​PANG MAOKUN

b. 1963, Chongqing, China

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Pang Maokun, born in 1963, Chongqing. He studied at the Middle School of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute from 1978 to 1981, and studied at the Oil Painting Department of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute from 1981 to 1988 and received a master's degree in oil painting. He is now vice chairman of China Artists Association, vice chairman of Chongqing Federation of Arts, chairman of Chongqing Artists Association, director of Oil Painting Art Committee of China Artists Association, professor and doctoral supervisor of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute.

Over the years, he has persisted in exploring the expression and presentation of classical oil painting language in contemporary cultural situations, and casting his personal artistic creation into the current social reality. Such artistic temperament not only represents the construction and integrity of personal style, but also can derive the value and significance of oil painting art in contemporary art. His works have participated in many domestic and foreign art exhibitions, and have been collected by many domestic and foreign art institutions and private collections. Representative works include "The Apples are ripe", "Rainbow Quietly in the Sky", "A Golden Summer", "Fuzzy" series, "Virtual time" series, "Coincidence" series, "Tour" series, "Flowers in the Mirror" series, "Folded Memo" series, " Altered Carbon" series, etc.

Pang's solo exhibition includes Altered Carbon, Long Museum, Chongqing, 2022; Altered Carbon 2020，Long Museum West Bund，Shanghai, 2020; The Encounter with There-Being-The Solo Exhibition of Pang Maokun, Beijing MInsheng Art Museum, Beijing, 2019; Attualita Del Passato Lapittura Colta Di, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, FIRENZE, 2018; FUGUE AND REPLACEMENT, Shenzhen Sea World Culture and Arts Center, Shenzhen, 2018; The MyHery of Freehand sketching: Research Exhibition of Pang Maokun’s Manwscripty, 2016; MAZE:VISUALORDERAND GRAPHICPRODUCTIONINPANG MAOKUN'S ART,Today Art Museum, 2015; The Reset of Awareness-Works by Pang Maokun (2012-2014), 2014; VIEWING THEFLOATING WORLD-PANG MAOKUN'S ART, National Art Museum, Beijing, 2013; Silent Gaze: Pang Maokun and Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting, Contemporary Museum of Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, 2012; "Today's Myth - Pang Maokun Solo Exhibition", Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, 2010; "Infatuation · Classical - Pang Maokun's Works Exhibition", Mountain Art Beijing, Beijing, 2009; "Pang MAO Kun Color Powder Exhibition", Three Gorges Museum, Chongqing, 2006; "The Reflection of Classical and Modern-Pang Maokun's Oil Paintings Exhibition", Shan Art Museum, Kaohsiung, 1998; "Breathing in Nothingness-Pang Maokun's Solo Exhibition", Sichuan Fine Arts Museum, Chongqing, 1997; Pang Maokun Exhibition, Yanhuang Art Museum, Kaohsiung, 1992; "Pang Maokun Oil Painting Exhibition", Kowloon Society, Hong Kong, 1990.

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