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Since 1993, the work of Nie Hong has been included in many important national Chinese art exhibitions, including the 8th National Fine Art Exhibition, the 2nd China Oil Painting Still Life Exhibition and the 10th Military Fine Art Exhibition. China's Market for Oil Painting Magazine nominated a collection of 15 paintings by Nie as one of the country's most valuable in 2006 and in its March 2007 issue listed the artist's Melody of the Yellow River as a national masterpiece. Nie currently works as a senior visual artist for Beijing Military Film Studio.

The consummate power of China's iconic Yellow River, known as "the Mother River of China," is the subject of Yellow River, one in a series of important oil paintings that have garnered artist Nie Hong both critical acclaim and national awards in his native mainland China.

For thousands of years, the Yellow River, China's second longest one, has been considered the cradle of Chinese civilization and the spiritual home of the Chinese people. Its basin was the site of ancient northern civilizations and the most prosperous region in early Chinese history, its barren landscape synonymous with the very essence of Chineseness. With its churning ochre-colored waters, the river traditionally has symbolized China itself in all its greatness, magnificence and resilience.

Yet, it has also been known as "China's Sorrow" because of its once virtually untamed wildness and the catastrophic damage it has done to both man and land because of flooding. In Yellow River, Nie depicts the river, whose floods account for some of the deadliest natural disasters in human history, in all its omnipotence -- as simultaneous giver of life and creator of death. Even now, the Yellow River impacts China adversely because of industrial pollution and desert encroachment with global warming, which has taken a post-modern toll on Chinese society.

Nie's large-scale oil painting, Dawn of Music, is less daunting and more charming than the artist's feral depiction of the Yellow River. A sweet country girl, lips to a slender bamboo flute, gazes at the viewer; at her feet, a gigantic sunflower spills from a woven basket, probably picked from the field of flowers that crown the small ravine behind her. The yellow walls of this small gorge, most probably created by the mighty flow of the Yellow River, glows golden, as do simple village buildings in the distance, whose walls are made of the ochre loess left by the river's unruly waters. The entire scene is bathed in the distinctive color of dawn, which makes the painting almost iridescent. In Dawn of Music, Nie elegantly captures the beneficent nature of the Yellow River, its life-giving properties outshining its brutal side like the warm light of day's beginning.

Born in 1959 in Qingdao, more familiarly known to westerners as Tsingtao, in Shandong Province, artist Nie Hong was so adept at drawing and painting early on that in 1978 he was personally invited to join the mainland Chinese government's Air Force Military Performance Group as a visual artist. Because of his consummate skill, Nie was thereafter sent to art school by the People's Liberation Army, where he majored in oil painting.

Mr. Nie Hong was born in 1959 in Qing Dao city, and in 1978, he was invited to join Chinese Government’s Air force Military Performance Group as an exceptional artist. Moreover, Mr. Nie has graduated from art school of People’s Army majoring oil painting; currently working as a senior visual artist for Beijing Military Film Studio. Mr. Nie is also a profound member of China Fine Art Community, and has a reputation as national acclaimed artist.

Works

1987, Oil Painting << instrument>> exhibited in Beijing Oil Painting Exhibition held at China Fine Arts Center.

1990, Oil Painting <<Tong native girl>> exhibited in Beijing Oil Native Painting Exhibition.

1991, Oil Painting << Generation Light>> a collaborative piece, exhibited in People’s Military Museum 70^th exhibition.

1992, Oil Painting << Tibetan Love>> <<Li native girl>> exhibited in Hong Kong “First Golden Autumn Oil Painting Exhibition. Oil Pain <<Harmonious of the mountains>> exhibited in Hong Kong “Northern China Landscape Exhibition”.

1993, Oil Painting << Spring Light Liberation>> exhibited in 1993 National Yi Yuan New Artist Exhibition.

1994, Oil Painting <<Intense Sun Light>> exhibited in 8^th National Fine Art Exhibition. Oil Paint <<Still Life of Bronze Buddha>> exhibited in First China Still Life Oil Painting Exhibition.

