Ai Xuan

Art Types involved-in: Oil Painting

Ai Xuan Biography:

Ai Xuan (1947- ; Chinese name 艾轩), born in the city of Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, is a Chinese painter known to the world for his realistic oil paintings about Tibet. He is a son of the poet Ai Qing and the elder brother of artist Ai Weiwei. He held many positions such as a member of Chinese Artists Association. He has taken part in exhibitions at home and abroad and his works are collected in many academic art books at home and abroad. Ai Xuan is good at painting sceneries of Tibet Plateau and lonely figures, which makes his works somewhat mysterious. In March, 1987, upon the invitation of The University of Oklahoma, he went to the US to give lectures there and held his solo exhibition, which was reported by the local mainstream media. 

Ai Xuan's 2009 oil painting “The Holy Mountain” was sold for 20.72 million RMB at the Beijing Poly’s 2010 Autumn Auctions, which created the record of his works at actions. 

Ai Xuan's Representative Works Exhibitions:
In October, 1987, Chen held his solo oil painting exhibition at Madison Avenue in Manhattan, New York, which was reported successively in the next year by American mainstream medium New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Art News and American Arts. Art News claimed him to be “a rising star”.

Graduation School: Fine Arts School Affiliated to China Central Academy of Fine Arts

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