Zhao Shi Jie
BORN: 1955
HOMETOWN: DALIAN, CHINA
Zhao Shi Jie graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts. He is a member of the Chinese Artists’ Association, the Chinese Academy of Oil Paintings, a professional painter at Liaoning Painting Studio, and the standing vice chairman and secretary of Panjin Artists’ Association. His paintings have been exhibited at many national art exhibitions and were awarded many prizes.
For decades, with his firm cultural ideals, abundant artistic feelings and spirit of continuous exploration, Zhao has created a large number of works reflecting the Northeast Revolution. The works on the theme of history and New China's industrial construction have portrayed and created images of revolutionaries and builders in a majestic and masculine style, and made outstanding contributions to the creation of major themed art. His oil paintings with the theme of fishermen in fishing ports and fishing villages depict the breath of life and regional characteristics. The most valuable thing is that he persists in exploring the combination of expressive techniques and freehand language in oil painting, and constantly moves towards a new realm of lyrical freehand brushwork, reflecting the brilliance of the era of Chinese oil painting.
Many of his works were chosen by the Ministry of Culture for international cultural exchanges with both European and Southeast Asian countries and exhibited there. Some of his works were snapped up by the Hong Kong International Art Foundation, the Art Gallery of Taiwan, the Art Gallery of Singapore, and numerous overseas collectors. Many of his paintings have been preserved in the Collection of Contemporary Chinese Oil Paintings of a Hundred Artists.