1958
Born in Kunming
1982
Graduated from Oil Painting Department of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts

Selected Solo Exhibitions 
2008
“Zhang Xiaogang: Revision”, PaceWildenstein (PW 25), New York 
2007
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
2006
"Home-Zhang Xiaogang", Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
“Zhang Xiaogang Exhibition", The Art Center of Tokyo, Japan
"Amnesia and Memory", Artside Gallery, Souel, Korea
2005
"Zhang Xiaogang 2005", Max Protech Gallery, New York, U.S.A
2004
Umbilical Cord of History, Paintings by Zhang Xiaogang, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong
2000
"Zhang xiaogang 2000", Gallery of Max Potetch, New York
1999
Les Camarades Gallery De France, France 
1998
Bloodline: The Big Family-1998 Hanart Taibei Gallery, Taiwan 
1997
Bloodline: The Big Family-1997 Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts
1989
Lost in the Dreams Gallery of the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
"The China Project:, G.O.M.A (Gallery of Modern Art), Brisbane 
2008
"Bloodline exhibition", Saatchi Gallery, London
2005
The Game of Realism, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
2004
China, the Body Everywhere?, Museum of Contemporary Art Marseilles, Marseilles, France
Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2003
From China with Art, National Gallery Jakarta, Indonesian
Forget and Remember, Gallery of France, Paris, France
1st Guangzhou Triennale, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
2002
"Babel 2002" exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
The First Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Art Museum, China
Babel 2002, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Image is Power,He Xiangning Art Museum,Shenzhen
Paris-Pekin, Espace Cardin, Paris
2001
Hot Pot-Chinese Contemporary Art, Artist Center of Oslo, Norway
The III Mercosul Bienal, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2000
MAN + SPACE, Kwangju Biennale 2000 Kwangju, Korea
Messengers of the Heart, Centre de l'art contemporain de lycée X. Bernard Rouillé, France
Zhang Xiaogang 2000, Gallery of Max Protetch, New York, America
1999
"Inside Out: New Chinese Art", Asia Society and P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center, New York / Modern Art Museum of San Francisco
New Modernisme for a New Millenium: Works by Contemporary Asian Artists from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and LIMN Galler San Francisco, CA
Les Camarades, Galerie de France Paris
1998
China New Art, Helsinki Art Museum Helsinki, Finland
1997
The Faces and Bodies from Middle Kingdom, Prague Art Museum Prague, Czech Republic
1995
46th Venice Biennal, Venice, Italy
1993
China's New Art, Post - 1989, Hong Kong Art Center Hong Kong
1992
Documents of China Contemporary Art Show, travelling exhib, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Shenyang, Shanghai
1991
I Don't Want to Play Cards with Cézanne and Other Works, Selection from the Pacific Asia Museum Pasadena, CA
1989
China/Avant-Garde, National Art Gallery Beijing