——Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative
the Boao Forum for Asia 2023 “Drawing Silk Road Civilization Together” Cultural Figures Art Exhibition will be held by the Boao Forum for Asia, the National Art Museum of China and the Chinese Cultural Figures Magazine at the National Art Museum of China from November 26 to December 6, 2023.
Chinese Cultural Figures reporters Su Qing/Photo Report
Since the launch of the 2023 Boao Forum for Asia “Drawing Silk Road Civilization Together” Cultural Figures Art Exhibition on November 26, a large number of visitors from all over the country have brought about a significant surge in visits
The exhibition invited more than 50 contemporary artists from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan to “Drawing Silk Road Civilization Together”. Among those invited were Jin Shangyi, Honorary President of the China Artists Association, Wu Weishan, Deputy Secretary-General of the CPPCC National Committee, Vice President of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, and Director of National Art Museum of China, Feng Yuan, former Vice President of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Su Shishu, Honorary President of China Calligraphers Association, Fan Di’an, President of the China Artists Association, and Sun Xiaoyun, President of China Calligraphers Association.
The oil paintings of Jin Shangyi, Honorary President of the China Artists Association, attracted many visitors to appreciate
Visitors red in front of the calligraphy works of Sun Xiaoyun, President of China Calligraphers Association: “Co-building the Belt and Road originates from China, but its achievements and opportunities belong to the world”
Visitors paused in front of the works of Feng Yuan, former Vice President of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, to experience the timeless charm of traditional culture
Through the works of Su Shishu, Honorary President of the China Calligraphers Association, visitors realized the real essence of “Educate People with Culture, Condense Soul; Connect Hearts with Art, Communicate with the World”
Portrait of Qi Yan Oil Painting 90 cm × 82 cm, 2022, By Jin Shangyi
Jin Shangyi
Member of the Standing Committee of the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Honorary Chairman of China Artists Association, Former President of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Former Chairman of China Artists Association and Former Vice President of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
He was born in Jiaozuo, Henan Province in 1934. In 1949, he was admitted to the Painting Department of National Beiping Art College (now Central Academy of Fine Arts). In 1955, he attended the oil painting training class set up by Maksimov at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 1957, he graduated from the oil painting training class and stayed as a teacher. In 1959, he created Farewell for the Museum of Chinese Revolution; in 1961, he created December Conference for the Museum of Chinese Revolution. In 1962, he was transferred to the First Studio of Oil Painting Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts (Wu Zuoren Studio) to teach. In 1964, he created Long March and exhibited it in the 3rd National Exhibition of Fine Arts. In 1978, he served as Deputy Director of the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Head of the First Studio. In 1980, the works Thinking and Youth were collected by the National Art Museum of China; in 1983, Tajik Bride and Lu Xun were collected by the National Art Museum of China. In the same year, he served as Vice President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts; in 1984, Qu Qiubai was awarded the silver medal of the 6th National Exhibition of Fine Arts and was collected by the National Art Museum of China; in 1986, he was appointed as a member of the Oil Painting Art Committee of the China Artists Association; in 1987, he served as President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts; in 1989, he served as a judge of the 7th National Exhibition of Fine Arts; in 1997, he was elected Vice President of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles; in 1998, he was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the Chairman of the China Artists Association; in 1999, he served as the Chief Judge of the 9th National Exhibition of Fine Arts; in 2004, he served as the Chief Judge of the 10th National Exhibition of Fine Arts; he was hired as a librarian in China Central Institute for Culture and History in 2007 and became a senior librarian in 2017; in 2013, he was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC; in 2018, he served as the 9th Honorary Chairman of the China Artists Association; in 2020, he served as consultant of the National Art Creation Committee on Major Themes. His main works include Tajik Bride, Young Female Singer, Huang Binhong in His Late Years, Badashanren.
Laozi Chuguan Sculpture 74cm×93cm×33cm, 2012, By Wu Weishan
Wu Weishan
Deputy Secretary-General of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Full-time Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, and Director of the National Art Museum of China
He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Nanjing Normal University in 1987 and stayed as a teacher. In 1990, he served as Director of Sculpture Teaching and Research Section of Nanjing Normal University. In 1998, he served as a Professor at Nanjing University and founded the Institute of Sculpture Art of Nanjing University. In 2003, he founded the Academy of Fine Arts of Nanjing University and served as the first President and Director of the Academic Committee of the Academy. In the same year, Sleeping Child was awarded the “Pangolin Prize” of the Royal Society of Portrait Sculptors, and became the first member of the British Society of Portrait Sculptors and the Royal Society of Sculptors in Asia. In 2007, he served as Doctoral Supervisor of Design Art at Soochow University, Dean of China Academy of Sculpture of Chinese National Academy of Arts, Member of National Urban Sculpture Steering Committee, and Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy awarded by Inje University of Korea. In 2008, he was elected as a member of the 11th National Committee of the CPPCC, Vice Chairman of Jiangsu Artists Association and Director of the National Urban Sculpture Art Committee. In 2009, he served as Director of Institute of Fine Arts of Chinese National Academy of Arts, Dean of China Academy of Sculpture and Director of National Urban Sculpture Art Committee. In 2010, the Chinese University of Hong Kong awarded him an Honorary Fellowship. In 2012, he was awarded the Gold Medal for Sculpture in the “2012 Louvre International Art Exhibition” by the French Artists Association, and was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League. In 2013, he was elected Vice Chairman of China Artists Association. In 2014, he served as Director of the National Art Museum of China. In 2015, the Chinese University of Hong Kong awarded him the Honorary Doctorate in Literature. In 2016, he served as an Adjunct Professor of Peking University, and won the highest gold medal of Russian Academy of Arts, Honorary Academician of Russian Academy of Arts, Honorary Doctorate of Herzen National Normal University of Russia, and Honorary Professor of Repin Academy of Fine Arts of Russia. In 2017, he was elected as a Foreign Academician of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine and won the “IOC President’s Trophy”. In 2018, he was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC and the Vice Chairman of the China Artists Association. In 2022, he was elected as the Vice Chairman of the 13th Central Committee of the China Democratic League. In 2021, he served as a member of the 11th National Committee of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. In 2023, he was elected as Deputy Secretary-General of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC, a member of the Committee on Culture, History and Studies, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities by Macau University of Science and Technology.
His main works include National Public Sacrifice Monument-Nanjing Massacre Group Sculpture, Confucius, Harmony between Man and Nature - Laozi, Wen Dao, Chief Designer-Deng Xiaoping, Centennial Monument, Jiao Yulu, Dialogue Beyond Time and Space-Qi Baishi and Da Vinci, Sleeping Child, Marx and so on.
The World with Authenticity in Chinese Literati’s Things Chinese painting 200 cm × 110 cm, By Feng Yuan
The World with Authenticity in Chinese Literati’s Things Chinese painting 200 cm × 110 cm, By Feng Yuan
Feng Yuan
Member of the 11th, 12th and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Vice President of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Deputy Director of China Central Institute for Culture and History, Honorary Chairman of China Artists Association.
Feng Yuan was born in Shanghai in 1952. In 1978, FENG Yuan was admitted into Graduate Class of Traditional Chinese Painting of Chinese National Academy of Arts. Upon graduation in 1980, he became a teacher of Chinese National Academy of Arts, and then Vice President and Deputy Director of the Academic Committee of Chinese National Academy of Arts in 1996. In 1999, he was awarded the title of National Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions and transferred to the Department of Education and Science and Technology of the Ministry of Culture as Director. In 2000, he served as Director of Art Department of Ministry of Culture and member of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. In 2003, he was elected Vice Chairman of China Artists Association. In 2004, he served as Director of National Art Museum of China. In 2005, he served as Party Group Member, Vice President and Secretariat Secretary of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. In 2008, he served as Member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and Doctoral Supervisor. In 2012, Feng Yuan was appointed as Deputy Director of China Central Institute for Culture and History. In 2013, he edited the Art Thought Records (three volumes) and served as Member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. In 2016, he served as Dean of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. In 2018, he served as Member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. In 2018, he was elected the 9th Honorary President of China Artists Association. In 2020, he was hired as Honorary President of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai University, and Consultant of the First National Major Theme Art Creation Art Committee.
Feng Yuan’s representative works include Chinese paintings City Building Slaves in the Qin Dynasty, Spark, QU Yuan’s Passion in Poetry, Century Sagacity, This Life and Afterlife, Citizen, Saints and so on. His main monographs include Art Thought Records, Returning to the Unlikeness, Returning to Simplicity, Human Art and Artistic Man, Tutorial of Water Ink Figure Paintings and so on, totaling more than 800,000 words. He has published a collection of works, essays and textbooks. Over the past 30 years, his works have been selected into major art exhibitions in China, and won gold, silver and bronze medals and excellence awards for more than 20 times. His works have been collected by art galleries and museums at home and abroad. In addition, a large number of his works have been exhibited in the United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea and other countries. He has given lectures and paid study visits in many countries. His personal exhibitions have traveled in France, Japan and Singapore as well as regions of Hong Kong and Taiwan in China.
Educate People with Culture, Condense Soul; Connect Hearts with Art, Communicate with the World. Calligraphy 205cm × 234cm, 2022, By Su Shishu
Su Shishu
Member of the Standing Committee of the 10th, 11th and 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Deputy Director of Painting and Calligraphy Office of CPPCC National Committee, Honorary Chairman of China Calligraphers Association.
He was born in 1949, Manchu, without party affiliation. He loved calligraphy and seal cutting since childhood. When he was a teenager, he studied under Mr. Liu Boqin, and when he was young and middle-aged, he learned from Mr. Qi Gong. He is engaged in the creation and research of calligraphy and seal cutting, and has studied Han Dynasty portrait bricks, stones, inscriptions and rubbings of past dynasties. He is a member of the China Central Institute for Culture and History, Honorary President of Cultural Relics Press, Honorary Director of Calligraphy Institute of Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, Doctoral Supervisor and Professor. He has won the honorary titles of “Taofen Publishing Award” and “Top 100 Members of Virtue and Art” of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
Editor-in-chief of Calligraphy Series, Chinese Calligraphy Art, Complete Works of Chinese Model Calligraphy, Famous Model Calligraphy of Past Dynasties, etc. In 2007, the National Committee of the CPPCC held Writing Harmony and Watching Home - Su Shishu Jinshi Calligraphy Consultation Exhibition, in 2009, the National Art Museum of China held Praise the Motherland and Promote Culture - Su Shishu Jinshi Calligraphy Report Exhibition, in 2011, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles held Calligraphy for Culture Communication - Su Shishu Proverbs Calligraphy Exhibition, in 2012, Changzhou Museum held Jiangnan Longcheng · Remarkable Place and Outstanding People - Su Shishu Calligraphy Art Exhibition; in 2014, the National Committee of the CPPCC held Writing Chinese Characters and Disseminating Culture - Experiential Education Exhibition for the Promotion of Chinese Characters by Su Shishu; in 2015, the China Millennium Monument held Writing Chinese Characters and Disseminating Culture - General Knowledge Exhibition for the Promotion of Chinese Characters by Su Shishu; in 2019, CPPCC Culture and History Museum held Promoting Chinese Characters and Praising China - Su Shishu Jinshi Calligraphy Report Exhibition.
In recent years, in order to promote Chinese traditional culture and pay attention to the development and training of young people, he has repeatedly submitted proposals to promote Chinese character culture and calligraphy education at the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; he is committed to the popularization and promotion of calligraphy education in primary and secondary schools, and made an appeal for the spread of Chinese excellent traditional culture.
Brightness of the Sky Shadows of the Clouds Oil painting 120 cm × 200 cm, 2022, By Fan Di’an
Fan Di’an
Member of the 12th and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Chairman of China Artists Association, and former President of Central Academy of Fine Arts.
Fan Di’an was born in Fujian in 1955. From 1977 to 1980, he majored in Oil Painting in the Department of Fine Arts at Fujian Normal University. From 1980 to 1985, he taught in the Department of Fine Arts at Fujian Normal University. From 1985 to 1988, he majored in Chinese Art History in the Art History Department at Central Academy of Fine Arts and obtained a master’s degree after graduation. From 1988 to 1993, he taught in the Art History Department at Central Academy of Fine Arts. From 1988 to 1992, he served as Secretary of the Youth League Committee and Deputy Director of the Students’ Affairs Office at Central Academy of Fine Arts. From 1994 to 1998, he served as assistant to President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. From 1998 to 2005, he served as Party Committee Member and Vice President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. From 2005 to 2014, he served as Director and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the National Art Museum of China. In 2006, he served as Director of the Professional Committee of the National Art Museum. In 2008, he presided over and planned the “Flourishing Age and Light - Dunhuang Art Exhibition” at the National Art Museum of China. From 2014 to 2015, he served as Party Committee Member and President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. From 2015 to 2017, he served as Member of Standing Committee of Party Committee and President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 2015, he was hired as a librarian in China Central Institute for Culture and History. In 2017, he served as Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 2018, he was elected President of the China Artists Association and the chairman of the Beijing Artists Association. In 2020, he was hired as Consultant of the First National Major Theme Art Creation Art Committee. In 2023, he was appointed as Advisor of Chinese Painting Research Institute of Communication University of China.
Fan Di’an’s main monographs include World Art History, World Higher Art Education Series, Contemporary Chinese Art: 1979-2010, Ink Painting Essence in Contemporary Cultural Situation, 20th Century Chinese Literature and Art Atlas Art Volume, Modern Chinese Paintings, Fine Collections of CAFA Art Museum and so on. His representative oil paintings include Attracting Spring Breeze into the Mountains, New Look of the Times, Running Endless, New Houses of Yi Nationality, Looking Back at Zunyi at 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Party and so on.
Belt and Road cooperation was proposed by China, but its benefits and opportunities are for the world to share; flame runs high when everyone adds wood to the fire and mutual support can get us far. Calligraphy 137cm×60cm, 2023, By Sun Xiaoyun
Keep in mind the expectations of the people, assume responsibilities entrusted by history, closely follow the trend of the times; carry forward the cause and forge ahead with courage. Calligraphy 137cm × 46cm, 2023, By Sun Xiaoyun
Sun Xiaoyun
Delegate to the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th CPC National Congress, Chairman of China Calligraphers Association and Chairman of Jiangsu Calligraphers Association.
