Miao Hanwen

born 1985 Wuhan China
lives in Shenzhen China
Miao Hanwen, born in 1985 in Wuhan, China, is a member of the China Artists Association, a full-time painter at Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, and holds a doctorate in art. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the Department of Chinese Painting at Hubei Academy of Fine Arts in 2008, his master’s degree from the School of Art at University of Northampton, UK in 2011, and his Ph.D. in Art from the School of Art and Design at Wuhan University of Technology in 2017.

His works have been awarded the silver prize at the 11th and 12th Hubei Provincial Fine Arts Exhibitions and have been selected multiple times for National Fine Arts Exhibitions, earning him membership in the China Artists Association.

In 2025-2026, Alisan Atelier’s group exhibition Spirit in Flux marks the gallery’s first collaboration with the artist. In the first half of 2026, Miao has participated in several important contemporary ink joint exhibitions in Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Changsha, and Chengdu., including Where Ink Begins: A Journey into Contemporary Ink Art at Shenzhen Art Museum, and Ink Gives Birth to New Realm: Lingnan Youth Ink Painting Annual Exhibition at Lingnan Fine Arts Museum.

His works were collected by several major art institutions, including China Academy of Art (CAA) Art Museum, Beijing; Aimer Art Gallery, Beijing; Hubei Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum,  Wuhan; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou; Guan Shanyue Art Museum; Shenzhen Fine Art Institute; and China Printmaking Museum, Shenzhen, China.


BIOGRAPHY
1985   Born in Wuhan, China
2008   Bachelor's degree, Department of Chinese Painting, Hubei Academy of Fine Arts
2011   Master's degree, School of Art at University of Northampton, UK
2017   Ph.D. in Art, School of Art and Design, Wuhan University of Technology, 
2023   Published exhibition catalogue Traces of Mindscape: Miao Hanwen Personal Works Collection, Shenzhen, China
Present  Member of China Artists Association, full-time painter at Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, National Second-Level Artist, Member of Youth Arts Committee of Chinese Gongbi Painting Society, Director of Guangdong Gongbi Painting Society, Deputy Secretary-General of  Shenzhen Gongbi Painting Society, and Director of Youth Art Creation Center of Shenzhen Chinese Painting Society
Lives and works in Shenzhen, China

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
  • Urban Monologue: Miao Hanwen Gongbi Painting Exhibition, West Tower Art Museum, Shenzhen Experimental School, Shenzhen, China
2024
  • Overlapping Shadows:Two-Person Exhibition of Miao Hanwen & Zhang Yangjuan, Hi Honghu Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2023  
  • Traces of Mindscape: Miao Hanwen Solo Exhibition, Qiaoshe Gallery, Shenzhen, China
2021
  • Concealment & Revelation: Miao Hanwen Art Project, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
  • Mountainward: A Landscape Within, A Wordld in Coexistence, The Commons2 Art Space, Shenzhen, China
  • Where Ink Begins: A Journey into Contemporary Ink Art, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
  • Ink Gives Birth to New Realm: Lingnan Youth Ink Painting Annual Exhibition, Lingnan Fine Arts Museum, Dongguan, China
  • Inaugural Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Gongbi Art, Li Zijian Art Museum, Changsha, China
  • Ink, Beyond Ink: The Migration of Perspectives, Art Museum of Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Chengdu, China
  • Tea Rituals in Spring's Whisper, Rong Bao Zhai, Guangzhou, China
2025-2026
2025
  • Gardens of Ease: The Spirit of Lingnan Garden in New Ink Art, To The Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
  • 12th National Gongbi Painting Exhibition, Jiangsu Art Museum; Jinling Museum of Art, Nanjing; National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
  • 4th National Youth Watercolour Painting Exhibition, Henan Art Museum, Zhengzhou, China
2024
  • Seal of Youth: 10th Guan Shanyue Art Museum Youth Gongbi Painting Exhibition, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
  • Going to the People • Life as the Source: Themed Art Practice Works Exhibition (3rd), Guangdong Painting Academy, Guangzhou, China
  • Green & Beautiful Guangdong: National Artworks Exhibition, Guangdong Painting Academy, Guangzhou, China
  • Harmonious Bay Area: Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Fine Art Invitational Exhibition, Guangdong Painting Academy, Guangzhou, China
2023
  • Sounds of Lingnan: Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Art Exhibition, Zhongshan Museum of Arts; Zhongshan Memorial Library, Zhongshan; Jiangmen Art Museum, Jiangmen; Luohu Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
  • Academic Classics: National Fine Arts Academies Gongbi Biennial, Tanhua Lin Campus Art Gallery‌, Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China
  • Seal of Youth: 9th Guan Shanyue Art Museum Youth Gongbi Painting Exhibition, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
  • Times Contain Chapters: Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennial, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute Exhibition Hall; Art Museum of Guangming Culture and Art Centre, Shenzhen, China
  • China Youth Gongbi Academic Nomination Exhibition, Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing, China
  • 10th Guangdong Provincial Watercolour & Pastel Painting Exhibition, Zhongshan Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China
  • Green & Beautiful Guangdong: 8th Guangdong Provincial Chinese Painting Exhibition, Zhongshan Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China
2022
  • Green Wu Tong: Guangdong Provincial Watercolour Painting Exhibition, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute Exhibition Hall, Shenzhen, China
2021
  • Academic Classics: National Fine Arts Academies Small-Scale Gongbi Painting Exhibition, Art Museum of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China
  • 11th National Gongbi Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2019
  • 10th Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennial, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute Exhibition Hall; OCAT Shenzhen; Hua Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2018
  • Great Tide Rises from the Pearl River: Celebrating 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening Up, National Artworks Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2016
  • 9th Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennial, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen; Shenzhen Fine Art Institute Exhibition Hall; Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2014
  • 12th National Artworks Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
  • 12th Hubei Provincial Artworks Exhibition, Art Museum of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China
2009
  • 11th National Artworks Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
  • 11th Hubei Provincial Artworks Exhibition,  Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan, China
2008
  • Tan Hualin Road Scholarship Award-Winning Works Exhibition, Art Museum of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China

SELECTED AWARDS
2023   Awarded China Artists Association membership, Times Contain Chapters: Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennial, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute Exhibition Hall, Shenzhen, China
2021   Awarded China Artists Association membership, 11th National Gongbi Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China    
2018   Awarded China Artists Association membership, Great Tide Rises from the Pearl River: Celebrating 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening Up, National Artworks Exhibition
2014   Silver prize,12th Hubei Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition, Art Museum of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China
2009   Silver prize,11th Hubei Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition, Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan, China
2008   Grand Prize, Tan Hualin Road Scholarship Award-Winning Works Exhibition, Art Museum of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
China Academy of Art (CAA) Art Museum, Beijing, China
Aimer Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Art Museum of Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen, China
China Printmaking Museum, Shenzhen, China
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