Biography

Biography
Li Mingjiu was born in Jinlin in 1939, painter Li Mingju's pen-names include"Man of Changbai", "Walker in the Mountains" and "Owner of Woshantang".

Upon graduating from the Art Institute of Harbin in 1964, he worked as an art editor for magazines and newspapers and later as a teacher in the Art Depatment Of the Normal University of Hebei Province.

Li Mingjiu is now a member of the Chinese Artists' Association, Vice-Chairman of the Hebei Branch of the Chinese Artists' Association, Vice President of the Landscape Painting Research Institute of Hebei, a member of the Political Consultative Committee of Hebei and an Associate Professor of the Art Program at the Normal University of Hebei. He is a talented landscape painter. His works have been shown in many exhibitions and published in various newspapers and magazines in China. In addition, Li has also been involved in exhibitions held in the United States, the Philippines, Singapore, Japan, the former Soviet Union, Switzerland, Australia, and Hong Kong. He has been invited to Hong Kong as part of an art exchange program.

"Auspicious Snow", the representative work of Li Mingju , has won bronze a medal in the Sixth National Art Exhibition. "Autumn in Taihang" earned him an Excellence qward in the International Art Exhibition held in Japan. His works have been collected by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Australia, the Cultural Foundation of Soviet Union, the Chinese Art Center of the Philippines, the Chinese Artists Association, the Chinese Art Gallery, the Great Hall of the People and the Provincial Museum of Heilongjiang. His name has also been listed in the Art Dictionary, the Dictionary of Artists, the Dictionary of Present Painters in the Traditional Chinese Style, the Year Book of Chinese Art and Who's Who: Present Chinese Artists.

Li Mingjiu

 

 
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