Chairman of China Calligraphers Association, Chairman of Jiangsu Calligraphers Association, delegate to the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th CPC National Congress, Deputy Director of Professional Ethics Construction Committee of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Counselor of Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government, Vice Chairman of Jiangsu Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Honorary Director of Jiangsu Art Museum, Director of Female Calligraphers Committee of China Calligraphers Association Vice President of Calligraphy and Seal Cutting Institute of China National Academy of Painting and Dean of Chinese Calligraphy Research Institute of Nanjing University. Enjoy special allowance from the State Council. First-class Artist. Doctoral Supervisor.
She has won the “National Advanced Worker” of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the “National Outstanding Professional and Technical Talent” of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Science and Technology, “Lanting Art Award”, the highest award for calligraphy in China, “National Literary and Art Worker with Moral and Artistic Stature”, “National Cultural System Advanced Worker”, the first batch of “four batches” of talents in the national propaganda and cultural system, the “Zijin Culture Medal” of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and the Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government, “Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions in Jiangsu Province” and other awards and honorary titles.
She was born in Nanjing in 1955. After graduating from high school, she went to the countryside for five years and served in the army for eight years. She began to publish calligraphy works in 1981, and won the “National Award” in the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th National Calligraphy Exhibitions, the 2nd and 3rd National Young and Middle-aged Calligraphy Exhibitions, and the 1st Cursive Script Exhibition. She served as a judge of the National Calligraphy Exhibition and Lanting Award. Her theoretical monographs include Calligraphy with Method, and published articles such as A Preliminary Study of Chinese Traditional Calligraphy and Contemporary Creative Forms, Social Responsibility and Historical Mission of Contemporary Young and Middle-aged Calligraphers, Writing Cultural Confidence in a New Era, Remain True to the Original Aspiration. She has published A Famous Chinese Contemporary Calligrapher - Sun Xiaoyun, Sun Xiaoyun Calligraphy and Painting, Selected Calligraphy Works of Sun Xiaoyun, Chinese traditional moral education classics in small regular script - Laozi Tao Te Ching, The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius, The Mencius, Family Rules and Family Instructions of Past Dynasties, etc., and has successively held calligraphy exhibitions at the National Art Museum of China, Jiangsu Art Museum, National Museum of China, Italy, France, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao.
“The Belt and Road” Graphics Seal Series Seal engraving 400 cm × 300 cm, Xiling Seal-Engravers’ Society, and “The Belt and Road” Seal Engraving Creation Research Project Team of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department
“The Belt and Road” Graphics Seal Series Seal engraving 400 cm × 300 cm, Xiling Seal-Engravers’ Society, and “The Belt and Road” Seal Engraving Creation Research Project Team of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department
Chen Zhenlian
Vice President of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Deputy to the 12th National People’s Congress, Dean of College of Humanities of Zhejiang University, and Vice President and Secretary General of Xiling Seal Engravers’ Society.
Born in Shanghai in 1956, Chen Zhenlian came from Yinxian County, Zhejiang Province. He joined China Democratic League in 1990 and graduated with a master’s degree. He joined Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Fine Arts) in 1979, studied under Lu Weizhao, Sha Menghai and Zhu Lesan, and obtained a master’s degree in calligraphy. He is a national expert and enjoys special government subsidies. He is currently Vice President of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Consultant of China Calligraphers Association, Vice President of Zhejiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Dean of College of Humanities of Zhejiang University, Vice President and Secretary General of Xiling Seal Engravers’ Society, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Xiling Seal Engravers’ Society and Editor-in-Chief of Seal Engraving of China. He used to be Vice Chairman of China Calligraphers Association, vice chairman of China Literature and Art Critics Association, Deputy to the 12th National People’s Congress, and Deputy Dean of College of Humanities of Zhejiang University. He is a national expert and enjoys special government subsidies.
Chen Zhenlian’s 40 academic monographs include Exploration of Formal Beauty of Chinese Painting, Calligraphy, Calligraphy Aesthetics, Calligraphy Pedagogy, History of Modern Chinese Calligraphy, World of Lines - History of Chinese Calligraphy Culture, Introduction to Space Poetics, Aesthetic Research of Song Poem Schools, Appreciation of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Seal Engraving, Comparative Study of Modern Sino-Japanese Painting Exchange History, Modern Japanese Calligraphy History and Calligraphy Style of the Song Dynasty and so on. He has published many academic papers in publications such as Literature and Art Studies, Art Research and New Art.
Silk Road Love Mountain River Ode Oil Painting 480 cm × 200 cm, 2022, By Xu Li
Xu Li
Member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, member of the 10th National Committee of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Party Secretary and Secretary General of the 9th China Artists Association, and Vice Chairman of the China Artists Association.
Xu Li is Part-time Vice Chairman and former Secretary-General of China Artists Association, concurrently Director of Organizing Committee Office and Creation Steering Committee Office of “Art Creation Project with Chinese Civilization and History Theme” of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Culture, Director of Art Committee of China Artists Association, Chief Judge and Evaluation Committee Director of National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Director of China Artists Association and Member of China Calligraphers Association. His works have been selected into the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th National Exhibition of Fine Arts, “20th Century Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition”, “2nd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition”, “3rd Boutique Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition” and “1st Chinese Oil Painting Society Exhibition”. His works have been displayed in exhibitions in Austria, Japan, the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, the Netherlands and regions of Hong Kong and Taiwan in China. His works have been collected by the National Art Museum of China, the Chairman’s Hall of the Great Hall of the People, Zhongnanhai, Macao Museum, Chiyoda Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan, National Oriental Art Museum in the United States, Zoetermeer Municipal Government in the Netherlands, Helsingborg Municipal Government in Sweden, Bremen Municipal Government in Germany, Wellington Municipal Government in New Zealand, Sasebo Municipal Government in Japan, Chinese embassies in the Netherlands, Britain and Greece, Rockefeller Family in the United States, Mayor of London in the United Kingdom, SIRPAULJUDGE, a donor from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, Lama Temple, Nanputuo Temple and many other domestic and overseas collectors.
Xu Li was selected as one of top 50 Chinese oil painters in 2007, and “Art at the Top” - Top Ten Chinese Oil Painters of 2010 in 2011. He was awarded the Ukrainian Ambassador Award in 2012, Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award by the US Commission of Fine Arts in 2013 and Honorary Academician by Russian Academy of Arts in 2015.
Look at the Maritime Silk Road with a History of 1,000 Years Traditional Chinese painting 180cm×145cm, 2012, By Xu Qinsong
Xu Qinsong
Member of the 11th and 12th National Committees of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, former Vice Chairman of China Artists Association, former Chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles of Guangdong Province, and former President of the Guangdong Academy of Painting.
Born in 1952, he is a National Level-1 Artist, expert enjoying special allowance of the State Council, and member of the 11th and 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. He served as the Chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles of Guangdong Province, Vice Chairman of China Artists Association, Chairman of Guangdong Artists Association, President of the Guangdong Academy of Painting, Consultant of the China Artists Association, Honorary Chairman of the Guangdong Artists Association, Director of the Academic Committee of the Guangdong Museum of Art, Deputy Director of the Calligraphy and Painting Room of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Member of the Congress of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Researcher of the Chinese National Academy of Arts, Doctoral Supervisor, Council Member of China National Academy of Painting, President of the Southern Branch of the China Central Institute for Culture and History, Consultant of the Chinese Painting Society, staff of the People’s Government Institute for Culture and History of Guangdong Province, Visiting Professor of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Honorary President of School of Fine Arts & Design of Guangzhou University, Honorary President of Chinese Painting Institute of Guangdong Province, and President of Council of Guangdong Xu Qinsong Art Foundation.
He formerly served Art Consultant of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, Art Consultant of the Art Steering Committee of Fine Arts Exhibition London 2012, and Chief Planner of “New Density-Guangdong Centennial Exhibition of Fine Arts”.
Representative works include All are Strong Shoulders, Lost Tide, Heart Flower, Temptation, Voice of Heaven, Dawn of Spring in Southern Guangdong, Clouds and Rain on Mountains, Good Rain on Plateau, Monument, Good Rain Over the Mountain, Beautiful Scenery of Yangtze River, Clouds on the Pearl River, etc. He won multiple awards, including the Silver Award at the 7th National Fine Arts Exhibition, the Gold Award of Japan·China Printmaking Awards in 1992, the Silver Award at the China West Lake Art Festival in 1991 (the highest award of printmaking), the Bronze Award at the “10th National Printmaking Exhibition”, the Lu Xun Printmaking Award for Excellent Chinese Printmaking Artists from the 1980s to the 1990s, the First Prize of the 4th Lu Xun Literature and Art Award in Guangdong Province, and the 50 Classical Works Award of Guangdong Artists Association in the Last 50 Years. His works are collected by the National Art Museum of China, the National Museum of China, the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the China Hall of the Shanghai World Expo, and other organizations.
Women in Mizhi County Chinese painting 137 cm × 200 cm, 1985, By He Jiaying
He Jiaying
Member of the 9th, 10th and 11th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Vice Chairman of China Artists Association, Librarian of China Central Institute for Culture and History, Director of Huading National Studies Foundation, and Doctoral Supervisor of Chinese National Academy of Arts.
Born in Tianjin in 1957, He Jiaying was admitted to the Painting Department of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 1977 to study Chinese painting, and stayed as a teacher after graduation in 1980. He Jiaying has served as a member of the 9th, 10th and 11th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and is currently the Vice Chairman of China Artists Association, librarian of China Central Institute for Culture and History, honorary president of Fine Painting Institute of China Academy of Art, honorary president of China Fine Painting Society, professor and doctoral tutor of China Academy of Art, Member of the 11th National Committee of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Director of He Jiaying Fine Painting Institute of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Honorary President of Tianjin Painting Academy, Honorary Curator of Tianjin Art Museum, Director of China Artists Association and Consultant of Chinese Painting Research Institute of Communication University of China, and Distinguished Professor of Tokyo University of Arts in Japan.
He Jiaying has won honors such as “Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions” by the state, “Literary and Art Workers with Both Virtue and Art” by China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and “Four Groups” of Literary and Art Talents by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee. In 2012, He Jiaying won the Gold Medal in painting in the “2012 Salon International” of the Louvre in Paris.
He Jun is good at contemporary Chinese realistic painting personages creation, with representative works including Mountain Surface, Nineteen Autumn, Mizhi Mom, Sour Grape, Soul Mawei, Autumn Phantom, Morning Dew Mulberry, Dance Rest, Yang Kaihui and so on, which have attracted much attention in the world. In 2012, the work Morning Dew Mulberry won the gold medal in the International Contemporary Art Exhibition (Salon International in France) held in Carrousel Hall of Louvre in France.
Life on the Silk Road 139cm×68cm×2 Chinese painting, By Yang Xiaoyang
Life on the Silk Road 139cm×68cm×2 Chinese painting, By Yang Xiaoyang
Yang Xiaoyang
Member of the 12th and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Chairman of China National Society for the Promotion of Arts and Culture, Vice Chairman of China Artists Association, former President of China National Academy of Painting.
Born in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province in 1958, he was admitted to the Department of Chinese Painting of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts in 1979. He graduated from undergraduate school in 1983 and went on to graduate school the same year. He graduated from graduate school in 1986 and stayed on as a faculty member. He used to be the deputy director and director of the Department of Chinese Painting of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts. In 1994, he served as Vice President of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, presiding over the work of the whole Academy in 1995, and served as president, professor, and doctoral supervisor of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts in 1997. From 2009 to 2018, he served as President of China National Academy of Painting and Member of the 12th and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. At present, he is Chairman of China National Society for the Promotion of Arts and Culture, Vice Chairman of China Artists Association, National Member of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the First Level Talent of national “Third Five-Year Plan”, the talent of “four batches” of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, a national expert with outstanding contributions, a famous teacher of higher education in the Ministry of Education, a director of China Artists Association, and the general judge of the National Art Exhibitions.
In the past three decades, he has created thousands of exceptional artworks “from realistic to expressive”, all of which center around the theme of the Silk Road. His advocacy of “Brilliant Art, Great Academy of Fine Arts, and Dramatic Expressive” for school-running and his theory that “Truth is the Authentic Beauty” as the research direction have paved the way for Chinese art research after the reform and opening up. He has dedicated himself to the development of the Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Painting. He has won the Second Prize for Teaching Achievements from the Ministry of Education for his exploration of school-running. Moreover, he has led and organized a large number of influential large-scale art event both domestically and internationally, participating in and witnessing the development of Chinese art creation and art education, which makes him become an important promoter of Chinese art since the era of reform and opening up.
His work Silk Road in Chang’an is exhibited in the Great Hall of the People; Advice Accepting by Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty is displayed in the National Museum of China. In addition, Huang Chao Attacks Chang’an is showcased in the Museum of Chinese Revolutionary History; Silk Road is showed in the China Great Wall Museum in Badaling; Exoticism of Silk Road adorns the Standing Committee Meeting Room of the assembly hall of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
A-erh-chin Mountains Chinese painting 249cm×123cm, 1995, By Zhou Shaohua
Zhou Shaohua
Delegates to the 13th and 15th National Congress of the CPC, former Chairman of Hubei Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Director of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, committee member of the China National Academy of Painting.
Zhou Shaohua, born in 1929 in Rongcheng, Shandong Province, participated in the 8th Route Army’s Shandong Column 5th Brigade in 1941. In 1950, he graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Chung Yuan University. Over the years, he held positions such as the Director of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Chairman of Hubei Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and currently serves as a committee member of the China National Academy of Painting. Zhou Shaohua has been recognized for his contributions to the field of Chinese painting, receiving the Qu Yuan Literary and Artistic Creation Award and the title of “Lifetime Achievement Artist” from the People’s Government of Hubei Province in 2008. In 2015, he was honored as a “Chinese Cultural Figure” for the year 2014, and in 2021, he was awarded one of the “First Batch of Outstanding Talent Award of Hubei Province”. Devoting himself to the exploration and research of innovative theories and creations in Chinese painting, Zhou Shaohua is a pioneering figure and a builder of theoretical foundations for the Qi Shi School. He gained attention for his exhibitions such as “Source of the Great River”, “Dreaming of Shao”, “Majestic Han and Tang”, “Songs of Jingchu”, “77 Expressions of Emotion”, “Yellow River, Yangtze River, and the Sea”, “Divine Journey to the East”, and “Symphony of Heaven and Man”. He has also published influential articles like Comprehensive Perspective Theory and Horizontal Transplantation and Intergenerational Inheritance Theory. Since the late 1970s, Zhou Shaohua has held over 100 solo exhibitions both domestically and internationally. He has published more than ten personal collections, including Paintings from Source of the Great River, Selected Works of Zhou Shaohua, Sixty Years of Art Exploration by Zhou Shaohua, The Collection of Famous Chinese Paintings in Modern and Contemporary Times - Zhou Shaohua, Zhou Shaohua’s Paintings from Dreaming of Shao, Zhou Shaohua’s Paintings from Majestic Han and Tang, Zhou Shaohua’s Paintings from Songs of Jingchu, Yellow River, Yangtze River, and the Sea - Zhou Shaohua’s Trilogy of Art, and Complete Collection of Zhou Shaohua. Additionally, he has authored six collections of essays, such as Source of the Great River, Embracing Unity, Artistic Horizon, Towards the New Century, The Road of Becoming a Master - Zhou Shaohua, and The System of Chinese Painting Studies. His works are housed in prestigious institutions like the National Art Museum of China, National Library of China, Shanghai Art Museum, Guangdong Museum of Art, He Xiang Ning Art Museum, Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuhan Art Museum, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart in Germany, Museum of East Asian Art in West Berlin, and the Museum of Oriental Arts in Russia, as well as in private collections.
