1966
Born in Shanghai
Education
1998
First Prize, Contemporary Chinese Art Award, (CCAA Association, Switzerland)
1987
Graduated from Fine Arts School of Shanghai University
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Desserts-Zhou Tiehai Solo Show, MoCA Shanghai
Zhou Tiehai's Works, ShanghART at Huaihai Rd 796, Shanghai
2008
Zhou Tiehai, P K M GALLERY
2006
EGO, Art&Public, Geneva, Switzerland
An Other History, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Day in the Castle, Yuanda City, Changsha, Hunan
Zhou Tiehai:Oil paintings 2006, Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen, Germany
2004
'Tonic +'-solo show by Zhou Tiehai, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
Works 1989-2003, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
2003
Zhou Tiehai, Marella Arte Comtemporanea, Milan, Italy
2001
Zhou Tiehai -the artist isn't here, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
Duravit > Shanghart-TAF, Art Fairs Taipei, Taiwan
2000
Zhou Tiehai: 3 Scrolls, Art Statements, ART 31 BASEL, Switzerland
Art 31 Basel-Art Statement Solo Presentation Zhou Tiehai Scrolls, Art Fairs Switzerland
Will, Gallery Quadrum, Lisbon, Portugal
Met in Shanghai, Schloss Morsbroich, Germany
Placebo Swiss, Hara Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1999
Don't be Afraid to Make Mistakes, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
1998
Two Contemporary Artists from China-Geng Jianyi, Zhou Tiehai, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Beyond the Borderline, Galerie Bernhard Schindler, Bern, Switzerland,
Un/Limited Space (4) - The Shower, German Consulate, Shanghai
Zhou Tiehai, Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1996
Too Materialistic, Too Spiritualized, CIFA Gallery, Beijing
Group Exhibitions
2010
Shanghai, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Winter Group Show, ShanghART Beijing
2009
ShanghART Group Show, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
Cina, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Epson Imaging Gallery, Shanghai
Stolen treasures from modern China-Opening November 14, 4pm, ShanghART Beijing
The New Attitude of image, Tang Contemporary Art Center,Beijing
Collision-Experimental Cases of Contemporary Chinese Art, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
Contemporary Art Exhibition in Songjiang (Bourgeoisified Proletariat), Shanghai Songjiang Creative Studio, Shanghai
Shanghai History in Making from 1979 till 2009, 436 Jumen Rd.
Stolen treasures from modern China-Opening September 8, 7-10pm, ShanghART at Huaihai Rd 796, Shanghai
First Annual Conference of Collectors of Chinese Contemporary Art, Hejingyuan Art Museum
ShanghART Summer Exhibition, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
Shanghai Kino-Shanghai Kino, KUNSTHALLE BERN, Switzerland
ShanghART Group Show, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass, U.S.A.
Another scene - artists' projects, concepts and ideas, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
2008
Five Years of Duolun: Chinese Contemporary Art Retrospective Exhibition, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Duolun road No.27, Shanghai
The 5th Small Productions Event, Shopping Gallery
Lovely Blossoms and Full moon-YUZ Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art, YUZ Museum, Darmawangsa Square unit 31-33, The City Walk, JI. Darmawangsa VI&IX, Jakarta
Hybrid, ShanghART at Huaihai Rd 796, Shanghai
Chinese Freedom, T SPACE
FIAC 2008-Booth B12, Art Fairs Grand Palais, Paris
Shanghai MoCA Envisage II-Butterfly Dream, Shanghai Moca
Hypallage - The Post-Modern Mode of Chinese Contemporary Art, Hua Art Museum, Shenzhen, Guangdong
Our Future-The Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation Collection, Ullens Foundation, Beijing
The World of Other's: A Contemporary Art Exhibition, Museum of Contemportary Art, Shanghai
Where Are We, Beijing Center for the Arts at Legation Quarter, Beijing, China
Art Multiple 2008, Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, Shanghai
Community of Tastes-The Inaugural Exhibition of Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Iberia Center for Contemporar Art, Beijing
Red Aside-Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, The Joan Miró Foundation, Sants-Montju？c, Spain
The Real Thing-Contemporary Art from China, IVAM, Valencia, Spain
Selected, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
2007
La Cina è vicina-a cura di Diego Esposito, in collaborazione con CIVITA, Via die Mille 60-80122 Napoli,Italy
Bamboo/Happiness-Zhou Tiehai, Zhang Peili Exhibition - Re-opening Exhibition of Creative Center@Bund18, No. 18 Zhongshan East Road (E1) 4/F, Shanghai
Absolute Images II-Inaugural Exhibition Of Arario Gallery New York, Arario Gallery New York
Wuhan 2nd Documentary Exhibition of Fine Arts, Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan
Reboot: The Third Chengdu Biennial, New International Convention Center of Chengdu Century City
Rockers Island: Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Individual Positions 1, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
The Real Thing-Contemporary Art from China, Tate Liverpool, UK
2006
Art in Motion, Moca Shanghai, Shanghai
2006 Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Infinite Painting-Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin - Centre for Contemporary Art Passariano, Codroipo (Udine), Italy
Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Contemporary Chinese Art, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
The 5th AsiaPacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5), Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Queensland Art Gallery
