Li Zhe, master of realism, is extensively immersed in the painting techniques of European Classicism. His still lifes offer us meticulous attention to detail, painted with unrelenting accuracy.

Born of parents who are professors of Chinese literature, his home-life as a child was one of classical education and appreciation for masterful works of science, art, literature and the old masters. Zhe's love of art encouraged him to enter China's only Military Art School at a young and tender age. Soon disillusioned by the propaganda and strict guidelines that the government enforced, he left the Military Art School and joined the PLA Art Academy in 1985. His paintings are now on permanent exhibition in the Navy Political Bureau of the People's Liberation Army as well as other, numerous exhibitions throughout the world. After the artistic education that the PLA offered, fame soon spread on an international basis and he was quickly exalted to Professor of Fine Art at the Art College in Bengbu, Anhui Province, where he has taught and lectured for 18 years. His international exhibitions have taken place in Australia, San Francisco - USA, Toronto - Canada, England, Spain, Italy and now Laguna Beach! Li Zhe's refined and classic style is one of elegance. Tastefully arranged compositions, adorned with intricately engraved Chinese antiques, speak of an era gone by. The textiles of vibrantly colored silk, beautifully embroidered with the forbidden "blind stitch", remind us of a Shangri-La and a mythical land that is spoken of respectfully in hushed words.

Exhibitions

1995 National Fine Arts Exchange Exhibition

1997 Nationwide Art Fair

2000 New Journey, Beyond the Silk Road Exhibition, held for Kail Studio artists, Utopia Gallery, Cairns, North Queensland, Australia

2001 Orange and Porcelain, etc., International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada

2002 Kail Studio Artists Group Show, Perth, Scotland, Britain

2002 Art Fair 2002, London, Britain

2003 Art Fair 2003, London, Britain