Tea-horse Road Chinese painting 160 cm × 80 cm, By Li Xiang
Li Xiang
Member of the 12th and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Vice Chairman of China Artists Association, Head of Cultural Work Department of Military Culture College of National Defense University.
Born in Linyi, Shandong Province in 1962, Li Xiang served as Vice Chairman of China Artists Association, member of the 12th and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, former Director and professor of Fine Arts Department of PLA Academy of Arts, Deputy Director of National Fine Arts Creation Committee of China Artists Association, Distinguished Professor of Peking University Art College and Capital Normal University, Member of Expert Committee of China National Arts Fund, Art Researcher of Chinese National Academy of Arts, and Director of the 4th, 5th and 6th Chinese Calligraphers Association. As a Chinese cultural celebrity, Li Xiang has the privilege of special government allowance from the State Council.
Li Xiang studied at PLA Academy of Arts and Central Academy of Fine Arts successively. Over the years, Li Xiang has worked hard and created a large number of art works. Li Xiang is good at creating figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, calligraphy, etc. Li Xiang has participated in many important national exhibitions, organized and presided over many national and army-wide art exhibitions and academic research activities, and served as judges of national and army-wide art exhibitions for many times. Li Xiang’s works have won awards in the 8th, 9th and 10th National Art Exhibitions, won the first prize of the 2nd National Sketch Competition, and were selected into the National Centennial Exhibition of Chinese Painting and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Beijing International Art Biennale.
Li Xiang’s representative works include Red Melody, Soldier Painting, Hometown Folks, Original Hometown, Captain Zahi Bing Zo and Dad & Mom, Nansha Bathing, Mother - Mother, South China Sea - South China Sea and Light Color Landscape Series. Many works have been collected by National Art Museum of China, the National Museum of China, the Rheinland Art Museum of Germany and other institutions at home and abroad, and dozens of works have been published.
Drinking Water Oil painting 180 cm × 160 cm, 2010, By Luo Zhongli
Luo Zhongli
Deputy to the 9th, 10th and 11th National People’s Congress, Honorary Chairman of Chongqing Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Honorary Chairman of Chongqing Artists Association, and Consultant of China Artists Association.
Born in 1947, graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Oil Painting Department in 1982, and went to Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts to study from 1983 to 1986.
He is currently a doctoral tutor at Chinese National Academy of Arts, Shanghai University Academy of Fine Arts and Sichuan Fine Arts Institute; Lifetime member of Academic Committee of Chinese Oil Painting Society, Honorary Director of Chinese Oil Painting Society, Honorary Chairman of Chongqing Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Honorary Chairman of Chongqing Artists Association and Consultant of China Artists Association.
He used to be Vice Chairman of China Artists Association, Vice Chairman of Chinese Oil Painting Society, president of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chairman of Chongqing Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Chairman of Chongqing Artists Association, Deputy of the 9th, 10th and 11th National People’s Congress, won the 5th National Famous Teacher Award of the Ministry of Education, and was awarded “National Advanced Worker” by the State Council.
Jiaodong Bay Oil painting 180cm×200cm, By Yan Ping
Yan Ping
Vice Chairman of the China Artists Association and Professor of Renmin University of China.
Born in Jinan, Shandong Province in 1956, he graduated from Oil Major, Department of Fine Arts, Shandong College of Arts with a bachelor’s degree in 1983 and stayed there to teach. In 1989, he was admitted to the Oil Painting Creation Training Class of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is currently a professor and graduate supervisor at Renmin University of China, Vice Chairman of the China Artists Association, Director of the China Oil Painting Society, Member of the Oil Painting Art Committee of the China Artists Association, and Member of the Academic Committee of the National Art Museum of China.
He has engaged in art creation and teaching research for a long time. His representative works include the Mother and Son series, the Opera Troupe series, and Go to the Sea and Horizon series. His works won a silver award at the “First National Oil Painting Exhibition” and “China Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings in 1993”, and were nominated for the “China Oil Painting Biennale”. His work Mining Sister-in-law won the Excellence Award at the “6th National Art Exhibition”. He published Excellent Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting Collection-Yan Ping, Famous Artists and Famous Works-Yan Ping, etc.
Guest From Afar Oil painting 160cm×150cm, 2022, By Pang Maokun
Pang Maokun
Vice Chairman of China Artists Association, President of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Vice Chairman of Chongqing Federation of Literary and Arts, and Chairman of Chongqing Artists Association.
Born in Chongqing in 1963, he is now President, second-class professor, doctoral supervisor at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Vice Chairman of Chongqing Federation of Literary and Arts, and Chairman of Chongqing Artists Association, Director of Oil Painting Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association, Deputy Chairman of the Fine Arts Professional Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education.
Over the years, he has worked hard on the internal transformation of Western classical oil painting language in Chinese localization and nationalization, with the ambitious goal of “building a Chinese discourse system and letting the world understand China”. By keeping art in sync with the times, he has developed his own artistic language system while enriching the times style and spiritual character of Chinese oil painting.
He is the winner of Bronze Award at the 9th National Fine Arts Exhibition, the national publicity culture system “four batches” talent, national candidate for the first batch of national new century “tens of millions of talents project”, philosophy and social sciences leading figure, expert enjoying special government allowance from the State Council, and the highest honor “Star of Italy” from Italy.
His representative works include The Apple is Ripe, The Rainbow Shines Quietly in the Sky, and The Cry through Time. He held work exhibition in National Art Museum of China, Shanghai Art Museum, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai Long Museum, Guandu Art Museum, Taiwan, China, and Palazzo Medici, Italy. He undertook large-scale theme creation for many times, including Chinese Civilization History Theme Art Creation Project Mozi in the War, the Epoch-making - the First National Congress of the CPC in celebration of the 100-year history of the Communist Party of China, and Welcome to Yi Family New Village, among many other works, which are collected by the National History Museum and the Historical Exhibition Hall of the Communist Party of China.
Prospects Chinese painting 220cm×110cm, 2022, By Wang Shuping
Wang Shuping
Member of the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Vice Chairman of China Artists Association, Vice Chairman of Tianjin Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and Chairman of Tianjin Artists Association.
Wang Shuping was born in 1955 in Linqing District, Dezhou City, Shandong Province. He is a renowned traditional Chinese painter. In addition, he is national first-class artist (professor). He is skilled in freehand brushwork of flowers and birds and adept at landscapes and figure painting. He graduated from the Chinese painting major of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 1975. He studied further under the guidance of Professor Sun Qifeng, a famous contemporary Chinese painter and calligrapher. He was a member of the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. He is Vice Chairman of Tianjin Federation of Literary and Art Circles. He enjoys the title of Chairman of Tianjin Artists Association. In addition, he is member of the National Committee of the Chinese Federation of Literature and Culture, honorary chairman of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Artists Association, director of China Overseas Friendship Association and executive director of the World International Culture and Art Association. He has won many honorary titles, including “International Peace Gold Medal”, “Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Art Achievement Award”, “Oriental Art Lifetime Achievement Award”, “Oriental Celebrity Achievement Award”, “International Cultural Exchange Honorary Award”, “World Chinese Personality Award”, “World Chinese Achievement Award” and “Chinese Contemporary Celebrity”, “World Painting and Calligraphy Celebrity” and “World Outstanding Artist”. The hometown of the painter established the “Wang Shuping Art Museum”. Celebrities from both domestic and overseas subsequently established the “Wang Shuping Cultural and Art Center” in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, as well as the “Wang Shuping Art Museum” and “Wang Shuping Art Research Institute”. He was honored with the title of “National Young and Middle-Aged Artist with Outstanding Moral and Artistic Achievements” by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, Ministry of Personnel of the People’s Republic of China and China Federation of Literary and Art Circles in 2007.
His representative works include Spring, Wild Fun, Yingfeng, Looking Far and Aiming High, etc. He published Selection of Wang Shuping’s Flower and Bird Paintings and Selection of Wang Shuping’s Works.
The Fish Chinese painting 139cm×78cm, By Ou Haonian
Ou Haonian
Professor at the Institute of Art, Department of Fine Arts, Chinese Culture University; Professor at the National Taiwan University of Arts, Honorary Curator of Lingnan Fine Arts Museum, master of Lingnan School of Painting.
He was born in Wuchuan, Guangdong in 1935, and settled in Taiwan in 1970. At the age of 17, he learned from Zhao Shaoang, the master of Lingnan School of Painting. He commits himself to studying and becomes a great master of art. The themes he specializes in painting include birds and flowers, landscapes, figures, animals and beasts, and he also studies calligraphy and poetry. He is known as “the first person in Taiwan painting circle” due to his multi-element rich art achievements. At the age of 20, he participated in a Southeast Asia exhibition tour, and he was invited to exhibit overseas in the following decades. He was recognized and respected by the international art circle, and was awarded the special prize for biennial exhibition of Paris Grand Palace Museum of French National Academy of Fine Arts.
He serves as the full-time professor at the Institute of Art, Department of Fine Arts, Chinese Culture University, part-time professor at the National Taiwan University of Arts, Honorary Curator of Lingnan Museum of Fine Art of Academia Sinica, President of Au Ho-nien Cultural Foundation, Director of Hong Kong Chu Hai University, Permanent Honorary President of Hong Kong (Overseas) Literary Artists Association, Director of International Technological University, chief supervisor of San Francisco Chinese Art Society. He has served as a member of preparation and judge committee of the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th national art exhibition.His representatives include: Landscape, Lotus, Five Tigers and Sea Hawk, etc.
Noble and Unsullied, Chinese painting, 366cm×288cm, 2008, By Wang Linxu
Wang Linxu
He is member of the Standing Committee of the 11th, 12th, and 13th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Deputy Director of the Calligraphy and Painting Office of the CPPCC National Committee, and Special Representative of the Secretariat of the Boao Forum for Asia.
Born in Qingdao in June 1959, he is member of the 9th and 10th National Committees of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the 11th, 12th, and 13th Standing Committees of the CPPCC, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the CPPCC, the Agricultural and Rural Committee of the CPPCC, Deputy Director of the Calligraphy and Painting Studio of the CPPCC, Director of the China Artists Association, an expert and researcher at the National Academy of Painting of China, a national first-class artist, and a senior second-class professor. He is also member of the China Calligraphers Association and Director of the China Painting Society. Currently, he holds the positions of Deputy Director of the CPPCC Calligraphy and Painting Office, Executive Director of China Overseas Friendship Association, Executive Director of China Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association, and Deputy Director of the Culture and Art Committee. Cultural and artistic experts who have made outstanding contributions to the state receive special government allowances from the State Council. He has been honored with the title of "National Cultural Master" and is a leading talent and academic leader in the national literary and artistic circles. He also serves as a special representative of the Secretariat of the Boao Forum for Asia, Director of the United Nations Association of China, and an artist representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.
He excels in Chinese ink bamboo painting, landscape painting, and other themes. His painting style embraces the ink imagery of traditional Chinese painting while blending contemporary perspectives and an international visual context, forming the expressive language of contemporary Chinese painting. In 2014, two contemporary Chinese paintings, An Interactive World and Common Homeland, created upon the invitation of the United Nations, were permanently collected and exhibited at the east hall of the General Assembly Building of the United Nations Headquarters in New York. They were awarded the United Nations’ Gold Award for World Peace Artists.
Kangding Love Song Chinese painting, 288cm×150cm, By Nima Zazen
Nima Zazen
Member of the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th CPPCC National Committee, consultant of China Artists Association, member of Central Institute of Culture and History
Nima Zeren, Tibetan, is a native of Batang, Sichuan, a graduate from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, member of the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th CPPCC National Committee, once drawing portrays for the 10th Panchen Lama, member of Central Institute of Culture and History, Vice Chairman of the 6th Chinese Artists Association, consultant of the 7th, 8th and 9th Chinese Artists Association. He is also researcher, committee member and consultant of China National Academy of Painting, Vice President of Chinese Painting Society, and national first-class artist. In 2012, he was appointed as the general Advisor of the Art Steering Committee of the London Olympic Fine Arts Conference. In 2016, he won the title of “Honorary Academician” from Tajikistan Academy of Arts.
He held individual large-scale art exhibitions and group exhibitions in museums and art galleries in the US, the UK, France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Austria, Luxembourg, Italy, Belgium, Australia, Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Thailand, Malaysia, as well as Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and other places in China. He is the winner of rewards and praises from Information Office of the State Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Culture, and special honorary certificates from SCFLAC. His works have amazed many national exhibitions, such as “100-year Chinese Art Exhibition”, “Open Times” Large-scale Art Show, the 2nd and 3rd China Beijing International Art Biennale, and “One World-Chinese Painters Painting the UN Family” Art Exhibition. He is also the winner of gold and silver awards at national art exhibitions, Honorary Mayor of the City of Bartruch from Bartruch, USA, “International Outstanding Artist” from City of Liverpool, UK, “National Unity, Progress and Model” from the State Council, “National outstanding Artist” medal from China Artists Association, “professional and moral artist” from SCFLAC.
In the Clouds of Taihang Chinese Painting 180 cm × 95 cm, 2021, By Niu Kecheng
Niu Kecheng
Member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, dean of Chinese Painting Academy of China Academy of Art, deputy director of Academic Committee of China Academy of Art, editor-in-chief of Art Observation, doctoral supervisor.
