Zheng Bo 郑波
Born 1957, Shenyang, China
Academic Position
Joined faculty in 1983
Professor of Oil Painting
Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China
Education
1979-1983
BA, Oil Painting Department, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
Graduation thesis On the Influence of Sound in Painting published in
Fine Arts (美术), 1983
Graduation work Miners published in Fine Arts (美术), 1983
Selected Exhibitions
2014 12th National Exhibition of Fine Arts of China. Oil painting The Scenery Here is More Beautiful (这边的风景更美).
2011 My Land, My People (吾土吾民) Oil Painting Invitational Exhibition. Oil painting Morning in Mountain Village (山乡的早晨). Organised by Chinese Artists Association Oil Painting Arts Committee.
2010 Chinese Art Exhibition, Shanghai World Expo, specially invited exhibition. Oil painting Tibetan Wrestling (藏式摔跤).
2009 11th National Exhibition of Fine Arts of China, Nominated Award. Oil painting A Kazakh Family (哈萨克族的一家).
2008 3rd Beijing International Art Biennale. Oil painting Tibetan Wrestling (藏式摔跤).
2004 10th National Exhibition of Fine Arts of China, Award for Outstanding Work. Mural Northern Tibet (藏北风情).
2004 3rd Chinese Oil Painters Society Exhibition. Oil painting Family Workshop (家庭作坊).
1999 9th National Exhibition of Fine Arts of China. Oil painting They Come from Beyond the Mountain (她们从山那边走来).
1996 1st Chinese Oil Painters Society Exhibition. Oil painting Buddhist Festival (佛事庆典).
1994 8th National Exhibition of Fine Arts of China. Oil painting A Ray of Light in the Temple (寺院一束光).
1993 Chinese Oil Painting Annual Exhibition. Oil painting Foraging (觅食).
1992 Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting: Four Artists (中国当代油画四人展), Singapore. Group exhibition of four artists from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts. Individual catalogue published.
1990 1st Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition of Outstanding Works, Award for Outstanding Work. Oil painting Impressions of Qinghai (青海印象).
1989 7th National Exhibition of Fine Arts of China. Oil painting Nature, Life, Harmony (自然、生命、和谐).
1988 Three Cyclists: Surveying Yellow River Basin Civilisation, Liaoning Fine Arts Museum, Shenyang. Documentary exhibition of field research. Co-organised by Liaoning Artists Association, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Liaoning Academy.
1976 Selected, National Farmers' Fine Art Works Exhibition. Watercolour Carry the Revolution Through to the End (将革命进行到底).
1974 Selected, National Children's Fine Art Works Exhibition. Watercolour New Generation Before the Furnace (炉前新一代).
Public Collections and Commissions
1999-2000 Northern Tibet (藏北风情), large-scale colour mural, Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress Hall, Naqu. Commissioned by the Liaoning Provincial Government on behalf of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts for the 50th anniversary of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Permanently collected.
1993 Impressions of Chicago (芝加哥印象), oil and colour mural, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, United States. Commissioned by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Department of Aviation as part of the Sister Cities International Program for the new International Terminal. Permanently collected.
Watercolour sketches from the Chicago project separately collected by the City of Chicago. Catalogue published: Postcards from Chicago, 1993.
1991 White Mountain - Black Water - A Hunter, Black Water - A Fisherman (白山一猎,黑水一渔), large-scale forged copper relief sculpture, Shenyang North Railway Station. Published in Fine Arts (美术), May 1991.
1990 Ode to the Highway (公路的赞歌), large-scale commemorative sculpture, Shenyang Expressway.
Selected Publications
2018 Liao Dynasty Brick Pagoda Sculpture Art (辽代砖塔雕塑艺术), editor and designer.
2008 Zheng Bo Oil Painting Collection (郑波油画作品集), Liaoning Fine Arts Publishing House.
1993 Postcards from Chicago, City of Chicago publication featuring the O'Hare mural project.
1991 Fine Arts (美术), May 1991, forged copper relief White Mountain - Black Water featured.
1983 Fine Arts (美术), graduation thesis and graduation work published.
Field Research
2019 Sarpo Kangri wilderness exploration, Tibet
2016 Xinjiang and Dunhuang
2014 Northern Europe
2013 Yunnan
2012 Europe
2005 Xinjiang, ancient Silk Road research
2002 Europe
1999 Sichuan Tibet region and northern Tibet, preceding the Naqu mural commission
1996 Silk Road and Tibet, led graduating students from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
1993 Yellow River source, Qinghai section
1987 Yellow River Basin, three-person cycling expedition; findings exhibited at Liaoning Fine Arts Museum, 1988
Memberships
Chinese Artists Association (中国美术家协会)
Chinese Oil Painters Society (中国油画学会)