谷文达，生于上海，1981年毕业于中国美术学院国画系研究生班，后留校任教，1987年移居美国纽约，现为职业画家，曾在世界各地的博物馆、画廊举办展览。谷文达是现今活跃的著名华人艺术家。1998年底，谷文达“蜕变与突破：华人新艺术”大展在纽约开幕，其作品《天坛》登上1999年3月《美国艺术》（ArtinAmerica）的封面，成为华人艺术家的第一人。2002年3月号的《东方》杂（Orientations）更以画家肖像作封面，并在内页注明此乃创举，一反该杂向来只关注亚洲传统艺术的风格。欧雷利（MichaelKampenORiley）撰着的《西方以外的艺术》“后现代和后殖民时代的国际主义”一章中，以谷文达为代表，阐述在1990年之后，非西方艺术家如何自由地汲古创新，开拓出超越的国际观和多元化的视觉空间。

英国艺术史家爱德华露西史密斯曾经称他为“八十年代末期到九十年代初期来自中国的新生代前卫艺术家代表人物”。谷文达也是八五美术新潮运动中的领军者之一。上世纪80年代早期，他把错位、肢解的书法文字做水墨画，借此挑战正统体制，并影响了后来一代艺术家。这些早期作品部分受到“文革”时期“大字报”的影响。他1987年移民美国，并开始创作大规模装置。他用人的头发和胎盘粉来创作作品，试图探索多元文化、全球化的主题：在装置《联合国》中，他用从世界各地收集到的头发组成汉字，再粘在厚实的木板和布帘上。从创新水墨画到《碑林：唐诗后著》，谷文达把自己定位为一位有力的文化讲解人，不断阐释着存在于全球化时代的文化、语言障碍。

Be born at Shanghai, was graduated from traditional Chinese painting of Chinese academy of fine arts to fasten graduate student class 1981, stay after school teach, new York of emigrant 1987 United States, it is professional painter now, ever held an exhibition in the museum of world each district, gallery. Gu Wenda is the famous Chinese artist with active nowadays. By 1998, gu Wenda " decay and breakthrough: Chinese new art " exhibit greatly kick off in new York, its work " the Temple of Heaven " ascend in March 1999 " the United States is artistic " (ArtinAmerica) cover, become the first person of Chinese artist. In March 2002 of date " Oriental " miscellaneous (Orientations) more make the title page of a thread-bound book with painter effigies, and inside the page makes clear this to be a pioneering work, turn over this style that miscellaneous all along pays close attention to Asian traditional art only. Ouleili (MichaelKampenORiley) those who writing " the art beyond the west " " hind contemporary the internationalism of colonial times after mixing " in one chapter, it is a delegate with Gu Wenda, elaborate after 1990, blame west artist how ancient innovation of free ground draw water, develop the visual space that gives surmounted international view and diversity.

Edward of British art historian  Lucy  Smith once call him " the Neozoic avant-courier artist that 80 time evening comes from China to 90 time initial stage represents a person " . Gu Wenda also is 85 art trendy motion is gotten mediumly army person one of. Go up century 80 time are inchoate, his calligraphy character amlposition, dismemberment does wash painting, lend this challenge lineal system, affected later generation artist. These inchoate work parts get " Culture Revolution " period " dazibao " influence. He is emigrant 1987 the United States, begin to create wholesale unit. The hair that he servantchooses a person for a job and placental pink will create work, try to explore multivariate the theme of culture, globalization: In device " U.N. " in, he forms a Chinese character with the hair that collects from world each district, stick on thick board and drape again. Arrive from innovation wash " tablet forest: Write after Tang poetry " , gu Wenda locates him for strong culture explains a person, ceaseless illuminate is worn barrier of the culture of times of consist in globalization, language.