Works by Mu Yu
Mu Yu was born in the countryside of Shandong in 1969. He studied the classical Chinese ink paintings for decades and dedicated his artworks to the brushstrokes that are so familiar within the traditional ink on rice paper watercolours tradition.
After a long period, painting in the classical 山水 Mountain and Rivers style, Mu Yu embraced a new form, that is very poignant as it is rare. This form encapsulates tne modern view of Chinese modern art, where abstraction captures the new China, where much is impossible to describe and needs to be left to the imagination.
His new art has the stunning representation of a society that is restricted in so many levels while trying to find its own identity and break away. One ensemble of abstract strokes, in ink and traces colourful forms that embraces the modern and traditional, following the legacy of 5000 years of Chinese Art and Culture. My Yu is a true talent of a new generation.
2002 Graduate from Jinan Fine Arts School
Exhibitions
2003 International Arts Festival, Beijing
2005 First prize CCTV, Modern Art
2011 Shanghai Contemporary
2013 Seoul, The Akiko Museum
2015 -17 Beijing Open 798
2019 AAF Hampstead – London
2020 AAF Battersea
2020 Saatchi Gallery , Nov
Collectors globally – Russian Embassy in Beijing , Tokyo , Paris , Dunai , Zurich , London and Tel Aviv.
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