ARTIST PROFILE
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Zhu Gongjin is from Hanchuan, Hubei, and graduated from Hubei Institute of Fine Arts in 1978. His supplied profile lists a State Council special allowance, the Lu Xun Printmaking Award and teaching honours at national, provincial and Wuhan city levels.
The supplied materials record roles as a council member of the Hubei Printmakers Association, director of Jianli Cultural Centre and the first chair of Jianli Artists Association. They also list postgraduate supervision at Central China Normal University and a visiting professorship at Wuhan Textile University.
His work has been exhibited in Japan, the United States and national exhibitions in China. It has also appeared in exhibitions of Jianghan Plain printmaking from the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts collection and a touring exhibition of themed art from Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi.
The supplied profile states that “Late Autumn” received bronze at the 14th National Printmaking Exhibition, silver at the eighth National Qunxing Awards exhibition and gold at Hubei’s Chutian Qunxing Awards. His work appears in publications on a century of Chinese printmaking and modern Chinese print history. The materials record 22 works held by ten institutions, including the National Art Museum of China.
