Biographical Notes:

born 1942 in Chongqing , Sichuan province, family originally from Yangzhou, Jiangsu province;

graduated from the Jiangsu Painting Academy in 1963;

currently holds several positions, including Master Painter in the Jiangsu Painting Academy, Professor at the Nanjing Art Institute, Nanjing Agricultural College, and Yangzhou University as well as Consultant to the Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, Vice-chairman of the Jiangsu Aesthetics Association, Honorary Chairman of the Association for the Study of the Yangzhou School of Painting, Honorary Director of the Gong Xian Memorial Museum, and others.

Major Exhibitions:

between 1980 and 2003 has participated in 48 exhibitions within China, 2 in Japan, 2 in Korea, 1 in Singapore, 1 in Malaysia, 2 in Taiwan, 2 in Macao, 4 in Europe, and 8 in the United States.

Publications:

• Traditional Techniques of Landscape Painting (Jiangsu Art Press, 1984);
• Calligraphy and Paintings by Xiao Ping (Beijing Forbidden City Press, 1988);
• A Study of Gong Xian (Jiangsu Art Press, 1989);
• Xiao Ping: Brush - work for the Seasons (Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong, 1990);
• A Study of Ni Yunlin (New Century Publications, Hong Kong, 1992);
• Chen Shun (Jilin Art Press. 1996);
• Gong Xian(Jilin Art Press, 1996);
• Xiao Ping's Calligraphy (Jinling Hotel Art Center, 1996);
• Masterpieces by Gong Xian (Jiangsu Art Press 1997);
• Compendium on Collecting Cultural Objects - Chinese Painting (Guizhou People's Press, 1998);
• Masterpieces of Calligraphy and Painting by Gong Xian (Jiangsu Art Press, 1999);
• Traditional Techniques of Bird and Flower Painting (Jiangsu Art Press, 2000);
• Traditional Techniques of Figure Painting (Jiangsu Art Press, 2000);
• Love of Lotus, Xiao Ping's Paintings of Lotus Flowers (Hong Kong, 2002);
• Moyuan: Xiao Ping's Calligraphy and Painting (Guwuxuan Press, 2002);
• Authenticating Fu Baoshi's Paintings (Fujian Art Press, 2002);
• The Loudong School (Jilin Art Press, 2002).