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1947 |
Born in Zhejiang, China |
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1967 |
Graduated from the Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts Preparatory School
Currently a member of the Beijing Art Academy’s Committee and a member of the China Artists Association |
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1986 |
Participated in the 2nd Exhibition of Asian Art in Japan |
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1987 |
Participated in the Chinese Contemporary Oil Paintings, Harkness House, New York
A visiting scholar at the University of Oklahoma City
Solo exhibition was held in New York |
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1987-88 |
His works received great praise in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Art News and The Christian Science Monitor |
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1988 |
His painting Lonely Marshland sold at a Sotheby’s auction to safeguard The Great Wall and Venice. Ai Xuan’s name was placed on The Great Wall Monument |
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1989 |
Participated in the Monte Carlo International Competition of Art in France |
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1996 |
Ai Xuan, Luo Zhong Li, Wang Huai Qing, Wang Yi Dong and Zhao Li visited the U.S.A. and participated in the China Oil Painting Exhibition |
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1999 |
Published in the renowned Prof. M. Solomon’s Art of China No. 4. The text is required reading for Yale University. Ai Xuan is regarded as one of the few representatives of Chinese contemporary art history |
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Award |
In 1981, the painting A Man of Great Will won the Second Prize in the 2nd National Exhibition of Young Artists
In 1986, his painting Snow was awarded at the French International Fine Art Exhibition, the Eighth National Salon in Paris and also received Honorable Mention at the Second Asian Art Exhibition in Japan |
