Sang Huoyao who was born in 1963. He graduated from the department of traditional Chinese painting in China Academy of Art with a master's degree. Now he is a member of the Artistic Creation Steering Committee in Chinese National Academy of Arts. He is also the vice-president of China National Academy of Painting. He is the creator of Affective-Imagoism Art. Adding to his multi-varied background is also his experience as a researcher in the "Wu Guanzhong Research Center" in Tsinghua University and a member of Chinese Artists Association. His works have been collected by National Art Museum of China, China Arts Museum, Zhejiang Art Museum, Guangdong Museum of Art, as well as the Today Art Museum in Beijing. They can also be found at the venue of the G20 Hangzhou Summit and China International Import & Export Expo under long term display. Now he lives and works in Beijing.
Read MoreSang huoyao has been engaged in the creation of Chinese literati art for quite a long time. He is deeply familiar with the tradition of painting art in Song and Yuan Dynasty, especially Mi Fu's and Ni Zan's painting art. With the transformation of social modernization, he has been adhering to the contemporary of Chinese ink painting and the exploration of the internationalization of ink painting since 1998. Sorted out from his own creative practice, he combines the eastern philosophy and aesthetics with an artist's unique comprehension to the present. Then his continuous pursuit of metaphysical spiritual purport gradually formed a methodology of squares overlapping and his own theory of Affective-Imagoism Art, then they eventually become his own unique art language and symbols. He successively held his solo exhibitions in the National Art Museum of China, Today Art Museum, China Arts Museum and Guangdong Museum of Art.
