Fan Shao Hua

Art Brokerage: Fan Saho Hua Chinese Artist: b. 1963. Fan Shao Hua was born in 1963 in China. He graduated from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts with a BA in Fine Arts. Fan won the prestigious award "Painting of the year Award" at the 19th UOB painting of the Year Competition in 2000. He has held many exhibitions overseas and won many other numerous art awards. In January and March 2010 he had solo exhibitions in the prestigious Shanghai and Beijing Art Museum. Fan is a member of the Singapore Art Society and the Society of Chinese Artists, and is also a member of the Japan Modern Arts Association. He is currently teaching in the Singapore Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Fan has participated in numerous exhibitions in Asia, and is the recipient of several awards including the 2000 Painting of the Year Award at the 19th UOB Painting of the Year Competition. Fan has not remained complacent and as an artist, has strived to search inwardly and gain inspiration from his surroundings. As such, he has evolved as an artist; moving effortlessly from one distinct style and excelling in another. Developing from his acclaimed portraitures of dignitaries to his Realist paintings imbued with social commentary, Fan now explores Abstract Expressionism and Chinese Ink Painting in his latest series. Fan's lotus series explores the flower in all its spiritual and philosophical meaning. Fusing Eastern and Western painting traditions, he depicts the beautiful symbolism of the lotus blooming resplendent out of the mud, in spite of its surroundings. Listings wanted.