JOINT CURATOR: SONG TAO
2024-08-10
Tao Song (b. 1969, Shanghai) is an artist, designer, curator, and founder of TAO Gallery ZIZAOSHE and Yuan Museum. Previously, he received an MA in Plastic Arts from Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University in 1993 and a BA in Graphic Design and Drawing from National University of Art and Design (Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University) in 1986. He came back to China in 1994, then he founded TAO Gallery, a gallery dedicated to contemporary Chinese and international design, and planed many exhibitions for the outstanding Chinese contemporary artists. In 2019, he founded the Yuan Museum. Song served as the curator of Guangzhou CIFF Design Spring from 2020–2023. In 2023, he was the curator of the Formation of Rando in Milan Design Week, the WARMth of the Paris Design Week, the Meeting with China of the Venice Design Week. He also serves as the curator of China Creative Pavilion during Paris Design Week in 2024.