Contemporary China, PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Para todos los publicos / For all audiences, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
2005
Born in China, Goedhuis Contemporary, London, UK
Montpellier/Chine:MC1 Biennale international-The First International Biennial of Contemporary Chinese Art Montpellier-China, Montpellier, France
Mahjong-Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Prague Biennale 2, National Gallery,Prague, Czech Republic
In Their 40's, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Stanford University, US
China, Contemporary Painting, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Bologna, Italy
Study Practice, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai
Follow Me!-Contemporary Chinese Art at the Threshold of the Millenium, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2004
Shanghai Modern, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany
5th Shanghai Biennale – Techniques of the Visible, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Shanghai Surprise, Lothringer Str 13 - St？dtische Kunsthalle München, Munich, Germany
Rogue Nations: Cuban & Chinese Artists, MACLA (Movimiento de Arte Cultura Latino Americana), San Jose, CA, USA
2003
Open Sky - Grand Opening of Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
Fabricated Paradises-Chinese Contemporary Art, Le Parvis centre d'art contemporain, Pau, France
The American Effect, Whitney Museum, New York, U.S.A.
Out of Focus: A Dimension for Painting, 25000 Cultural Transmission Center, Beijing
Different Choice-The Invited Exhibition of the Shanghai 60's Artists, Bandao Gallery, Shanghai
Alors la Chine?, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Out of the Red - La generation emergente,, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Milan, Italy
Urbanart 2003, City of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2002
The First Guangzhou Trienniale - Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990 - 2000), Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
Quick Look!-Shanghai Zhejiang Jiangsu Anhui Contemporary Art Exhibition, Consulate General of Switzerland, Shanghai
4th Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju, Korea
Art and Economy, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Korean and Chinese painting - 2002 New Expression, Seoul Arts Center, Korea
Take Part II, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland
Paris-Pekin-Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
24:30 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bizart, Shanghai
2001
Living in Time-29 Contemporary Artists from China, National galerie im Hamburger Bahnhof Museum fuer Gegenwartskunst, Berlin, Germany
Silhouettes Shape 'n Shadows, Wilhelmina Quarter, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Gallery Opening, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, U.S.A.
Take Part, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzland
The 1st Chengdu Biennal, Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu
2000
Pusan International Art Festival, Pusan, Korea
Media City-Curator Barbara London, Seoul, Korea
Dystopia + Identity in the Age of Global Communications, Tribes Gallery, New York, USA
Looking out / Looking in-Art Show 2, East Quad Art Gallery, University of Michigan, USA
Exit, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
Our Chinese Friends, Bauhaus, Weimar, Germany
1999
Fortune Global Forum Contemporary Art Exhibit, Jinmao Podium Bldg. Shanghai
48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale-APERTO over ALL, Venice, Italy
The 14th International Asian Art Exhibition, Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
International Photography Biennale, Mexico City, Mexico
Cities on the Move 4, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cities on the Move 5, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Cities on the Move 6, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
BM99, Bienal da Maya, Maya Art Center, Portugal
1998
Asia City, The Photographers' Gallery and Asia House, London, U.K.
Modern Culture's Fame, Modern Culture Communications, Sydney, Australia
Traffic Jam #1, Billboard, Buro Friedrich, Berlin, Germany
Medialization, Edsvik konst och Kultur, Sollentuna, Sweden
Between the Sky & the Earth, Feng Pinshan Museum, HK University, Hong Kong
Brushholder Value, Westfalischer Kunstverein, Muenster, Germany
Medialization, Eesti Kunstimuuseum, Sweden
Jiangnan-Modern and Contemporary Art form South of the Yangzi River, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1997
Promenade in Asia, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Another Long March - Chinese Conceptual Art in the 1990’, Chasse Kazerne, Fundament Foundation, Breda, The Netherlands
Cities on the Move 1-Exhibition of Asian art, Secession, Vienna, Austria
Cities on the Move 2, CAPC, Musee d' Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Cities on the Move 3, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, NewYork, USA
1996
Shanghai Fax: Let's Talk about Money-International Fax Art Exhibition, Shanghai Huashan Professional School of Art Gallery, Shanghai
In the Name of Art - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Liu Hai Su Art Museum, Shanghai
1995
Ape, Huashan Art School, Shanghai
1986
"M"-Performance & Conceptual Art Exhibition, Hongkou District Cultural Centre, Shanghai
Critical Action, Fudan University, Shanghai
1984
Students Exhibition, Fine Art School of Shanghai University, Shanghai
Public Collections
Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation,
