Art Space
寻找系列.George St 160x110cm | 2004
赵大陆 Dalu Zhao
岁寒三友之松 90x160cm | 2015
赵大陆 Dalu Zhao
岁寒三友之梅90x160cm | 2015
赵大陆 Dalu Zhao
岁寒三友之竹90x160cm | 2015
赵大陆 Dalu Zhao
孔雀 160x110cm | 2018
赵大陆 Dalu Zhao
觅seek布面油画 Oil on Canvas 107x107cm 2007
赵大陆 Dalu Zhao
草垛haystack布面油画Oil on Canvas 116x90cm | 2021
赵大陆 Dalu Zhao
象外Image by Image#16布面油画Oil on Canvas 150x190cm | 2012
赵大陆 Dalu Zhao
象外Image by Image#38布面油画 Oil on Canvas 90x90cm | 2022
赵大陆 Dalu Zhao
睡莲Water Lily 布面油画 Oil on Canvas 107x107cm 50x40cm | 2003
赵大陆 Dalu Zhao
睡莲Water Lily 布面油画 Oil on Canvas 107x107cm 50x40cm | 2003
赵大陆 Dalu Zhao
风景 landscape布面油画 Oil on Canvas 56x40cm 2008
赵大陆 Dalu Zhao
“Lao Fei” 183x142cm | 2003
赵大陆 Dalu ZhaoAbout the artist
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Dalu Zhao赵大陆
Zhao Dalu is a Beijing-born contemporary artist. He studied fine arts at Beijing Film Academy in 1978 and was in the first exhibition of the famous Stars Art Group in Beijing. By the mid-1990s he was included in the Who’s Who of Chinese Artists. He had taught fine arts at the Capital Normal University in Beijing for many years. He studied oil painting in Italy and is known for his unique integration of the traditional Western oil painting techniques into his Chinese rural landscapes. Zhao Dalu moved to Australia in 2001 and is now Melbourne based.
During the 1990s, he held multiple solo exhibitions in Rome, Beijing and Singapore. In 2001 he was invited by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as the only representative of Asian-Pacific artist to participate in the first L’uomo per la terra (Men for Earth) art exhibition at FAO’s headquarters in Rome. Since 2003 he has held several solo exhibitions in Sydney, Shenzhen and Beijing. In 2003 he won the Archibald Prize People’s Choice award for his portrait Lao Fei, Dr Stephen FitzGerald, the first Australia’s ambassador to China. In 2004 he was a finalist of the Archibald Prize for his portrait Stage Life – John Clark. In the same year, his portrait Art Student was a finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. His latest portrait Days of Sunshine was nominated for the National Portrait Gallery Darling Portrait Prize in 2020. His works have been collected by the National Art Museum of China, the He Xiangning Art Museum, the National Portrait Gallery of Australia and the Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, Australia.
CHRONOLOGY
1953 (October) Born in Beijing 1969 Joining the Production and Construction Corps under the Army in Heilongjiang Province 1978 Admitted to the Department of Fine Arts of the Beijing Film Institute 1979 Participating in the First “The Stars” Exhibition, Beijing 1982 Graduating from the Beijing Film Institute with a BA degree 1982 Working at China TV Production Center 1985 Professor of the Department of Fine Arts, The Capital Normal University 1987 Participating in “The First All-China Teachers’ Art Exhibition”, Beijing Cultural Palace of Working People 1988 Participating in “The First China Great Wall Exhibition of Fine Arts and Calligraphy”, National Art Museum of China (co-organized by China Great Wall Society and the China Artists Association) 1989 Participating in the “Third Oil Painting Exhibition of Beijing International Art Palace”, National Art Museum of China (organized by Beijing International Art Palace) 1990 Participating in the “Exhibition of Fine Arts in Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Republic and the Peaceful Liberation of Beijing”, National Art Museum of China (co-sponsored by Beijing Artists’ Association and the Beijing Culture Bureau) 1990 Solo exhibition at the “Galleria della Tartaruga”, Rome, Italy 1991 Participating in “The First Chinese Modern Oil Painting Exhibition”, Singapore 1991 Participating in “The Exhibition of New Artists and Works” (sponsored by the China Artists’ Association) 1992 Participating in “The Second Chinese Modern Oil Painting Exhibition”, Singapore 1992 Solo exhibition at the “Galleria della Tartaruga”, Rome, Italy 1993 Participating in the “Art Exhibition on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Mao Zedong’s Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art”, National Art Museum of China (co-sponsored by Beijing Cultural Bureau, Beijing