ANT HOUNDS-The Townley Greyhounds
Resin,paint/Bronze
Variable size
40x23x40cm(base size)
92.3x53.3x92.3cm(large size)
5+1AP2024

Born in 1998, Zhao Rundong graduated from the Department of Intermedia Art of China Academy of Art.and resided in PILOTENKUECHE, Leipzig, Germany in 2022. Zhao has received accolades such as the Lin Fengmian Gold Award from the China Academy of Art, the Tomorrow Vision Nomination Award, and the Kunpeng Award at the Pingyao International Photography Festival. His works have been exhibited at notable institutions such as Martin Goya Business, CAFA Art Museum Langfang, Shanghai West Bund Art Center, The Wrong Biennale, Lichtspiele des Westens Video Art Festival, VINCI‘2023, Shanghai K11, Zhejiang Art Museum, Xing Art Museum,M+ Museum,Power Station of Art and Minsheng Art Museum. He currently lives and works in Hangzhou and Shanghai.

Growing up in the vortex of the internet age, Zhao Rundong's artistic practice integrates 3D game technologies, AI algorithms, and fictional narratives to explore how the digital era reshapes cultural identity and individual cognition. His work focuses on the formation and evolution of youth culture in the context of globalization, examining the profound influence of consumerism and technological media on the survival conditions of the younger generation. Through diverse mediums such as video, installation, and painting, Zhao critically responds to the erosion of culture by neo-colonialism and capitalist logic. Within fictional contexts, he metaphorically deconstructs the intricate relationships between faith, symbols, and consumer behaviors, constructing narrative spaces that reflect on digital capitalism and challenge mainstream value systems.

SOLO EXBHIBITION&PROJECT

2020
The Nest of The Turtledove, GYRO , Hangzhou China

2023
ANCESTORS CALL,ABI SPACE,Hangzhou China
FEAR,UNCERTAINTY,DOUBT,BO SPACE,Hangzhou China

2024
ZhaoRundong Solo Exhibition(PAYDAY:The Heist),SIMULACRA,Beijing China
viedä saunan taakse,GDA PLAZA Residency Project,Hangzhou China

2025
POSTAL:TA·Q·BIN,CON GALLERY TOKYO,Tokyo Japan

RECENT GROUP EXBHIBITION

2019
UNFINISHED CYBER , Xiangshan Art Commune, Hangzhou China
TOFU , Xiangshan Art Commune, Hangzhou China (live show)
2059Regeneration, Xiangshan Art Commune, Hangzhou China
THE GRFASY SPOON: Made by Martin Goya Business, Ota Fine Arts, Shanghai China
Martin Goya Business THE fART LAUNCH PARTY,ALL CLUB,Shanghai China(live show)
Fart-Like Future,MartinGoyaBusiness THE fART, Hangzhou China
Drunk today, Watch exhibition tomorrow,haha,Wuhan China(Screening)
Close your eyes, China Academy of Fine Arts , Hangzhou China
Post Impression of West Lake, MartinGoyaBusiness THE fART, Hangzhou China

2020
Weeds Node:the RPAG world since the year of Gengzi, MartinGoyaBusinessTHEfART,Hangzhou China
THE 14th HANGZHOU CULTURE&CREATIVE INDUSTRY EXPO, Whitehorse Lake International Exhibition Center, Hangzhou China
“Consciousness Circle”Intermedia Art Festival,Dongqian Lake,Ningbo China
NEW ERA F.E.S.T, K11 Shanghai, Shanghai China
FutureWriting,West Coast Art Center, Shanghai China

2021
Unknown Vector ,Tproject, Hangzhou China PRESTORY,Zhejiang Art Musum,Hangzhou China
Coffer Romance,dongx3,Wuhan China
EVOLUTION-The Future of the Public,CAFA ART MUSUM LangFang, Langfang China
Crowded · Future Community,CANG ART MUSEUM,Hangzhou China
Video AI PLAZA, West Coast Art Center, Shanghai China
Non-Fiction Today, West Coast Art Center, Shanghai China

2022
SONNET,BO GALLERY,Hangzhou China The Wrong biennale
The Wrong Biennial
Exhibition of the 1st Hyper Youth Award Pleasure Seed,ARS AVANTI, Leipzig, German
Pleasure Seed,ARS AVANTI,Leipzig,German
Lichtspieple des Westens Video Art Festival,Leipzig,German

2023
Cosmocolosse,Xianghu Museum,Hangzhou
Party After Party,JIMU Space,Hangzhou
ON OPERATI- ON,ShenAo Old Town,Hangzhou
SLEEPWALKING,eEELAB,Chongqing
Ripples Across the Latent Space:VINCI 2023 Art Exhibition,Computational Media and Arts Lab Space,Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(Guangzhou)
Fractal Resonance:16 Memetic Archetypes,EPOCHI ART MUSEUM,Shanghai
The 7th INTERMEDIA ART FESTIVAL,Shanghai
Real Touch·Virtual Future,LIMIT,Quanzhou
The 10th Annual Photigraphy Rankings of China,Lishui,China

2024
Exchange, SOTI MUSIC, Beijing, China
Synthetic Living-Image Art in Digital Era, Chengdu Contempory Image Museum, Chengdu, China
SPLINTER CATALOG,untitle gallery, Berlin, German
Operation RHo1,SYSTEM, Shanghai, China(Screening)
BOLMETEUS at SAI, CON GAllERY, Tokyo, Japan
Veins of Dreams,ArtSect Gallert x artotel London Hoxton,London,UK
"Wenn der Bankdirektor sein eigenes Geld malt, sagt niemand etwas,aber wenn die Malerihr eigenes Geld drucken, gibt es jedes Mal Arger.",PARALLEL Vienna x The Delta INST,Vienna, Austria.
Galatea 3.0, Central Art Museum,Hangzhou,China
Meme to Jam,BAC Art Community,Hangzhou,China

2025
SCREENING PROJECT 2.0,Start Museum,Shanghai,China
“Gnostic Induction,Coupling Interosmosis”pop-up exhibition,Shenzheng,China
NoRestForTheWicked,Remex Centre,Hongkong,China
ART OnO Art Fair, Seoul, South Korea
HYPERHOOD, Martin Goya Business AND FOOD, Hangzhou, China
Noon, Wildness, Stream, Washe, Ruins, Theater, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
Promptoscape: International AI Documentation Exhibition, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China