宋涛
藝術家、設計師、策展人、
O GALLERY 、自造社創辦人
Yuan Museum 館長

1969 年出生於上海，曾就讀於中央工藝美術學院主修平面設計及繪畫，1988年畢業於中央工藝美術學院，並在 1993 年法國巴黎第一大學獲造型藝術碩士學位，1994年回到中國創辦了 TAO 畫廊，為中國當代的優秀藝術家做了許多展覽，並於 1995年成立宋濤設計工作室，設計工作包括藝術海報、藝術家具、書籍裝幀、室內設計。2002年創辦自造社,成為中國第一家設計師品牌。2007年創辦 SAY FINE ART 藝展機構，2008 年組織並發起了中國家居設計師品牌聯盟，簡稱 CFDBA，2009 年創辦 O-GALLERY 藝術設計畫廊，代理國內外著名藝術家和設計師作品，2011年與紅星美凱龍創辦中國第一個中國原創生活館，2012 年起擔任中央美術學院城市設計學院客坐教授，2012至2014年作為召集人和保利國際拍賣公司合作藝術設計拍賣專場，2014 至 2019 年為天津國際設計周顧問、策展人，北京國際設計周策展人，同時是北京UCCA設計委員會顧問，2016年米蘭設計三年展特邀策展人； 2014-2016年設計上海特邀策展人；2017-2018年設計上海-新天地設計節策展人；2019年東莞在地設計展策展人；2019年創辦Yuan museum；廣州家具博覽會設計之春策展人；2020年創辦優山美地家·美術館、Yuan living銀泰中心高端設計師品牌集合空間；2022年擔任倫敦設計雙年展中國館總策展人；2023年米兰、威尼斯设计周策展人，巴黎MO设计周策展人，2024年巴黎设计周中国馆策展人。

宋濤的創作範疇涵蓋繪畫、裝置、藝術設計及旨在建立生活與藝術之間橋樑的公共介入。宋濤身兼藝術家、策展人、設計師，作品大多用木材和金屬及樹脂為材料，意在使世人重新發現和認識中國傳統文化中美侖美奐的造型藝術及其所具有的深厚生命力。曾在上海美術館、上海多倫多美術館、法國巴黎中國文化中心、德國柏林中國文化中心等被邀請舉辦個人展覽。

Tao Song (b. 1969, Shanghai) is an artist, designer, curator, and founder of O Gallery， ZIZAOSHE and Yuan Museum. As leading figure in contemporary Chinese design, he began his arts and design education in the late 80s, before launching a series of entrepreneurial endeavors around design in the 90s and 2000s—these have included Song Tao Design Studio, focused on interior, furniture, and exhibition design; Zizaoshe, a pioneering design agency in China dedicated to promoting design excellence in China and abroad; SAY FINE ART, an exhibition space dedicated to revitalizing traditional Chinese handicrafts; and the Association of Chinese Furniture Design Brands, an initiative dedicated to promoting traditional Chinese plastics arts and design. He founded O-Gallery in 2009, a gallery dedicated to contemporary Chinese and international design, and has been a guest professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in the School of Urban Design since 2012. From 2014–2018, he was the consultant and curator of Tianjin International Design Week, the curator of Beijing International Design Week, the consultant of the UCCA Design Committee of Beijing, and an invited curator of the 2016 Triennale di Milano. From 2017–2018, Song was the curator of Design Shanghai Xintiandi Design Festival. In 2019, he curated the DongGuan Re-locate Design Festival and founded the Yuan Museum. The following year, he also founded the Home Art Museum in YOSEMITE and Yuan Living in Beijing Yintai Centre. Song served as the curator of Guangzhou CIFF Design Spring from 2020–2023. Song also served as the curator of London Design Biennale 2023 Care Pavilion.

Bridging life and art, his creative scope covers painting, installation, artistic design, and public intervention. Most of his works employ wood, metal, and acrylic to explore classical Chinese aesthetics with contemporary form and material. His works had been exhibited at the Shanghai Art Museum, the Toronto Art Museum in Shanghai, the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris, France, and the Chinese Cultural Center in Berlin, Germany.
Previously, he received an MA in Plastic Arts from Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University and a BA in Graphic Design and Drawing from National University of Art and Design (Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University).