He Kun Resume

He Kun, born in 1962 in Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, China, is a member of the China Artists Association, a committee member of the Printmaking Art Committee of the China Artists Association, a researcher at the China National Academy of Painting, a member and researcher of the Printmaking Professional Committee of the China Cultural and Artistic Development Promotion Association, a standing committee member of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the vice chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Artists Association, and an expert committee member of the Academic Guidance Committee of the China Original Printmaking Trading.

Main Personal Exhibitions

and United Exhibitions

Ever since his first exhibition was held at Jinlong Daguan Gallery in Kunming in 1990, his solo art shows have taken place in many other galleries, such as at the Beijing Yiyuan International Art Gallery, Beijing International Trade Centre, the Guangzhou International Trade Centre, the Blunden Gallery in London, the Spike Island International Art Centre of Bristol, the Chapel Row Gallery in Bath and the St Barnabas Press Cambridge in England. Over 20 art exhibitions have been held in other places, such as at the ‘99’ Gallery in Germany, the Miaopu Gallery of Glascow in Scotland, the Arron Natural Museum, the Maderia National Gallery in Portugal. the Germany Centre of Beijing, the Shanhai Xingyun Gallery in Hangzhou.  His co-exhibitions have mainly happened in the following museums and galleries: the China’s Art Gallery, the Beijing National Art Gallery, the Beijing Yanhuang Art Gallery, the Shanghai Art Gallery, the Liu Haisu Art Gallery of Shanghai, the Moganshan M Space in Shanghai, the Manchester Metropolitan University in England, the Holden Gallery, the Beijing Hongmen Gallery, the Art Gallery of Hubei Art University, the Art Gallery of Luxun Art College, the Dallem Oriental Art Gallery in England, the library of London University, the Churchill College Art Gallery of Cambridge University, the Fengdan Yulu Art Gallery, the Guanshanyue Art Gallery in Shenzhen and the Zhejiang Art Gallery.

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Works Owned By Museums and Galleries

Since 1986, many pieces of his works, such as Autumn Song-White Land, Moving Light, Spring Light, Holy Earth, Harvesting Land, Flowing Water on Mountains, Home at Sunset, and Yunling Songs, have been owned by more than 20 famous museums and galleries both abroad and at home, namely the British Museum, the European Woodcut Print Art Foundation, the Fine Art Gallery of China, the Arran

Museum in Scotland, Xiangsen Fine Art Gallery in Japan, Yunnan Fine Art Gallery, Guangdong Fine Art Gallery, Qingdao Fine Art Gallery, Guiyang Fine Art Gallery, Zhejiang Fine Art Gallery, Jiangsu Fine Art Gallery, Pu’er Fine Art Gallery and the Chinese National Art Academy.Major Solo Exhibitions and Co-exhibitions at Home and abroad

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Works Exhibited around the World

Since 1986, many of his works have entered national fine art exhibitions and national printing artworks exhibitions. They have also been in many exhibitions in many other countries and regions, such as Britain, Germany, Holland, France, Portugal, Spain, the USA, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Japan, Singapore, in the Mid-east, South Africa, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao and so on. He joined in the world art form and the international exhibitions held in ‘Spike Island’ in 1998, in which artists from more than 60 countries also participated， Beijing---Fine Art Works Exhibition at “2008” International Olympic Art Conference， and London-- Fine Art Works Exhibition at “2012” International Olympic Art Conference.


Award

1987   ·Excellence Award at the Ninth National Printing Arts Exhibition for Moving Light


1989  ·Silver Prize at the 7th National Fine Art Works Excellence Competition for Autumn Song ----White Land

Yunnan Provincial Special Achievements Prize for Fine Art Works


1994  ·Silver prize at the 12th National Graphic Arts Exhibition for Spring Light


1999  ·Lu Xun Printing Art Prize for the 1980s and 1990s’ Excellent Chinese Printing Artists


2000  ·Nominating Award at the first “Li Hua Printing Arts Seminar” by the Chinese Central Art Academy




2000  ·Honoured Prize for Spring Light at the 3rd Yunnan Provincial Literature and Art Creation


2002  ·Gold Prize at the 16th National Printing Art Works Exhibition for Open Country.


2003  ·Silver Prize at the 2nd National Fine Art Works “Jincaijiang” in Beijing for Holy Earth


2004   ·Excellence Prize at the 10th China’s Fine Art Exhibition and 1st Prize at Yunnan Provincial Fine Art Exhibition for Harvesting Land


2005   ·Excellence Prize at the 17th Art Exhibition National Printing Art Works Exhibition for Song of Yunling