Shi Hu
Introduction
BIOGRAPHY
1942 Born in Xushui, Hebei Province,China
1958 Attended Beijing Arts and Crafts School
1960 Attended Zhejiang Fine Arts Institute
1962 Served as soldier
1968 Taught at Beijing Arts and Crafts School
1969 Worked in the crafts field as ivory carver and lacquer polisher
1977 Employed as art director at the People's Fine Arts Publishing House in Beijing, China
1978 Toured thirteen countries in Africa
1979 Published African sketches
1980 Became a professional artist
1985 Selected Paintings of Shi Hu published by Shanxi People's Publishing House, China
1988 Selected Paintings of Shi Hu published by Tianjin Yang Liu Qing Painting Society, China
1994 Established Shi Hu Poetry Society"
1996 Published essays "Discussion of Character and Thoughts", "Character and Pictograph" and "Spiritual Awakening" Appointed Chairman of the Society of Chinese Artists Worldwide "Solo Exhibition of Shi Hu" organized by Cultural Bureau of Macau
1998 Published Four-volume catalogue "Paintings by Shi Hu" by People's Fine Arts Publishing House
2004 Published catalogue"Paintings of Chinese Modern Artists: Shi Hu"
2006 Published book "One Hundred of Poems and Paintings"
2013 Published book "Cloud of Words: Art Critics by Shi Hu" and the catalogue "Calligraphy and Paintings by Shi Hu"
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- Solo show with around 1000 paintings, National Art Museum of China , Beijing, China
- Shenzhen Art Museum, China
- Museum National, Jakarta, Indonesia
- New life- Shi Hu 2004 Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
- Solo Exhibition, Macau
- Paintings by Shi Hu, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Solo exhibition, Exhibited a monumental work Dreams on Earth
- China Art Expo, Shanghai, China
- China Art Expo, Shanghai, China
- China Art Expo, Shanghai, China
- Solo Exhibition of Shi Hu, Cultural Bureau of Macau, Macau
- China Art Expo, Beijing, China
- China Art Expo, Guangzhou, China
- Stone Tiger, Singapore
- Ordained - Shi Hu, Singapore; Beijing, China; Taipei, Taiwan; Macau
- Unity - Shi Hu, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Lou Lim lok Garden, Macau
- Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Singapore
- Solo exhibition at Ji Gu Zhai, Hong Kong
- Nanjing Museum, China
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
- FINE ART ASIA, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
- Tresors d'Art, Singapore
- Exhibited a monumental work Dreams on Earth, China Art Expo, Guangzhou, China
- Contemporary Chinese Paintings, Krannert Art Museum of University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Honolulu, Hawaii; Madison; Wisconsin, USA
- Art Asia exhibition, Hong Kong
- Art Miami exhibition, USA
- Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland