Chao Liang was born in 1985 in Tianjin, China. He studied sculpture and photography from 2004 to 2008 at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. In 2008, Chao presented a solo exhibition at Agnès.b Gallery in Hong Kong. From 2010 to 2013, he continued his photographic training in Eric Poitevin's studio at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Since 2014, Chao has re-orientated his artistic research towards screenplay writing and filmmaking at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains. Regardless of the medium, death, memory, experience and separation are key issues in all of his work.