Niu Kecheng was born in Fushun, Liaoning in 1961, graduated from the History Department of Peking University in 1983 and the History Department of Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1987. From 1994 to 1997, he worked as a foreign guest researcher at Tokyo University and distinguished overseas artist (painter) from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Japan to study Japanese painting techniques and engage in painting creation in Japan.
His paintings entered the 1st Beijing International Art Biennale, the 10th, 11th and 13th National Exhibition of Fine Arts and other national important art exhibitions, as well as international exhibitions such as French National Contrast Salon Exhibition and Art from National Art Museum of China, and won the 1st Chinese Art Award and Academic Award for Heavy Color Painting Creation; The academic monograph Chinese Painting of Color won the National Book Award; He presided over and completed the national key project Chinese Traditional Chromatics in the 10th Five-Year Plan of National Art Science, and published Niu Kecheng’s Landscape Painting Collection and Artist Series of China Academy of Art - Niu Kecheng, etc.
Niu is currently the president of Chinese Painting Academy of China Academy of Art, deputy director of Academic Committee of China Academy of Art, editor-in-chief of Art Observation, doctoral supervisor, member of National Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, member of Fine Arts Discipline Group of Academic Degrees Committee of State Council, national candidate of “One Million Talents Project” of new century, Famous Cultural Artists and Four Groups of Talents of Publicity Department of the CPC, expert who enjoys special government allowance issued by State Council, director of Chinese Artists Association and deputy director of Theory Committee, and member of Planning Committee of Beijing International Art Biennale.
Distance (prairie cattleman) Chinese painting 90cm×180cm, 2020, by Tian Liming
Tian Liming
Member of the 12th and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Professor at Chinese Painting Academy, Chinese National Academy of Arts, Former President of the School of Chinese Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Former Vice President of the Chinese National Academy of Arts.
Born in Beijing in 1955, he graduated from the Department of Chinese Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts. During his days as a master student, he learned from Professor Lu Shen. His positions include President of the School of Chinese Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Vice President of Chinese National Academy of Arts, President of Chinese Academy of Painting, Director of Chinese Painting Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association, and President of Chinese Painting Society.
His representative works include Forest of Steles, Brook, Lei Feng and Master Xuanzang. He won the second Chinese art prize in 2013, and Best Experimental Ink Art Award of Phoenix Art Award in 2017. In 2016, he held a solo exhibition in Florence, Italy. In 2012, he held “London 2012· Chinese Art Exhibition” in the Royal Academy of Art. In 2015, he chose the National Museum as the site of “Tian Liming and Yang Feiyun Double Exhibition”. He has published a variety of personal art collections.
His works have entered many important art institutions at home and abroad as collection, including National Art Museum of China, National Museum, Chinese Party History Museum, and National Academy of Painting.
Weaving through his works is “harmony”, an aesthetic ideal that blends Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism and endows his works with a tone of pureness and innocence. His ink figure paintings focus on human-nature oneness, depicting sunshine, air and water as the theme. His works exude a fresh sense of the times, as the painter develops his own painting concept and artistic style.
Life is the Light of Men Chinese painting 240cm×195cm, 2021, By Zhao Jiancheng
Zhao Jiancheng
Director of the Arts Council of Chinese National Academy of Arts’ China Academy of Painting, doctoral supervisor, researcher of China National Academy of Painting, and member of the Artistic Committee for the Creation of Art on National Important Themes of the China Artists Association.
Director of the Arts Council of Chinese National Academy of Arts’ China Academy of Painting, doctoral supervisor, researcher of China National Academy of Painting, member of the Artistic Committee for the Creation of Art on National Important Themes of the China Artists Association, librarian of the Beijing Jing Shi Think Tank, judge with high-grade professional title of Ministry of Culture and Tourism, national first-class artist, and expert enjoying the special government allowance of the State Council.
His works were selected for five consecutive national art exhibitions and won awards: The work Paving Stones was selected for the 6th National Art Exhibition in 1984 and collected by the National Art Museum of China. The work Thick Soil was selected for the 7th National Art Exhibition in 1989, won a bronze prize, and was collected by the Shanghai Art Museum. The work Golden Autumn was selected for the 8th National Art Exhibition in 1994 and was rated as an award-winning work (no levels are set for this exhibition, and only award-winning works and outstanding works will be evaluated). The work Soul of Snowy Land - Kong Fansen was selected for the 9th National Art Exhibition and won a bronze prize in 1999. The work Sing for West-Aura was selected for the 10th National Art Exhibition and won a silver prize in 2004.
In 2007, he undertook the Nationalist-Communist Cooperation 1924·Guangzhou (700cm × 315cm), a creation task of China’s national art creation project on major historical themes, which was collected by the National Art Museum of China. In 2016, he undertook the creation of the National Alliance – Qixi Meeting Parade (670cm × 470cm), which was collected by the National Museum of China. In 2017, he undertook the creation of Change the World-1949·Beijing (1800cm × 300cm), which was commissioned by the Beijing Municipal Government for the “Beijing Exhibition of Artworks on Major Historical Themes” and was collected by the Beijing Municipal Government. In 2018, he undertook the creation of Kangxi’s Western Expedition (1000cm × 200cm) for the “Belt and Road” international art project organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, which was collected by the China National Academy of Painting. In 2021, he undertook the task of creating the Founding Ceremony (1200cm × 420cm) for the “stay true to the mission and continue marching forward-Large-scale art creation project for celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China sponsored by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Finance, and the work was displayed and collected in the Historical Exhibition Hall of the Communist Party of China.
Oil painting Yanchuan girl in northern Shaanxi 100cm×80cm, By Wang Shengli
Wang Shengli
Former dean of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, council member of China Artists Association, and Vice Chairman of the Shaanxi Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
Wang Shengli was born in Xi’an in 1951. He studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts from 1975 to 1977, and graduated from Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts in 1988. The oil paintings Treasure and Red Date won the bronze medal of the 7th and 9th National Art Exhibition respectively. He used to be the dean, professor and doctoral supervisor of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, the council member of China Artists Association, the deputy director of the Oil Painting Art Committee, the executive director of the China Oil Painting Society, the Vice Chairman of the the Shaanxi Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Vice President of the Shaanxi Oil Painting Society, and the national expert with outstanding contributions.
Rookie of Military Academy won the third prize of the International Youth Art Exhibition, and the oil painting Treasure won the bronze medal of the 7th National Art Exhibition. Ballad of the Yellow River was selected for the Centennial Exhibition of Chinese Oil Painting Portrait and the “Twentieth Century Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition”, and Red Date won the bronze medal of the 9th National Art Exhibition. Sunshine of June participated in the 3rd National Oil Painting Exhibition as a judge’s work, and Autumn Sun participated in the 10th National Art Exhibition as a national judge’s work. Wang Shengli has participated in many national large-scale art exhibitions, and his works has been exhibited in the United States, Japan, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, the Philippines and other countries, and Hong Kong and Taiwan, China, with many works collected by famous art institutions at home and abroad.
He has published many monographs such as Wang Shengli’s Oil Paintings and Twenty Chinese Oil Paintings-Wang Shengli. In 2007, Sketching Oil Paintings was rated as a national excellent course and won the “Famous Teacher Award” in Shaanxi Province.
Soaring Cranes Heavy colored paintings on canvas 200cm×120cm, By Han Shuli
Han Shuli
Member of the 11th and 12th National Committees of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Director of China Artists Association, Chairman of Tibet Artists Association and President of Tibet Painting and Calligraphy Institute.
Born in Beijing in 1947, he graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and engaged in fine arts in Tibet in 1973.
For decades, while taking root in Tibet and engaging in artistic creation, he has also served as the Counselor of Tibet Autonomous Region People’s Government, the Executive Director of China Association For Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture, the Deputy Director of Chinese Painting Art Committee of China Artists Association, the Researcher of China National Academy of Painting, the Honorary Chairman of Tibet Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Chairman of Tibet Artists Association, the President of Tibet Academy of Fine Arts, the Vice Chairman of Tibet Culture Development & Promotion Association, and the Director of Expert Committee of Tibet Thangka Art Appraisal Center, the Member of Art Committee of Central Painting Academy of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, the Art Consultant of Macao Fine Arts Association, the Vice President of Chinese National Fine Arts Institution, the Visiting Professor of Renmin University of China School of Arts, Tibet University and Xizang Minzu University, and the National First-class Artist, and enjoyed special contribution allowance from the State Council. He is the author of Han Shuli Painting Collection, Tibetan Art Collection, Han Shuli Heavy Colored Paintings on Canvas, Han Shuli Tibetan Painting Collection and so on.
He has held solo exhibitions or joint exhibitions in more than 20 countries and regions such as Paris, France, Tokyo, Japan and Macau. In 2009, he completed the national major historical art creation project Plateau Cloud-Peaceful Liberation of Tibet; in 2011, he was selected as one of the 60 inspirational role models in Tibet.
He has won many awards, such as the Special Award of the 6th Tibet Qomolangma Literature and Art Award, the Special Honor Gold Award of Blending and Learning-Sino-French Painting and Calligraphy Masterpiece Exhibition, the Silver Award of UWEE International Exhibition in 2013, the Special Contribution Award of the First Huangzhou Art Fund Award, the Gold Award of the First Canadian Maple Leaf Award International Ink Competition, the First China Cup Chinese Painting Competition Excellent Work Award, and the Gold Award of the 6th National Exhibition of Fine Arts.
Impression of Africa, Chinese painting, 164cm×192cm, 2020, By Wang Xijing
Wang Xijing
He is member of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, Vice Chairman of the China Painting Society, Vice Chairman of the Shaanxi Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and Honorary President of the Shaanxi Artists Association.
Born in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province in 1946, he currently holds various positions and titles including Vice President of the China Painting Society, Vice Chairman of the Shaanxi Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Honorary Chairman of the Shaanxi Artists Association, President of the Shaanxi China Painting Society, Honorary Dean and Professor of the College of Art at Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Professor at the China Academy of Arts, Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University, Northwest University, Yunnan University, and Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Deputy to the 9th and 10th National People’s Congresses, and First-Class Artist. He has been awarded the title of “National Expert with Outstanding Contributions” by the State Council, and has received honorable titles such as “Vanguard of China’s Times”, “Top Ten Most Influential Emerging Figures in the 4th China Reform”, “Red Flag Figure of Shaanxi Province”, “Industry Leader of Shaanxi Province”, “Excellent Communist Party Expert of Shaanxi Province”, and “Model Worker”.
He has successfully held over 30 art exhibitions in various countries and regions including Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Thailand, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao, Shenzhen, Dalian, Beijing, Guangzhou, Zhengzhou, Hefei, and others. He has published more than 5,000 works in newspapers and magazines both domestically and internationally, as well as more than 60 collections of his works and papers.
Dust-free Water in Autumn Chinese painting 192 cm × 165 cm, By Feng Dazhong
Feng Dazhong
Deputy to the 10th, 11th and 12th National People’s Congresses, President of China Hue Art Association, and Former Vice Chairman of Liaoning Artists Association.
Born in Kuangdonggou Township, Gaizhou County, Liaoning Province in 1949, he worked as an educated youth to farm in the countryside for 5 years after graduating from middle school. He drove the ox cart in the vast land, worked as a breeder to feed pigs in the production team, acted as a cook when he was young, served as a carpenter when returning to the city in spare time, and later held the post of an employee of a government organ and joined in the party organization. All his future achievements are made by self-study. As the saying goes painting is the initial intention, and what you love will eventually become your specialty; if you are interested in calligraphy and practice it as an amateur; the poetry is wonderful, and you will be an amateur if you are not professional. He has held many solo exhibitions at home and abroad, won many awards, and published various albums and poems.
He used to be the Deputy to the 10th, 11th and 12th National People’s Congresses, the President of China Hue Art Association, the Deputy Director of Chinese Painting Committee of China Artists Association, the Vice President of Chinese Painting Society, the Director of China Artists Association, a member of China Writers Association, the Vice Chairman of Liaoning Artists Association, the National First-class Painter, an expert enjoying special allowance from the State Council, and the President of Liaoning Old Artists Association.
He has held exhibitions in Japan, Singapore, France, Australia and other countries, as well as Hong Kong, Taiwan and other regions, and his works have been selected for many national exhibitions and won awards. Eighteen works have been collected by the National Art Museum of China, and dozens of works have been collected by important art galleries, professional institutions and collectors at home and abroad.
Advance Bravely, Ceramic, 80cm × 40cm × 120cm ×2, 2018, By Zhu Legeng
Galloping Horses, Ceramic, 80cm × 60cm × 50cm, 2015, By Zhu Legeng
Zhu Legeng
Member of the 11th, 12th and 13th National Committees of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Honorary President, professor and doctoral supervisor of Literature and Arts Institute, Chinese National Academy of Arts, and a ceramic art master in China
Zhu Legeng is Honorary President, professor and doctoral supervisor of the Literature and Arts Institute, Chinese National Academy of Arts, Vice President of the China Cultural Industry Association, and an expert entitled to the special government allowance from the State Council. He has participated in contemporary ceramic art exhibitions at home and abroad many times, with more than 40 works winning awards. He was granted the “Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance Award” by the Ministry of Culture in 2012 and the “China Arts Award” by the Chinese National Academy of Arts in 2013. He has held solo ceramic art exhibitions in China, Singapore, South Korea, the U.S., France, Germany and other countries.
Over the years, he has made great efforts to promote the creation of contemporary ceramic art with Chinese philosophical connotations, especially the creation of contemporary environmental ceramic art. His large-scale ceramic works are frequently seen in the important buildings and public spaces of Seoul and Jeju Island in South Korea and Shanghai, Tianjin and Jiujiang in China, as important cultural landscapes locally. Over the years, he has also been committed to promoting the international exchanges of Chinese contemporary ceramic art. He was the curator and organizer of the First East Asian Ceramic Art Exhibition and has acted many times as the organizer, planner and jury head of international ceramic art exhibitions in Jingdezhen, Foshan and other ceramic producing areas. He has also been invited to give lectures at Harvard University, Alfred University, University of Kentucky, Laval University, Tokyo University of the Arts, Hongik University, etc. He also actively participates in international academic dialogues. So far, he has attended and presented papers in the China-Europe Cultural Forum, China-US Cultural Forum, China-South Korea Cultural Forum and other cultural exchange activities organized by the Ministry of Culture, the EU National Institutes for Culture, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Korean Cultural Center several times, expanding the influence of Chinese contemporary art and ceramic art in international art festivals. His series of works have been collected by many art galleries and museums at home and abroad.
