Gao Minglu

Gao Minglu (born 29 October 1949) is a scholar in Chinese contemporary art. He is the Chair of the Department of Art History, Professor for Distinguished Service, and Chair of Art and is an instructor at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also distinguished professor at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts.

Gao was the Chair of the Department of Art History and Professor for Distinguished Service at Sichuan Fine Art Institute, China. His works focus on the influence and nature of Chinese art.

Early life and education Minglu was born in Tianjin, China in October 1949. One of his exhibitions in China was shut down by the Chinese government in 1989 after only a few hours.

Minglu graduated from the China National Academy of Art. In the same year he worked as an editor of one of China’s art magazines.

Exhibitions

During this same time his criticism research and criticism perspectives focused on the present and contemporary art of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. These studies included comparative research on modernism and avant-garde in China and the West. His work has been shown in a number of shows and exhibitions that include: "Chinese Apartment Art: Primary Documents from the Gao Minglu Archive, 1970s–90s," an exhibition at the Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh opened on November 17, 2016. "The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art" organized by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the China Millennium Monument Museum in Beijing (CMMM) and the University at Buffalo Art Galleries, 2005. "Ink Space," the first section of the 2004 Shenzhen International Ink Biennial Exhibition, 2004. "Chinese Maximalism," co-organized by University at Buffalo Gallery and the China Millennium Monument Museum, Beijing, 2003. "Harvest: Contemporary Art" (fengshou dangdai yishu zhan), The National Agricultural Museum, 2002. Conceptual Art: Point of Origin 1950s–1980s sponsored by Queens Museum, 1999. Insideout: New Chinese Art, the Asia Society and San Francisco MOMA, 1998. "Fragmented Memory: The Chinese Avant-Garde", Wexner Center for the Arts, the Ohio State University, 1993. "China/Avant-Garde Exhibition", National Art Gallery, Beijing, 1989.