Shen Qin

Lighting the world of life with paintings

By Hen-Xiaoxin

Shen Qin is a talented woman from Suzhou, and an outstanding student of China Fine Arts Institute. Since the end of 2000, her paintings mostly circles around the infant. These figures are sketched with a casual feeling and a succinct summary, omitting some detailed depiction. At this point, Shen Qin s style is very different from that of Neo-Zhe School -figure painting. But on the other hand, her strengthening of the expression of paintings continuously develops the Neo-Zhe School system.
These paintings are successfully combined with the technique of drawing, which is a big challenge to an artist s painting language and its expression.
An artist should enrich his painting language from the traditional resources. The traditional painting language has a rich legacy, which is a big resource for contemporary artists. Still, we must realize our own advantages and be proud of them. Many years ago, I had an idea: as Spinkle put it, the traditional painting language is a pure form, deeply rooted in the culture , a basic symbol of traditional wash paintings (one of Spinkle s notions). The traditional painting language should have three basic functions: the first is depicting (namely drawing the appearance); the second is freehand brushwork (emotion, idea and interest); the third is expression (directly express the intelligence and the power of life). Drawing the appearance has not been so important, freehand brushwork was exaggerated by the artists of Ming, Qing Dynasty. Only the expression function has not been sufficiently developed.
Shen Qin develops and transfers the expression function of the traditional painting. Her paintings are full of intelligence and life, which is not so easily achieved. Her paintings are relatively aloof and free, as relaxed as possible. She is not fussed about the so-called painting effect, interest or meaning. She tries to make her painting technique varied dry or wet, thick or light, She handles the brush with ease, sometimes use the midpoint, sometimes the side point, sometimes scraping sometimes dyeing lightly with the ink, which makes her paintings full of rhythm and strengthens the expression of her painting language.
The Infant series concerns the contemporary problems, there are various forms of vivid life, which are enough to strike the contemporary people s soul and waken the power of life. The medium painting language, is truly the traditional painting language, which is not entirely same to any artist or school, but a comprehensive development and contemporary transfer. Maybe some people would say that Shen Qin is influenced by Dumas from Belgium, but we should not forget that her cultural personality absolutely belongs to China.
Nanjing, Nov.15, 2004

Resume:
1974 Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
1999 Graduated from Traditional Chinese Painting Department, China Academy of Fine Arts, with a major in portrait painting
1999 Been teaching at the Department of Fine Arts, Yunnan Academy of Arts

Solo Exhibitions
1999 Shen Qin Ink Painting Exhibition, Switzerland
2002 Babies ? Shen Qin Ink Painting Exhibition, Kunming, China

Co-Exhibitions
2006 Contemporary Tradition, Italy
2005 The 21st Century Invitation Exhibition of Young Outstanding Chinese and Korean Artists, Beijing
2004 The 4th International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
2004 Yunnan Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Kunming, China
2004 The 10th Chinese National Art Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
2004 ?The Five Artists ? Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Sweden
2004 Infants, Norway
2004 The Logbook co-exhibition by Chinese and Swedish artists, Kunming & Beijing
2004 The Children at Mount Menghan?? the 1st Prize of the 4th Yunnan
Literature and Artistic Creation Foundation;
2003 Chinese Mainland ? Overtake Enjoyable New Art Request Unful, Shenzhen, China
2003 Shanghai Art Salon, Shanghai
2002 The National Fine Arts Exhibition to Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Speech by Mao Zedong Yan an Forum on Literature and Art Forum, Kunming, China(bronze medal awarded)
2002 The 1st Exhibition of Yunnan Young Artist Nominees Kunming, China
2001 Chinese New Paintings Exhibition, Sweden
2000 Yunnan Traditional Chinese Painting and Portrait Paintings Exhibition , Kunming, China
1999 Painting Exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the foundations of the Yunnan Academy of Arts, Kunming, China
1999 The 9th Chinese National Art Exhibition, Guangzhou, China

Sun Guojuan

about her and so on, and link to project that she has been involved in. Sugar and salt and such.

The Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter’s reporter Martin Nystrm, mentioned her co-operation with Swedish artist Dan Froberg in his Year Cronicle for 2004 (Available only in Swedish): Read here

The same project was extensively covered by the Swedish regional daily Nerikes Allehanda (Available only in Swedish): Read here

Mao Xuhui

Professor Mao Xuhui is one of the most influential artist coming out of the generation that first turned up after the end of the Cultural Revolution. He is a professor at Yunnan University Art School, and has had exhibitions in Hongkong, Beijing, Shanghai and several Western cities.

