Lu Hong

LU HONG is a contemporary Chinese American artist, born in Qin Huang Dao, a coastal city of Northern China. After graduating high school, he attended one of the most prestigious art schools in China, Central Academy of Art and Craft. However, he was expelled by the authorities next year because of his political and academic dissident. He moved to the United States, living and working in Los Angeles, California since 1985. ​​​​​​​

As a Chinese American painter, I'm interested in creating a personal style of mixture with modern, art nouveau and Chineses ink art, by using mixed mediums (water based material, such as water based material, water color, gouache, acrylic and ink) applied on Rice Paper. Maybe because I'm a Chinese, I feel comfortable and emotionally more related to paper, especially rice paper than canvas. Also I like the free spirit of water based material than oils. Beside some ancient oriental art, I've studied western artists such as Paul Klee, Odilon Redon, René Magritte and some other European modernist; I'm also fascinated by primitive arts, ancient Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek, and Mayan arts. I've been inspired by mythology, ancient legends, ethnic genesis, folklore and fairytales, and recently I get more feelin...

Central Academy of Art and Craft, Beijing
Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California

After his works were introduced by Segal Fine Art at New York Art Expo. and Los Angeles Art Expo. in 1987, Lu Hong became one of the most acclaimed Chinese Artist throughout the world. His works have been exhibited in Japan, France, Holland, Germany, England, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Canada. He had shows in most major cities in the United States, including New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C, Baltimore, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Huston, Dallas, Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Honolulu.