ZHONG CHENG

Gao Zengli, born in Gansu, China, graduated in 1985 from Shandong University of Art and Design. After moving to Paris in 1998, he continued his studies in Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris. Splitting his time between Jinan City and Paris, Gao Zengli started contributing to art production in Beijing and Paris. His personal experience in Chinese revolution had stimulated his sensitivity to historical events and collective memories. The dissimilarity of experience between France and China and standpoint within his lingering thoughts of identity being a foreigner and an orphan had given him his characteristic in art. Nevertheless, Gao Zengli had retained high awareness towards the diversity of contemporary culture. He recreates fragments of perceptions between geography and culture of both countries while valuing the grey area between past and present. In 2000, he was awarded with the 1^st prize in “Paris Autumn Salon”. His works are spread throughout the continents in various art expositions and galleries. The most recent works: “The Wall- Gao Zengli Solo Exhibition” (2010, Sunshine Art Museum, Beijing China), “Fighting. Gao Zengli Solo Exhibition” (2011, Found Museum, Beijing China), “Remnant, Gao Zengli Solo Exhibition” (2014, Art Beatus, Beijing China).