Career
Shi Zhonggui’s paintings in Chinese ink and colour on rice paper evoke the vast expanses of Western China. Figures of yaks silhouetted against the skyline give an idea of the scale of the landscape, while skies in bold brushstrokes of vivid colour create a sense of natural drama. The landscape encompasses marshland, home to flocks of migrating birds, and the high grasslands where only the song of the wind can be heard.
Shi Zhonggui depicts the landscape from dawn to dusk and at different seasons of the year, from icy blue winter scenes, to the melting snows and new flowers in springtime in Tibet, to the warmth of summer days on the high plateau.
His paintings have a sense of both freedom and tranquillity. At the age of only 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. 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 Taizhong, 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, United Kingdom, Bloxham Galleries
2001 Geneva, Switzerland, Galerie l’Ancre Bleue
2001 Londres, United Kingdom, 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, California, Bamboo Lane
2010 Hunan, China, Hunan Provincial Painting Academy
2014 Geneva, Switzerland, Galerie l’Ancre Bleue.
