Guo Fengyi was born in 1942 and passed away in 2010 in Xi'an, central China. During her lifetime, Guo was represented in major institutional exhibitions and projects at institutions such as the Gwangju Biennial (2010); The Museum of Everything, London (2009), Mori Art Museum, Japan (2009); Kunsthaus Graz, Austria (2007); Shenzhen Biennial (2006); Taipei Biennale (2005); Yokohama Triennial, Japan (2005); Prague International Biennale of Contemporary Art (2005); and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France (2004). In 2002, Guo worked with Judy Chicago on a multi-venue event for Long March Project After her death in 2010, the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver, Canada organized the first North American survey of Guo’s work that opened in 2012. Other group exhibition venue highlights after her passing include: The Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia (2017); Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands (2016); Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2013); Hayward Gallery, London (2013); The 55th Venice Biennale (2013); and the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (2012).