Qiao Yinan - Promoted Artists' Masterpieces from Chinese Galleries

Author: Jia Dejiang
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: Qiao Yinan graduated from the department of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts in 1990 and earned a Master's degree in Fine Arts from the graduate school of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts in 1993. He is currently a member of the China Artists Association, the China Ink Painting Association, a committee member of the Shaanxi Provincial Youth League Committee, an associate professor at Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, and the deputy director of the Academy Office at Xi'an Fine Arts College. In 2005, he was nominated as one of the top 20 winners of the National People's Congress Exhibition in Shaanxi Province. His major works have been selected for the 8th, 9th, and 10th National Fine Arts Exhibitions, the first Academic Invitation Exhibition of "Ink Painters," the 1998 Beijing Fine Arts Excellence Exhibition, and the 4th National Ink Painting Exhibition, the 3rd National Ink Painting Exhibition, among others. He has won the Silver Award of the 4th National Ink Painting Exhibition, the Excellence Award of the 5th National Ink Painting Exhibition, the Second Prize of the National Fine Arts Exhibition Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Mao Zedong's "Talk at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art," the Excellence Award of the National Fine Arts Colleges Fine Arts Exhibition, and the Bronze Award of the First National Fine Arts Teachers' Exhibition. He has also won the Second Prize of the First Shaanxi Provincial Flower and Bird Painting Exhibition, the Second Prize of the National Golden Dragon Cup Fine Arts Competition, and the First Prize of the Chang'an Cup Television Competition, among others. He has held solo exhibitions nationwide and in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore. His works have been included in "The 1990 World Fine Arts Colleges Graduation Annual #8226; China Volume," the 8th, 9th, and 10th "National Fine Arts Exhibition Works Collections," "A Century of Chinese Murals," "The 100 Painters of China," "Chinese Ink Painting #8226; Modern Volume," "National Ink Painting Excellence Collection," "Chinese Line Drawing," and "Chinese Fine Arts Colleges Works Collection," among others. A large number of his works have been published in "Ink Painters," "Art Observation," "Jiangsu Art Monthly," and "Art," among others. In recent years, he has published a large number of papers and a 200,000-word fine arts monograph titled "Knowledge of Calligraphy and Painting" and "Qiao Yinan's Flower and Bird Painting Works Collection," among others. His painting style combines traditional craftsmanship with modern aesthetics. Under a national artistic style, he expresses strong personal characteristics and modern aesthetic perceptions. His unique "realistic ink painting" creative method perfectly combines the two completely different painting styles of traditional Chinese ink painting and freehand brushwork, creating a new model for the development of Chinese painting in the contemporary era.