1995, Oil Painting << Northern Shan under sunlight>> exhibited in “China Landscape Painting Exhibition” and have received a golden award. (Exhibited in China Fine Arts Museum)

1996, Oil Painting <<Shan Dan Dan>> has published in <<Fine Arts>> Magazine 12^th issue. Oil painting <<farm rhyme>> exhibited in “Beijing Oil Painting Exhibition”.

1997, Oil Painting << Tibetan Bronze Buddha Still Life>> exhibited in “2^nd China Oil Painting Still Life Exhibition”, China Fine Art Gallery. Oil Painting <<Youthful Melody >>, China Fine Art Gallery.

1998, participated in Weihai Jiawu Navy Battle Museum <<The Final Battle in the Yellow Ocean>> Divided Landscape Project (3700 X 700cm).

1999, Oil Painting <<Mother’s River>> exhibited in “Celebration of 50 years of National Independence Military Fine Art Exhibition” and received golden award. Exhibited in the Military Museum.

2000, held exhibition in Hong Kong Memorial Independent fine art exhibition. Oil painting << Shan Dan Dan under the sun>> exhibited in the 4^th Annual Chinese Film & Broadcasting National Fine Art Exhibition (China Fine Art Gallery).

2001, Oil painting <<Youthful Melody >> exhibited in “Communist 80^th birthday National Fine Art Exhibition” and received outstanding award (China Fine Art Gallery) water color charcoal <<Narrow Street>> exhibited in Military Life Drawing Fine Art Exhibition (Central Fine Art Gallery).

2002, Oil painting <<A song for mother>> exhibited in Military 10^th annual Fine Art Exhibition.

2003, Oil painting <<Youthful Melody >> awarded under China Cultural Community’s 12^th National Stars Award (Silver Metal). Oil painting <<The love of Yellow River>> exhibited “Third China National Exhibition of Oil Paintings”, China Fine Art Gallery.

2004, publish work in <<Military Art Magazine>> 6^th issue, artist’s critique of <<Forever Mother River>> and three other paintings of Yellow River.

Publication in <<Zhong Hua Cultural Magazine>> 5^th issue, introducing 13 Modern Chinese Artist, and has published 11 Mr. Nie’s paintings.

<<Forever Mother River>> was exhibited in Military Outstanding Fine Art Exhibition that was held in Shanghai.

<<Returning Farmer>> was exhibited in Military Oil Painting Exhibition in Shanghai.

<<Mountain Flute>> and other three paintings were exhibited in International Yi Yuan Fine Art Gallery for the exhibition entitled “On the same journey”.

<<Youthful Melody>> exhibited in 10^th National Fine Art Exhibition held in Guangzhou Fine Art Exhibition.

Beijing Sculpture and Fine Art Publisher have published <<Nie Hong’s Best Work>>.

2005, Oil painting <<National Spirit>> was exhibited in Shanghai Art Gallery for the fine art exhibition entitled “Forever Lasting Memories”.

Oil painting <<Youthful Melody >> was published in <<Art Market Magazine>> 10^th issue.

Oil painting <<Spirit of Yellow River>> and three other paintings were exhibited in Beijing Daily Fine Art Gallery and participated in “Northern Poem Study---Second (On the same journey) Oil Painting Annual Exhibition.

<<Treasure>> Magazine, second issue introducing Nie Hong and publish 10 pieces of paintings.

2006, Oil painting <<Melody of the Yellow River>> and <<Ancient Ways of the Yellow River>> has participated in Beijing Art Gallery “Northern Poem Study---Third (On the same journey) Oil Painting Annual Exhibition.”

Oil painting <<Melody of the Yellow River>> was published in 11^th issue of <<Fine Arts>> Magazine.

<<China’s Market for Oil Painting>> November issue has nominated Mr. Nie Hong’s 15 pieces of paintings as most valuable collections.

2007, <<China’s Market for Oil Painting>> March issue has nominated painting <<Melody of the Yellow River>> a national master piece.

China Fine Art News 64^th issue has published <<Melody of the Yellow River>>.

Oil Painting <<The love of Yellow River>> participated in “Northern Poem Study---Fourth (On the same journey) Oil Painting Annual Exhibition.”

For celebrating 10years of Hong Kong reuniting with China, China Cultural Community exhibited Nie Hong’s work << Commands of Yellow River>> in The Chinese Fine Art Special Exhibition.