Edward Cao is a visual artist who creates fine art gallery work and commercial work in paint and digital formats. Juxtapoz described Edward’s work as “colorful and chaotic,” while Catapult Art Magazine elaborated that he “offers a bedlam of beauty, showered with vivid drizzles that captivate and tantalize the senses, while enticing any art enthusiast into visually arresting scenes and subjects.” Edward has exhibited his work domestically in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Portland, Las Vegas, Washington, DC, and St. Louis, as well as internationally in Australia, Germany, and Taiwan.
Through partnerships in music, print publishing and apparel, Edward’s commercial work has recently appeared on album covers, books, interactive graphics and t-shirts. He has contributed as both an artist and blogger to the apparel line Blood Is The New Black.
A BFA graduate of Art Center College of Design, Edward lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena CA
Press
Voyage LA Magazine, June 2018
BloPop Magazine, May 2015
We Choose Art, August 2014
Bleaq, February 2014
Catapult Art Mag, July 2013
Juxtapoz Magazine, March 2012
Creep Machine, December 2011
Exhibition
”The Red Envelope Show,” Harman Projects, New York NY, February 2024
”SALUT! 8,” Nucleus Portland, Portland OR, June 2023
”The Red Envelope Show,” myplasticheart, Brooklyn NY, January 2023
”Monochromagic 5,” WOW x WOW Gallery, July 2022
”SALUT! 7,” Nucleus Portland, Portland OR, May 2022
”Grumpy Bert x Spoke Art’s Red Envelope Show,” Hashimoto Contemporary, New York NY, January 2022
”Labyrinth of Dreams,” WOW x WOW Gallery, December 2021
”Power in Numbers 6",” Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra CA, November 2021
”Official Inktober Show,” Nucleus Portland, Portland OR, October 2021
”SALUT! 6,” Nucleus Portland, Portland OR, June 2021
”Pop. So. Real.,” 317 Art Collective, Rockford IL, June 2021
”Ritual Deluxe,” WOW x WOW Gallery, March 2021
”Grumpy Bert’s Red Envelope Show 2021,” February 2021
”Silent Transmissions,” WOW x WOW Gallery, December 2020
”Parallel Truths,” WOW x WOW Gallery, June 2020
”Ghosts Aflame,” WOW x WOW Gallery, March 2020
“Grumpy Bert’s Red Envelope Show 2020,” Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles CA, February 2020
“Grumpy Bert’s Red Envelope Show 2020,” City Point, DeKalb Market Hall, Brooklyn NY, January 2020
“SALUT! 4,” Nucleus Portland, Portland OR, November 2019
“Fistfuls of Sky,” WOW x WOW Gallery, June 2019
“SALUT! III,” Nucleus Portland, November 2018
“Beyond the Untold,” WOW x WOW Gallery, October 2018
“Perfect 10,” La Bodega Gallery, San Diego CA, September 2018
"15th Anniversary Show," MF Gallery, Brooklyn NY, August 2018
"The Infinite Well," Nucleus Portland, Portland OR, May 2018
“Best of The Hive,” The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA, April 2018
"MicroVisions," WOW x WOW Gallery, April 2018
"Room of a Thousand Doors," WOW x WOW Gallery, September 2017
"Group Show," Garage Gallery, Los Angeles CA, April 2016
“Best of The Hive,” The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA, April 2016
"Hive Tarot 7," The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA, January 2016
"Group Art Exhibit," The Pretty Pretty Collective, Los Angeles CA, October 2015
“I Want to Believe,” Gristle Art Gallery, Brooklyn NY, August 2015
“Once in a Blue Moon,” Madame Siam, Hollywood CA, August 2015
“Jedi July,” The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA, July 2015
“6×6 International Group Exhibition,” Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, June 2015
“POPswap,” The Dream Factory, Frankfurt, Germany, May 2015
“Best of The Hive,” The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA, April 2015
“Cash and Carry 1,” Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena CA, March 2015
Featured Artist, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA, January 2015
“Pandamonium,” Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena CA, June 2014
“Desiderata,” Gristle Art Gallery, Brooklyn NY, May 2014
“KawaiiLand,” Los Globos, Los Angeles CA, May 2014
“Yours Truly: 100 Postcards for Human Rights,” Alexi Era Gallery, St. Louis MO, May 2014
“All Hail GWAR!: Dave Brockie Memorial Art Show,” MF Gallery, Brooklyn NY, May 2014
“Of History and Hope,” Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena CA, April 2014
“New Avatars in Hiveland,” The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA, April 2014
“Nostalgia,” Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco CA, February 2014
“Twice-Told Tales,” Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena CA, January 2014
“Year of the Horse,” Wrong Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, January 2014
“Hive Tarot 5,” The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA, January 2014
“Christmas Ornament Sale,” Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena CA, December 2013
“Princess Ave.” The Rat Factory, Hollywood CA, December 2013
“Winter Eternal,” The Pretty Pretty Collective, San Francisco CA, December 2013
“Glass Hands” with My Friends Love Me, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA, November 2013
“Curiosities,” Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco CA, August 2013
“Mis Santos Espantosos” – Supporting Artist, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA, June 2013
“Masterpieces of Shit,” The Rat Factory, Hollywood CA, June 2013
“10th Anniversary Group Show,” MF Gallery, Brooklyn NY, June 2013
“Pancakes & Booze Art Show” – Featured Artist, Lot 613, Los Angeles CA, May 2013
“The Hive 8th Anniversary” – Installation Artist, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA, April 2013
“Pool Art Show” by Blood Is The New Black, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas NV, February 2013
“Nevermore,” Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco CA, December 2012
“Monstöberfest 3,” Rothick Art Haus, Anaheim CA, October 2012
“Dark Art: A Tribute to Metal,” Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco CA, August 2012
“See You In Hell 2,” MF Gallery, Brooklyn NY, May 2012
“Marvelous Humans,” Articulated Gallery, San Francisco CA, April 2012
“All In for the 99%,” Los Angeles CA, March 2012
“Creatures from the Black Lagoon,” Zzyzx Science Gallery, Los Angeles CA, January 2012
“The Heartbeat of California,” SEIU-ULTCW, Los Angeles CA, July 2010
Group Exhibition, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA, August 2009
Group Exhibition, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA, July 2009
Inaugural Exhibit, Art: Raw Gallery, New York NY, March 2009
“Manifest Hope: DC,” Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC, January 2009
“Deep Water,” C.A.V.E. Gallery, Venice CA, November 2008
“Hollywood, DC: Lights, Camera, Election!” World of Wonder Gallery, Hollywood CA, October 2008
Group Exhibition, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA, October 2008
“Cannibal Flower,” Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles CA, June 2008
“Cannibal Flower,” Hangar 1018, Los Angeles CA, February 2008
“Eco Art,” Nichols Gallery, Claremont CA, January 2007
