Born in Guizhou, China in 1981 and graduated from the Oil Department at the Sichuan Fine Art Institute in 2003. Having held solo exhibitions starting from China, Hong Kong, etc. and repeatedly invited by He Xiang-Ying Art Gallery, Shenzhen and several other galleries to hold exhibits also. His oeuvre has been favored by collectors within the country and overseas and recognized by senior artists' as the new rising star.

Gao Yu's childhood resembles other youngsters at his age, deeply influenced by modern culture like cartoons, anime, etc. He rekindles classical invocative inspirations and chooses a panda as his main creative subject. In his art work, the panda is often depicted as a surrea...