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Education

2026

M.F.A., Visual Art, CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY

2019

B.F.A. with honors, Fine Art, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
B.A. with honors, Communication, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Solo/two-person exhibitions

2026

Benches, or Find a Friend at the Y, Ramiken Crucible, New York, NY

2022

Gaotai Gallery, Nanjing Art Fair International (NAFI), Nanjing

2021

Partition, Lulu by X Museum, CDMX

2019

Sanitized Bodies, Helen Lindhurst Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Select group exhibitions

2026

body bureau bunker, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY

2025

What’s Your ETA?, ETA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2024

Foreigners Nowhere, A Space, Brooklyn, NY
Out of Place, Beijing Commune, Beijing

2023

location remote 02: con Altura, Altura LA, Los Angeles, CA
Badlands, Totalab, Shanghai
I Waited for You, neXtlab, Shanghai

2022

Meet You at the Corner: Dangxia Youth Art Award 2022, Dangxia Art Space, Beijing
The Human World, BLANK Gallery, Shanghai, China
A Minor Constellation, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2021

USB Multi-Port Linking Exhibition, Qiao Space, Shanghai

2020

Meeting Point III: The Unanswered Question, AM Art Space, Shanghai
Motionless Capture, Studio Gallery, Shanghai
THere, Studio Gallery, Shanghai
Pure Beauty, BANK/Mabsociety, Shanghai

2019

Microscopic Eyes and Detective Minds, Vacation NYC, New York, NY
Perpetual Burn, Werkartz, Los Angeles, CA
The road to stardom is paved with discourse, Leiminspace, Los Angeles, CA

Curatorial projects

2021

Rituals in Rituals of the Future II: Cow Bell, Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai

Awards and fellowships

2022

Finalist, Dangxia Youth Art Award 2022, Dangxia Art Space, Beijing

2021

Lulu by X Museum Residency Fellowship, X Museum, Beijing & CDMX

2018

Macomber Travel Grant, Roski School of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

Press

Jesse Dorris, “Public Intimacy: Zhiliang Zhao's Architecture of Cruising,” PIN–UP Magazine, 2026.

Laurent Moïsi, “Zhiliang Zhao Explores Community and Connection in a New Ramiken Exhibition,” Whitewall, June 15, 2026.

Jia Li, “What did one wall say to the other? - I’ll meet you at the corner!,” Art Ba Ba, Nov 19, 2022.

Zheng Gong, “A Lost Spring: Galleries Under Shanghai’s Lockdown,” T Magazine China, no. 97 (July 2022): 94-99.

Karl Zong and Pan Li, “A river flows through Shanghai in March, chanting, breaking walls,” T Magazine China, Apr 11, 2022.

“Did 17 Curators and 17 Artists ‘Link Up’ in the Multi-port Linking Exhibitions?,” Art Ba Ba, Sep 24, 2021.

Roxy Y. Tang, “Summer Pool in Shanghai: Zhiliang Zhao,” Curator-to-Go, Aug 01, 2020.

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