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Bu Hua |
Bu Hua, Digital artist, was born in 1973 and is currently living and working in Beijing, China. In 1995 she graduated with a BFA from the Institute of Fine Art, Tsinghua University, Beijing and in 1998 she graduated the short study from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Academie voor Beeldende, Vorming. Bu Hua is a leading artist of the 'Jelly Time ' exhibition and a classic genre-bender, whose flash animation "Cat " went viral and swept animation awards in China. Today, whether in digital graphics, illustration, oil painting or animation, her unique artistic vocabulary and style have brought her extraordinary success. Her work is remarkable not only for a sense of visual joy, but for the way it touches the modern souls. Her extravagantly imaginative compositions and rich colors liberate the modern imagination, communicating her own boundless sense of fancy and the crystal pure dreams of young women.
Bu Hua is one of the talented digital artists who gains their initial reputation from internet in teh 21s century. The work she created, either animation artwork Cat that was downloaded over a million times from the internet, or Savage Growth, which was exhibited in Shanghai Biennale and contributed to her award of the international new youth media artist, builds up a magic virtual world. The world that has been carefully constructed, is filled with competitions between a large number of buildings and group of odd species, and is constantly shifting over the two opposite extremes. On one hand, the virtual world presents us a paradise full of luxury goods and gorgeous Chinese style architectures, on the other hand, the black sky as a background tune signals an anti-Utopia scene in industrialized China. The images in Buhua 's work are all dark sided, the "ostrich " looks like male genitalia, KFC papa watches the Chinese acrobats playing on a tiger 's back; a monster with green leaves dances with electronic music. In 2010, the Shanghai EXPO committee invited her to create an animation film for a 400 square meters LED screen in Future Hall, one of the 5 main halls. Her latest work , LV forest, tells different aspects of intriguing relationships in current society. The work reveals her concern for the shallow materialism girls in city life aspire to and satirizes males with unlimited desires. Her solo exhibitions include Meeting again without panic, Beijing (2009);Man-made Fairyland, Shanghai, Buhua , Shanghai(2008). she has been in many international group exhibitions including NEW AGE:NEW MEDIA(2011),China and Australia (multiple venues); Big World(2009), American Chicago Cultural Center; Slovenia Graphic Art Biennale, Slovenia; Contemporary Art Show, Thai Bangkok Chinese Art Center; South Korean Coreana Museum of Art; Digital Art Invitational Exhibition, Hangzhou china; Wow! New Wave Art Exhibition Beijing, UCCA Art Center, Beijing. She also been in a number of biennales including Present Tense Biennale, American San Francisco China Cultural Center; Busan Biennale 2008,South Korea and the Shanghai Biennale 2008, China. She also created animation artwork for Future Hall one of five main theme halls in 2010 Shanghai EXPO, Bu Hua has been granted many artistic awards in China, Australia and France. Her work has been collected by Beijing Qiang Fine Art Gallery, White Rabbit Collection(Australia) and Macau Galaxy Hotel. BU HUA 1973 Born in Beijing EDUCATION Sept 1997-June 1998 Graduate Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Academie voor Beeldende Vorming Sept 1991-June 1995 Graduate Institute of Fine Art, Tsinghua University, Beijing B.F.A SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 THE BEST HAS ALREADY COME，Beijing,Hi Art Central 2014 A.D.3012 , Mou art Space, Beijing 798 My one hundred Million times waiting for you , Hi Art - Joy Art Space ,Beijing 798 2012 Bu Hua , 27 GALLERY, HongKong 2011 Bu Hua, Fang Gallery, Indonesia 2010 Bu Hua, Project Fulfill Art Space, Taibei Bu Hua, Eastation Gallery, Beijing Bu Hua, Buyi Gallery, HONGKONG Bu Hua, front line contemporary Gallery, Shanghai, China 2009 Beauty, Nihao art Gallery, Xiamen, China Meeting again without Panic, Digital art China, Beijing, China 2008 Man-made Fairyland, Sipek Gallery, Shanghai, China 2008 Bu Hua, Yi Dong Gallery, Shanghai, China GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 An Exhibition on comparative study between Chinese and German conceptual art, China 2014 The 5th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukuoka, Japan 2013 AN Exhibition On contemporary Digital Art In China, Today Art Museum Mirror and Shadow, The National Art Museum Of Indonesia The Third Beijing Film Academy International New Media Arts Triennial Exhibition, China 2012 China oil painting Biennale, The National Art Museum Of China Research Exhibition On Bu Hua, Bu Hua Artsts Jianghan Star Plan 2009 Animamix Biennial, Shanghai, China Digital Art Of China @China, Beijing, China Digital Art Of China @Malaysia, Malaysia Digital Art Of China @Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Jelly Time - a new force of Chinese Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium China Youth video artist Experimental Film (Video) Exhibition, Beijing, China The second session of the Media Arts Week, Wuhan, China SHANGHYPE! London, UK GREEN, Beijing, China City Index - Digital Art China, Beijing, China Every human being is an artist, Shanghai, China Rebirth - Art Moots Architecture, Shanghai, China The first Chongqing Youth Art Biennial, Chongqing, China Art Taipei, Taiwan, China Scattered times - Contemporary Art Exhibition Invitational, Shanghai, China Reality·Imagination - Contemporary Young Artist Exhibition, Taiwan, China Moving Pictures - Coreana Museum of Art, South Korea Slovenia graphic art Biennale, Slovenia Present Tense Biennial, San Francisco, USA Big Word: Chinese Recent age art show, Chicago, USA The Urban Nomad Film Fest, Taipei, China Digital Art Invitational Exhibition, Hangzhou, China 2008 Hello, Sadness-Thai Bangkok Chinese Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand Chinese Fantasy-Found Museum, Beijing, China AN UNFORGETTABLE TOUR, Italy, Turin Mizuki throughout the day • Film Academy, Beijing, China International New Media Art Triennial, Beijing, China West face East: Multi-media interactive experience, Shanghai, China 4th798,as the Arts Festival and thoroughly - Contemporary Artists, Beijing, China Come!-Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing, China The 7th Shanghai Biennale - Express City Express Bus, Shanghai, China The 5th Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea UPDATING Youth Festival of the Arts, Beijing, China The Show of Single Chanel Video 1–Ani, into the world, Gyeongnam, Korea The 1th session of the Moon River withered Plastic Arts Festival, Beijing, China The 7th Urban Nomad Film Festival, Taiwan, China/ Switzerland INFANTIZATION, Taipei, China Drift-Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China 2007 Melon Glad- Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing, China Play happy Game contemporary art exhibition, Shanghai, China CHANGWON 2007 Asia Art Festival-Peach flower, Korea Weird Wizard • Bu Hua - the latest flash Exhibition, Chongqing, China INFANTIZATION Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai, China 2006 2006 IDAA, Beijing, China/ Melbourne, Australia The 17th International Animation Festival Zhageleibu, Croatia 2005 The 15th French International Animation Festival Night of magic, Bordeaux, France 2005 IDAA, Beijing, China/ Melbourne, Australia 2004 The 14th French International Animation Festival Night of magic, Bordeaux, France |
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