Paintings By Han Wu Shen

Han Wu Shen started painting in 1970 and within a year he had already published works and was participating in art exhibitions. 

By 1979, Shen was a member of the Association of Artists of Hubei in China. The next year, he entered the Electronic Education Center at Huazhong Normal University as an artistic designer. His focus at the time was the creation of illustrated story books. In addition to obtaining orders from many provincial publishing houses throughout China, his works were published in national professional periodicals such as "Picture-Story Pictorial" and "China Picture-Story," which made him famous as a Chinese illustrator. 

In 1984, Shen participated in the Sixth National Fine Art Exhibition, the highest level of exhibition in China. That year, he was invited by Zhejiang People's Fine Art Publishing House and his work "Chameleon" was included in the "World literary Masterpieces." This series won three highest-level national awards: Special Golden Award of the First Chinese Excellent Fine Art Books (1980-1990), The First Class Award of the Fifth Chinese Books Award, and The First Class Award of the Fourth National Picture-Story Books Series.

From 1984 to 1986, Shen was an editor for "Changjiang literature and Art,” a literary periodical, and, later, editor at the Hubei Fine Art Publishing House. In June 1986, he entered Wuhan Art Academy, a professional creative organization and became a professional artist. Having passed the national examinations, he entered Hubei Art Academy in 1987, majoring in oil painting and graduating in July 1989. During this period, his creation "Fighting Against Japanese Army" was selected into "National High Level Art Institute's Works Collection." Shen's "Conquer Berlin" was exhibited in the Seventh National Fine Art Exhibition.

In 1990, he changed to painting in oil, and since then his works frequently have been exhibited in national fine art exhibitions such as the First Chinese Oil Paintings Annual Exhibition, '92 Contemporary Chinese Oil Paintings Exhibition, '93 Chinese Oil Paintings Annual Exhibition, Third National Sports Art Exhibition, Eighth National Fine Art Exhibition, Second Chinese Oil Paintings Exhibition, Fourth National Sports Art Exhibition, Contemporary Oil Paintings Exhibition of China on Hong Kong's Return, and other exhibitions. Among those works, "Longing for the Soccer Field" won the Third Class Award of the Fourth National Sports Art Exhibition. "Colorful World" won the Excellent Works of the Eighth National Fine Art Exhibition and was selected for an important exhibition in Japan as a work in the "Album of Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition."

In 1995, Shen became a member of the Association of Artists of China. He held three one-man shows in Hong Kong in 1995, 1998 and 2000. The works exhibited at those shows were highly praised and have been acquired by collectors from Europe, America, and Australia. In September 2000, "Paper Boat" was included in "Contemporary Chinese Art (1979-1999)," a large-scale artistic album, as one of the most creative and significant works since the Chinese Reform and Opening Policy was implemented. The album is edited by the Central Art Academy, a Chinese authoritative artistic institution, by the Association of Artists of China, Academy of Chinese Paintings, Chinese Art Academy among others. Han Wu Shen held the position of professional oil-painting artist at the Wuhan Art Academy before immigrating to the United States in 2003.