SUN HAO (B. 1980)

Sun Hao was born in Shandong in 1980 and graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts. As a member of the Qishe group, composed of artists born after 1970, Sun draws inspiration from Greek and Roman horse sculptures and Buddhist sculptures from the Gandhara and Northern Qi periods. His work explores the boundaries of expressive complexity and the relationship between tradition and the contemporary context. In 2016, he held a solo exhibition titled Time as a Fleeting White Horse at the National Art Museum of China.