Cao Fei is a contemporary Chinese artist. Working in multimedia installation and sculpture, her chaotic, inventive work explores the day-to-day life of Chinese people as they navigate a rapidly changing social and technological landscape. With a blend of influences including Surrealism, video games, pop culture, and documentary films, Cao activates the gulf between fantasy and reality. “Although the boundary between virtual and real is becoming more and more blurred,” she has observed, “the way the virtual world contradicts and coincides with reality offers something ambiguous and complex.” Born in 1978 in Guangzhou, China, she went on to receive her BFA from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2001. Having emerged as one of the most influential Chinese artists of her generation, she has exhibited all over the world, notably including at MoMA PS1 in Queens, the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the Tate Modern in London, and the 56th Venice Biennale. She lives and works in Beijing, China.