Born in 1959 in Yunnan, China, after graduating from the Department of Oil Painting in 1989, he serviced as a propaganda painter for the Political Department of the Army. Notable solo and group exhibitions: 2008 "Beijing - Athens, Contemporary Art from China", Greece; 2007 "Never Grow Up, Tang Zhigang: 1977-2007, Retrospective", Hyundai doArt Gallery, Beijing; 2005 "Chinese Fairytale", Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong; 2004 "Tang Zhigang", Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, "The Army Show", New York; 2003 "From China with Art", National Gallery of Jakarta, Indonesia; 2002 Basel International Art Fair, Basel; 2000 "Chinese Avant-garde Exhibition", De La Vilette Museum, Paris, "Children Meeting", Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong; "Moment: Chinese Contemporary Art", University of Chicago Art Centre, Chicago.