Bill Zhao attended a number of vocational institutions in his youth, such as Central Academy of Craft Art, the School of Art of China University of Mining and Technology and the Archeological Department of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He has had dozens of solo and group exhibitions under his belt in celebrated galleries and art organisations, aspiring to be an outstanding artist ever since his solo debut at the National Art Museum of China in 1996. Zhao is also a venture capitalist, entrepreneur and art collector. A major contributor in the art market, he has been awarded the most influential Chinese and one of the top ten celebrities in the art world by the media for several years in a row, and was nominated and awarded many times.
One of the ten industrial leaders by Shanghai Yicai Channel in 2012. Visiting museums across the globe and having profound exchanges with various artists, Bill Zhao has been endowed with a broader horizon and improved level of cultivation, facilitating his own creative path combining senses of cosmos, space and temporality, leading to works with extended poetic and artistic mood in a straightforward manner.
During in his twenties, he was greatly influenced by Wu Guanzhong. His brushstrokes and lines were all endowed with abstracted beauty; he had a strong passion to this style. From the late 1990s to his recent creation, Zhao always paints with oil painting colours. Zhao has a strong interest in the unpredictable Nature, this nature of his gradually led him into a mystical world of abstraction during his Western-style paintings. An artist’s dedication to the arts is like that of a scientist who explores the mysteries of the Nature and the Universe through thorough investigations and scientific calculations, and Zhao choose to employ painting as a way to reveal his interpretation for the vast galaxies, of which, the Galaxy series, the Solar System series, the Volcano series, and the Earth Core Movement series have been continuing themes of his art creations.
Education
2002 to 2003
Graduated with Master Degree, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Historical Relic Identification Major, Beijing, China
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Through Space and Time, Gallery J. Chen, Taipei, Taiwan
2015
Interstellar, Poly Art Museum, Beijing, China
2013
Solo Exhibition, China Minsheng Bank Club, Beijing, China
Beijing Hong Kong Jockey Club Clubhouse, Triumph Art Space, Beijing, China
1999
Solo exhibition, Chan Liu Art Museum, Taoyuan, Taiwan
1997
Rongbaozhai Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1996
Beijing Dajingguan Art Space, Beijing, China
1994
Solo Exhibition, Beijing, China
1992
Qingsong Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1991
Solo Exhibition, Singapore
Group Exhibitions and Others
2017
Art Jakarta, Element Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia
The Calm before the Storm, Element Art Space, Singapore
2016
Versailles Palace, Paris, France
Imagine of Gravity Wave in Interstellar Margin, Poly Art Space, Xiamen, China
Imagine of Gravity Wave in Interstellar Margin, Triumph Art Space, Beijing, China
2013 to 2015
Donated numerous works at charity auctions
2004 to 2013
Exchange programmes in USA, Australia, Belgium, France, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia and etc
2000 to 2002
Various activities, US, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and other countries and regions to participate in various activities
1997
Four Modern Artists, Soobin Art Space, Singapore
1996
Four Beijing Artists, Malaysia
National Museum of China, Beijing, China
1995
Ten Artists Group Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ten Artists Group Exhibition, Singapore
Modern Chinese Painting Group Exhibition, USA
1994
International Chinese Painting Fair, Beijing, China
1993
Various Exhibitions in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Switzerland, Korea and Australia
1992
Art Eastern, Hong Kong
1991
Taught by famous modern artist Tang Jinhao, Singapore
1990
Beijing Flavor Art Exhibition, Beijing, China
1988
100 Artists Exhibition - Chinese Painting, Beijing, China
40th Anniversary of Beijing’s Liberation Exhibition, Beijing, China
Award
1993
Oriental Award, Oriental Award International Chinese Painting Competition, Renmin Daily, Beijing, China