MAO XUHUI
1956
Born in Chongqing, China
1982
Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Yunnan Academy of Fine Arts, Kunming.
Founding member of the Artistic Research Group ofSouthwestern China
1985
Organized and participated in New Portraiture, an exhibition that contributes significantly to the New Art Movement of China

Solo Exhibitions
2005.5
Cutting Edge,TC/G Nordica,Kunming
2004.11．MAOXUHUI: Scissors,Hanart TZ Gallery,Hong Kong
1999,”Scissors, Mao Xuhui”,Hanart TZ Gallery Hong Kong
1997,”Dream of the Red Earth, Mao Xuhui”,Soobin Art Gallary,Singapore

Selected Exhibitions
2004/11-2005/11
AWAKENING: LA FRANCE MANDARINE The French Influence in Chinese Arts Contrasts . Shanhai Urban Planning ExhibitionCentre Contrasts gallery, Beijing China Art Museum
2004/7-8
“China Yunnan Art Exhibit” Robert V Fullerton Art Museum, California State University, San Bernardino
2004/7
“Anxiety & Preservation”T C/G Nordica, Kunming, China. Curator/Host
2004/6
“? UNRELATED TO REALITY !” Lin Haisu Art Museum. Shanhai
2004/4
“Celebrating 20 Years of Hanart T Z Gallery” Hong Kong Arts Center
2003/12
“Embracing The New Century” The Exhibition Works Of The Third
Chinese Oil Painting, China Art Museum, Beijing; Guangdong Art Museum; Shanghai Art Museum; Xian Art Museum, China
2003/11
“Biennial oil Painting Guiyang”, Guiyang, China
2003/3
“From China With Art”, Galeri National Indonesia, Jakarta
2002/11
“Guangzhou Triennial”, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
2002.10
“PARIS-PEKIN”, ESPACE CARDIN, PARIS, FRANCE
2002/10
“Contemporary Chinese Art”, Museum kuppermunle Semmlung Grothe In Cooperation With MACRO-Museo d`Arte Contemporanea Roma, Ludwig Museum Budapast-Museum Of contemporary Art Municipal Gallery Bydgoszcz, Casa Asia Barcelona
2002/9
“Triennial of Chinese Arts” Guangzhou Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2002/6
“China–Korea Contemporary Paintings Exhibition”, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea (South)
2001/10
“Dream 2001 Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition”, The Atlatis Gallery “The Red Mansion Ltd”, London, England
2001-6-2002-6
“Made by Chinese”, Gallerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
2000
“Tale of Two Cities”, Asia Contemporary Art, London, England
1999
“1999 Art China”, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
1998
“The First Collection Exhibition of Dongyu Museum of Fine Arts”, Shenyang, China.
1998-1999
“Inside Out: New Chinese Art”, Asia Society and P.S. 1 ,Contemporary Art Center, New York;
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Asia Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco USA and Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico.
1998
“China’s New Art Exhibition” at the Observation de Montreal, Artist-Run Exhibition Center Montreal, Canada.
“The First Collection Exhibition of Upriver Gallery”, Chengdu, China
1997
“Quotation Marks” Chinese Contemporary Paintings, Singapore, Art Museum, Singapore
“Red and Grey”, Eight Avant-Garde Chinese Artists, Soobin Art Galley;
Tremors International Fine Art Fair For Asia, Singapore
1996-1997
“China!” Zeitgenossische Malerei, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria; Zacheta Modern Art Museum, Warsaw, Poland; Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, Germany
1996
“Shared Dreams”, Jamaica Center, New York, USA.
1995
“Des del Pais Del Center”, Avant Guardes Artistiques Chinese -since 1979, Center d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelon, Spain
1993
“China’s New Art, Post-1989”, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong.
Mao Goes Pop, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
“New Art from China, Post-89”, Marlborough Fine Art, London, England
1993
“Chinese Fine Arts In 1990`s”: Experiences In Fine Arts Of China, Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu China
1992
“Chinese Art in the 90’s: China’s Experience”, Chengdu, China
“The First Guangzhou Art Biennial”, Guangzhou, China.
1991
“I Don’t Want to Play Cards with Cezanne”, and Other Works,
Selections from the Chinese “New Wave”and “Avant-Garde” Art of the Eighties, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, USA
1989
“China/Avant-Garde”. China Art Museum, Beijing, China
1988
“88 Modern Art Exhibition of Southwestern China”, Chengdu, China
1987
“The First Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition”, Shanghai Art Museum China
1986
“2nd New Portraiture Exhibition”, Shanghai art Museum, Shanghai, China
“3nd New Portraiture Exhibition”, Library of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China
“4th New Portraiture Exhibition, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing, Sichuan China
1985
Organized and participated in “First New Portraiture Exhibition”,
Shanghai and Nanjing, china
“Chinese Visions”, Art Gallery of Florida University, USA

Liu Lifen

1979 Born in Yunnan province, China
1998－2002 Graduated From Chinese Painting Department of Yunnan Art Institute, Bachelor’s degree
2005-2006 Lives and studies in Malmoe, Sweden
Now lives in Kunming, Yunnan

Art experience:
2001 Exchange student with Hyllie park folkhogskola in Sweden
2003, 2004 “Sugar &Salt” art exchange project in Kunming(China) and
Malmoe (Sweden)
2003 Mekong Lab- Conference of Southeast Asia’s Contemporary art
Collaboration”, Chiangmai, Thailand
2004 Exhibition of “Chinese Art”, Galleri Lista Fyr, Norway
2006 “Those days in a foreign land”-Solo exhibition at Wuthering heights gallery, Malmoe (Sweden)
2006 “Look forward, look back”, Yun Gallery, Kunming, Yunnan
2006 Tutu Art 2006 Exhibition

Lei Yan

Lei Yan’s exhibition at TCG Nordica 2007

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