SHI JIANGUO
Artist Biography
Shi Jianguo was born in 1964 in Tangshan, China. He graduated from the Hebei Light Industry School (faculty of ceramic art) in 1985; and received a degree from the China Central Academy of Fine Arts (faculty of Chinese painting) in 1991. Currently he is the director of the classic art editing room at the People’s Fine Arts Publishing House and a member of the Chinese Artist Association.
Shi is renowned for his unconventional ink art style, “music has a direct influence on Shi, he never does preliminary sketches, guided largely by the rhythmic and intuition, expressing freely on paper, sometimes torrential sometimes moderate. Everything happened rapidly yet under his control.”
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Selected exhibitions:
2010
"Asian Art" Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Solo exhibition at XYZ Gallery, 798, Beijing, China
2009
Solo exhibition at Leo Gallery, Shanghai, China
2008
"Nomination Exhibition of Contemporary Portrait Painting", Mingyuan Art Center, Shanghai, China
"Asian Art Exhibition", Guangzhou, China
2007
"Ink landscape – Master of Ink National Nomination Exhibition", Chengdu, Sichuan, China
"Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition", China Art Museum
Solo exhibition at XYZ Gallery, 798, Beijing, China
Solo exhibition at Nanjing Art Museum
2006
"6 Artists " joint exhibition, Singapore
"China's 1st Publisher Exhibition", China Art Museum
2004
"Jian Xing art exhibition", Beijing, China
"Ink Temperament Art Exhibition", Beijing, China
1997
First solo exhibition showcased at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery
1994
"Meadow" was selected for the "3rd Chinese Painting Exhibition"
1991
Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts - faculty of Chinese painting; "Meadow" was collected by the Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum
1988
His work "Singing Night" won the second prize of Student Achievement Exhibition of China Central Academy of Fine Arts and the Excellence Award of "China Cup" Chinese Painting Exhibition
