Biography, Selected Exhibitions and Public Collections Zhou Hao was born in Shanghai, China, in 1960. From the age of six through his high school years, he spent approximately ten years living through the Cultural Revolution. In 1983, he came to Japan as a privately funded international student. The following year, he entered the Department of Oil Painting at Musashino Art University. In his third year, he transferred to the newly established printmaking course, becoming a member of its first graduating class and studying lithography. During this period, his work gradually shifted toward abstraction. At the same time, he encountered the Mingei philosophy of Yanagi Sōetsu, which made a profound impression on him. Through the writings of Suzuki Daisetsu on Zen, he also began to reconsider the classical culture of his native country. While reading works on Daoist thought, particularly Laozi and Zhuangzi, he developed a strong interest in contemporary art in both Japan and the West. In 1987, he received a scholarship from the Koyama Keizo Foundation for the Promotion of Art and participated in the first Asian Art Student Residency Program, working in residence at the Shirakaba Museum of Art in Yamanashi Prefecture, with the support of Tokyo Gallery Yoshii. In 1988, he graduated from the Printmaking Course, Department of Oil Painting, College of Art and Design, Musashino Art University. In 1989, he received a Japanese Government Scholarship from the Ministry of Education. In 1990, he completed the master’s program in printmaking at the Graduate School of Art and Design, Musashino Art University. After completing graduate school, he joined MMG, a printmaking studio in Higashi-Azabu, Tokyo, directed by printmaker Yusaku Masuda. While working in plate preparation and printing, he continued to produce and exhibit his own prints. He left the studio in 2003 and thereafter devoted himself fully to his artistic practice. In 2008 and again in 2010, through the introduction of Yusaku Masuda, he produced intaglio prints at Atelier Rémy Bucciali in France. In 2016, he participated in the LOVEART – Summer Artists Residence Project and worked in residence in Italy. Based between Shanghai and Yokohama, Zhou Hao continued his artistic practice and presented solo exhibitions primarily in Japan and China, while also participating in international print exhibitions and art fairs in Japan and abroad. He passed away in September 2023 at the age of 62. 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2021 2003 2005 2007 2013 2016, 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1987 1989 1990, 1991, 1994 1997 1997, 2001, 2002 1998 1999 1999, 2002 2002 2002, 2003 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010 2004 2009, 2010 2009, 2012 2011 2013–2018 2014–2020 2017 2017–2019 2018, 2019 2024 2025 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USAZHOU Hao
Biography
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Zhou Hao Solo Exhibition, Artland Gallery, Marugame, Japan
Zhou Hao Solo Exhibition, Kobo, Tokyo, Japan
Zhou Hao Abstract Print Exhibition, Shanghai Xintiandi No. 1 Club, Shanghai, China
Zhou Hao Abstract Works Exhibition, Shanghai Peninsula Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Zhou Hao Solo Exhibition, Itamuro Onsen Daikokuya, Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan
Zhou Hao Solo Exhibition, Shanghai Art Fair, presented by T. Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
Zhou Hao Solo Exhibition, Art Nagoya, presented by Artland Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Zhou Hao Solo Exhibition, Around Space Gallery, Shanghai, China
Zhou Hao Solo Exhibition, Niigata Eya, Niigata, Japan
Zhou Hao Solo Exhibition, Kobe Art Marche, presented by Artland Gallery, Kobe, Japan
Zhou Hao: Cast Painting, N3 Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Zhou Hao Solo Exhibition, NOHAKO, Tokyo, Japan
fragments – Zhou Hao, WATERMARK art & crafts, Tokyo, Japan
Zhou Hao Solo Exhibition, Kochuraku, Kagoshima, Japan Selected Exhibitions Since 2024
Zhou Hao Exhibition, Galerie Watts, Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
Zhou Hao Exhibition, O Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Zhou Hao Exhibition, Kobo, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
Zhou Hao Exhibition, Artland Gallery, Marugame, Japan
Zhou Hao Exhibition, MUD Gallery, Shanghai, China
Zhou Hao Exhibition, Shonan Nishiwaki Gallery, Fujisawa, Japan
Zhou Hao Exhibition, Kochuraku, Kagoshima, Japan
Zhou Hao Exhibition, Ushio Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Zhou Hao Watercolor Exhibition, Galerie Watts, Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
Hashimoto Collection Exhibition, Niigata Eya, Niigata, Japan
Zhou Hao Exhibition, Artland Gallery, Marugame, Japan
Zhou Hao Exhibition, WATERMARK art & crafts, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan Selected Group Exhibitions, International Exhibitions and Art Fairs
12th University Print Exhibition (Purchase Award for the Permanent Collection), Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Machida, Japan
4th International Biennial Print Exhibit, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Japan Print Association Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
International Print Triennial Kraków, Poland
22nd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Yugoslavia
CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan
6th Maison Franco-Japonaise Poster Design Competition (Honorable Mention), Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
12th Norwegian International Print Triennale, Fredrikstad, Norway
Yamamoto Kanae Print Grand Prix Competition, Ueda Sōzōkan, Ueda, Nagano, Japan
5th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kochi, Japan
Zhou Hao + Takatoshi Zoyama Two-Person Exhibition, Kobo, Tokyo, Japan
Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
Asia International Art Exhibition, invited artist, Daegu Culture and Arts Center, Daegu, South Korea
ART PARIS, Paris, France
ART ÉLYSÉES, Paris, France
1st Beijing International Print Expo, Baiyaxuan Art Salon, Beijing, China
Kobe Art Marche, Kobe, Japan
Art Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan
Zhou Hao + Katsunori Yaoita Two-Person Exhibition, Fuuro, Tokyo, Japan
Art on Paper, New York, USA
ART021 Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Zhou Hao + Katsunori Yaoita + Katsuyo Takezaki, Three-Person Exhibition, WATERMARK art & crafts, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan
The Collector’s Eye, Gallery M, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan Selected Public Collections
Smith College Museum of Art, USA
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Japan
Advertising Museum, France
National Museum, Poland
Centre of International Graphic Work, Norway
Musashino Art University Museum & Library, Japan
Shenzhou Printmaking Museum, China
Tama Art University Museum, Japan
Sekiguchi Museum, Japan