Leng Hong

born 1955 Shanghai China

lives in Shanghai & Canada

Leng Hong is a celebrated Chinese-French artist acclaimed for his exquisitely textured oil paintings, imbued with rich colours, and ‘mysterious’ feelings. His oeuvre varies in subject matter, from landscape and still life scenes to portraits of ladies in waiting from the Tang and Song Dynasties. Born in 1955 Shanghai, he graduated from the Shanghai Institute of Theatre and Dramatic Arts in 1978. While at the institute he learned to paint in the Academic European tradition and became adept in perspective, chiaroscuro, modelling, and social realism. He also studied traditional Chinese brush and ink painting, and was particularly drawn to Tang and Northern Song landscape paintings. In 1986 after moving to Bordeaux, France, he began experimenting with different styles, seeking ways in which to draw aesthetic inspiration from both traditions. In 2025, he designed advertisement for Remy Martin Louis XIII Cognac. He currently resides in Shanghai, China and Montreal, Canada, and is an adjunct professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Shanghai University.

Alisan Fine Arts first showed his works in the landmark exhibition A State of Transition: Contemporary Paintings from Shanghai at the Hong Kong Arts Centre in 1987. That same year, he was awarded the Grand Prize “Nouveau Talent” of the Federation Nationale de la Culture Française. Since then the gallery has held five solo shows for the artist. In the catalogue accompanying the gallery’s 1994 exhibition for Leng, Sophie Orloff wrote, “Leng Hong is a painter of departures. Joyful departures swollen with hopes, vibrant with enthusiasm, at the idea of what is to be found; departures loaded with memories and nostalgia of what is left behind. And always, this dream of an elsewhere.”

He has had numerous exhibitions, including at the Musée des Beaux-arts de Bordeaux, France; Musée de Pau, France; Chateau d'Issan, France; National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Shanghai Art Museum. His artwork has been featured on French Television, broadcast on FR3, and Shanghai Television. His works have been collected by Château Pètrus and Château Beychevelle, France; Suzhou Museum; Liu Haisu Art Museum; Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy; HSBC Art Collection, Shanghai; Yangzhou Museum; Zhenjiang Museum; Changzhou Museum, China; and major private collector Christine et Francois Diard, France.

BIOGRAPHY
1955 Born in Shanghai, China
1975-1978 Studies at Shanghai Institute of Theatre and Dramatic Arts, Fine Arts Department, Shanghai, China
1978-1986 Researcher at Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, Shanghai, China
Member of Shanghai Chinese Artists Association
1979 Professor at Shanghai Institute of Theatre and Dramatic Arts, Shanghai, China
1985 Professor at Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, Shanghai, China
1986-1992 Worked and lived in France
1989-1990 Professor at University Bordeaux 3, Department of Far Eastern Studies, Bordeaux, France
1992 Moved to Canada
2006-2008 Adjunct Professor, Fine Arts Department, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
2025 Designed advertisement for Remy Martin Louis XIII Cognac
Present Lives and works in Shanghai and Canada

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025

Into the Mist: Leng Hong, Women without Borders organisation, The University Club, Montreal, Canada
Into the Mist: Leng Hong, Elisabeth de Brabant Contemporary, Venice, Italy

2015

As Last Night Twinkle Stars, As Last Night Blows the Breeze: Oil Paintings by Leng Hong, Le French May, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
From Dawn to Dusk II, ArtCN Gallery, Shanghai, China

2013

D’ici et d’ailleurs, Chateau d‘Issan, Bordeaux, France

2012

Suzhou Museum, Jiangsu, China

2011

Yangzhou Museum, Jiangsu, China
Enchanted Seasons: New Works by Leng Hong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong

2010

Exhibition & Symposium of Leng Hong's Works, Chateau Haut-Bailly, Bordeaux, France
Painting by Leng Hong, Changzhou Museum, Jiangsu, China
Zhenjiang Museum, Jiangsu, China
Annual Exhibition of Shanghai Nonlocal Enterprises Federation, Shanghai, China

2009

As Last Night Twinkle Stars, As Last Night Blows the Breeze, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Scented Seasons, Elisabeth de Brabant Art Center, Shanghai, China
Four Seasons, Shanghai International Art Festival, Shanghai, China
Annual Exhibition of Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce Shanghai, Shanghai, China

2008

Paris in Shanghai: A Feast for Leng Hong’s Art, Nobility Arts Society, Shanghai, China
West Lake International Art Fair, Hangzhou, China

2007

CIGE International Art Fair, Beijing, China
Exhibition & Symposium of Leng Hong's Works, Nobility Arts Society, High Gallery, Shanghai, China

2005

J. Gallery, Shanghai, China

2004

Hong Merchant Gallery, Shanghai, China

2002

Yan Gallery, Hong Kong

1999

Painting by Leng Hong & Symposium, Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, Shanghai, China

1997

Toōnichi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1996

Memories of the Homeland, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
Galerie Observatoire 4, Montreal, Canada
Artfolio Gallery, Singapore

1994

Douce France, Le French May Festival, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong

1992

Galerie Hexagone, Aachen, Germany
Dannenberg Gallery, New York, USA
Art Source Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

1991

Galerie France, Bordeaux, France

1990

Galerie Ecritures, Montlucon, France

1989

VKB Bank, Linz, Austria

1988

Poetic Landscapes, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong

1986

Exhibition & Symposium, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Exhibition & Symposium, Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, Shanghai, China

