ZHONG CHENG

Born in Hebei Province, China. Ai Xuan graduated from the High School of the Central Academy of Fine Art. In the first four years of the Cultural Revolution, he worked as a farmer in Hebei Province. Then he returned to Chengdu, Sichuan Province and worked as an art designer for the army. In the early 1980s, acquainted with artists from Sichuan Art Academy, he collaborated with the painter, “Deng Xiaoping” and “Third Generation”. The latter was selected and exhibited in the Sixth National Art Exhibition. It was also during this period that Ai Xuan started painting Tibetan subjects. In 1984, Ai Xuan began working ar the Oil Paintings studio of Beijing Painting Academy. In 1992, his work was selected and exhibited in the second China’s Oil Painting Exhibition. In 1996, Ai Xuan, Cao Li, Wang Yidong, Luo Zhongli and others participated in the Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition in the US. He also the co-founder of the Beijing Realism and the Chinese Realism School, established in 2004 and 2005, respectively. His paintings have been collected by China’s National Art Gallery, other institutions and private collectors.