“Good” told by the nature

b. 1945, works and lives in Tiantai, Zhejiang Province

Basic
1945 Born in Shanghai, originally from Zhongshan, Guangdong Province.

Education
1986 -1989 Studied at Varbanov Institute of Tapestry in Zhejiang Academy of Art, Hangzhou
1965 Graduated from Zhejiang Fine Arts School, Hangzhou

Prize
2009 Prince Claus Awards
2002 Chinese Contemporary Art Awards (CCAA)

Solo Exhibitions
2018
Liang Shaoji: As If, M Woods, Beijing. 
2017
Frieze Art Fair London 2017 [Booth No. A13], London, U.K.
Liang Shaoji: Sha Sha Sha, ShanghART, Shanghai.
2016
Cloud above Cloud, Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou. 
2015
Liang Shaoji Solo: Silk Dream, Hermes Maison in Shanghai, Shanghai. 
2014
Liang Shaoji: Back to Origin, Space 2, ShanghART Main Space, Shanghai. 
Liang Shaoji: Back to Origin, Space 1, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai.
2012
Questioning Heaven, Liang Shaoji Solo Exhibition, Gao Magee Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain. 
2009
Liang Shaoji, Prince Claus Fund, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 
An Infinitely Fine Line, Liang Shaoji Solo Exhibition, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai. 
Liang Shaoji Solo Show, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France. 
2008
Broken Landscape, Liang Shaoji Solo Exhibition, ShanghART Beijing, Beijing. 
2007
Cloud, LIANG Shaoji Solo Exhibition, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai.

Group Exhibitions
2019
The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Spirit of Ink Art, Jining Art Museum, Jining. 
Daybreak, The Barn Contemporary Art Space, Shenzhen. 
Cloud Rise Spring Flow, Contemporary Configurations of Chinese Traditional Aesthetics, Modern Art Exhibition Halls Suzhou Museum, Suzhou. 
2019 Wuzhen Contemporary Art Exhibition: Now Is the Time, North Silk Factory, Rice Barn and West Scenic District, Wuzhen.
Growing, Chronus Art Center (CAC) , Shanghai.
New Art History, 2000-2018 Chinese Contemporary Art, MOCA Yinchuan, Yinchuan.

2018
After Nature, UCCA Dune, Qinhuangdao. 
Animal – Art Science Nature Society, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 
Special Economic Zone, Guangdong Times Museum, Guangzhou. 
Oriental Peach Valley, Contemporary Chinese Art with Sources of the Traditional Oriental Aesthetics, Werkschau Halle, Spinnerei Leipzig, Germany White Flash, ShanghART Beijing, Beijing.
Trees of Life: Knowledge in Material, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, Singapore.
Audit - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Powerlong Art Center, Hangzhou.
Blissful Land Ⅱ: Universe, Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai.

2017
The Reason Why Classic Is, Artron Art Center, Shenzhen.
Longitude, Latitude - Kesi Dialogue With Contemporary Art, Chengdu MOCA, Chengdu.
Fishing Town International New Media Arts Festival, Former Chongqing Cotton Mill IV and Fishing Town, Hechuan.
Anren Biennale, Today's Yesterday, Anren, Chengdu.
The Curitiba International Biennale 2017, Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba, Brazil.
Loom, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou.
Heaven Beyond the Sea, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sanya.

2016
20, Fosun Foundation, Shanghai.
Holzwege, ShanghART, Shanghai.
Everyday Legend, Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai.
2016 Global China, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Green Land Group Center of Zheng Dong, Zhengzhou.
Alchemical Dissent: Silkworms, Mushrooms and Random Brush Strokes, Times Art Museum, Beijing.
From Painting To Animation, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou.
The Uncertain, or the Shelved..., ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai.
The Uncertain, or the Shelved..., ShanghART Main Space, Shanghai.
Silk Arena, Dancing with contemporary Art, Suzhou Silk Museum, Suzhou.
The Intellectual Dimension of Daily Life, Boxes Art Space, Shenzhen.
Too Loud A Solitude, Stalkers of Chinese Contemporary Art, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.
What About the Art? Contemporary Art from China, QM Gallery Al Riwaq, Qatar Museums, Doha, Qatar.

2015
The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing.
7 SEVEN : Group Exhibition, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore.
Three and One Third, Kylin Contemporary Center of Art, Beijing.
Colors of China, Asia Art Center, Beijing.
Exposition, La Chine Ardente, Achiens Abattoirs, Mons, Belgium.
Ausstellung Wiedergeburt der Unsterblichkeit – Zeitgenössische Kunst aus China, Museum Angerlehner,Thalheim bei Wels, Austria. 
Xu Bo Zhi Jing, Dui Hua: Shan Shui, Shanghai Mingyuan Art Museum.
Myth / History II : Shanghai Galaxy, YUZ Museum, Shanghai.

2014
Beauty of the East, China National Silk Museum.
West Say, East Say, United Art Museum, Wuhan.
Collective Thoughts Divided Worlds, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore.
Nanjing International Art Festival, Nanjing.
By the Name of Dailiness, Blue Roof Art Festival, Chengdu, China.
The Twelfth National Exhibition of Fine Arts, China 2014, Exhibition of Experimental Arts, Today Art Museum, Beijing.
China Garden-Nord Art 2014, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany.
Metal Matters: Reflection to Oxidation, ShanghART Main Space, Shanghai.
In & Out Réel ShanghART, Réel Department Store, Shanghai.
Lost Way: Time, Space, Tapestry, Power Station of Art, Shanghai.
Confronting Anitya, Kunstraum Villa Friede, Bonn, Germany.
Starlight, ShanghART Main Space, Shanghai.

