Chen Shaoxiong (b. 1962, Shantou, Guangdong Province, China. Lives and works in Guangzhou, China) engages in social critique in a variety of media including video, photography, installation and ink painting. His subjects range from issues of urbanism, terrorism, propaganda and globalization. He is a founding member of the important Contemporary Chinese artist collective, the Big Tail Elephant Group. Chen Shaoxiong works have been featured in: Up close, far away - Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg (2009); 7th Gwangju Biennale - Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (2008); Xijing Olympics - Universal Studios - Beijing, Beijing (2008); China Power Station:Part III - MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg (2008); Asia Triennial Manchester 08 - Asia Triennial Manchester, Manchester (England) (2008); Tomorrow - Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul (2007); TOMORROW NOW - when design meets science fiction - MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg (2007); and all about laughter - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2007). Recent solo exhibitions include shows at: Art & Public, Geneva (2008); Visible and invisible, Known and Unknown - Universal Studios - Beijing, Beijing (2007); Chen Shaoxiong, Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany (2007) and Double Landscape, Grace Alexander Contemporary Art Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland (2005).