shenzhen Jiuhe Art Museum, Zhao Shao Ruo’s Hanging Garden, large-scale solo exhibition in Shenzhen, China (Press conference included in the exhibition)
2019 Shenzhen Longhu Tianlang Real Estate, Zhao Shao Ruo is in my Heart, He is with Us solo exhibition in Shenzhen, China
2018 OCT-LOFT, Zhao Shao Ruo Wanders Around the Scene, large-scale solo exhibition in Shenzhen, China
(Also arranged an international contemporary art seminar lasting for three days along with the exhibition. A press conference was also included for this event.)
Wanke 18 Miles Real Estate, Zhao Shao Ruo is at My Home, solo exhibition in Shenzhen, China
2017 Beijing Chengxi Contemporary Art Center A and B halls, Who? Is Zhao Shao Ruo large-scale solo exhibition in Beijing, China.
(Arranged a contemporary art seminar along with the exhibition)
Eastern Contemporary Art Museum, Zhao Shao Ruo Come Back Home exhibition in Beijing, China
2016 Quan Contemporary Art Center (Hong Kong), Zhao Shao Ruo’s extremely bad: Does not get hard large-scale solo exhibition in Beijing, China
2015 Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, A Life with Art in China, exhibition in Rotterdam, Netherlands
2014 UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Hans van Dijk: 5000 Names, exhibition in Beijing, China
2013 Taylor Gallery, From Tiananmen Square to Zhao Shao Ruo, solo exhibition in New York, United States
2012 Suomen taitelijaseura, I am Zhao Shao Ruo, solo exhibition in Helsinki, Finland
2011-2012 Shenzhen Dawanglu Gaodi, retrospective exhibition in Shenzhen, China
2009 Kiasma, exhibition in Helsinki, Finland
Galleria Katariina, In the Name of Zhao Shao Ruo exhibition in Helsinki, Finland
Hanart TZ Gallery, Scenery exhibition in Hong Kong
Xiansheng Gallery 798, Yes or No exhibition in Beijing, China
Jason Gallery, exhibition in Beijing, China Songzhuang Creative Center, 100 People’s 100 Dreams exhibition in Beijing, China
2008 Hanart TZ Gallery, I am the Scene, the Scene is I exhitbition in Hong Kong
Red Mansion Foundation, Urban Utopia exhibition in London, United Kingdom
2007 Puristamo, Third Culture exhibition in Helsinki, Finland
Oulun taidemuseo, Vastakertomuksia exhibition in Oulu, Finland
Taylor Gallery, Mao is I, I am Mao exhibition in New York, United States
2006 Keravan taidemuseo, exhibition is Kerava, Finland
Galleria Katariina, Zhao Shao Ruo & Zhao Shao Ruo, Kirjoitan siis olen exhibition in Helsinki, Finland
2005 Galerie Rudolfinum, exhibition in Praha, Czech Republic
Enrico Navarra Gallery, exhibition in Paris, France
Keski-Suomen museo, exhibition in Finland
ICP International Photography Center, exhibition in New York, United States
Victoria and Albert Museum, exhibition in London, United Kingdom
2004 Mori Art Museum, Ozawa Tsuyoshi exhibition in Tokyo, Japan
Hanart TZ Gallery, 20th Anniversary Exhibition in Hong Kong
2003 Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong Photography Exhibition in Hong Kong
Aarni Gallery, exhibition in Espoo, Finland
Porin taidemuseo, exhibition in Pori, Finland Indonesia Jakarta National Museum, exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia
2002 Kiasma, New Political Pop Art exhibition in Helsinki, Finland
Espace Cardin, L’exposition Paris-Beijing exhibition in Paris, France
Suomen valokuvataiteen museo, Photography 2001 exhibition in Helsinki, Finland
2001 Suomen valokuvataiteen museo, Ristipaineita exhibition in Helsinki, Finland
T.M. Galleria, Works of Shao Ruo Zhao exhibition in Helsinki, Finland
Oulun taidemuseo, Ristipaineita exhibition in Oulu, Finland Kiasma, exhibition in Helsinki, Finland
Mao: Y’a Pas Photo, The Maison De LaChine Exhibitions in La Rochelle and Nice, France
Oulun taidemuseo, Identiteetti exhibition in Oulu, Finland Jyväskylän taidemuseo, Finnish Art 106 Exhibition in Jyväskylä, Finland
Oulun taidemuseo, Isänmaa ja äidinkieli exhibition in Oulu, Finland
2000 Victoria and Albert Museum, The East is Red: Art, Politics and Culture in the People’s Republic of China exhibition in London, United Kingdom
Tokyo Art Foundation Center, Serendipity: Photography, Video, Experimental Film and Multimedia Installation from Asia exhibition in Tokyo, Japan
Aarni Gallery, Eläin exhibition in Espoo, Finland Hyvinkään kirjasto, TAJU2000 exhibition in Hyvinkää, Finland
1999 Kaapelitehdas, PARTICIPATION exhibition in Helsinki, Finland
Food for Thought, exhibition in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kari Kenet Galleria, Beyond exhibition in Helsinki, Finland
Otso Gallery, Kiinalainen juttu exhibition in Espoo, Finland
Views from China exhibition in Helsinki, Finland
1998 Max Protetch Gallery, DoubleKitsch exhibition in New York, United States
Otso Gallery, Chinese Art of the 1990s – Face and Bodies of the Middle Kingdom exhibition in Espoo, Finland
1997 NBK Art Center, Aus Derur China exhibition in Berlin, Germany
1996 Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art, Prospect96 – Photography in Contemporary Art exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany
China Aktuelles Aus 15 Ateliers, Performances Installationen exhibition in Munich, Germany
Parco Square and Kirin Art Space, exhibition in Tokyo, Japan
1994 Hanmo Gallery, 1st Concept Art exhibition in Beijing, China
1993 Dream of China exhibition in Hong Kong
Four Seasons exhibition in Beijing, China
Four Seasons exhibition in Tokyo, Japan
1990 National Museum, 1st Oil Painting Exhibition in Beijing, China
Awards & Honors
1985 Central Academy of Fine Arts, bronze in Student Exhibition Awards
1999 9th National Mural Competition, outstanding award
2000 Finnish prize in visual arts
2001 Finnish cultural funding prize
2007 Finnish cultural funding prize
2013 Work sold to Michael D. Higgins, president of Ireland, showcased permanently at Aras an Uachtaráin
