Tang Shuo

Plato is pleased to present Tang Shuo’s solo exhibition, Borrowed History.

Tang Shuo explores themes of identity, nature, and human connection. Shuo spent his early years growing up in a small village in southern China. Drawing on memories of his upbringing and his family’s history, he conjures mysterious scenes that evoke universal myths, in which he often appears as the protagonist. Shuo’s compositions, steeped in art-historical references, contemplate personal memory, relocation, and migration within broader cultural histories.

Tang Shuo (b. 1987) received his Bachelor’s degree at the Department of Mural Painting of Guangxi Arts University (2008-2012) and studied Experimental Art at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing (2014-2015). His recent solo exhibitions include Borrowed History at Plato, New York (2026), upcoming; My Garden at Steve Turner, LA (2024); The Narrators at Beers London (2024); and Shadow of Boulder Hill at Fabienne Levy Gallery, Lausanne and Geneva (2023).

Tang Shuo has participated in group exhibitions such as Visions of Intimacy, Fabienne Levy Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland (2026); Almost Forgot We're Moving, Fabienne Levy Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland (2026); Pastime (2026), Phantasma (2026), and Blood as Thick as Water (2025), Plato, New York; Nice To See You/ Hope To See You Again, Tuesday to Friday, Valencia, Spain (2025); En Route II, HdMGallery, Beijing, China (2025); The Mélange of the Many, IOMO Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (2025); Showroom Presentation at König Galerie, Berlin (2024); Family & Friends, Beers London, London (2023); Patterns of Identity, Prior Art Space, Barcelona (2022); Wilderness of Being, HdM Gallery, London, UK (2022); Sync in Progress, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing (2022); Null Protocol, Func Gallery, Shanghai, China (2022); Talking All Day, Badre El Jundi Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2022); Polychromy, Actual Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon (2022); Return To Flesh, The Room London Gallery, London, UK (2022); That Wilderness Within, Prior Art Space, Barcelona, Spain (2022); Identity, Artistellar Gallery, London, UK (2022) and; paper., Beers Gallery, London, UK (2022).