Shu Cao

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  • Shu Cao
  • Gender: Male
    About:
    Cao Shu primarily works with narrative 3D digital moving image, video game, and site-specific installations. His works are based on research and sensory experiences of specific locations, intricately weaving the complex production mechanisms and mythical metaphors behind computer graphics technology with historical archives and social issues. His recent series of works revolves hauntology narratives related to collectivism in personal family histories. Cao Shu has won such awards as 2022 OCAT x KADIST Emerging Media Artist Award,2021 Exposure Award of PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai,and 2017 BISFF Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement. In recent years, he has participated in residencies at Atelier Mondial in Basel, Switzerland (2017), Koganecho Bazaar in Yokohama, Japan (2019), and Muffatwerk in Munich,Germany (2023). The recent works have been exhibited at institutions such as Kunsthaus Baselland, Macao Museum of Art, White Rabbit Gallery Sydney, Matadero Madrid Contemporary Art Center, UCCA Dune, M+ Museum Hongkong, Power Station of Art Shanghai(PSA), Asia Society Hong Kong Center, OCAT Shanghai,and Sleep Center New York. In addition, the works have also been shortlisted for the main competition units of film festivals around the world, including the Leipzig Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Message to Man International Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Festival, Milano Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Film Festival Hannover, International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival Finalist,etc.
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