Hong Zhu An
The Artist
Hong Zhu An is, without doubt, one of the finest artist working in Singapore today. Originally from China, he has trained in both Chinese traditional art and Western art. The paintings glow with the layered pigments that’re placed stroke by stroke upon rice paper, the under-layers burning their way to the surface of the blocks of the colours. Each layer consists of thousands of calligraphic strokes creating a flow of colour contained…
| 1955 | Born in Shanghai, China |
| 1973 – 1976 | – Trained at the Shanghai Art & Craft Institute, China – Studied under famous art scholar Wang Zidou |
| 1976 – 1989 | Assistant Lecturer at the Shanghai Art & Craft Institute, China |
| 1982 – 1983 | Studied under Professor Huang Wei Yi in the Sichuan Art Academy, China |
| 1989 – 1993 | Full-time Artist in Sydney, Australia |
| 1993 – 1996 | Full-time Artist in Singapore |
| 1997 | Master of Arts, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. At LaSalle-SIA College of Arts, Singapore |
| 1998 – 2001 | Spent 3 years on his Ph.D. in Research Fine Art, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| 2002 – Present | Full-time Artist based in Singapore |