Spring Scenery Chinese painting 280 cm × 250 cm, By He Shuifa
He Shuifa
Member of the 11th and 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Director of China Artists Association, Vice Chairman of Zhejiang Artists Association, professor of Graduate School of China Academy of Art, Director of Xiqiao Printing Society.
Born in Hangzhou in 1946, He Shuifa’s ancestral home is Shaoxing, and He Shuifa graduated from the Flower Painting Postgraduate Class of Chinese Painting Department of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Fine Arts) in 1980. Member of the 11th and 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, member of the Standing Committee of the 10th and 11th Zhejiang Provincial Political Consultative Conference, member of the 12th Zhejiang Provincial Political Consultative Conference, counselor of Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government and cultural consultant of Xi’an Municipal People’s Government. Director of the 7th and 8th China Artists Association, Dean of Song Painting Research Institute of China National Society for the Promotion of Arts and Culture, Member of Chinese Painting Art Committee of China Artists Association, Vice President of Chinese Painting Society, Special Expert of Zhejiang Province, Consultant of Zhejiang Artists Association, Director of Xiling Seal Engravers’ Society, Expert of Silk Road Planning Research Center of National Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Graduate School of Chinese National Academy of Arts of Ministry of Culture.
Executive Vice President of Friends of Poetry, Painting and Calligraphy of Zhejiang CPPCC, Vice President of Zhejiang Intellectuals Federation, Dean of Zhejiang Zhimei Painting Academy, Dean of China Freehand Flower and Bird Painting Research Institute of Zhejiang University of Technology, Consultant of Zhejiang Overseas Friendship Association, Director of China Public Diplomacy Association, Academician of Ukrainian National Academy of Arts, Honorary Doctor of Ukrainian Lviv National Academy of Arts, Academician of Italian Institute of Ambrosiana, Honorary Dean of Fujian Painting Academy and Fuzhou Painting Academy, Honorary Dean of Hangzhou Normal University Academy of Fine Arts, Honorary Dean of Luoyang Painting Academy and Honorary Dean of Luoyang Normal University Academy of Fine Arts, experts with special allowance from the State Council. He Shuifa’s works have been collected by many institutions, such as National Art Museum of China, National Museum of China, National Painting Academy of China, Central Military Commission, Great Hall of the People in Beijing, and reception venue of G20 Summit in Hangzhou in 2016.
A Laboring Tajikistan Woman Watercolor 153 cm × 103 cm, 2013, By Chen Jian
Chen Jian
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Chinese National Academy of Arts, Visiting Professor of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, and Distinguished Professor of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts.
Chen Jian was born in Qingdao of Shandong Province in 1959. He serves as Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Chinese National Academy of Arts, Visiting Professor of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, and Distinguished Professor of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts. He currently serves as Director of China Artists Association, Director of Watercolor Art Committee of China Artists Association, and Member of Expert Evaluation Committee of National Art Museum of China. He has served as a judge of important exhibitions for many times and participated in important national exhibitions at home and abroad. His works have been collected by art institutions and collectors such as National Art Museum of China, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Chinese National Academy of Arts, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Asian Watercolor Art Museum, Hubei Museum of Art and Shandong Art Museum.
Chen Jian’s representative works include Tajikistan Bride, Eagle Flute, Encounter on the Way, Worried Man, Female Body and so on. He has published Sketch Works of Famous Contemporary Chinese Watercolor Painters, Works of Famous Contemporary Chinese Watercolor Painter Chen Jian, Simple Spirit - Chen Jian’s Watercolor Exhibition and so on.
The Brilliant Charm Chinese painting 300cm×230cm, By Mo Xiaosong
Mo Xiaosong
Vice President of Beijing Fine Art Academy, Deputy Director of the Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Steering Committee, council member of the China Artists Association, and Vice President of the China Hue Art Association.
He was born in Longxi, Gansu Province in 1964. He is Vice President, Deputy Director of the Art Committee, and Director of the Creation Room of Beijing Fine Art Academy, Director of the Education Commission, a National Level-1 Artist, Member of Council of the China Artists Association, Vice President of China Hue Art Association, Director of Chinese Painting Society, Director of the Beijing Artists Association, Executive Member of the Council of Tropical Rainforest Art Research Institute, Director of the Beijing Sodality of Senior Intellectuals outside the Party, Member of Evaluation Committee of Senior Professional Titles in Beijing, and Judge of the National Fine Arts Exhibition.
In 1989, Stone Enthusiast Mi Fu participated in the 7th National Fine Arts Exhibition and won the Gold Award at the Fine Arts Exhibition of Gansu Province. In 1994, Lotus Pond participated in the 8th National Fine Arts Exhibition. In 1999, Secret Fragrance participated in the 9th National Fine Arts Exhibition. In 2000, Winter Solstice, September in Hexi, and Green in Summer participated in the Traditional Chinese Painting Art Exhibition to Welcome the New Century held by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China in Paris, France. The works were collected by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. In 2002, Spring Arriving at the Red Wall won the Gold Award at the National Contemporary Flower-and-bird Painting Art Exhibition. In 2003, he was rated as the Second Session of Artists “with Good Virtue and Art” by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles of Gansu Province. In 2006, he created a huge fine brushwork flower-and-bird painting Fragrant Blossoms in Spring for the National Centre for the Performing Arts, which was displayed in its VIP reception hall. In 2007, he created a huge fine brushwork flower-and-bird painting Crane in Spring for the United Front Work Department of CPC Central Committee. In 2008, he created the flower-and-bird painting Ten-li Lotus Pond and Magnolia in Spring for the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao S.A.R. In 2009, he created Beijing Spring Rhyme for the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPC. In 2010, he created Beautiful Water and Spring Sunshine, Spring Sunshine, and Bright Spring Sunshine (drawn together with Wang Mingming) for the Office of National Leaders. At the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, he created huge fine brushwork flower-and-bird paintings for the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in Macao Special Administrative Region, the Chinese Embassy in Malaysia, the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar, and the Chinese Embassy in South Korea, which were displayed in key venues.
A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains, Molten copper art, 240cm × 60cm × 120cm, 2022, By Zhu Bingren
Terracotta Warriors, Molten copper art, 70cm × 62cm × 205cm, 2022, By Zhu Bingren
Zhu Bingren
A master of Chinese arts and crafts, representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage of bronze carving techniques, a 4th-generation successor of China’s time-honored brand “Zhu Fu Copper Art” and R&D consultant for cultural products of the Palace Museum in Beijing.
Born in 1944 in Hangzhou, Zhu Bingren is well-versed in bronze sculptures, architecture, painting, calligraphy and seal cutting, not only named the “Father of Chinese Contemporary Copper Architecture” who “put on” the copper outerwear for Leifeng Pagoda but also regarded as a molten copper artist using “ancestor language to tell the contemporary stories” by Mr. Bart, President of Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Van Gogh’s alma mater. In 2000, the 21st Century Cover Image of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said, “Mr. Zhu is worthy of the name of a grand master of copper sculpture”. In 2014, the Shanghai International Collections Forum presented the “Artistic Innovation Award” to him with the following inscription, “Zhu Bingren is an iconic figure of the great rejuvenation of Chinese culture”.
Apart from the above, he also created the copper murals and color bronze tower series. His original invention of molten copper art created a new genre of "realism" copper melting, a new concept of aesthetics and visual art subverting the existing schools of arts in the world. He also initiated the new industry of copper architecture art and was the first to create the scientific theory of Chinese copper sculpture. He published the first book on Chinese copper architecture... In his eyes, he is just a contemporary coppersmith dabbling in the bronze culture, chasing the 5,000-year essence with piety. He once said, "Hopefully copper is me, me the copper."
His masterpieces include iconic copper buildings such as Leifeng Pagoda and Lingyin Temple Copper Hall. His numerous artworks have been collected by institutions such as the National Museum of China, the Palace Museum, the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the Ministry of Culture and domestic and foreign museums.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, sculpture, 200cm×195cm×210cm, 2013, collected by National Museum of China, By Wang Hongliang and Sun Yumin
Wang Hongliang
He is Director and doctoral supervisor of the Department of Sculpture, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, member of the National Major Historical Theme Art Creation Committee of China Artists Association, and member of the Military Art Creation Expert Committee of China PLA National Defence University.
He has created numerous sculptures that embody the strength, warmth, excellent culture, and artistic spirit of the Chinese nation. Through his sculptures, he epitomizes the glorious history of the Chinese nation over the past century, leaving an everlasting legacy. Specifically, he created the Founding Ceremony for China Millennium Monument, the round sculpture Commanders of Red Army Victoriously Meeting after Long March and the relief Red Army Victoriously Meeting after Long March for Gansu Huining Red Army Victory Memorial Hall, the relief They Come from Nanchang Uprising and the round sculpture Rise in Danger for Nanchang August 1st Nanchang Uprising Memorial Hall, the round sculpture Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Chen Yi in Western Fujian for Western Fujian Revolutionary Memorial Hall, and A Great Life! A Glorious Death! for Shanxi Liu Hulan Memorial Hall. Additionally, he created the relief Red Army Crossing Aba in Long March for the Red Army Long March Memorial Hall in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Furthermore, he crafted the round sculpture Five Warriors in Langya Mountain for the 8th Route Army Memorial Hall in Shanxi Province. Other notable works include the round sculpture Representative to the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China for the Jiaxing First National Congress of CPC Memorial Hall, the round sculpture Zunyi Meeting for the Zunyi Meeting Memorial Hall in Guizhou Province, the round sculpture Mount Yimeng Generals for Resistance against Japanese Aggression for the Mount Yimeng Revolutionary Memorial Hall in Shandong Province, and the relief Bloody Battle on the Xiangjiang River for the Xiangjiang River Battle Memorial Hall. He also created the relief Reining in a Horse on the Taihang Mountain for the Taihang Mountain Revolutionary Memorial Hall, the round sculpture Support the Front for the Pingjin Battle Memorial Hall, the round sculpture Qiu Shaoyun for Sichuan Qiu Shaoyun Memorial Hall, the round sculpture Mao Zedong for Shaoshan Mao Zedong Memorial Hall, the round sculpture Li Xiannian for Li Xiannian Memorial Hall, the round sculpture Chen Yun for Chen Yun Memorial Hall, the round sculpture Xiang Jingyu for China National Museum of Women and Children, and the relief Premier Zhou in Shashi Valley for Shashi Valley Museum, round sculpture Xi Zhongxun and Ulanhu for the Sanduandi Memorial Hall in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Guo Moruo for Duolun Road in Shanghai, and the relief Premier Zhou Enlai Walking to the People for Tianjin Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall. He also created round sculpture Qian Xuesen for Beijing University of Technology, Jiao Yulu round sculpture for the Party School of the Central Committee of C.P.C, the relief Tsinghua Martyrs for Tsinghua University History Museum, and the relief Song of Laborers for Beijing Federation of Trade Unions, among others. His works have received numerous art awards both domestically and internationally.
Sun Yumin
She is a professor at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, and Director of the China Institute of Meticulous Painting.
She is Director of the 8th and 9th China Artists Association, representative of the 9th, 10th and 11th China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Director of China Painting Society, honorary professor of Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, and honorary academician of Presidential Academy of the Kyrgyz Republic. She is the March 8 Red Flag Bearer of Beijing, National March 8 Red Flag Bearer, National Advanced Individual in Excelling in Work, Evaluation Expert of China National Arts Fund, and Evaluation Expert of National Excellent Courses of the Ministry of Education. Her works have received awards such as China Youth Art Exhibition, China Sports Art Exhibition, the 8th National Exhibition of Fine Arts, the 11th National Exhibition of Fine Arts, and the Gold Medal of International Olympic Movement and Art Competition. “Sun Yumin’s Chinese Painting Exhibition” has been held in the National Art Museum of China, Art Gallery of Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, China Cultural Center in Paris, France, China Cultural Center in Tokyo, Japan, and Medici Palace in Florence, Italy. Her works have been permanently collected by the National Art Museum of China, China National Museum of Women and Children, International Olympic Art Museum, and other institutions. The online course “Excellent Culture and Brilliant Art - Appreciation, Analysis, and Creation of Figures in China’s Fine Paintings” has been awarded the title of Ministry of Education Online Excellent Course, National First-class Undergraduate Course, and Learning Power Course.
Silk Road Family Chinese painting 270 cm × 124 cm, By Chen Ping
Chen Ping
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Doctoral Supervisor of Chinese National Academy of Arts, Researcher of China National Academy of Painting, and Former Dean of School of Chinese Painting of Central Academy of Fine Arts.
Born in Beijing in 1960, Chen Ping graduated from and became a teacher in the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1984. He currently serves as Second-level Professor, Master’s Supervisor and Doctoral Supervisor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and Doctoral Supervisor of Chinese National Academy of Arts.
Chen Ping is Former Dean of School of Chinese Painting of Central Academy of Fine Arts; Researcher of China National Academy of Painting; “Four Groups” of Talents in the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee; Deputy Director of Fine Arts of the Guiding Education Committee of the Ministry of Education and Member of the China Calligraphers Association; Member of Chinese Poetry Society. He is a famous landscape painter, poet, playwright, calligrapher and seal engraver.
Chen Ping has published dozens of personal painting collections, calligraphy collections, seal engraving collections, poem collections, and compiled two kinds of zaju, namely Painting Dream and Poetry Soul and Records of Mount Huang. His works include Half Villagers and Half Citizens, Quiet Days, Painting of Beautiful Hometown and so on. He has held personal exhibitions in Japan and Hong Kong of China.
Community of Shared Future Photography 300cm×130cm, 2019, By Wang Baosheng（Taken at the South Pole）
Painted Silk Road: A Large-scale Cultural Exchange Activity for Famous Contemporary Chinese Artists Traveling on the Silk Road (Published by Central Party Literature Press)
Edit/photography: Wang Baosheng
The common construction of the “silk road economic belt” is a great cause for the benefit of people of all countries along the belt.
From 2010 to 2015, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Government and China Artists Association successfully held the “Painted Silk Road - Painted Silk Road: A Large-scale Cultural Exchange Activity for Famous Contemporary Chinese Artists Traveling on the Silk Road”. Wang organized more than 100 famous domestic artists onto overseas artistic trips for five times, which lasted five years and covered 121,400 kilometers. They visited more than 40 historical and cultural cities in dozens of countries, including China, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Kazakhstan, Iran, India, Nepal, Spain, and France. They held 8 international touring exhibitions in China, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Japan and other countries. The Central Party Literature Press published a large photo album with Wang Baosheng as editor and photographer, the Painted Silk Road: A Record of the Large-scale Cultural Exchange Activities of the Famous Contemporary Chinese Artists Traveling on the Silk Road.
