Shi Zhonggui

Shi Zhonggui is a Chinese painter, philosopher and poet born in 1954 in Chengdu, Sichuan.

Shi Zhonggui's paintings in Chinese ink and colour on rice paper evoke the vast expanses of Western China. His paintings have a sense of both freedom and tranquillity.

Biography At 16 he became a professional painter. In 1978 he studied traditional Chinese painting at the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts. At this time he was also writing poetry and published a number of books.

In 1994 the Sichuan Museum nominated Shi Zhonggui as one of its official artists and in 1996 he was appointed Professor at the College of Arts at Sichuan University. Since 1999, when he had his first exhibitions in Paris and Geneva, Shi Zhonggui's work has also been well received in Europe. In 2000 he was made a Member of the Academie des Arts-Sciences-Lettres de France and won the 2000 Grande Medaille de Vermeil, the first Chinese artist ever to win this award.

Exhibitions 1973 – Hangzhou, China 1992 – Bangkok, Thailand 1993 – Guangzhou, China, First Art Fair of China 1995 – Tokyo, Japan, Ginza Art Gallery 1996 – Taipei, Taiwan, Jixianin Art Center 1997 – Taichung, Taiwan, Dingfeng Art Gallery 1998 – Singapour, Tiandu Gallery 1999 – Paris, France, Galerie Kalliste 21 1999 – Geneva, Switzerland, Galerie l'Ancre Bleue 2000 – Barcelona, Spain 2000 – London, UK, Bloxham Galleries 2001 – Geneva, Switzerland, Galerie l'Ancre Bleue 2001 – Londres, UK, Bloxham Galleries 2002 – Tourgeville, France, Galerie de Tourgeville 2002 – Hamburg, Germany, Tecis Gallery 2003 – Paris, France, Galerie Kalliste 21 2004 – Paris, France, Chart Galerie 2005 – Paris, France, Galerie Art Contemporain 2005 – Geneva, Switzerland, Galerie l'Ancre Bleue 2006 – Chengdu, China, Sichuan Art Museum 2007 – Beijing, China, 798 Art Zone 2009 – Geneva, Switzerland, Galerie l'Ancre Bleue 2010 – Los Angeles, CA, Bamboo Lane 2010 – Hunan, China, Hunan Provincial Painting Academy 2014 – Geneva, Switzerland, Galerie l'Ancre Bleue 2015 – Taipei, ARKI GALÉRIA 2018 – Geneva, Galerie l'Ancre Bleue