1975 Born in Liaoning Province, China
2001 College of Fine Art with Bachelor Degree, Northeast Normal University, China
2004 Master Degree at College of Philosophy at Jilin University
Since 2007 Zou Cao is teaching at Beijing's Central Academy of Fine Arts at the Department of Experimental Art. As Editor-in-Chief he has published a series of 16 publications about Contemporary Art in China, which has been published at Jilin Publishing House. The artist lives and works in Beijing, China.
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Walter Art Museum, Augsburg, Germany
Indonesia Yudeyao Museum of Art, Jakarta, Indonesia
"Everlasting Classic", Von Lintel Gallery, New York
"ID ENTITY", Michael Schultz gallery, Beijing
"These are only some fingerprints!" Stiftung Starke, Löwenpalais, Berlin, Germany
Art Center Hangaram Museum, Seoul, Korea
"Fingerprints", Michael Schultz Gallery, Seoul, Korea
"The New Art that overtakes Pop-Art", Modern Art Gallery, Taizhong, Taiwan
"Decoding the Code of Signs", Pan&Wei Gallery, Beijing, China
"East is Red", iLove Art Gallery, Hongkong, China
iLove art gallery, Hongkong, China
"All the Great ModernThings - China Total", Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany
"All the Great ModernThings - Chinese Pop", Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche,
Osnabruck, Germany
"All the Great Modern Things - Chinese Pop", Galerie Schrade Schloth Mochental, Germany
"Pieces of my puzzle", Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany
"Art in superstar ", Seoul Arts Center Seoul, Korea
"Discovery", Beijing found museum, Beijing. China
2008
"Lovely Blossoms and Full Moon", Yuz Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art, Yu Deyao Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia
"Art History of miles away", Beijing found museum, China
Beijing BS1 Contemporary Museum 2008 Nomination Exhibition, Beijing, China
"Chinese Contemporary", Kunsthalle Dresden, Dresden, Germany
"The diverged Generation", Art of the late 1970's, Beijing, China
"Made in Beijing", Academy Exhibition, Korean Hong Ik University of Modern Fine Arts Museum, Korea
Beijing BS1 Contemporary Museum 2007 Nomination Exhibition, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, China
"Feel comfortable wherever one reaches", Beijing, China
"Video Cola", Changchun, China
"Passing and Merging", Beijing, China
Commemorative Exhibition for Deng Xiaoping's 100th Birth, Changchun, China
"Dialogue between Art and Business", Beijing, China
"The Star of the Century" International Art Tour, Greece
"Measuring between Pupils", Shenzhen Short Film and Video Festival, Shenzhen,
China
"The First Jilin Provincial Oil Painting Exhibition", Changchun, China
"China International. The Fourth "OPEN" Performance Festival, Changchun, China
"The First Invitational Video Exhibition of China Contemporary", Changchun, China
"The Third Jilin Provincial Youth Art Exhibition" (awarded First Prize), Changchun, China
"The First Biennial Video Exhibition", Israel
"The Sixth National Watercolor and Gouache Exhibition", Shanghai, China
"Changchun International Independent Video Exhibition", Changchun, China
"Selected Artists Exhibition of Changchun Contemporary Art", Bridge, Changchun, China
"Dialogue to Yanji", Yanji, China
"Forest, Air and Water", Jinan, China
"Shi Jiazhuang Independent Video Exhibition", Shi Jiazhaung, China
"Liaoning Art Exhibition", Ninth Art Exhibition, Shenyang, China
"China celebrating the 50thYear as a Republic", Shenyang, China
Northeast Oil Painting Exhibition, Shenyang, China
Liaoning Provincial Young Art Exhibition, Shenyang, China
"The Armory Show" Art Fair, New York, America
"Art Fair 21", Cologne, Germany
"Shanghai Art Fair", Shanghai, China
"Hong Kong Art Fair", Hongkong, China