Cao Fei (*1978, Guangzhou) lives and works in Beijing. Selected solo exhibitions include Fondazione Prada, Milan, Kunstmuseum Basel (both 2026), Sydney Modern / Art Gallery of New South Wales, Museum of Art Pudong, Shanghai, Lenbachhaus, Munich (all 2024), Pinacoteca de São Paulo (2023), MAXXI, the National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome and UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (both 2021), Serpentine Galleries, London (2020), Centre Pompidou, Paris (2019), Tai Kwun Contemporary in Hong Kong and K21, Düsseldorf (all 2018), MoMA PS1 (2016), Secession, Vienna and Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (both 2015) and Tate Modern, London (2013). Cao Fei’s work has been featured in group exhibitions and major biennial and triennial exhibitions worldwide since the early 2000s. In 2021, she was awarded the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize.
