Cao Xiaoyang was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province in 1968. He graduated from the Department of Printmaking of China Academy of Art, and now serves as the Vice President of China Academy of Art.
Solo Exhibitions
2014 The Twenty-Four Solar Terms: Painting by Cao Xiaoyang
2017 The Moments In-Between: Cao Xiaoyang's Works on Paper
Group Exhibitions
2018 Light Water Dark Mountain: Yan Shanchun and Cao Xiaoyang
2018 From/To: The Frontier of Chinese Art Education
2019 New Art History, 2000-2018 Chinese Contemporary Art
Awards
In 2009, “The First Light of the Dawn” was awarded with the third prize of the “Significant Historical and Cultural Topics in Art Project in Zhejiang Province” and collected by Zhejiang Art Museum.
In 2011, “Visual Report from Construction Sites” won him an Award of the Excellence Work on the 19th National Exhibition of Print Works.
In 2016, “Justice and Integrity Forever” was awarded with the second prize as one of the excellent fine art work in Zhejiang Province.
In 2016, his fine art work “Heavenly Creations” of the Chinese Civilization History Theme Art Creation Engineering Literature Collection was collected by the National Museum of China.