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026

Abstract Only: A Shanghai-Hawaii Collaborative Art Exhibition, Liu Haisu Art Museum (Branch), Shanghai, China (until 5 Feb)

2025

ART SG, Alisan Fine Arts, Singapore

2024

Define Nature, Shanghai Haipai Art Museum, Shanghai, China (9 Aug-1 Sept)
Intermezzo, Galerie Oriane, Munich, Germany

2023

Beyond Tradition: The Metamorphosis of Chinese Art, Alisan Fine Arts, Cromwell Place, London, UK

2022

Landscapes Through Time, Fine Art Asia, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
Turning Point, LL Contemporary, Ontario, Canada

2021

Inaugural Pastel Art Exhibition, Shanghai Pastel Society, Weide Art Sapce; Jiushi Art Museum The Bund, Shanghai, China
Leng Hong & Michel Braun: Dream of a Butterfly, Red Zone Arts, Frankfurt, Germany

2019

The Lightness of Being (with Pauline Ohrel), ArtCN Gallery, Shanghai, China
Departures: Leng Hong, Liu Jian, Yi Kai, Three Chinese Diaspora Artists, Alisan Fine Arts-Aberdeen, Hong Kong

2017

Art 021, Alisan Fine Arts, Shanghai, China

2014

Art Paris, Paris, France

2011

Art Beijing, Beijing, China

2010

Shanghai Expo (with Chen Pei Qiu), Shanghai, China

2007

AIAA International Art Fair, Hong Kong
Fine Jewellery and Art Fair International (with Xie Zhi Liu, Chen Pei Qiu), Shanghai, China

2006

State of Transition: Contemporary Paintings from Shanghai Revisited, Wang Dalin, Leng Hong, Liu Jian, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong

2004

Shanghai Spring Salon, Shanghai
10.20 Experimental Art Exhibition, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Abstract Art Exhibition, Shanghai Ming-Yuan Art Centre, Shanghai, China

2002

Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

1999-2007

Shanghai International Art Fair, Shanghai, China

1998

Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Observatoire 4, Montreal, Canada

1996

Sea Horizon, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

1995

ExpoArte Art Fair, Guadalajara, Mexico
International Exhibition in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, Guild Arts Centre Gallery, Silvermine, New Canaan, USA
Lineart ICC International Art Fair, Belgium

1994

Mandarin Oriental Fine Arts, Hong Kong

1993

Bernard Dannenberg Gallery, New York, USA

1992

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Musée de Pau, Pau, France
Palais du Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, France
Centre Culturel de la Visitation, Perigueux, France
Art Asia Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong

1991

Conseil Regional d’Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France

1990

Exhibition of Collection CAVIAR (with Loïc Le Groumellec, Jean-Charles Blais, Robert Combas, Claude Viallat), Aquitaine, France

1987

A State of Transition: Contemporary Paintings from Shanghai, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Salon d‘Automne, Paris, France

1986

1st Sea Horizon Painting & Sculpture Invitational Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

1985

National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

1984

Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

1983

Stage '83: Painting Experiment, with Li Shan, Zhang Jian-Jun, Fudan University Shanghai, China

SELECTED AWARDS
1985 Creative Works Award, Shanghai, China
1987 First Grand Prize of the City Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Grand Prize “Nouveau Talent”, Federation Nationale de la Culture Française, France
1988 Prize “Couleurs d’Aujour d’hui”, France
1992 Prize “Symposium d’Arts Plastiques”, France

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Duclot, Château Pètrus, Bordeaux, France
Château Beychevelle, Saint-Julien, France
Christine et Francois Diard Collection, France
Suzhou Museum, Suzhou, China
Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, Shanghai, China
Yangzhou Museum, Yangzhou, China
Zhenjiang Museum,Zhenjiang, China
Changzhou Museum, Changzhou, China
HSBC Art Collection, Shanghai, China

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1983 Experimental Exhibition , Fudan University, Shanghai, China
1991 Leng Hong Exhibition, Galerie France, Bordeaux, France
1996 Memories of the Homeland, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
1999 Leng Hong Exhibition, Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, Shanghai, China
2008 Paris in Shanghai: A Feast for Leng Hong’s Art, Nobility Arts Society, Shanghai, China
2009 As Last Night Twinkle Stars, As Last Night Blows the Breeze, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Scented Seasons, Elisabeth de Brabant Art Center, Shanghai, China
Four Seasons, Shanghai International Art Festival, Shanghai, China
2010 As Last Night Twinkle Stars, As Last Night Blows the Breeze,Changzhou Museum, Jiangsu, China
As Last Night Twinkle Stars, As Last Night Blows the Breeze, Zhenjiang Museum, Jiangsu, China
2011 As Last Night Twinkle Stars, As Last Night Blows the Breeze, Yangzhou Museum, Jiangsu, China
2012 As Last Night Twinkle Stars, As Last Night Blows the Breeze, Suzhou Museum, Jiangsu, China
2013 D’ici et d’ailleurs, Chateau d‘Issan, Bordeaux, France
2019 The Lightness of Being, ArtCN Gallery, Shanghai, China
2026 Collection Peintures & Sculptures de Christine et Francois Diard 1980-2025, France