Hu YongKai

Celebrated all over the world for his quixotic portrayals of the fair and feminine, Hu Yongkai’s remarkable openness to absorbing new penchants and influences has delighted international audiences for over twenty years. His paintings are at the same time contemporary in expression yet imbued with oriental tradition, vivid ethnic colors and spiritedness.

  • Born in 1945, Beijing, Hu Yongkai attended the Central Academy of Fine Arts at the early age of fifteen to study traditional painting. Soon after graduation, he worked as an art director at Shanghai Animation Film Studio where he developed his unique sensibility of formal aesthetics. In 1985, he left the field of media production to teach at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. In 1992, he emigrated to the United States where he was granted the right of permanent residence for his outstanding expertise in art.

    Over his career, Hu Yongkai has had over twenty solo exhibitions in Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, Chicago, Los Angeles, Taos in New Mexico, Tokyo, Leverkusen in Germany, Singapore as well as other cities worldwide. He has participated in numerous art expositions in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore, and garnered several awards and prizes to his name. His works are kept in the collections of China’s National Museum of Fine Art (Beijing), Shanghai Art Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of Art and Hong Kong Cultural Museum, amongst a world following of private collectors.

  • 2004-2005

    ARTSingapore—The Contemporary Asian Art Fair, Singapore

    “My Fair Lady”, Solo exhibition, Hong Kong

    2003

    Solo exhibition tour (Beijing, Zhongshan, Hong Kong, Shanghai)

    2002

    The 3rd Shenzhen International Biennale Exhibition of Ink Painting

    “Ebony and Ivory”, Solo exhibition, Hong Kong

    2001

    “A Century of Chinese Art”, China National Museum of Fine Art, Beijing, China

    “Shanghai Beauty”, Solo exhibition, Shanghai, China

    2000

    The 2nd Shenzhen International Biennale Exhibition of Ink Painting

    Prize of Excellence, The 9th National Art Exhibition, China

    “A Tale of Two Cities”, Solo exhibition, Hong Kong

    1999

    “Lotus”, Award of Excellence, The 8th National Art Exhibition of China

    1998

    “Gardens, Shadows, Memories”, Solo exhibition, Hong Kong

    Solo exhibition organized by the Artists Association of China, China National Museum of Fine Art, Beijing

    Solo exhibitions in Hong Kong & Singapore

    1997

    “Quiet Days”, Solo exhibition, Hong Kong

    1996

    Solo exhibitions in Hong Kong & Singapore

    1994

    Solo exhibitions in Hong Kong and Leverkusen, Germany

    1993

    Solo exhibition, Singapore

    1992

    Solo exhibition, Hong Kong

    1991

    Solo exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan

    1990

    The First Annual Toyko Art Expo

    Solo exhibitions in California and Taos, New Mexico

    1989

    Solo exhibition, Hong Kong

    1988

    Group exhibitions in Copenhagen & New York

    Solo exhibition, Crown Center of Art & Culture, Taipei, Taiwan

    1987

    Solo exhibition, Chicago, USA

    1986

    Solo exhibitions in Shanghai & Luizhou, Guangxi Province, China