1968 

Born in Shengyang China

Exhibitions

2008   

China Next Door, Art Plaza, Genoa, Italy
COSMOS, Museo Carlo Bilotti
Roma Villa Borghese giugno settembre Rome, Italy
Absurd Recreation - Contemporary Art from China
UCR Sweeney Art Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.
2007   

Self-Ignition – Exhibition of Xu Ruotao’s Latest Work, Platform, Beijing, China

Pattern Recognition – Exhibition of Xu Ruotao’s Work, Morono Kiang Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.
Lines – Chinese Contemporary Abstract Art Exhibition, Creek Art, Shanghai, China
Exhibition – Living in Song Zhuang, Song Zhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China
Blow – Up: Contemporary Art Exhibition,
Pingyao International Photography Festival, 2007
2006   

FROM POLAR REGION’ TO TIE XI QU Guangdong Museum Of Art China
"lntemallnjuries",Marella Gallery,Milan,Italy
"Abstract798" Group show,Abstract Office,Beijing
Bologna Art Fair,Italy
2005   

"Retarded"Xu Ruotao Artwork,CAAW,Beijing,China
"lntemallnjuries",Marella Gallery,Beijing,China
"Conspire" Beijing TS1 Contemporary Art Center 1 Exhibition Beijing China
798Dashanzi Lntemational Art Festival,Beijing,china
2004   

"China s Photographic Painting”,China Art Seasons,Beijing,China
2003   

"Feng Ya Song”CAAW Beijing China
2001   

Illuminant Beijing Post-material
International of everyday life by contemporary chinese artists Beijing
2000   

China internet video and photo art Changchun
1999   

"Pattern TRANSFER" Waygood Gallery Newcastls spods Museum,London1999 Sharp new sights from yong artists born around 1970  Beijing
A Chinese story Finland
Sight of New Artists Beijing
1998   

Corruptionists Beijing
1997   

Exclude sexuality Xu Ruotao art works Shengyang
Demonstration of video art's 97 China Beijing
1996   

Reality:present and future Beijing
1995   

International arts exhibition Paris,France
1994   

Art Asia 94 Hongkong

Comment

Xu Ruotao used the computers to smear the photos with concrete images in a crazy and unrestrained manner, and then transferred the ‘modified images’ to the canvas, this process of treatment is completely irregular, ‘blank places filled with colors’, ‘is it a psychological game or a demonstration of techniques?’ (Xu Ruotao’s words), the original image in the memory has been completely modified and transferred, which is more real?

Liao Wen