Scan our QR code to stay updated with the recent news and upcoming events.
Scan our QR code to stay updated with the recent news and upcoming events.
Gu Benchi is a Shanghai-based Chinese contemporary artist working across abstract painting, sculpture, and installation. Since 2008, he has exhibited extensively throughout mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Moscow, and Greece, with three solo exhibitions and over fifty group and duo presentations to date.
Gu's practice is rooted in a sustained investigation of line, light, time, and materiality. His work navigates the tension between order and emergence, rationality and sensibility, articulating a distinctive abstract visual language. He has participated in numerous international exchange programs — including projects between China and South Korea, China and Russia, and across the Taiwan Strait — and was selected for the 12th National Exhibition of Fine Arts (The National Art Museum of China, 2014).
His works are held in the collections of The National Art Museum of China, the Copelouzos Family Art Museum (Greece), Di Yuan Art Gallery (Jiaxing), Zhi Art Museum (Songyang), and other institutional and corporate collections.
Gu Benchi is a Shanghai-based Chinese contemporary artist working across abstract painting, sculpture, and installation. Since 2008, he has exhibited extensively throughout mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Moscow, and Greece, with three solo exhibitions and over fifty group and duo presentations to date.
Gu's practice is rooted in a sustained investigation of line, light, time, and materiality. His work navigates the tension between order and emergence, rationality and sensibility, articulating a distinctive abstract visual language. He has participated in numerous international exchange programs — including projects between China and South Korea, China and Russia, and across the Taiwan Strait — and was selected for the 12th National Exhibition of Fine Arts (The National Art Museum of China, 2014).
His works are held in the collections of The National Art Museum of China, the Copelouzos Family Art Museum (Greece), Di Yuan Art Gallery (Jiaxing), Zhi Art Museum (Songyang), and other institutional and corporate collections.
Solo Exhibitions
2014 "Endless Lines" / Hong Kong / Fabrik Gallery
2018 "CHORUS" The First Exhibition of QIDU Gallery / Shanghai / QIDU Gallery
2018 Gu Benchi Solo Exhibition / Hong Kong / 10 Chancery Lane Gallery
Group Exhibitions
2008 Winners Exhibition of Epson Color Image Contest / Shanghai, Beijing / Epson Art Gallery
2009 "Community Community" Group Exhibition / Beijing / Wanshengyuan Art Museum
2010 "Beyond Vision" — Group Exhibition of Young Artists / Shanghai / Zhujiajiao Himalaya Museum
2012 "NEW DIRECTION" Young Chinese Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Sino-Russian Cultural Exchange Year / Moscow / MOMA Contemporary Art Museum
2013 "Interactive Vision" — A Contemporary Art Exhibition across the Strait / Taiwan / National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts; Beijing / The National Art Museum of China
2014 "Synaesthesia" Talented Young Artists Exchange Exhibition Cross the Strait / Beijing / 798 Soka Art Center
The 12th National Exhibition of Fine Arts / Beijing / The National Art Museum of China
"Pursuing Dream" — Shanghai Sculpture Exhibition / Shanghai / Shanghai Sculpture Space
2015 "Diamond Leaves" The 2nd Exhibition of Artists' Books From Around the World / Beijing / CAFA Art Museum
The 1st National Biennial Comprehensive Materials Painting Exhibition / Ningbo / Ningbo Museum of Art
2016 "Mix" Group Exhibition in May / Shanghai / ISGO Gallery
2017 "Line" China and South Korea Exchange Project "Bridge" Series II / Shanghai / Korean Cultural Institution
"Degree Zero of Art" the Rational Expression of Abstract Art / Beijing / Hive Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing)