Culture and Art Federation, and Beijing Artists’ Association) 1993 Solo exhibition at the “Galleria della Tartaruga”, Rome, Italy 1993 Invited to participate in the Art Salon of the International Institute of Culture Unity, Rome, Italy 1994 Invited to participate in the Art Salon of the International Institute of Culture Unity and appointed academician of the Institute, Rome, Italy 1997 Invited by Hong Kong Merchants Group to create a historical oil painting series 1998 Invited by He Xiangning Art Museum to create a portrait of He Xiangning 2001 Invited by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as the only representative of Asian-Pacific artists to participate in the first “Men for Earth” Cultural Exhibition held at FAO’s headquarters in Rome 2001 Migrated to Australia on an Exceptional Talent visa 2003 Oil painting “Lao Fei” was selected by the Archibald Portrait Prize, Sydney, Australia 2004 Oil painting “Stage Life-John Clark” was selected by the Archibald Portrait Prize, Sydney, Australia 2004 Oil painting “Art Student” was selected by The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Sydney, Australia 2005 Solo exhibition at Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney, Australia 2006 Invited by the China Classification Society to create a historical painting series 2007 Solo exhibition at Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney, Australia 2008 Beijing Caochangdi Art Studio 2011 Solo exhibition entitled “Reading the Memory”, National Art Museum of China (co-sponsored by the National Art Museum of China and Artron Group) 2012 Solo exhibition entitled “Xiang Wai”, He Xiangning Art Museum 2015 Solo exhibition at Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney, Australia 2020 Oil painting “Sunny Days” was selected in the National Portrait Gallery of Australia “DARLIN National Portrait Exhibition”, Canberra 2021 Solo exhibition entitled “Lives” at Western Sydney University ACIAC Gallery, Sydney 2022 Solo exhibition entitled “Worlds Beyond” at Australian Pacific Art Centre, Melbourne Awards 1987 Works of Excellence in the professional category at the First National Teachers’ Art Exhibition with the oil painting “Early Morning”. 1993 Works of Excellence at the Art Exhibition on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Mao Zedong’s Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art with the oil painting “Lunar January”. 1994 “Campidoglio d’Oro, 1993” Gold Award of the International Institute of Culture Unity of Rome with the oil painting “Sunlight in an Old House”. 2001 Silver Medal at “Men for Earth” Art Exhibition by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2003 Award of “People’s Choice” at Portrait Exhibition of Archibald Prize, Sydney, Australia. 2004 Award of “People’s Choice” at Portrait Exhibition of Archibald Prize, Melbourne, Australia. Collections 1987 “Early Morning” (oil) collected by State Education Commission 1997 Created a historical oil painting series collected by Hong Kong Merchants Group 1998 “He Xiangning” (oil) collected by He Xiangning Art Museum 2001 “Threshing Ground” (oil) collected by FAO of UN 2006 Created a historical oil painting series collected by China Classification Society 2009 “Lao Fei” (oil) collected by the National Portrait Gallery, Australia 2010 “Stage Life-John Clark” (oil) collected by the University of Tasmania, Australia 2011 “Balcony” series (4 paintings in oil) collected by Queensland Art Gallery, Australia 2011 “Knock Off ·The Shovel” collected by the National Art Museum of China 2012 “Image Beyond Image #14” (oil) collected by He Xiangning Art Museum 2013 “Image Beyond Image #9” (oil) collected by Artron Group 2015 “Ai Qing” (oil) collected by Ai Qing Memorial 2017 “Welcome” (oil) collected by Shanghai China Maritime Museum 2019 collected by The Consul-General of the People’s Republic of China Publications 1989 A Collection of Oil Paintings of Human Body by Zhao Dalu, published by the Culture and Art Publishing House 1992 A Collection of Oil Paintings of Zhao Dalu, published by the People’s Fine Arts Publishing House 1997 Zhao Dalu Oil Paintings, published by the Lingnan Art Publishing House 2011 Reading the Memory, published by Culture and Art Publishing House