Wang Baosheng
President of Chinese Cultural Figures magazine, adjunct professor at International Sinology Research Center, Shandong University
He was director of the News Center of the Propaganda Department of a submarine base of the PLAN, and he worked in Jinan Military Region for Before the Guardian and PLA Daily. He has worked in photojournalism for more than 30 years, joining many major news reports at home and abroad, filming important visits by state leaders and visits to China by foreign leaders, and taking portraits of state leaders, army generals, scientists, artists, and entrepreneurs. In 2008, he edited and shot the fine photo album Style of Representatives and Members of the Two Sessions of the Republic of China. In 2013, he edited and shot the fine art album People’s Artists (published by Central Literary Publishing House). In 2014, he edited and shot the fine album Painted Silk Road: Large-scale Cultural Exchange Activities of Famous Contemporary Chinese Artists Covering 10,000 Miles along the Silk Road (sponsored by Ministry of Culture, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, published by the Central Literary Publishing House). He has published tens of thousands of photojournalism works in China News Service, Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily, PLA Daily, Guangming Daily, China Youth Daily, and other major national and overseas media. And his works have won him many awards. In 1992, his photography Pointing the River and Mountains won the international Gold Medal. As a journalist with a sense of historical responsibility and mission of the times, Wang acts actively in building China into a strong cultural country and promoting traditional culture, trying his best to spread Chinese culture and art to the world. In recent years, he has given full play to the strong influence of Chinese Cultural Figures magazine at home and abroad, in authoritative, objective and impartial approach, using news, special issues, special issues, publications, the Internet and other multimedia means to present to the world representative artists in the cultural and art circles of China. In recent years, he has partnered with Boao Forum for Asia to launch a series of cultural and artistic exchange events, including: Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2021 Cultural Roundtable; Women’s Roundtable at Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2021; Cultural Roundtable at Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023; Women’s Roundtable at Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023; 20 Chinese Cultural Figures in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Boao Forum for Asia; and Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative: 2023 Boao Forum for Asia Cultural Figures Art Exhibition. Active in the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, he has made positive contributions to promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.
Mountain, Water, Sage Chinese Painting 400 cm × 200 cm, 2021, By Kong Weike
Kong Weike
Member of the 12th, 13th and 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, president of Shandong Painting Academy, member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Revolutionary Committee, president of the Central Painting Academy, vice chairman of Shandong Provincial Committee, researcher of China National Painting Academy.
He is the member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, director of the China Council for the Promotion of Unification, and vice president of the World Association of Confucius Dean of the Central Painting Academy of the Chinese Revolutionary Committee, director of the China Artists Association, evaluation expert of the National Art Fund of the Ministry of Culture, tutor of the thematic creation advanced research class of the Chinese Academy of Art, researcher of the Chinese Academy of Art, researcher of the Chinese National Painting Academy, and doctoral supervisor of Mokwon University, South Korea. President of Shandong Chinese Painting Society, Chairman of Shandong Painting Academy Alliance and Dean of Shandong Painting Academy. National first-class artists (second-class post) , and enjoy special allowances from the State Council.
Lanting Gathering Chinese Painting 300 cm × 120 cm, By Li Xingbang
Li Xingbang
Famous contemporary Chinese painter, Distinguished Painter of Painting Academy of Renmin University of China, Distinguished Professor of Art College of Hainan University.
Li Xingbang was born in Qingdao, Shandong in 1943, and his ancestral home is Laizhou, Shandong. His fondness for painting and calligraphy has developed since childhood. As he grew older, he started to engage in arts and crafts design work, and once participated in the National Arts and Crafts Design Artists Congress and won awards. Long-term adherence to self-study, appreciation of all paintings, inscription and seal cutting of the past dynasties, preference for poetry and prose, he owns his experiences and ideas of all of them. He has various interests, deep knowledge, ability to absorb the strengths of different art styles, eclecticism and profound skills. People, landscapes, flowers and birds are all his objects; regular, cursive, clerical and seal, all of which he often practices. He is especially excel at meticulous brushwork, freehand brushwork figures and landscapes, and his paintings bear great ancient style. The composition of his paintings is meticulous, the meaning goes long and slow, and the brushwork is clear. He likes to make giant works, break through the layout and composition of predecessors, incorporate new ideas, innovate when using brushes and colors, and does not stick in the past. His traditional Chinese painting inherits the warmth and quietness of ancient Chinese literati paintings, and is extremely delicate and elegant in pen and ink expression and coloring, embodying the literati ethics of "following the heart and rules”.
In 1979, he went to Beijing to join the mural creation for the terminal building of the International Airport, and as Mr. Zhang Ding’s assistant, he participated in drawing the heavy-color mural Nezha Against Dragon King. In 1980, he created large murals Nine Songs, Banquet and Dance in Han Palace, Fairy Tune, Qingdao Spring, Xishuangbanna Suite, and Music and Kabuki. In 2006, Xiao and Fu - Tea Banquet was shown in the 6th Chinese Meticulous Painting Exhibition. In the same year, Breaking Dawn in the East was shown in the “National Chinese Painting Exhibition Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army” sponsored by the China Artists Association and won the Excellence Award. He has also, in many provinces and cities across the country, held the “Orchids Deep in Valley” Zimu Chinese Painting Exhibition, and published the Orchids Deep in Valley - Collection of Zimu Chinese Paintings, Collection of Paintings of Zimu, etc.
Zhaozhou Pear Flower Chinese painting 140cm×220cm, 2016, By Tie Yang
Tie Yang
Special Researcher at Chinese National Academy of Arts, professional painter and professor at Hebei Painting Academy, national-level artist.
Born in 1935 in Zhao County, Hebei Province, he graduated from the Stage Art Department of the Central Academy of Drama in 1960. He is now Dean of Tie Yang Art Institute, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Director of Tie Yang Art Museum, visiting professor of Hebei Normal University and many other universities. He was member of the Second and Third Watercolor Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association, Deputy Director of the 4th Watercolor Art Committee, Director of Academic Committee of Hebei Artists Association, and judge of national art exhibition.
He has acted as judge at all the national art exhibitions after the 7th national art exhibition, having his works shown at the exhibition. He has acted as judge at all the national watercolor exhibitions after the 4th national watercolor exhibition, having his works shown at the exhibition. He is the winner of national art exhibition, awards at national individual exhibitions, winning the highest award of Hebei Provincial government twice - Literary and Art Revitalization Award. He held individual exhibitions and group exhibitions in some countries in Europe, Asia and America. His works are collected by the National Art Museum of China, as well as many museums or art galleries in Europe, Asia and America.
A stage designer of drama, opera and dance stage design for the Central Academy of Drama, China Opera and Dance Theater and other colleges and theaters, he has published collection of essays Mother’s Bowl and Waiting for a Cuckoo, novel Me on the Bus, Memoirs of Major Heat, a collection of artistic essays, and Beautiful Stories, a collection of short stories. Many of his essays and novels are available on People’s Literature, Dangdai Bimonthly, October, Journal of Literature and Art, Chinese Writers, Beijing Literature, and The Great Wall.
In 1985, he was the art director of the film The Girl in Red, winner of the “Golden Rooster Award” and “Hundred Flowers Award”, the highest award in Chinese film that year. In 1989, he served as the art director and scriptwriter for the film Oh, Sweet Snow, winner of the top prize for children’s films at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Artistic investigation, academic exchange, and lecture activities have brought him to Denmark, Norway, Russia, France, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Germany, the US, South Korea, Japan and other countries.
Tianshan Pastoral Chinese painting 240 cm × 120 cm, By Deng Weidong
Deng Weidong
Director of China Artists Association, Deputy Director of National Fine Arts Committee of China Artists Association, Vice President of Chinese National Fine Arts Institution, Honorary Chairman of Xinjiang Artists Association and Honorary Dean of the School of Fine Arts of Xinjiang Normal University.
Born in Chenzhou, Hunan Province, he graduated from the School of Fine Arts of Xinjiang Normal University, the School of Fine Arts of Southwest University and the postgraduate class of Nanjing University of the Arts. His main works, such as Pomegranate in Autumn, Spring Song Beyond the Great Wall, Hometown under the Flame Mountain, Tower in the Clouds, Boundless Clouds and Looking at Kunlun, were selected into the 8th, 10th and 11th National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, “Academic Invitation Exhibition of Famous Chinese Painters”, “United Nations Works Exhibition for Colored Paintings of Chinese Painters”, “2008 Olympic Art Works Exhibition”, “the 4th East Asian Art Exchange Exhibition”, “2012 London Olympic Art Works Exhibition” and other art exhibitions. Some of his works were awarded and won “Tianshan Literature and Art Award” presented by the people’s government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In recent years, he has been invited to give lectures and hold exhibitions in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, India, Japan, Vietnam and other countries. Many works have been collected by art galleries and museums at home and abroad. He has published many albums, such as Sketch Research, Impression of Deng Weidong. Western Landscape Sketch Collection, Famous Chinese Painter Deng Weidong, Chinese Artists Series-Deng Weidong Volume, etc.
Auspicious Bamboo Chinese painting 300 cm × 120 cm, By He Jun
He Jun
Vice President of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, and Member of Oil Painting Art Committee of China Artists Association.
Born in Sichuan in 1970, He Jun graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Surikov Academy of Fine Arts in Moscow, Russia in 2006 with a master’s degree. He Jun is currently a member of the Party Committee, Vice President, Third-level Professor and Master/Doctoral Supervisor of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts. He Jun is also a member of the Oil Painting Committee of China Artists Association, a Director of Chinese Oil Painting Society and a Deputy Director of the Oil Painting Committee of Shaanxi Artists Association.
He Jun’s personal works have been selected for more than 20 national academic exhibitions such as the 11th, 12th and 13th National Art Exhibitions, the 4th China Oil Painting Exhibition and the 4th National Youth Art Exhibition, and won the highest awards in national exhibitions for many times. He Jun has held more than ten solo exhibitions in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Xi’an.
He Jun’s works have been collected by many professional art institutions such as National Art Museum of China, China National Academy of Painting, Hailan Art Museum, Russian Surikov Academy of Fine Arts and Singapore Simin International Art Garden.
New Appearance and Buildings of China Chinese Painting 120 cm × 190 cm, 2019, By Dong Xiyuan
Dong Xiyuan
Member of the 13th and 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Director of China Artists Association, and Vice Chairman of Fujian Artists Association.
Born in Zhao’an County, Fujian Province in 1964, he is currently a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the Director of the China Artists Association, the Representative of the 10th National Cultural Congress, the Vice Chairman of the Fujian Artists Association, the Vice President of Fujian Association for Members of Emerging Social Strata, a member of the Art Committee of Chinese Academy of Arts of the Ministry of Culture, the Distinguished Professor of the Academy of Painting of Renmin University of China and the Distinguished Professor of Rongbaozhai Academy of Painting.
He has published Dong Xiyuan Painting Collection, Selected Works of Dong Xiyuan Flower and Bird Paintings, Selected Works of Dong Xiyuan Landscape, Famous Paintings-Dong Xiyuan I Learn Landscape Painting, Splendid Rivers and Mountains-Selected Works of Dong Xiyuan for Tiananmen Gate Tower, Great Hall of the People and New Year Greeting Cards of Central Leaders, Selected Works of Contemporary Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Masters-Dong Xiyuan and so on.
His works Farmhouse Mountain City, Nostalgia, Spring Wind, Mountain and Cloud, Clear Sound Out of Spring, Crane Roar, the New Bamboo Grove Reflects the Splendidness and the Cold Plum Transforms the Spring, Forever Mountains and Rivers, Mighty Mountains and Rivers, Splendid Rivers and Mountains, the Plum and the Bamboo are Redder and Greener in Spring and Three Friends of Cranes Get Together for Thousands of Years were collected and displayed in Zhongnanhai, Great Hall of the People, and Tiananmen Gate Tower by the organ of the National People’s Congress, International Olympic Committee and China Artists Association. 22 works were selected to make 2008 new year greeting cards of Chinese leaders. He has been invited to hold solo exhibitions in Shanghai, Fujian, Guangdong, Shandong, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Beijing, Macau and UNEP.
Spring in the Palace Garden Chinese Painting 152 cm × 135 cm, 2019, By Mai Hongjun
Mai Hongjun
Director of Landscape Painting Creation Office of Beijing Painting Academy, researcher of Chinese Painting Research Institute of Art Creation Center of Ministry of Culture, national first-class artist.
Mai Hongjun was born in Boai, Henan in 1968. He is the member of the 9th and 10th Beijing Youth Federation, member of Beijing Senior Professional Title Evaluation Committee, director of Landscape Painting Creation Office of Beijing Painting Academy, member of Art Committee of Beijing Painting Academy, national first-class artist, member of Chinese Artists Association, researcher of Chinese Painting Research Institute of Art Creation Center of Ministry of Culture.
He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of the Central University in 1991 and the postgraduate course by teaching assistant of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1999. He joined Beijing Painting Academy in 2006 and devoted himself to the research and creation of Chinese landscape painting, dabbling in calligraphy, seal cutting, poetry and drama. His works have shown in important art exhibitions at home and abroad, and he has participated in the creation of major national historical themes, and made works for Tiananmen Gate Tower, Office Building of Beijing Sub-center, China Central Institute for Culture and History, National Cultural Congress, a number of embassies and consulates in foreign countries, Macao SAR and other institutions and important places. His works have been collected by relevant national professional institutions such as National Art Museum of China, Beijing Grand Canal Museum, Beijing Painting Academy, Henan Provincial Art Museum and Guan Shanyue Art Museum.
In 2014, he held the Fed on Mist and Clouds-Mai Hongjun Landscape Art Exhibition at the National Art Museum of China, and later toured in Henan Art Museum and Guan Shanyue Art Museum. In 2023, he held the “Green Wild Brilliant” Mai Hongjun Art Exhibition in Beijing Painting Academy, and was invited to tour in the whole country. He has published Chinese Cultural Figures - Mai Hongjun, Chinese Contemporary Famous Painting Collection - Mai Hongjun (Dahongpao), Fed on Mist and Clouds - Poetry and Paintings of Mai Hongjun, Chinese Modern Painting and Calligraphy Artists, Mai Hongjun Landscape Volume, Chinese Modern Painting and Calligraphy Artists, Mai Hongjun Calligraphy Volume, Famous Teacher Sketch Model, Mai Hongjun, etc.
