Born in Chengdu, Sichuan, graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 1990 and stayed on as a teacher after his graduation. His works are exhibited internationally. Solo exhibitions include: 2008 "Guo Jin – Solo Exhibition", Shanghai; "Appearance: Guo Jin Solo Exhibition", Museum Nasional, Jakarta, Indoesia; 2007 "Things That Change, Things That Don't", Hong Kong; 2006 "Action and Imagination", Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2005 Chinese Contemporary Art Gallery, London, UK; LIMN Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA. Important group exhibitions: 2011 "Prints From Contemporary Masterpieces", Chengdu; 2010 "The Asia Pacific Contemporary Art Fair", Shanghai; 2008 "Face and Faces" Madrid, Spain; 2007 "China Art Now!" Singapore Art Museum, Singapore; "Guo Wei & Guo Jin: Figurative Possibilities, N.Y., USA; 2005 "4+1: Chinese Contemporary Paintings" Taipei, Taiwan; 2004 "Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition", Italy; "Chinart" Ludwing Museum, Hungary; 2003 "China Art", Dulsburg, Germany.