Chando Ao (b.1990, Fengdu, CN) lives and works in New York, US. Ao gained his BFA from Tufts University (Boston, US) in 2016. Selected exhibitions include: “Sponsoring Thought,” Tara Downs, New York, US (2026) (forthcoming); “Cell Repair,” organized by Eidmann Gallery, Tara Downs, New York, US (2026); “Creative Machine,” Taikang Art Museum, Beijing, CN (2024); “When the Monster is Speaking,” Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, CN (2024); “Brains and Beauty: At the Intersection of Art and Neuroscience,” Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, US (2024); “Machine Violence,” Postmasters Gallery, New York, US (2023), All Art Is Virtual, Thoma Foundation, Santa Fe, USA (2022). He has participated in residencies at Cornell Tech, New York, US (2024–2025) and New Museum, New York, US (2023–2024).