Boundless Grass Oil painting 140 cm × 220 cm, 2011, By Han Yuchen
Han Yuchen
Deputy to the 10th, 11th and 12th National People’s Congresses, Distinguished Researcher of Chinese National Academy of Arts, Honorary Academician of Italian Academy of Arts, Honorary Professor of the Imperial Academy of Arts of Russia.
Born in 1954, he passed by the opportunity of further study in the Academy of Fine Arts twice for historical reasons and embarked on a bumpy road of self-study oil painting in the 1970s; guided by famous teachers such as Li Hua, Su Gaoli, Liang Yulong and Zhang Wenxin, he presided over the operation of large enterprises and insisted on art creation. He held solo exhibitions at the National Museum, the National Art Museum of China and the Oil Painting Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts.
He shows special preference to Tibetan themes. He has traveled along Qinghai-Tibet, Sichuan-Tibet, Yunnan-Tibet, Xinjiang-Tibet and other routes, climbed the plateau, slept in tents, lived in Tibetan house and entered pastures, and created a large number of Tibetan-themed works, showing the unique spiritual outlook of Tibetan people in the sunshine from various angles. In 2014, the work On the Road to Worship won the Bronze Award of the 225th French Artists Salon Exhibition, the work Holy Lake Sangzhu participated in the French Contrast Salon Exhibition, and the work Brother and Sister was selected into the 12th National Exhibition of Fine Arts. In 2015, he served as the Special Researcher of Chinese Academy of Arts, held the Tibetan Oil Painting Exhibition at the Imperial Academy of Arts of Russia, and was hired as the Honorary Professor. In 2016, Damei Zhichun Han Yuchen Tibetan Oil Painting Exhibition was held in Lhasa. In 2017, he held Han Yuchen Oil Painting and Western Oil Painting Exhibition at the National Museum, participated in London Masterpiece Art Fair, and was invited to participate in the French Contrast Salon Exhibition. In 2018, he participated in the Art Exhibition in Cologne, Germany. In 2019, he held a solo oil painting tour exhibition in Rome, Florence and Genoa, Italy, and won the Great Lorenzo Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honor of Florence Biennale. In 2022, an exhibition was held at Bonaparte Palace in Rome, Italy, and “Pure Heart and Dream Chasing-Oil Painting and Sketching Works Exhibition” was held at the National Art Museum of China. In 2023, “Innocent and Poetic Heart” Han Yuchen Oil Painting Art and European Oil Painting Collection Exhibition was held in the Oil Painting Institute of Chinese Academy of Arts.
Girls’ Expectation on the Silk Road Oil on canvas 160cm×120cm, 2015, By Zhang Yibo
Zhang Yibo
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and Artistic Committee for National Art Creation on Major Themes in Chinese Artists Association.
Born in 1966 in Baoding, Hebei Province, Zhang Yibo graduated from the Fine Arts School Affiliated to China Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1985 and completed his studies at the First Studio of the Oil Painting Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1989. Currently, he is a professor at the Oil Painting Department of CAFA, serving as a doctoral supervisor. Moreover, he is an esteemed member of both the Chinese Artists Association and the Artistic Committee for National Art Creation on Major Themes. In 2008, he received the Special Awards from the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China; The year of 2021 witnessed that he was bestowed with the second Xu Beihong Award by the Central Academy of Fine Arts; and he was honored as the recipient of the “First Global Chinese Fine Art Golden Brush Award” in 2023. Furthermore, he has participated in numerous art creation tasks for the major national theme with outstanding accomplishments. Notably, he undertook the responsibility of painting portraits of esteemed leaders for the National Day Celebration of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 2019.
Representative works include Early Spring - The General Secretary Returns to Liangjiahe, Deng Xiaoping, the Chief Architect of China’s Reform and Opening Up, Night in a Mountain Village, etc. With a number of individual monographs published, his works have been collected by professional organizations and institutions such as the National Art Museum of China, the National Museum of China, the Museum of the Communist Party of China, the Military Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolutionary, the CAFA Art Museum, the Shandong Art Museum, the Deng Xiaoping Memorial Hall.
The Magpie Chirps and Flowers Bloom Chinese Painting 180 cm × 90 cm, By Zhai Meiqing
Zhai Meiqing
Member of the 12th, 13th and 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Member of the Committee for Economic Affairs of the National Committee for the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and Permanent Honorary President of Hong Kong Culture Association
A Hong Kong native, he is currently a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Committee for Economic Affairs of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Standing Committee of the All-China Women’s Federation, and the Permanent Honorary President of Hong Kong Culture Association. He is also a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th National Committees of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the Vice President of China Association of Women Entrepreneurs, the Vice Chairman of Guangdong Federation of Industry & Commerce, the President of Guangdong Association of Women Entrepreneurs, the Vice Chairman of Guangzhou Federation of Industry & Commerce, the President of Shenzhen Overseas Chinese International Association, and the Permanent Honorary President of Hong Kong Culture Association. The All-China Women’s Federation awarded her the title of "Top Ten Female Heroes in China" and “National March 8th Red Flag Bearer”, and the China Children and Teenagers’ Fund awarded her the title of “Chinese Children Philanthropist”, and he won the 10th “China Charity Award”.
Ha Long Bay in Vietnam Chinese painting 136cm×68cm, 2019, By Liu Gang
Liu Gang
Director of the Painting and Calligraphy Institute of the National Museum of China, council member of the China Artists Association, council member of the China Painting Society, and academic member of the National Museum of China.
Born in 1961 in Jinan, Shandong Province, Liu Gang graduated from the School of Fine Arts of Shandong Normal University. Currently, he is the director of the Painting and Calligraphy Institute of the National Museum of China, the council member of the China Artists Association, council member of the China Painting Society, a senior title judge of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, an academic member of the National Museum of China, and a national first-class artist. With the theme of “Mount Tai”, his landscape paintings enjoy a high reputation in the contemporary art circle, which have been collected by the National Art Museum of China, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Museum of China, the Great Hall of the People and other organizations. Moreover, his major books and papers include: Expressive Landscape of Contemporary Famous Masters - Liu Gang, Study of Contemporary Chinese Painting Masters - Liu Gang, Contemporary Chinese Painters’ Paintings - Liu Gang, Cases Study of Painters in the 21st Century - Liu Gang, Painters with the Most Academic Value and Potential for Collecting - Liu Gang, Experiencing the Spirit of Landscape in Nature, Landscape Volume of Liu Gang in Shenzhou Guoguang Magazine, etc.
High as Mountains and Long as Rivers Chinese Painting 240 cm × 120 cm, 2022, By Le Zhenwen
Le Zhenwen
Librarian of Shanghai Literature and History Research Institute, Dean of Shanghai Juequn Painting and Calligraphy Institute, First Dean and Professor of Xu Beihong Art College of Shanghai Maritime University.
Born in Zhenhai, Zhejiang in 1956, he is currently the librarian of Shanghai Literature and History Research Institute, member of Chinese Artists Association, member of Chinese Painting Society, director of Shanghai Municipal Committee of China National Democratic Construction Association, president of Shanghai Juequn Painting and Calligraphy Institute, painter of Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, and the first president and professor of Xu Beihong Art College of Shanghai Maritime University.
As a master of painting who connects the preceding with the following in contemporary painting circles, he makes his works with profound painting skills, vividness by pen and ink, magnificent picture layout, unique spatial effect and charm, which combine tradition with modernity, and can look back at Chinese traditional art from a new perspective of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, carefully inherit and bring forth new ideas. His solo exhibitions were held in Japan, Singapore and Canada, the Le Zhenwen and Zhang Chi Dual Exhibition were held more than 50 times. Won the annual artistic figure of "Magic Capital (Shanghai) Festival" in 2019, and his works were shown in the 6th National Exhibition of Fine Arts, and won the Shanghai Excellent Works Award, the First National Chinese Landscape Painting Exhibition Excellence Award, the National Second Prize of Ancient Poetry and Painting Department, the Shanghai Fine Arts Excellence Award and else. His works have been selected for many times in the National Youth Art Exhibition, the Japan Painting Exhibition, several Shanghai Art Exhibitions and he participated in the 2017 and 2021 Global Ink Painting Exhibitions as invited guest. His works have also been collected by Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai Artists Association, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai Baolong Art Museum, Ningbo Art Museum and Suzhou Art Museum.
His main works include Echo of Mountains and Rivers - Portfolio of Le Zhenwen and Zhang Chi, Great Beauty: Portfolio of Le Zhenwen and Zhang Chi, Chord of Qin ans Se: Portfolio of Le Zhenwen and Zhang, Enjoying the Mountains and Rivers: Biography for the Mountains and Rivers of Motherland - Portfolio of Le Zhenwen, Discover Jiangnan - Portfolio of Le Zhenwen, Han Xin - New Chapters of Flowers and Birds by Le Zhenwen, Outside the Mist and Clouds - Portfolio of Le Zhenwen, Atlas of Revolutionary Sights, Sketching Techniques for Landscape Painting, General College Tutorial for Landscape Painting, Le Zhenwen Painting Collection, Beauty of Four Seasons - Portfolio of Le Zhenwen,, 24 Styles of Ink Painting Composition Landscape, New Year Card Collection of 100 Postures of Auspicious Birds, Status Ink Painting Collection of 10 Famous Chinese Painters, How to Sketch Mountains and Waters, How to Draw Waterfalls, How to Draw Trees (1) (2), etc.
Fruitful, Chinese painting, 176cm × 386cm, 2023, By Zhou Wusheng
Zhou Wusheng
Professor at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts and researcher at China National Academy of Painting, Chinese National Academy of Arts, and Chinese Painting Research Institute of Communication University of China
Born in 1975 in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, Zhou Wusheng ever worked as Dean of the Chinese Painting Institute and Head of the Department of Bird-and-flower Painting, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. He is a member of the China Artists Association and the China Hue Art Association, a council member of the Tianjin Artists Association and an executive council member of the Tianjin Chinese Painting Institute.
His works have been exhibited and published in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Lanzhou, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, etc. His published works include Selected Paintings of Zhou Wusheng, Top Ten Contemporary Chinese Painting Masters - Zhou Wusheng, Contemporary Masters of Bird-and-flower Hue Art - Zhou Wusheng Volume, Contemporary Chinese Painters - Zhou Wusheng Album, Contemporary Masters of Bird-and-flower Hue Art - Zhou Wusheng, Traditional Chinese Painting Technique Series - Zhou Wusheng, Mogu Bird-and-flower Painting Technique Series - Zhou Wusheng and Famous Contemporary Chinese Painting Masters - Zhou Wusheng.
In 2002, his painting, Manyuanqing, won the Silver Award at the National Fine Art Works Exhibition for Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Publication of Mao Zedong’s Talks at the Yan’an Forum on Literature and Art. In 2003, he participated in the Series Exhibition of the 1st Beijing International Art Biennale, China. In 2007, his painting, Anxiang Zongying, was selected for the 3rd National Exhibition of Chinese Painting. In 2008, he participated in the Modern Chinese Paintings Exhibition for Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Signing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People’s Republic of China. In 2016, he participated in the 1st Art Exhibition of Young Artists’ Works at National Art Museum of China; in December 2016, he was invited by the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Italy to deliver a traditional Chinese painting course and then employed as a visiting professor by the Academy. In 2021, he participated in the “Invitational Exhibition in Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China: Works of Famous Bird-and-flower Painters” hosted by the China National Academy of Painting as well as the “Endless Development in Chinese Painting - 2021 First Invitational Academic Exhibition Organized by the Youth Art Committee of China Hue Art Association”. In 2022, he participated in the Parallel Exhibition “Mose Dongxi” of the Venice Biennale.
In the Mood for Love Chinese painting 100 cm × 68 cm, 2023, By Cui Jingzhe
Cui Jingzhe
Director of China Artists Association, Executive Director of China Hue Art Association, Vice President of Hebei Artists Association and Vice President of Hebei Academy of Fine Arts.
Born in 1980, Cui Jingzhe of Manchu nationality has joined China Democratic League. He is a national first-class artist, Director of China Artists Association, Executive Director of China Hue Art Association, Vice President of Hebei Artists Association and Vice President of Hebei Academy of Fine Arts. His works are collected and hung in Zhongnanhai, Great Hall of the People, Auditorium of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, VIP Lounge of Beijing Daxing International Airport, VIP Lounge of Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport, Swiss International Olympic Museum, International Olympic Committee Building, etc. He has held dozens of personal exhibitions at home and abroad, and many TV stations have produced feature films for him. He has published more than 30 personal painting collections. He has served as an art expert judge for many times and an expert in painting and calligraphy at Painting and Calligraphy of China, a programme produced by BTV.
Cui Jingzhe’s work Youth Series won the Bronze Award of the 1st National Modern Hue Art Exhibition. White Birch Forest won the Bronze Award of the 3rd National Hue Art Landscape Painting Exhibition. Ning won the Excellence Award of the 7th National Hue Art Exhibition. In 2018, he won the Gold Medal of Knight of Culture and Art of Global Public Welfare Alliance in Paris, and won the Supreme Judge Award of Cannes International Art Exhibition in October of the same year. In 2019, the China Red Exhibition by Cui Jingzhe was held at Swiss International Olympic Museum, and China Red won the Gold Medal of European Art Salon (Grand Palais in Paris, France). In 2022, the China Red Exhibition of Traditional Chinese Realistic Painting by Cui Jingzhe was held at the National Art Museum of China, and he won the “Pierre de Coubertin Medal” issued by the International Olympic Committee in the same year.
Cui Jingzhe has published more than 30 traditional Chinese realistic painting teaching series, such as Techniques of Traditional Chinese Realistic Painting, Chinese Red Series Traditional Chinese Realistic Paintings and Copying Model of Ladies Painting with Fine Brushwork.
Cui Jingzhe’s work Group Painting of Lighting Ceremony of the Olympic Flame is hung in Swiss International Olympic Museum, Long History in Hong Kong Hall of Great Hall of the People, Harmony and Life in VIP Lounge of Beijing Daxing International Airport, Taihang Golden Autumn in Beijing Conference Center, and The Country is the People and the People are the Country in Diaoyutai Celebration Hall in Beijing.
