Hai Bo was born in 1962 in Changchun, China. He currently lives and works in Beijing. Hai Bo has shown and gained popularity both locally and internationally, including exhibitions such as Hai Bo atPace/MacGill Gallery, New York, U.S.A (2011) and Perspectives: Hai Bo at Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington DC, U.S.A (2010).He was also included in international group exhibitions such as The China Project at Gallery of Modern Art and Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia (2009) andJourneys: Mapping the Earth and Mind in Chinese Artat Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, U.S.A (2007).Hai Bo was awarded The Martell Artist of the Year prize in 2011 andChinese Contemporary Art Awardin 2000. His works are in numerous public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum,Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,Queensland Art Gallery, National Art Museum of China, Guangdong Museum of Art.