Han Tao was born in Laiwu, Shandong province on Feb 16, 1979. Now he works and lives in Beijing. He is the founder of film group Civilians’ Film; editor in chief of Jujube Tree magazine, editor of Simplicity magazine, academic leader of New Art magazine. He is also a guest professor in Qufu Normal University.

 

2011 Found Blue Gallery in Songzhuang, Beijing

2006 Found Civilians’ Film Archive in Xiaopu new art district, Songzhuang, Beijing

2005 Found Civilians’ Film Space in 798 art space, Beijing

2002 Found Civilians’ Film Studio in Shandong

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Chernobyl  Han Tao Solo Show, Sunshine International Art Museum, Beijing

2007 Baby  Peking University

2006 Trace  F Gallery in Ji’nan

2005 Woodcut Print by Han Tao， Civilians’Film Studio, 798, Beijing

1999 Effective  Celebrity Gallery, Shandong Art College

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015    « Missing » : Best price of Experimental film in Hambourg Film Festival

             «  Exhibition of Beijing independent films » Beijing Songzhuang 

             «  Biennale Hors Normes » Lyon, France

2013   55th international Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia 

            «  Exhibition : 115 artistes with their self-portrait »  Beijing Museum of Contemporary Art

            «  Frist Exhibition of microblog » Songzhuang Art Muséum

2012   «  Biology and Ecology » Exhibition of Contemporary Art China-Netherlands, Beijing Songzhuang 

2011   Historical New Songzhuang (Painting Section)

2010   Width  Beijing Contemporary Art Museum

            Purity   Contemporary Invitation Exhibition Archive Beijing Contemporary Museum

            Chinese Performance Art Archive---1985—2010  Beijing Songzhuang Art Museum

            Warm Bed  Shandong Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing Sunshine International Art Museu

2009   Fog  European Shadows Film Festival Tour (Lyon, Roma, Turin, London, Tangier, Warsaw and Brussels)

2008   Fog  The 32 nd Hong Kong International Film Festival

            Oriental Art Archive  Beijing

2007   Occupy the Space Indonesia International Performance Art Festival

            Breath Shandong Contemporary Art Exhibition Jakarta National Museum

2006   Xi’an Oak Independent Film Week

            China’s Third Documentary Week, Anhui

            From East to West Film Screening, Austria

            Grey Red, Art Exhibition, Beijing 798 New Art Project

2005   Life on the Margin  Beijing 798 Civilians’ Film Studio

            Chinese Art Triennial, Nanjing Museum

            Brazil Gay& Lesbian Film Festival, Brazil

            The First Beijing DV Film Festival

            The Second Beijing Gay& Lesbian Film Festival

            The Second Dashanzi Art Festival, Beijing

            The Second CIGE， Beijing

            China and Israel Film Exhibition, Israel Embassy in Beijing

            Trace  China-Singapore Digital Media Art Invitation Exhibition

            Shenyang and Beijing Civilians’ Film Studio

            Target and Mirror Image Contemporary Art Exhibition, 798, Beijing

            Film ‘Cola’, Changchun

2004   Chinese Film Screening, Brussels, Belgium

2003   The First Hebei Independent Film Screening Tour, Hebei Normal University

            1+1 Performance Art Show, Ji’nan

            Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao

2002   Excited Moment, new art exhibition, Guangdong Art Museum

            The Third Ji’nan Film Exhibition, Ji’nan

            On the Field of Hope, Performance Art, Xi’an

            Han Tao, Yaliang Performance Art, Ji’nan

            Beijing Contemporary Independent Film 

            Sociology Phenomenon, Changchun

            Image Phenomenon, Harbin

            Forest· Water ·Air, Ji’nan

            Sight, Vision and Field of View, Ji’nan
            Hebei International Film Festival, Shijiazhuang
2001   Zhongxing First Image Art Exhibition, Shenyang

            Make-up, West Contemporary Art Exhibition, Xi’an

             J-Town Theatre Contemporary Invitation Exhibiton, Ji’nan

            Turn 360 Degree, The Sixth Chinese Contemporary Art Archive Material Exhibition, Shanghai

            Oil Painting Couple Show, Celebrity Gallery, Shandong Art College

            One Hundred People’s Portraits, Nanjing

2000   Moving Three Men Performance Art, Ji’nan
1999   Effective Han Tao Solo Show, Celebrity Gallery, Shandong Art Museum

            Broadcast Media Performance Art Exhibition, Qichangcheng, Shandong, Zhongjie, Shenyang

 

CAREER AS CURATOR

2011   Historical New Songzhuang (Curator in contemporary Section)

            Beijing Sunshine International Art Museum

            Little Yellow Man, Bald and Stubborn Man Solo Show

            Blue Gallery, Beijing

            Teenagers’ Trip, Xing Xiaozhen Solo Show Blue Gallery, Beijing

2010   Hunan Youth Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing Sunshine International Art Museum

            Warm Bed, Shandong Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing Sunshine International Art Museum

2009   Hand Sense Painting Show

            Shandong Left and Right Contemporary Art Museum
2007   Breath, Shandong Museum

2005   Life on the Margin Film Exhibition, The Second Dashanzi International Art Festival, Civilians’ Film
              Studio, 798 Art District, Beijing

            Trace, China-Singapore New Media Art Exhibition, Beijing Civilian’s Film Studio, Singapore National  
              Theatre (curated with Tong Weijun, Cheng Guangfeng)

2002   Forest· Water· Air   Contemporary Art Exhibition

            Ji’nan Jiangshui Fountain Park, Havana Bar 

           From Life to Theatre  Performance Art Show, J-town Experimental Theatre

           Cinderella International Film Festival Ji’nan Cinderella Culture Company

           Hebei First Film Festival (Academic consultant)    Hebei Normal Unversity

2001  The Second Film Festival in Ji’nan, J-town Experimental Theatre
2000  Moving   Performance Art (Curated with Gao Brothers), on the riverside of Yellow River

           Ji’nan First Film Festival   Ji’nan Mandolin Bar

 

EVENTS HOSTED BY CIVILIAN'S FILM SPACE  

2006  Co-curated the Third Documentary Film Screening Week

2005  Trace  China-Singapore New Media Art Exhibition

           The Second Dashanzi Art Festival

           Private Language Film Week (Curated by Wu Wenguang)

           Life on the Margin Film Event

           Premiere of Fu by Jiang Jiachen

           Premiere Fuck the Cinema by Wu Wenguang

           Premiere Fog by Han Tao

           Screening of the documentaries by Hu Jie

2004  The Second Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

 

FILMS

2011  Documentaries

2009 Weapons, co-directed with Liu Yang (unedited)

2007 Breath, co-directed with Tong Weijun (73 minutes)

2005  Baby (92 minutes)

           Who is My Jesus (60 minutes)

           Fog (3 hours)

2002  SARS Unedited

2001  Forbidden Fruit (12 minutes)

           Plastics (20 minutes)

2000  Line (15 minutes)

           Citizens (20 minutes)

           News Broadcast (30 minutes)

           Gun (24 minutes)

1999  Space (6 minutes)

 

 

FEATURE FILMS

2011 The Past is Not Like Smoke (56 minutes)

2006  Fog (120 minutes)

2003  Jujube (36 minutes)