Ode to the Lotus 240cm×60cm×3 Chinese painting, 2021, By Yang Daming
Yang Daming
Director of the A.M. Painting Macao, Distinguished Researcher of the Institute of Literature and Art of the Chinese National Academy of Arts, Visiting Professor of the Faculty of Humanities and Arts of the Macao University of Science and Technology, and Doctoral Supervisor.
Born in 1949, he is a native of Sanshui City, Guangdong Province. In his youth, he learnt painting from Professor Li Gemin of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Art Educator Li Xiongcai, famous painter Li Guohua of Guangdong Painting Academy and Liang Zhanfeng and other famous Lingnan painters, as well as Zhang Daqian’s disciple, Liu Kansheng, and other senior artists. He also learnt calligraphy from the Chairman of the Calligraphers’ Association of Guangdong Province, calligrapher Qin Esheng, and devoted himself to researching and copying the masterpieces of the past dynasties, which gives him a deep knowledge of traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting. His works have been selected for the 6th, 8th, 11th and 12th National Art Exhibitions.
In 2013, he was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Louvre International Fine Arts by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts; In 2014, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Louvre International Fine Arts by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts; In 2015, he was awarded the Prize of the Louvre International Fine Arts Jury by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts; In 2016, he was awarded the Grand Prix du Jury of the Louvre International Fine Arts Jury by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts; In 2019, he was awarded the Prize of Merit in the “Rong-2019 Macao Artists Special Exhibition” organized by the Museu de Arte de Macau and the National Art Museum of China, and the Gold Medal of the International Fine Arts Award in the 157th Salon International des Beaux-Arts in Paris, organized by the L’association française des Artistes. The current President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, highly praised Yang Daming’s works.
cave Dwelling, oil painting, 140cm×70cm, 2020, By Wang Yiyaxiong
Wang Yiyaxiong
He is a renowned oil painter and a professional artist at the National Academy of Ethnic Paintings. He has been honored with the Excellence Award at the 3rd National Minority Fine Arts Exhibition, the Silver Award at the 2nd Northeast Asia International Calligraphy and Painting Photography Exhibition, and the Excellence Award (the highest honor) at the Qingdao Oil Painting Exhibition.
Born in 1989, he graduated from Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts in 2015. He is a postgraduate majoring in oil painting and a professional painter at the National Ethnic Painting Academy.
In 2009, he won the Silver Award at the 2nd Northeast Asia International Calligraphy and Painting Photography Exhibition. He won the third prize at the Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition in 2012. In 2013, he presented the Portrait of Ban Ki-moon to Ban Ki-moon, the then Secretary-General of the United Nations. In 2014, he won the Excellence Award (the highest award) at the Cohesion Qingdao Oil Painting Exhibition. He participated in the Shaanxi Exhibition of Fine Arts to Celebrate the 65th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China. His work Tide was exhibited by young and middle-aged oil painters of Qingdao Oil Painting Society. He also participated in the 3rd National Ethnic Minority Fine Arts Exhibition and won the Excellence Award. He published The Margin of Art in Painting in China News and participated in the “Colorful Painting Road, Silk Road Tour for Famous Contemporary Chinese Artists” sponsored by China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, former Ministry of Culture, China Artists Association, and other units. His oil paintings The National Flag in Front of the Triumphal Arch and Girl were included in The Colorful Painting Road: Records of Large-scale Cultural Exchange Activities along the Silk Road by Famous Contemporary Artists in China published by Central Literature Publishing House. In 2015, he presented the oil painting Portrait of Vuk Jeremić to Vuk Jeremić, President of the 67th United Nations General Assembly and Chairman of the International Health and Environment Organization. In 2016, he participated in the “Sustainable Development, Civilization and Love” Painting Art Exhibition co-sponsored by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, China Association for Foreign Exchanges with Minorities, National Cultural Palace, and National Academy of Ethnic Painting. In 2017, he presented the Portrait of Miyeegombo Enkhbold to the then President of Mongolia’s National Assembly and Portrait of Mahathir to the then Prime Minister of Malaysia. In 2018, he participated in the National Calligraphy and Painting Invitational Exhibition of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Online Juried Shows International Art Exhibition. In 2021, he participated in the “Art without Borders, Hearts Connected” International Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Sculptures, and Ceramics to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). He presented the oil painting Portrait of Tian Hua to the renowned old artist Tian Hua. In 2022, he participated in the “Light of People’s Art” 2022 China Contemporary Art Exhibition co-hosted by Chinese Cultural Figures Magazine and the People’s Art Creation Academy in Beijing.
Silk Road Youth Oil Painting 180 cm × 100 cm, By He Yu
He Yu
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Dean of Academy of Fine Arts of Xinjiang Arts University, Member of China Artists Association.
Born in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province in 1971, He Yu graduated from the First Studio of Oil Painting Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor’s degree in 1994. He Yu graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1996 with a master’s degree. He Yu’s tutor was Jin Shangyi. From 1996 to 2007, He Yu taught in the Fine Arts School Affiliated to China Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 2003, He Yu was admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts as a Ph.D. student in oil painting, and the tutor was Jin Shangyi. He Yu graduated with a doctorate in 2007. Since 2006, He Yu has taught in the Modeling Foundation Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
In 1999, oil paintings were selected for the 9th National Art Exhibition. In 2001, He Yu’s oil paintings were selected into the Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition. In 2002, He Yu’s oil paintings were selected into the National Art Exhibition to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the speech at Yan’an Forum on Literature and Art. In 2003, He Yu’s oil paintings were selected into the Third National Oil Painting Exhibition. In 2004, He Yu’s oil paintings were selected for the 10th National Art Exhibition. In 2006, He Yu’s paintings were in the first graduation exhibition of doctoral students majoring in modeling in Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 2014, a huge portrait of Sun Yat-sen in Tiananmen Square was drawn for National Day. In 2015, He Yu held a solo exhibition “Deep Source of Still Water-He Yu’s Oil Painting Exhibition” at Shenzhen Guan Shanyue Art Museum, participated in the “Relay” Teachers’ Sketch Creation Exhibition of Central Academy of Fine Arts to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and participated in “Meeting and Imagination: Silk Road International Youth Art Exhibition” in Moscow. In 2016, a huge portrait of Sun Yat-sen in Tiananmen Square was drawn by He Yu again for National Day. In 2020, a solo exhibition was held in Beijing, “Environment is Created from Heart - He Yu’s Landscape Sketch Exhibition”. In 2022, “He Yu’s Landscape Oil Painting for Teachers and Students” was held in Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center. In 2023, He Yu participated in the Yan’an Oil Painting Invitational Exhibition written by famous Chinese oil painters at the National Art Museum of China.
Peace and Opening up Sculpture 230 cm × 150 cm × 55 cm, By Guo Xuanchang
Guo Xuanchang
Former Dean and Professor of the School of Arts Chongqing University, Deputy Director of Art Museum of Chongqing University, Director of Guo Xuanchang Sculpture Art Museum, Advanced Individual of Returned Overseas Chinese and Famous Sculptor.
Born in Chongqing City, China in 1953, he studied in the Sculpture Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China in 1978. After graduating in 1982, he stayed as the Director of the Teaching and Research Office. In 1991, he studied portrait sculpture at the University of Kassel, Germany. In 1992, he was promoted to Associate Professor of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China. In 1993, he moved to the United States as an international outstanding artist. In 1995, he was employed as Honorary Professor of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China. In 1997, he served as Vice Chairman of the World Association of Chinese Artists, USA and was employed as the Honorary President of Art Design and Research Institute of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. From 2003 to 2007, he served as Dean of the School of Humanities and Arts of Chongqing University.
In 2005, he presided over the design of Hongya Cave, a traditional folk custom area, and the main sculpture Memory Mountain City. In 2006, the sculpture Memory Mountain City won the annual award of the National Excellent Urban Sculpture Construction Project, and the bronze group sculpture Great Tunnel Massacre won the Excellence Award. In 2007, “Guo Xuanchang Sculpture Museum” was established, and the bronze wall sculpture Stand Together Regardless of Situation and Discuss Government Affairs - Historical Memorial Group Sculpture of Chinese Democratic Parties and the bronze round sculpture Travel Around the World-A Record of Buddhist Descendants Nebula Master were selected for the 11th National Exhibition of Fine Arts. In 2008, he was commissioned by the United Front Work Department of Chongqing to design and create the Landscape Relief of the Historical Monument of Chinese Democratic Parties in Chongqing Special Garden. In 2009, Bashan Revolutionary Monument, Creation and Peace and Hope were selected into the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. In 2011, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council awarded him “Advanced Individual of Returned Overseas Chinese in China”. He has been invited to sculpture portraits of several American presidents such as Ford, Clinton and George Herbert Walker Bush. He was rated as “an artist with international reputation” by Manhattan Art in New York. He has won the “Presidential Sculpture Award” in the United States and the “Cambridge Outstanding Achievement Award in the 20th Century” in Britain. His works have been collected by the National Art Museum of China and the Military Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolution.
Kiss Sculpture 149cm×134cm×253cm, 2010, By Xu Hongfei
Xu Hongfei
Member of the 13th and 14th National Committees of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Director of the China Artists Association, Vice Chairman of Guangdong Artists Association, President of Guangzhou Sculpture Institute，and staff of the Institute for Culture and History of Guangdong Province.
Born in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province in 1963, he graduated from the Sculpture Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1990, served as a professional sculptor of Guangzhou Academy of Sculpture in 1990, and served as President, Sculptor, and National Level-1 Artist of Guangzhou Academy of Sculpture from 2011 to 2023. He won the May Day Labor Medal of Guangdong Province in 2013; was awarded the title of “Excellent Experts of the Ministry of Culture” in 2014; won the title of the “Second Young and Middle-aged Artists with Good Virtue and Art of Guangdong Province” in 2015; was selected as a leading talent of promotion of ideology and culture in the “Guangdong Special Support Program” in 2016; was awarded the honorary title of “Cultural Exchange Envoy of Salonika Government” by Greece in 2018; was rated as “Guangzhou Excellent Experts (Certificate A)” in 2019; was hired as a distinguished professor by the Paris College and awarded the Friendship Medal for the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and Chile by Chile in 2020; and was awarded the Certificate of Honor for Friendship between China and Western Countries by Spain in 2021. His works have been selected by national exhibitions and those of Guangdong province for several times. 54 individual sculpture exhibitions were successfully held in Italy, France, Britain, Greece, Australia, Singapore, Turkey, the United States, Germany, Austria, Peru, Spain, Russia, Colombia, Japan, Chile, Cuba, Thailand, and many cities in China.
His works are collected by more than 50 organizations such as the National Museum of China, the Guangzhou Branch of China National Archives of Publications and Culture, the Military Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolution, the National Art Museum of China, the Italia Hall at World Expo Milano 2015, Morey beside Loing River in France, the Hamburg City Government in Germany, Sydney Town Hall in Australia, and the Art Museum of Repin Academy of Fine Arts in Russia.
He has published more than 50 works, including Xu Hongfei-In the Name of Sculpture, Fat Sculpture, Sculpture·Liannan-Xu Hongfei, Fat Dream under the Paper Mulberry Tree, Xu Hongfei’s Sculpture·Record, Beautiful Culture-Xu Hongfei’s Sculpture Collection, Random Thoughts on Jade, and Civilian Epic-Xu Hongfei’s Sculpture Exhibition at National Art Museum of China.
By Su Qing BEIJING, China, Nov. 26(Chinese Cultural Figures) -- To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the 2023 Boao Forum for Asia “Co-building the Silk Road Civilization” Cultural Figures Art Exhibition, sponsored by the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) and Chinese Cultural Figures Magazine and organized by the International Department of the Magazine, was held at the NAMOC, lasting from November 26 to December 6.
Civilizations become colorful and richer thanks to exchanges and mutual learning. The ancient Silk Road opened a pathway for cross-cultural exchanges between the East and the West, while the Belt and Road Initiative has further enriched the dissemination and integration of different civilizations and cultures. It has facilitated extensive exchanges and cooperation between China and other countries in various aspects. 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the BRI. Over the past decade, the BRI has established a platform for profound exchanges and mutual learning among nations, surpassing barriers of civilizations, conflicts, and superiority. It has promoted mutual learning among civilizations, strengthened people-to-people bond, shaped a diverse and interactive pattern of cultural exchanges among countries, and gathered the forces of civilizations for the development and progress of humanity. The BRI is currently at its peak, and we must forge ahead into the next fruitful decade.
To thoroughly implement the guiding principles of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s keynote speech at the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, promote the “Eight Actions” through people-to-people exchanges, and establish a strong people-to-people bond foundation for the high-quality co-construction of the Belt and Road, this Exhibition invited renowned Chinese artists Jin Shangyi, honorary president of the China Artists Association (CAA); Wu Weishan, deputy secretary-general of the CPPCC National Committee, vice president of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, and director of the NAMOC; Feng Yuan, former vice president of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles; Sun Xiaoyun, president of the China Calligraphers Association (CCA); Su Shishu, honorary president of the CCA; Fan Di’an, president of the CAA; as well as dozens of contemporary Chinese art masters from various provinces, cities, and regions including Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, China, to co-build the Silk Road civilization.
People-to-people bond is an important aspect of the BRI and serves as a social foundation for promoting its co-construction. Wang Baosheng, the exhibition curator, expressed delight in witnessing over 60 artists from various fields of art firmly grasp the “baton” entrusted by the times under the theme of celebrating the 10th anniversary of the BRI. They uphold the concept of harmony amidst diversity, exchange, and mutual learning. These artists tell stories about the Silk Road, showcase construction achievements, focus on cultural history and depict development prospects, express patriotic feelings, highlight cultural confidence, construct aesthetic images, and interpret the spirit of the Silk Road… They have created a significant number of exquisite works of art with profound thoughts, remarkable artistic skills, and exceptional production quality. These artworks vividly portray the great practice of co-building the BRI, progressing from conceptualization to action and from vision to reality.
More than 60 groups (pieces) of works in various artistic fields such as calligraphy, traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, and melting copper were displayed at the Exhibition. With rich content and elegant style, these artworks adhere to the unity of ideology, timeliness, art, and ornamentality. They will certainly promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning among countries along the Belt and Road, enhance people-to-people bond, and contribute to the steady and long-term development of the BRI. They will also assist in deepening and solidifying the “Eight Actions” and inspire people to forge ahead and strive for the next golden decade.
(Editors in charge: Zhang Yan, Liu Sheng)
