| 1982 | Born in Sichuan, China |
| 2004 | Graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China |
| Currently | Lives and works in Beijing, China |
| 2020 | Among the People, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing, China Pareidolia, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA |
| 2019 | Signatura Rerum, Tso Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2017 | Plastic Heaven, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA |
| 2015 | Lustrous and Dazzling, Gallery 100, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Interface, A307 Space, 798 Art District, Beijing, China | |
| 2014 | The Great Metaphorist, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing, China Miss Oyu, Frieze New York, New York, USA |
| Miss Oyu, Frieze New York, New York, USA | |
| 2013 | Guo Hongwei: Editing, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, China |
| 2012 | Guo Hongwei: Painting is Collecting, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA; 2012 Hong Kong |
| International Art Fair, Hong Kong; Chambers Fine Art, Beijing, China | |
| 2011 | Tiny Drop, Aike-Dell'arco, Palermo, Italy |
| 2010 | Things, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA |
| 2009 | Things, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing, China |
| 2007 | Dissolving Memory – Guo Hongwei’s Paintings, Connoisseur Art Gallery and 82 Republic, Hong Kong, China |
| 2023 | The Rabbit Projects, Chambers Fine Art, New York, China |
| 2021 | Beijing Contemporary Art Expo, Beijing, China Classical Gaudiness, Enclave Contemporary, Shenzhen, China |
| 2020 | The Illustrated Word: Artwork Inspired by Calligraphy, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA |
| 2019 | Chambers Review II, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA Against the Stream: Fu Xiaotong, Guo Hongwei, Li Qing, Wu Didi, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing, China Out for Summer, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong, China Pal(ate)/ette/, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China River Flowing without a Beacon,1979, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing, China Traditional Medical Culture in Ancient Texts and its subtle Influence in Contemporary Art and Life, Sichuan Library, Chengdu, China |
| 2018 | Popular Lab - Market, HKRI Taikoo Hui, Shanghai, China Between Past and Future: SGA Collection Exhibition, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China |
| 2017 | ACAW THINKING PROJECTS: The Pre-existent Painting, Chambers Fine Art，New York, USA |
| Grounding, Dorm by UCCASTORE, 798 Art District, Beijing, China | |
| Collage: The Cards Players, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China | |
| Word History, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand | |
| City of Stars, Leo Xu and Art Project CZ, Shanghai, China It Begins with a Story: Three Exhibitions, Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong, China | |
| 2016 | Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions, Yebisu Garden Place, Tokyo, Japan |
| Art Beijing Salon Exhibition Program 1: Paintings of Thought, Dongshan Shu, Beijing, China | |
| The Tale of New Year, Hui Art Space, Beijing, China | |
| 2015 | My Generation: Young Chinese Artists, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, USA |
| Jing Shen: The Act of Painting in Contemporary China, Padiglione d’arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy | |
| Leo Xu Projects at Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai, China | |
| Leo Xu Projects at Frieze London, London, UK | |
| Leo Xu Projects at Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China | |
| 2014 | My Generation: Young Chinese Artists, Tampa Museum of Art & Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg; Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, USA |
| Silence: the 1990s, Balice Hertling Gallery, Paris, France | |
| 2013 | Reading, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, China Evolution: A Question, YUAN Space, Beijing, China ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice, UCCA, Beijing, China |
| 2012 | REACTIVATION: the 9th Shanghai Biennale, Inter-city Pavilion Project, City Pavilion of Palermo, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China Daily of Concept: A Practice of Life, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China Boy: A Contemporary Portrait, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, China Do a Book, White Space, Beijing, China Diamond Leaves: Brilliant Artist Books from around the World, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China |
| 2011 | Painting Lesson I : Illusion or Delusion , Gallery Yang, Beijing, China Catch The Moon In The Water: Emerging Chinese Artists , James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, China 0° Space, Aike-Dell'arco, Shanghai, China |
| 2010 | Guo Hongwei, Yuko Murata, Karen Seapker: Recent Paintings and Watercolors, James Cohan Gallery Shanghai, Shanghai, China ALEX: A Tribute to Alexander McQueen, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China Du — Crossover, Aroundspace, Shanghai, China |
| 2009 | Santa’s Workshop, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China The Tree, James Cohan Gallery, China New-Trends: Fifteen Contemporary Chinese Artist, Pacific Heritage Museum, San Francisco, USA |
| 2008 | Blog It: New Wave of New Wave, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing, China & New York, USA Starting Now, Beijing Art Now Gallery, Beijing, China The Game Is Not Over: Young Chinese Artists, Arario Beijing, Beijing, China Thinghood: Object-related Themes in Contemporary Art, Magee Art Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 2007 | Refresh: Emerging Chinese Artists, Shanghai Zendai MOMA, Shanghai, China Energy: Spirit • Body • Material, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China |
| 2006 | Seven Sichuan Generals, Ogilvy Gallery, Beijing, China Dialogue 10+10, Shanghai Zendai MoMA, Shanghai, China |
| DSL Collection, France |
| White Rabbit Collection, Sydney, Australia |
| Fidelity Investments Art Collection, USA |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA |