Zhuang Hong Yi (庄红艺), born 1962 in Sichuan, graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing in 1986 and further continued his artistic education at the Minerva Academy in Groningen, Netherlands in 1992. He currently lives between China (Beijing) and Natherlands (Rotterdam) where he briefly taught at the De Vrij Academy Den Haag. His works navigate the boundaries of various mediums: part painting and part sculpture the pieces represent collage of multicolored rose and lotus petals on rice paper filled with mineral paint, acrylic and oil paint, adding a final layer of varnish and resin. The artist, deeply influenced by the works of the Impressionists, engages the audience by recreating the movement as the position of the viewer changes.
Read MoreZhuang Hong Yi has exhibited extensively across the world, from the biggest art fairs to the solo exhibitions at the Gallery Keszler (New York, USA), Beijing 798 (Beijing, China), Kunsthal Rotterdam (Rotterdam, Netherlands), and Gallery Art & Henle (Berlin, Germany) among others. His works are held in numerous public and private collections.
Text courtesy Art+ Shanghai Gallery.
