Artists

BAI XUESHI 白雪 石 (1915-2011)

Little is known about Bai Xueshi. Even though the artist is renowned worldwide, he has remained very discreet throughout his life. Born in 1915, he has a unique style. His watercolor drawings are inspired by the artistic influences of the northern school. Bai’s paintings were especially famous and appreciated during the Song Dynasty.

Chen Yu (1969 - )

Born in Guizhou Province, China in 1969, Chen Yu paints his experience of being a son, husband, father and the ever-changing society in China. Influenced from a background of print-making and publishing, Chen’s paintings have monotonic and photocopy elements.

Fang Zhaoling (方召麐) (1914 – 2006)

Fang Zhaoling was a Chinese painter and calligrapher born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province in Eastern China.

Fleur Cowles (1908 – 2009)

"Few women have lived more multiple lives than I have: as editor: as that anomaly, an American president’s personal representative, decorated by six governments; as a writer of thirteen books and contributor to six others; as a painter, with fifty-one one-man exhibitions throughout the world; patron of the arts and sciences, irrepressible traveller and, more importantly, friend-gatherer …"
-Fleur Cowles

Han Yajuan (1980 - )

Han Yajuan was born in 1980 in Qingdao, Shandong Province. She studied for her Bachelor of Arts at the Chinese Academy of Art in Hangzhou before achieving a Master of Fine Art at the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 2008.

Imaï Toshimitsu 今井俊満 (1928-2002)

Toshimitsu Imaï (1928 - 2002) was an influential 20th-century Japanese painter. He was born in Kyoto, Tokyo and trained at the Tokyo Arts Academy, Imaï showcases a prominent array of art styles over his lifetime.

Patrick Rubinstein (1960 - )

Patrick Rubinstein is a French contemporary artist, famous for his diverse style that represents a mixture of paintings, photos, images, and portraits.

SHAZIA IMRAN

Australian artist and sculptor, Shazia Imran celebrates humanity and the universe through complex and delicate layers.

SHICHINOHE MASARU (1959)

Japanese artist Masaru Shichinohe (b.1959) paints a world sitting between surrealism and literary narrative stemming from his architectural and illustrative background.

Shozo Shimamoto (1928 – 2013)

Shozo Shimamoto was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1928. Together with Jiro Yoshihara, he was co-founder of the Gutai group, and he is considered as one of the most experimental artists in the period after World War II.