XU ZHONGOU

XU ZHONGOU 

 

1982

Graduated from the painting department, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute

1982-2001

Teaching at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute

Now working with the Fine Arts College of Sichuan University

A professor for the Fine Arts College of Sichuan Music Institute

A member of the China Artists Association, China Artists Association of Woodcut Painting, China Artists Association of Arts & Crafts

Deputy Chief of Woodcut Painting Committee of Sichuan Artists Association

Chief of Woodcut Painting Committee of Chengdu Artists Association

Director of Chengdu Arts Institute of Woodcut Painting

1981

Oil painting Country Love was presented at the Paris International Art Show

1982

Attended the training course by Japanese artist Okamoto Shooko (Bronze engraving prints) sponsored by the China Central Fine Arts Institute

1985

Some woodcut prints were presented in Germany at the Woodcut Painting Show by Five Artists from Sichuan, China

1986

Went to Philadelphia for art exchange and art show. 15 pieces of his works including Ever-producing Land etc. were collected by the Philadelphia Art Center

1987

Woodcut print Summer Time was presented at the China Art Show, Yugoslavia

1992

Woodcut prints Series of Mortise and Tendon were awarded Bronze Prize at the 11th National Woodcut Painting Show

1994

At the invitation of the Council of Asian Cultures, the artist went to Maryland, U.S.A., teaching at the Art College there as a visiting professor. 

Solo exhibition of woodcut prints held in Baltimore and Philadelphia

Artist proclaimed honorary citizen by the local government of Baltimore

1995

Finished a sizable portrait for Mr. George Bush, the former President of the U.S.A., which was placed at the George Bush Library, Texas.  Ex-President Bush wrote hin a letter of gratitude in this regard

1996

Five of the artist’s woodcut prints including Ever-producing Land and Series of Mortise and Tendon were collected by The British Museum

Two pieces of his works were presented at the Art Show in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Long March by the Chinese Workers/Peasants Red Army, both of which were awarded First Prize and Prize of Excellence respectively

1997

Two of the artist’s woodcut prints Series of Walnuts were presented at V Miedzynarodowe Tiennale Sztki Majdanek ’97, Poland, both of which were awarded the top prize

His woodcut print Blue Dragon Town was presented at the Woodcut Prints Show of Art Exhibitions in Celebration of the Return of Hong Kong, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, China

1998

23 pieces of the artist’s woodcut prints and Blue Dragon Town, together with its woodcut boards, were collected by the British Woodcut Painting Foundation

1999

Awarded the Lu Xun Prize for Creation by the China Woodcut Association

2000

The woodcut print Blue Dragon Town was collected by the British Museum

The woodcut prints Series of Walnuts were presented at the Invitation Show of Black & White Woodcut Prints, Chongqing, China

The woodcut prints Series of Mortise and Tendon were presented at the Art Show in Memory of Woodcut Prints of the Century

The woodcut print Chinese Xuanzhi Paper  was presented at the 15th National Woodcut Prints Show

The woodcut print Chinese Xuanzhi Paper was presented at the 2000 International Biennial Show of Woodcut Prints, Qingdao, China

Solo exhibition held in France

His works were presented at the Chinese Arts on Paper 1960 – 2000 sponsored by the French Ministry of Culture

2002

Solo exhibition at Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong