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Born in 1970 in Inner Mongolia, China

Lives and works in Beijing, Tianjin, China, New York, USA

EDUCATION

2012 

Doctor's degree in oil Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts, advisor: Yuan Yunsheng, Zheng Yan, Beijing, China

2004

The fourth studio of the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, advisor: Yuan Yunsheng, Ma Lu, Beijing, China

1997

Oil Painting Department of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China

EXHIBITIONS

2024

Artists Making Books: Pages of Refuge, American Academy in Rome, Rome

​Stretched Out, Village One Art Gallery, New York City, U.S.

The Symbol and Source of Life — The Second Dehong International Art Biennale, Dehong Art Museum, Yunnan

Moriana, AAIE, Rome, Italy

The Second Todi International Biennale, Tower Gallery and AAIE, Todi, Italy

2023

The Sixth "Rhythm of Life", Xishuangbanna International Art Exhibition, Xishuangbanna Art Museum, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

Memory Overlap, Linli Art Space, Venice, Italy

Beyond the River and Sea, 535 Art Center, Shanghai

2022

Plant A Tree, AAIE, Rome, Italy

 

2021

Open Books — Artists and Their Chinese Folding Books International Touring Exhibition, The Godown Art Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  

 

2020

The Book of Disquiet, Funspace Art Gallery, Rome, Italy

Open Books, Artists and the Chinese Folding-books, Vale of Glamorgan, Barry Cultural Center, Wales, United Kingdom

 

2016

Exploring The Original Nature, Cultural Studies and Art Exhibition Concerning Lugu Lake, Yuan Xiaocen Art Museum, TCG Nordica Culture Center, Kunming, China

From Nature to Mind: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

 

2015

Salon Comparaisons, Grand Palais, Paris, French

 

2014

China (Linyi) International Art Exhibition, Linyi International Exhibition Center, Linyi, China

 

2013

“Object World” Invitational Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China

 

2011

The Third Oil Painting Exhibition of College Spirit, China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China

Distance – China-Norway Art Exhibition, Galleri Lista Fyr, Norway

Distance – China-Norway Art Exhibition, Vest Agder Museum, Flekkefjord, Norway

Distance China-Norway Art Exhibition, WhiteBox Museum of Art, Beijing, China

 

2010

Salon d'Automne, Congress Palace Museum, Paris, France

The Second Oil Painting Exhibition of College Spirit, China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China

Power of Young – Sub-exhibition of Art Beijing, Huan Tie Times Art Museum, Beijing, China

Converged Vision, International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center, Beijing, China

 

2009

Annual Exhibition of French National Art Association, Carrousel du Louvre, French

Exploration: Works on Paper, The Craft Studio Gallery of University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri, USA

Tian Gong Kai Wu - Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary Experimental Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Beijing, Beijing, China

Mind Of Being, 798 DAX Art Space, Beijing, China

From Nature to Mind: A Joint Exhibition Form Academy & Contemporary Art Works Invited Exhibition, Huan Tie Times Art Museum, Beijing, China

From Nature to Mind: A Joint Exhibition From New Intellectual Artists, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

Outlook · College Spirit '09 "Oil Painting Art Exhibition, China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China

Watching the East, New Age Gallery, Beijing, China

 

2008

Culture After Culture: Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition of Twelve People, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China

See Five Great Mountains, Cross-Taiwan Straits Professor and  

Graduate Students Creative Exhibition, National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan, China

Doctoral and Postgraduate Students’ Graduation Artworks Exhibition of Central Academy of Fine Arts, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China

 

2007

14 True Talent Academists Artworks Exhibition, Qinda Art Museum, Beijing, China

See Five Great Mountains, Cross-Taiwan Straits Graduate Students Creative Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China

 

2006

“Theatre” Contemporary Artists Group Exhibitions, Different Space, Beijing, China

 

2003

Fine Arts from China, Cairo, Egypt

 

2002

Fine Arts from China, Alexander Exhibition Hall, Egypt

 

 

COLLECTIONS

 

Zhejiang Art Museum, Zhejiang, China

Huantie Times Art Museum, Beijing, China

China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China

Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China

Galleri Lista Fyr, Norway

Vest Agder Museum, Norway

 

 

AWARD

 

1997

Bronze award, “Meiyuan Cup” National Fine Art Student Contest, China

 

 

RESEARCH AND THESIS

 

Doctoral research interests

Research on Chinese Oil Painting and Traditional Culture

Doctoral thesis

Free Viewing: The Space Concept of Portrait Art in Han Dynasty, collected by National Library of China

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