2013
Silent Realm, Renaissance of Eastern Aesthetics, Zero Art Center, Beijing.
85·85, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou.
Clutch, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai.
Hang Zhou Triennal of Fiber Art, Fiber Vision, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hang Zhou.
Confronting Anitya, Oriental Experience in Contemporary Art, Palazzo Michiel, Italy.
The 55th Venice Biennale Parallel Exhibition, Independent Chinese Art Exhibition: Voice of the Unseen, Venice, Italy.
Lightness, A Clue and Six Faces, Hive Center For Contemporary Art, Beijing.

2012
Bishan Harvestival, Bishan Village, Yi Xian, Anhui.
Art of Change, Hayward Gallery, London, U.K.
Living · Being, Sino-Dutch Contemporary Art Exhibition, Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing.

2011
Windflower, Perceptions of Nature, Kroller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands.
The Shape of Time, The Multi Narrative History in Contemporary Chinese Art, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.
Nature Contract, Shanghai Times square, Shanghai.
2011 Chengdu Biennale, Music Square Museum, Chengdu.
Bishan Harvestival, Bishan Dacitang, Yi County, Anhui.
Bishan Plan, Times Museum, Guangdong.
Ta Zhe Zhi Wei, Italy in Chinese Artists' Eyes, Guangzhou; Shanghai; Beijing.
Community of Tastes: Chinese Contemporary Art Since 2000, MAC USP, Brazil.

2010
Credit Suisse Today Art Award 2010, Today Art Museum, Beijing.
Community of Tastes, Chinese contemporary art since 2000, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (MAC), Chile.
Nature of China - 2010 Contemporary Art Documenta, the official opening exhibition of True Color Museum, True Color Museum, Suzhou.
Reshaping History: Chinart from 2000-2009, Special Documenta, China National Convention Center, Beijing.
You West I East, Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen.

2009
The Fifth Dimension, Art of Fiber and Space, He Xiangning Art Museum, Guangdong.
Yi Pai: Century Thinking, A Contemporary Art Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing.
Another Scene, Artists' Projects, Concepts and Ideas, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai.

2008
2008 Beijing 798 Art Festival, Art is not something, 798 Art Centre, Beijing.
The 3rd Nanjing Triennial, Reflective Asia, RCM Art Museum, Nanjing.
Poetic Realism, A Reinterpretation of Jiangnan—Contemporary Art from South China, Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente, Madrid, Spain.

2007
The Sixth Shenzhen Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, A Vista of Perspectives, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen.
A Vista of Perspectives, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal of He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen.

2006
Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany.
6th Shanghai Biennale, Hyper Design, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai.
Poetical Realism: A Reinterpretation of Jiangnan, RCM Art Museum, Nanjing.

2005
Mahjong, Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

2003
Second Hand Reality, Today Art Museum, Beijing.
China Now Art Exhibition, The China Millennium Monument, Beijing.
Junction-Chinese Contemporary Architecture of Art, Lianyang Architecture Art Museum, Shanghai.

2002
The 2nd Pancevo Biennial, Pancevo, Serbia.
The Italian Fiber Art Triennial, Italy.

2000
Gate of the Century, 1997-1999' Art Invitation Exhibition from China, Modern Art Museum, Chengdu.
3rd Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai.
The 5th Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Lyon: Partage d'Exotismes, Lyon Art Museum, Lyon, France.

1999
48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale, APERTO over ALL, Venice, Italy.
6th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey.

1998
A Review of Tradition, Chinese Contemporary Art, German Embassy, Beijing.
Jiangnan: Modern and Contemporary Art from South of the Yangzi River, Emily Carr Institute and Design, Vancouver, Canada.
Jiangnan, Modern and Contemporary Art form South of the Yangzi River, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.

1996
The COMO International Tapestry Exhibition, Italy.

1995
95' Art Critics' Nomination Show of Sculpture and Installation, Nanjing 1994 The 3rd Documenta of Chinese Modern Art, East China Normal University, Shanghai.

1991
The 1st Documental Exhibition of Chinese Modern Art, Beijing.

1990
The 8th International Biennial of Miniature Textiles, Szombathely, Hungary.

1989
Chicago International New Art Forms Expo, Navy Pier, Chicago, U.S.A.
China/Avant-Garde Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing.

1987
The 13th International Biennale of Tapestry, Musee cantonal des beaux-arts de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
1984 Tapestry Art Exhibition of China, National Art Museum of China, Beijing.

Projects
2015 Past-Present, Artemis, Sheraton Shanghai Hongkou Hotel, Shanghai
2002 European Fiber-Art Center Symposium, Görlitz, Germany
2001 Latvia Fiber-Art Symposium, Riga Latvia
1993 The 7th International Fiber-Art Symposium, Riga, Latvia
1989 The 3rd International Fiber-Art Symposium, Former USSR

Collections
M+Collection, Hong Kong
Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
DSL Collection, Beijing
Pancevo Biennial, Pancevo, Serbia
Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Uli Sigg Collection, Switzerland

Curator and artist