赵要1981年出生于中国四川，2004年毕业于四川美术学院，现生活及工作于北京。自2005年起，赵要在中
　　国当代艺术中逐渐受到越来越广泛的关注。他的个展包2010年泰康空间的“51平方： 3#赵要”、2011年、
　　2012年、2016、2018年和2019年于北京公社的五次个展，2013年佩斯伦敦画廊的“赵要-精神高于一切”及2015年在佩斯香港举办的个展“很有想法的绘画”。他的作品曾在伦敦泰特现代美术馆、伦敦白教堂美术馆、英国卡斯雕塑基金会、荷兰波伊曼斯·范伯宁恩美术馆、巴黎东京宫、澳大利亚弗里曼特尔艺术中心、美国卢贝尔家族私人收藏博物馆、美国伊莱和伊迪特布罗德艺术博物馆、乌克兰平丘克艺术中心、德国卡尔斯鲁尔艺术与媒体中心、英国卡斯雕塑基金会、香港Para/Site、北京泰康中心、北京尤伦斯当代艺术中心、北京金杜中心馆、北京中央美术学院美术馆、上海民生美术馆、四方美术馆、上海OCAT、艺仓美术馆、上海外滩美术馆、上海K11美术馆、西安OCAT、深圳华美术馆等多地展出。

Zhao Yao was born in Sichuan province in 1981. He graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2004, and currently lives and works in Beijing. His solo shows were held at Beijing Commune, Beijing (2019, 2018, 2016, 2012, 2011), Pace Gallery, Hong Kong (2015), Pace Gallery, London (2013), Taikang Space (Beijing, 2010). His works have also been exhibited at various museums and institutes including the Asia Triennial Manchester (2014); Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai (2019); OCT Contemporary Art Terminal Shanghai, Shanghai (2018); OCT Contemporary Art Terminal Shanghai Beijing, Beijing (2018); Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi (2017); KWM Artcenter, Beijing (2017); Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Beijing (2017, 2014); Mingsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (2016); Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, UK (2016); Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing (2016, 2015); San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio (2015); Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (2015); Rubell Family Collection, Miami (2013); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2014); chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai (2014); the Whitechapel Gallery, London (2015); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2014); Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe (2013); PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv (2013); Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2013); Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan (2012); Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Australia (2011); Taikang Space, Beijing (2011); Tate Modern Museum (2010); Para/Site, Hong Kong (2010); Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai (2010); Today Art Museum, Beijing (2010); and Nanjing Museum, Nanjing (2005), etc.