[2] He graduated from the Art Department of Northwest Normal University in 1987.
[3] When he moved from rural Gansu to Beijing in 1998, he became aware of globalization and the power it exerts over the body.
In his performance works, the artist used his body to raise social issues, in an age of science and technology, our bodies no longer belong to ourselves but to society and the state.
His performances often involve painful acts such as surgical procedures without the use of anaesthetic.
including the famous " 不合作方式 Fuck Off" show at the Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai in 2000, the Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, 2003, the Dadao Live Art Festival, Beijing, 2004, and China Live tour of eight major institutions in the UK organised by Beijing-based curator Shu Yang in 2005.