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Wang Shimin
Shift Change
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Wang Shimin is no doubt a "big shot" among the artists of Heilonjiang province, China - better known under the name of the art movement "Beidahuang Art School". Wang Shimin is versatile. His subjects are not only focused on landscapes, but he shows scenes from the lives of workers in a modern and captivating way. Wang Shimin does not try to follow the latest trends in Chinese arts. He remains himself. And that's good for his art work.

Graduation and Memberships

Mr. Wang graduated from the Harbin Normal University Art Department. He is presently a member of Chinese Artists Association and a member of Chinese Woodblock Artists Association. He is also Vice President of Jixi City Woodblock Association.

Successful Printmaker of Beidahuang Art School

Collected by Chinese Artists Association

Wang Shimin
In the North
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Many of Mr. Wang's prints have been chosen for prestigious exhibitions such as the Chinese and Japanese Modern Woodblock exhibition, the Qindao International Woodblock Exhibition, the International Woodblock Exhibition in Jaozhi Japan, and the International Woodblock Exhibition in Taiwan.

Mr. Wang also won numerous bronze and silver medals at the annual Chinese Industrial Woodblock Exhibitions. Additionally, his art has been reprinted in many magazines, newspapers and books, such as on the cover of the magazine "Art". Artworks were published in the books "Great Northern Wilderness Woodblock Prints Collection" and "The Art of Woodblock" and on a CD titled "The Woodblocks of the Great Northern Wilderness" and in the magazine, "Perspectives on Art."

A major work of the artist is the print Autumn of Mother Earth which was chosen for the cover of the catalog of the 14th Annual National Woodblock Prints Collection. "Autumn of Mother Earth" also won the silver medal at the Chinese World Art Exhibition.

On Official Cultural Mission to France

In 2001 he travelled to France with emissaries from the Chinese Department of Culture to introduce Chinese woodblock prints to Europeans. And on a similar mission Mr. Wang travelled in 2003 to Hong Kong as a representative of the Heilongjiang Province Woodblock Artists Association.

As a result of his achievements and the captivating beauty of his prints, Mr. Wang's art is avidly collected worldwide by galleries, museums and private collectors.

Exhibitions and Awards

Collected by Chinese Artists Association

Wang Shimin
Sun Dreams
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• 1991 - "Passion for the Snow" was selected for "China-Japan Contemporary Prints New Artworks Exhibition".
• 1991 - "Passion for the Snow" was published by the Chinese magazine "The World of Prints".
• 1993 - "Underground Light" was selected for the 4th China National Industry Prints Exhibition and won the copper prize.
• 1993 - "Daydreaming Beneath the Cliff" was selected for the 4th China National Industry Prints Exhibition and won the silver prize.
• 1996 - "Construction" was selected for the 5th China National Industry Prints Exhibition and won the copper prize. And in March of 1996 this art work was published in the magazine "Art".
• 1996 - "Green, Green Stones" was shown in the exhibition "Chinese Painting" in Tokyo, Japan and was published by the magazine "Great Northern Waste Land New Prints Artworks".
• 1998 - "Light Rain" and "High Mountain Green" were published by the Chinese magazine "The Grand Art View" in March of 1998.
• 1998 - "Autumn of Mother Earth" was selected for the 14th China National Prints Exhibition. This art work was published as the cover of the official catalog "Selected Works of the 14th China National Prints Exhibition". It won the silver prize of the exhibition "Chinese Artists of the World" and it was selected by the Qindao International Woodblock Exhibition in 2000.
• 2002 - "Golden Pond" was collected by Anhui Art Museum and selected for the 16th National Print Exhibition in An Hui, China, 2002.
• 2003 - "The Net" was selected for the 2nd Chinese Art Exhibition "Golden Colored Prize" in Qingdao, China.
• 2003 - "The Net" was selected for the 11th Taiwan International Biennial Print Exhibition in Taiwan.
• 2003 - "Fine Snow and Rich Year" was selected for the International Biennial Print Exhibition in Canada.
• 2005 - "The Story of Fish and Net" was selected for the International Three-Year Print Exhibition in Macedonia.
• 2006 - "Captivating Vase" won the grand prize (the highest prize of this exhibition) in the Prints Exhibition of the Chinese Artists Association.
• 2006 - "Inverted Places" was selected for the International Biennial Print Exhibition in Beijing, China.
• 2008 - "Moon and Life Cycles" was selected for the 13th International Biennial Print Exhibition in Taiwan.

Collections

In Possession of Anhui Art Museum

Wang Shimin
Golden Pond
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The art works in the following list are all prints.

• "Season of Frost" was collected by the London based Muban Foundation.
• "Shift Change" was collected by China Museum of Fine Arts and Hunan Arts Museum.
• "Inverted Places" was collected by Chinese Art Gallery.
• "Captivating Vase", "In the North" and "Sun Dreams" were collected by Chinese Artists' Association.
• "The Net" was collected by the organizing committee of the 2nd Chinese "Golden Colored Prize" Art Exhibition of Qingdao, China.
• "Fading Train Whistle" was collected by Harbin Prints Museum, China.
• "Golden Pond" was collected in 2002 by Anhui Art Museum, Anhui City, China.
• "Flying" and "Flower" were collected by Taiwan Normal University Art Museum.
• "Autumn of Mother Earth" was collected by Chinese Qingdao Art Museum, Shenzhou Prints Museum and the newspaper office of the People's Daily.
• "Passion for the Snow" was collected by People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, China.

More Woodblock Prints by Wang Shimin

We published this article at the occasion of the beginning of the auction "From the Great Wilderness", from June 1st until June 4th of 2008, in which we presented Wang Shimin for the first time on artelino.

If you should have missed this auction and are interested in buying an art work by this great Chinese printmaker, please contact us. Here are more of his wonderful woodblock prints.

Dieter Wanczura (May 2008)

Wang Shimin
Distant Horizon
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Wang Shimin
Winter Night
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Wang Shimin
Gentle, Gentle Wing
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Wang Shimin
Beautiful Feathers
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Wang Shimin
Light Rain
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