Hao Jingban works with film and video to investigate the historical distance between the present and the past. In her research-based practice, Hao conducts historical investigation, archival research, field study, personal interviews, and live performances. Her works are presented as observational documentaries, entangling individual stories with collective histories. From the ballroom dancing in Beijing before and after the Cultural Revolution, to the films of North-eastern China from the 1930s, Hao weaves together complex historical narratives, social movements, and cultural commentary against the ambivalence and silence of the bygone era. In recent works, Hao scrutinizes and reflects on contemporary socio-political conditions and their psychological effects.
Hao is the winner of the Han Nefkens Foundation, Mori Art Museum, M+ Hong Kong and Singapore ArtMuseum – Moving Image Commission 2023. Her commissioned film I Witness (2025) is touring Mori Art Museum (2025), Singapore Art Museum (2026), and M+. The film will also be featured in her soloexhibition at MIT List Visual Arts Center (2026).
Hao’s solo exhibitions took place at Mori Art Museum (2025), Matadero Madrid (2020), OCAT Xi’an(2019), Blindspot Gallery (Hong Kong, 2018), UCCA (Beijing, 2016), and Taikang Space (Beijing, 2016).Her works have been exhibited in institutions and biennales, including Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai,2025 & 2019), 36th Bienal de São Paulo (2025), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) (Berlin, 2025), FracBretagne (Rennes, 2025), TANK Shanghai (2024), West Bund Museum (Shanghai, 2023), Arts WestGallery (Melbourne, 2023), 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (Brisbane, 2021), 11th SeoulMediacity Biennale (2021), Times Art Center Berlin (2020), Power Station of Art (Shanghai, 2019),Guangdong Times Museum (Guangzhou, 2019 & 2018), Centre Pompidou (Paris, 2017 & 2019), Museumof Fine Arts (Boston, 2018), FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art (Cleveland,2018), and 11th Shanghai Biennale (2016).
Hao currently lives and works in Yunnan Province, China.
