Shi Guo
Chinese artist (born 1953)
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Shi Guo (Chinese: 石果; 1953) is a Chinese artist known for his experimental Chinese ink painting.[1][2][3] He is the son of Chinese traditional painting artist Shi Lu.[2][4][5]
Early years
Shi Guo was born in 1953 in Xi'an.[5][6] Starting at the age of 17 in 1970, he learned traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy from his father, Shi Lu, who was a renowned modern Chinese painter.[2][4] In 1977, he was admitted to the Chinese Painting Department of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in 1982.[7][8]
Career
1980s
From 1982 to 1985, he served as an art officer in the Xi'an Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles.[8] In 1985, he was employed by the Zhuhai Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles in Guangdong Province to establish the Zhuhai Academy of Painting and became a member of the China Artists Association the same year.[8] He served as the vice president of the Zhuhai Academy of Painting from 1986 to 1989.[7]
1990s
Since the 1990s, he has been involved in the research and creation of contemporary Chinese "Experimental Ink Painting",[9][10][11] and is one of the founding artists of this style.[12][13] In 1994, Shi Guo worked at the Zhuhai Municipal Artists Association, serving as the director of the Theory Department and the editor-in-chief of the Zhuhai Art Newspaper. In 1995, he resigned to become a freelance painter.[7] He traveled to the United States to engage in artistic activities and conducted a one-year study tour.[7]
2000 to present
Starting in 2004, Shi Guo taught the "Experimental Ink Painting" course in the Chinese Painting Department at Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts.[10][11] He was also appointed as the director of the Art Teaching and Research Section and an associate professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai in the same year.[10][11] He was elected as the "2004 Zhuhai Cultural Figure of the Year".[6] From 2005 to 2016, he served as a professor and the dean of the School of Design and Arts at Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai.[10][11] He retired in 2016 and now works as a freelance artist.[14]