生于上海，祖籍广东省汕头市人。国家一级美术师，中国画研究院专业画家，中国美术家协会理事。1988年调入中国画研究院。现为中国美术家协会会员。
1988年秋率团访日，参加中日水墨画展览及交流活动。1990年春，应邀赴香港举办个人画展。1990年夏，应邀赴泰国举办个人画展。1991年至1992年受聘为美国新闻文化总署富布莱特基金会高级学者，赴美国讲学，并在亚特兰大、芝加哥等地举办画展。1995年秋应邀赴马来西亚、新加坡做学术交流，为马来西亚艺术学院讲课。1997年底在深圳（关山月美术馆）举办大型个人画展。1998年9月参加全国第五次美术家代表大会并当选为理事。1998年11月应邀访问澳门。1998年12月参加深圳国际水墨画双年展。
作品曾多次参加全国美展，以及在十几个国家展出，曾两次获北京优秀美术作品奖，全国连环画二等奖，套书一等奖；获北京国际水墨画优秀奖及中、日、韩水墨画优秀奖等。主要论著有《写意人物画技法》、《水墨仕女画技法》、《谢志高画集》等。

1958年考入广州美术学院附中。后入该院中国画系学习。
1966年毕业于广州美术学院中国画系。
1978年考取中央美术学院中国画研究生。
1980年毕业，留中央美术学院中国画系任教。

Be born at Shanghai, ancestral home Guangdong saves person of Shan head city. Country division of one class art, china draws academy major painter, director of Chinese artist association. Transferred into China draws an academy 1988. It is Chinese artist academician now.
? ? ? ? 1988 autumn lead a group to visit day, enter Sino-Japanese wash exhibition and communication activity. 1990 spring, go to Hong Kong to hold individual art exhibition on invitation. 1990 summer, go to Thailand to hold individual art exhibition on invitation. Came to sufferred 1992 1991 hire for total arrange of American news culture rich Bulaitejijinhui is advanced scholar, go to the United States to discourse on an academic subject, hold art exhibition in and other places of Atlanta, Chicago. 1995 autumn go to Malaysia, Singapore to make academic communication on invitation, for lecture of Malaysia art institute. Shenzhen is in by 1997 (art gallery of month closing hill) hold large individual art exhibition. Attended congress of the 5th artist of countrywide to be elected in September 1998 for director. Visited Macao on invitation in November 1998. Attended Shenzhen international wash in December 1998 double year exhibit. ?
? ? ? ? Work ever attended countrywide beauty to exhibit for many times, and exhibit in ten countries, ever won award of work of Beijing fine art twice, countrywide comic is second-class award, cover book first prize; Obtain Beijing international wash outstanding award and Chinese ink of medium, day, Han Shui draw outstanding award to wait. Main treatise has " law of ability of enjoyable character picture " , " water Mo Shinv paints ability way " , " Xie Zhigao draws volume " etc.