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  Yuan Jinhua

  Beyond the Clouds

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  52.4" h x 21.6" w, scroll

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  Yuan Jinhua

  Beyond the Clouds, detail

  Water-soluable ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  52.4" h x 21.6" w, scroll

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  Yuan Jinhua

  Beyond the Clouds, detail

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  52.4" h x 21.6" w, scroll

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• Yuan Jinhua

  Beyond the Clouds, detail

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  52.4" h x 21.6" w, scroll

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• Yuan Jinhua

  Make a Sightseeing Tour Series

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  15.7" h x 11.8" w, 20" x 20" framed

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• Yuan Jinhua

  Make a Sightseeing Tour Series

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  15.7" h x 11.8" w, 20" x 20" framed

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• Yuan Jinhua

  Make a Sightseeing Tour Series

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  15.7" h x 11.8" w, 20" x 20" framed

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• Yuan Jinhua

  Make a Sightseeing Tour Series

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  15.7" h x 11.8" w, 20" x 20" framed

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• Yuan Jinhua

  Make a Sightseeing Tour Series

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  15.7" h x 11.8" w, 20" x 20" framed

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• Yuan Jinhua

  Clouds Sea

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  26.8" h x 53.5" w, scroll

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• Yuan Jinhua

  Clouds Sea, detail

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  26.8" h x 53.5" w, scroll

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• Yuan Jinhua

  Hold Water Series

  Golden card board, water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  8.7" diameter artwork, 20" x 20" framed

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• Yuan Jinhua

  Panda Babe, Series

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  16.5" diameter, 20" framed

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• Yuan Jinhua

  Panda Babe, Series

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  16.5" diameter, 20" framed

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• Yuan Jinhua

  Panda Babe, Series

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  16.5" diameter, 20" framed

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• Yuan Jinhua

  Panda Babe, Series

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  16.5" diameter, 20" framed

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• Yuan Jinhua

  Energy of Life, three pieces shown together

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  Total size of three pieces: 94.5" h x 141.6" w, scrolls
  Each piece: 94.5" h x 47.2" w

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• Yuan Jinhua

  The Carpet

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  52.4" h x 21.6" w, scroll

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• Yuan Jinhua

  The Carpet, detail

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

  52.4" h x 21.6" w, scroll

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• Yuan Jinhua

  The Carpet, detail

  Water-soluble ink and Tibet pigments on Chinese paper

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Mobilia Gallery is pleased to announce and introduce the first USA solo exhibit of contemporary Chinese ink paintings created by one of China’s leading visual artists, Yuan Jinhua. The unique Mobilia Feature Exhibition will be on view May 12 through June 15, 2016.

Born in 1964 in China’s famous city of Hangzhou (home to West Lake, a treasured site), Professor Yuan Jinhua has garnered coveted recognition for his highly unusual contemporary works that provide new interpretations of China’s “landscape culture.” The collection of small and large paintings on specially made papers marry ancient Chinese ink techniques with delicate, yet strong, brush and color power.

A master of capturing the vitality and visual power of modern Chinese ink painting, Professor Yuan uses refined inks, gold leaf, and Tibetan pigments, which are made from earth substances, precious and semi-precious gemstones. Dramatic blue is made from azurite or lapis lazuli, exquisite Hangzhou green from malachite, intense red from cinnabar, yellow ochre from limonite. Each of these minerals is painstakingly hand ground to a fine powder, sometimes soaked and rubbed with the fingers to achieve a silky texture. Oftentimes compounds are heated to create different shades and hues to produce bold forms and figures.

“The ‘Embrace Series’ by Yuan Jinhua constructs lighthearted landscapes of contemporary daily life in a style that at once fully elevates the elements of Chinese ink and wash painting, while bidding farewell to the historical tradition with [sic] humor.”
Xiaoming Zhao, highly regarded collector, President of the International Publishing House for China’s Culture, and current Chairman of the Board of USA Asian Cultural Academy

Yuan currently teaches traditional Chinese painting at the China Academy of Art in Zhejiang and is the director of the portrait studio at the Traditional Chinese Painting Institute, Zhejiang Art Museum.

Selected Exhibitions and Residencies:

• 2015, 56th Venice Biennale, The Swatch Pavillion, curated by Okwui Enwezor
• 2014, artist in residence at the Swatch Art Center, Shanghai (an institution dedicated to artists and their art)
• 1994, The National Art Museum of China in Beijing (solo)
• 1993, Shanghai Art Museum (solo)

Selected Collections:

• Shanghai Art Museum, China
• National Art Museum of China
• Zhejiang Art Museum, China
• Military Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolution, China