Hai Bo, The Southern Series No. 24, 2012, black and white photograph, 100 cm × 100 cm (39-3/8" × 39-3/8"), Edition of 8 © Hai Bo Hai Bo Detailsb. 1962, Changchun, China Hai Bo graduated from the Printmaking Department of the Fine Art Institute of Jilin in 1984.His artistic ideals involve the restoration of the past through photography. His work is less about what changes through time and more about what endures. Hai Bo has adopted many photographic formats, from panorama, serial, to the square, and often depicts people shown in various stages of life, the cyclical passage of time, and sweeping landscapes.Hai Bo‘s work is held in numerous important collections, including the Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm/Burlafingen, Germany and New York. Hai Bo, The Southern Series No. 19, 2012, black and white photograph, 150 cm × 150 cm (59-1/16" × 59-1/16"), Edition of 8 © Hai Bo Hai Bo, The Southern Series No. 18, 2012, black and white photograph, 150 cm × 150 cm (59-1/16" × 59-1/16") © Hai Bo Hai Bo, The Blind, 2012, color photograph, 350 cm x 900 cm (137-13/16" x 354-5/16") © Hai Bo Exhibitions View All Palo Alto Hai Bo The Southern Series Past May 31–Jul 15, 2018 New York Paradise Past Sep 15–Aug 16, 2013 Beijing Hai Bo Past Jul 26–Sep 1, 2012 Journal View All Art Fairs Hai Bo to Debut "The Southern" at PHOTOFAIRS San Francisco Feb 13, 2018 Press Artforum Selects Hai Bo: The Blind at Pace As Top Exhibition of 2012 Jan 03, 2013 One-Artist Exhibitions Group Exhibitions Public Collections Close Hai BoOne-Artist Exhibitions Hai Bo One-Artist Exhibitions DatesBorn 1962, in Changchun, Jilin Province, ChinaLives and works in BeijingEducation1984, Fine Art Academy of Jilin, Changchun, China, B.A.1989 Printmaking Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, M.A.2018Hai Bo: The Southern Series, Pace Gallery, Palo Alto, May 31–July 15, 2018. (Catalogue)2016Hai Bo, Pace Hong Kong, July 28–September 14, 2016.2012Hai Bo, Pace Beijing, July 25–August 31, 2012.2011Hai Bo, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, 2011.2010Perspectives: Hai Bo, Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C., 2010.2008North of Taiping Mountain is All Grassland, Beijing Commune, 2010.2007The Story Is Over, Beijing Commune, 2007.2006Hai Bo Solo Exhibition, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, 2006.2004Hai Bo Solo Exhibition, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, 2004.2002Hai Bo's Solo Portraits Photography Exhibition, Fundacao Oriente, Delegacao de Macau, China, 2002.Hai Bo's Photography Solo Exhibition 1999-2002, CAAW, Beijing, 2002. Hai BoGroup Exhibitions Hai Bo Group Exhibitions 2015Faszinatin Fotographie, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria, November 13, 2015–January 31, 2016.Grain and Pixel: A Story of Photography in China, Shanghai Centre of Photography, September 6–November 30, 2015. Traveled to: Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, June 5–August 28, 2016.2014Einblicke in die Sammlung Wemhöner, Osram-Höfe, Berlin, March 23–May 18, 2014.2013Paradise, Pace Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York, July 16, 2013–August 16, 2013201241st International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 2012.Radical Changes, Beirut Art Center, Beirut, 2012.2011Diane von Furstenberg: Journey of a Dress, Pace Beijing, Beijing, 2011.40th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 2011.Nostalgia: East Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition, Korea Foundation Cultural Center, Seoul, 2011.2011 Martell Artists of the Year, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China; Shanghai Art Museum; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China, 2011.2010Great Performances, Pace Beijing, August 28–December 10, 2010.Jungle, Platform China, Beijing, 2010.Photography from the New China, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2010.Reshaping History: China Art from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing, 2010.2009Speak·Describe: 2009 Cross-Strait Contemporary Art, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung; National Art Museum of China, Beijing, 2009.The China Project, Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Australia, 2009.2007Journeys: Mapping the Earth and Mind in Chinese Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2007.Black White Grey: A Conscious Cultural Stance, Today Art Museum, Beijing, 2007.MARTa Schweigt-Garde le silence: le silence te gardera, MARTa Herford, Germany, 2007.2006China Now: Kunst in Zeiten des Umbruchs, Sammlung Essl Museum, Vienna, 2006.2005Guangzhou International Photography Biennale, Guangzhou, China, 2005.The Chinese Photography and Video from China, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2005.Traces and Omens: The 12th Noorderlicht Photofestivals, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2005.Classified Materials, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2005.Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, 2005.2004Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, ICP and Asia Society, New York, 2004.The Chinese: Photography and Video from China, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, 2004.2003Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France, 2003.Open Sky, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, 2003.2002Red Continent: China Contemporary Art Exhibition, Gwangju Art Museum, South Korea, 2002.The 1st Guangzhou Triennial: Reinterpretation (A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art 1999–2000), Guangzhou, China, 2002.2001Chinese Expression, Singapore Art Museum, 2001.49th International Art Exhibition: Tour by Universes in Universe, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Venice, June 10–November 4, 2001. Hai BoPublic Collections Hai Bo Public Collections Ahmanson Collection, Los AnglesArt Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide The Center Art of Macau, China Asia Society, Hong Kong, New York, TexasThe J. Paul Getty Museum, Los AngelesGuangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, ChinaInternational Center of Photography Museum, New York JGS Photography Collection, New YorkLos Angeles County Museum of Art, Los AngelesThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe Museum of Modern Art, New YorkMichetti Museum, Chieti, ItalyNational Art Museum of China, BeijingNational Gallery of Art, WashingtonPier 24 Photography Museum, San FranciscoQueensland Art Gallery, AustraliaSingapore Art Museum, SingaporeThe Smart Museum of Art, Chicago Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C.Uli Sigg Collection, SwitzerlandThe Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm/Burlafingen, Germany and New YorkAnnie Wong Art Foundation, Hong Kong