GAO XIANG is a multidisciplinary artist who explores the harmony of contrasts, balancing between tradition and modernity, East and West, dreams and reality. His art is an invitation to question, to look deeper.

Referencing many aspects Chinese history and mythology, he gives special significance to the figure of a horse. For Gao Xiang, the horse is a complex force that not only holds the mysteries of the universe and Chinese traditions but is a symbolic extension of his soul. The horse takes on different meanings when stacked as a pagoda of Tang Dynasty clay figurines, pictured at full gallop, or bridging the earth and the stars. The power of the horse can be contained or unleashed, gentle or ferocious, like an internal dialogue with the soul.

Gao Xiang (b. 1971, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China), holds a Masters and Ph.D. from the prestigious China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing. He is a Professor at the Yunnan Arts University and the Art Director at the Yuan Xiaocen Art Museum in Kunming. Gao Xiang's art is collected and exhibited by major museums in China, Paris and Norway and has been commissioned for public spaces in all three countries. His painting The Horse Pagoda (left) was shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.