Hu Wendan

1983 Born in Shenyang,Liaoning Province

2007 Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of China Central Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor's degree

2011 Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of China Central Academy of Fine Arts with a master's degree

Currently works and lives in Beijing  

SOLO EXHIBITION

2015 

A  Moment of Dust - Hu Wendan, Meng Zhigang Double Exhibition, Mingtai Space, Beijing

2013  

Silent Fable - Hu Wendan Oil Painting Exhibition, Huayi Gallery, Guangzhou

GROUP EXHIBITION

2015

Cross the Boundary - "Art Nova 100" Youth Art Exhibition, One Art Space, Beijing
2015 Art Nova 100, Beijing

Silent Peotry - Chinese Contemporary Youth Art Exhibition Tour, China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Sydney

Yishu 8 - China Youth Artist Group Exhibitions, Yishu 8, Beijing

2014  

To the Youth - Until Grow Moss, Grand Space, Beijing

2013  

UUPP Art Space Opening Exhibition, UUPP Art Space, Beijing

Undercurrent, Survey Space, Beijing

2012  

Appearance of Shanshui, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing

Hu Wendan: In the first stage of my work, for a period of time, I painted lone objects on a blank canvas, keeping their most simple and primitive forms. Each of these objects, to some degree, was related to the mood that I sought to portray in my paintings. Slowly, I came to favor bonsai trees as my subject matter, as bonsai trees themselves are works of art. What I am most interested in, however, is the way in which plants or trees are re-formed into shapes outside what they would naturally be when forced to comply with human aesthetics. Starting with the "Blue Notre Dame", my life entered another phase, and my work would of course follow. Life can be strange sometimes. Previously, a human form would never appear in my work, whereas now I focus my attention on humanism, life, and time. Perhaps life really is an unpredictable journey.