HU HAITAO

1958

Born in Guangdong Province, China

1986

Graduated from the Guangzhou Academy of Arts

Committee member of the International Artists Association

Committee member of the Shenzhen Artists Association

Committee member of the Association of Shenzhen Artists of Oil Paintings

Currently working as a lecturer at the Shenzhen Vocational School

1996

Completed a post-graduate course in oil painting at the Guangzhou Academy of Arts

1997

His oil painting The Diary of The Manchu Empire was selected to be included in the National Art Album

His paintings were selected for the exhibition, Six Artists from Shenzhen, in Guangzhou.

Awarded the Bronze Prize at the 3rd Shenzhen Art Festival

1999

Participated in the exhibition, Nine Artists from Guangdong, in Shenzhen

Awarded the Silver Medal at the 50th Anniversary of the National Day Art Show in Shenzhen

The Shenzhen Museum of Art acquired his painting, The Sour Fruit Wine

His oil painting The Traces of Age was awarded the Gold Medal at the International Chinese Artists Competition in Bangkok, Thailand

2000

His painting The Morning (Dawn) was shown at the Oil Painting Show of Guangdong Province in Guangzhou

His painting Hurrah! was exhibited in the Chinese Art Museum, Beijing

The magazine, Chinese Oil Paintings, published his oil painting Look Back to the Last Century

His painting The Movable Scenery was shown at The 4th Artist Show in Shenzhen

His book, The Color, was published by the Ningnan Art Publishers and has been adopted as one of the tutorial art books in Beijing, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces

2001

Solo exhibition at Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong

2002

Oil painting The Morning Scenery shown at The Guangdong Province Art and Calligraphy joint exhibition

Oil painting Vision Station shown at The 9 Man Show in Shenzhen, China

Oil painting Scenery selected to join the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the national art exhibition, The Speech on the Yanan Art and Culture Talk

2003

Participated in the exhibition, The Art Works by the Members of the Shenzhen Oil Painting Association

Oil painting Existence I selected for The 2nd Guangdong Contemporary Oil Paintings Exhibition

Oil paintings Metropolitan Smile, Morning, and Mask published in the first issue of the Chinese Oil Paintings 2003

Oil painting Existence I was included in the 2nd Guangdong Contemporary Oil Painting Art Exhibition book

2005

Solo exhibition at Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong

Participated in the exhibition by the Shenzhen Youth Painters Show and the painting Scenery was collected by the Shenzhen Museum of Art

His painting The Scenery in Motion II was awarded at the 5th Shenzhen Artists Exhibition, Shenzhen, China

2006

His paintings Rest and Gentle Breeze were collected by overseas collectors

Participated in a three-man exhibition in Hong Kong

2007

Participated in the 7th Joint Exhibition of Calligraphy, Photography and Paintings Show in Guangdong Province, China

Participated in the group exhibition at Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong