Tang Shuo

Tang Shuo
Born in Guangxi, China, 1987. Lives and works in London, UK.

Education

2013–2015 Department of Experimental Art, CAFA, Beijing, China

2008–2012 Department of Mural Painting, Guangxi Arts University, Guangxi, China
Biography

Tang Shuo lives and works in Liverpool. His initial interest was installation and materials art that he studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing, China. On moving to the United Kingdom in 2020, he turned solely to painting. His work explores memories of his childhood in rural Southern China, where tropical plants grow and which is home to many wild animals. The artist is always self-represented in his works, which echo figures from his past. When he moved to England, he had to face many changes adapting to a new lifestyle and had to rethink his country and his identity. In his work he questions the relationship between individuals and society, revealing a certain feeling of loneliness and alienation, with painting as a form of solace. Memory, identity and connection are important themes in his work.

Solo Exhibitions

2024 (upcoming) Beers London, UK
2023 Shadows of Boulder Hill, Fabienne Levy, Lausanne and Geneva, CH
Boulder Hill, Ojiri Gallery, London, UK
Solo Booth ArtGenève, with Fabienne Levy, Geneva, CH
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 (upcoming) Dallas Art Fair, with Fabienne Levy, Dallas, USA
(upcoming) Miart Art Fair, with Fabienne Levy, Milano, IT 2023 Untitled Art Fair, with Fabienne Levy, Miami, USA
WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2022 Patterns of Identity, PRIOR Art Space, Barcelona, Spain
Wilderness of Being, HdM Gallery, London, UK
Sync in Progress, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China Asia NOW Paris Art Fair, with HDM Gallery, Paris, France Null Protocol, Func Gallery, Shanghai, China
Talking All Day, Badre El Jundi Gallery, Madrid, Spain Polychromy, Artual Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Return To Flesh, The Room London Gallery, London, UK That Wilderness Within, PRIOR Art Space, Barcelona, Spain Identity, Artistellar Gallery, London, UK
Paper, Beers Gallery, London, UK

Publications
2024 Tang Shuo, Shadows of Boulder Hill, Contemporary Artist Series, Hurtwood
Press Limited, London, with texts by Matthew Holman and Fabienne Levy.