"In X Shanghai" Contemporary Art Group Exhibition / Shanghai / ISGO Gallery
"Three Scenes — Game" MoCA STAR / Nanjing / MoCA STAR
Extension at Sea — Shanghai Artists Joint Exhibition / Shanghai / China Art Museum, Shanghai
"Timeline" Abstract Art from China / Hong Kong / 10 Chancery Lane Gallery
2018 "Light · Line" Joint Exhibition of Gu Benchi and Zhai Xuanhong / Shanghai / ATA Space
"Juxtaposed Tense" Contemporary Art Joint Exhibition / Shanghai / Urban Maker Space
Gravitational Field X FLASH Lightning Exhibition / Shanghai / Shanghai Contemporary Museum
2019 "FIND NEW ROADS" Nova Era International Public Art Exhibition / Shanghai / Yunbao Future City
"Another Light" iADC New Media Art Exhibition / Shenzhen / iADC Design Museum
"Unbounded" Contemporary Sculpture Installation Art Exhibition / Jiaxing / Di Yuan Art Gallery
"Oriental Meditation Guide" China-Korea Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition / Hangzhou / Grandcanalplace Aerial Art Gallery
2020 "New Painting" Dialogue in the Community / Shanghai / Shanghai Baoshan International Folk Art Museum
"The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" Folk Innovation Exhibition / Kunming / Bright-Jing Art Center
Art Community in Shanghai: Cases and Forum / Shanghai / Liu Haisu Art Museum
2021 "Time Travel" Changjiang Art Museum Public Art Exhibition / Taiyuan / Changjiang Art Museum
"Blurred Boundaries" Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition / Huzhou / Huzhou Art Museum
"Sociology" Art Festival / Sanmen, Zhejiang / Hengdu Art Museum
"Regeneration" Contemporary Art Joint Exhibition / Shanghai / Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Hall
Abstraction in Progress — Four-Person Exhibition / Shenzhen / Haihan Art Space
"Clouds Return to the Boat" Outstanding Young Artists Exhibition / Suzhou / Shangtang Street Zhuangyuan Building
"The Yellow Light in a Traffic Light" Contemporary Art Joint Exhibition / Shanghai / Xiansuo
Point, Line, Plane — Three-Person Exhibition / Fuzhou / San Art Space
"Neighborly Shanhui" Community Art Festival / Xi'an / Shanhui Art Museum
"Love in a Dream" 10 Chancery Lane Gallery 20th Anniversary Retrospective / Hong Kong / 10 Chancery Lane Gallery
"Index and Halo" Shenzhen (International) Youth Creative Culture Exchange Exhibition / Shenzhen / Tian'an Yungu Tech Art Exhibition Hall
2022 "Sense and Sensibility" Chen Chunfei & Gu Benchi Dual Solo Exhibition / Shanghai / Jieming Gallery
"Beyond Light, Beyond Clouds" Chen Chunfei & Gu Benchi Dual Solo Exhibition / Qingdao / Tobbia Gallery
Fireworks / Shanghai / YOUNG · Fuchenan Art Museum
New Shanghai School Abstract Art Exhibition / Shanghai / YOUNG Art Museum
"Facing the View" A Relational Space of Conceptual Circulation / Wuxi / Bund Canal Art Museum
2023 "Super Burning" Tianfu Contemporary Art Exhibition / Chengdu / Chengdu Tianfu Art Park
"Half Sea Water, Half Flame" Gu Benchi & Chen Chunfei Duo Exhibition / Xingcheng / Haishang Art Museum; Anshan / Steel Art Museum
"Two Ends of a Line" Gu Benchi & Chen Chunfei Duo Exhibition / Shanghai / Rong Source Art Space
"Flourishing" Youth Installation Art Invitational Exhibition / Suzhou / Hengmei Art Space
"Leaves of Grass" Contemporary Abstract Painting Group Exhibition / Shanghai / Modern Art Museum
"Grand Sleepwalking Residence" Comprehensive Art Exhibition / Shanghai / Xingdongli Lufeng Art Space
"Whispers and Lingering Threads" Group Exhibition / Hong Kong / 10 Chancery Lane Gallery
2025 "This Mountain, That Mountain" Fangcunshan Art Center Inaugural Exhibition / Shanghai / Fangcunshan Art Center
"Ancient Growth" Group Exhibition / Shanghai / Rong Source Art Space
Collections
The National Art Museum of China · Copelouzos Family Art Museum (Greece) · Di Yuan Art Gallery (Jiaxing) · Zhi Art Museum (Songyang) · The Scotch Malt Whisky Society · Vanke Real Estate · Wanda Group · Bright Food Group · Zhongrui Group
