Exquisite Ideas, Elegant Designs — Jin Jing’s Zhengyatang Spring/Summer 2024 Exhibition (Preview)

“Exquisite Ideas, Elegant Conduct—Jin Jing: Zhengya Tang Spring/Summer 2024 Exhibition”
Painter
Jin Jing
Opening time
April 27, 2024, 3:00 PM
Exhibition Duration
April 27 to October 28, 2024
Exhibition Venue
9th Floor, Hehai Science and Technology Building, No. 70 Qingjiang South Road, Gulou District, Nanjing City
Organizing entity
Jiangsu Provincial Association for Sino-Foreign Social and Cultural Exchanges, Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Enterprises, Jiangsu Provincial Entrepreneurs Association, Taihe Law Firm
Organizing Unit
Zhengyatang Art Museum

Co-organizing unit
Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Relics General Store Xinhua All-Media Art Museum, Nanjing Ten Dynasties Art Museum, Suzhou Xu Beihong Art Museum, Twenty-Four-Hour Art Museum, Nanjing Yao Art Museum, Space Digital Art Space, and the First Branch of the New Social Strata Members of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the China Democratic League.
  
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Artist Biography

 

Jin Jing, female, born in 1977, is an independent artist and a member of the China Democratic League. She graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the School of Fine Arts at Nanjing University of the Arts with a master’s degree and has been appointed as a specially invited oil painter by the Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Calligraphy and Painting. For many years, she has devoted herself to experimentation and research in oil painting and contemporary art, and currently lives and works in Nanjing.
Jin Jing is an artist who dedicates herself to integrating the Chinese spirit into contemporary and modern art, possessing an international outlook and a long‑term commitment to exploration. Rooted in traditional Chinese aesthetics, her practice deftly employs oil painting, ink wash, acrylics, and installation to conjure a world where color and line intertwine and illuminate one another. Jin excels in handling challenging large swaths of cyan‑lotus and violet hues, as well as highly saturated ultramarine blue, gemstone green, and stark black and white. Guided by the core idea that “love cannot be simulated or replicated,” she articulates a “real world” in which illusion and reality blur within a postmodern society of simulacra. Through the re‑creation of landscapes and flowers, she invites us to confront the virtual technologies of our contemporary age and to return to the subtle, primordial essence of life. Within her pure chromatic relationships lies the artist’s reflective stance on the harmonious coexistence of Eastern spirituality and Western artistic language—enabling a mode of living that is truly “hyperreal.” In recent years, her experimental explorations in painting have gravitated toward philosophical critique, cosmic evolution, the trajectories of time, the dialectics of real‑world struggles, and a profound intellectual depth.
His works have received awards including the “Collection Prize at the China Hundred Masters of Jinling Oil Painting Exhibition,” the “Phoenix Art Award,” the “Jiangsu Province Outstanding Works Award,” the “Most Popular Artist Award at the Nanjing International Art Exhibition,” and the “Most Popular Artist Award at the Art Fair.” They are held in the collections of institutions and private collectors such as the Jiangsu Provincial Museum of Modern Art, the Jinling Art Museum, the Shizhuzhai Academy of Painting, international film star Sophie Marceau, and private collectors in the United States, France, Australia, South Korea, Japan, and beyond. Representative series include: “Experimental Art: The Ice-Crystal Exotic Flora Cultivation Project,” “Invisible Mediums,” “Simulacra of Flowers,” “Simulacra of Memory,” “Another Side of Jiangnan,” “Flowers Have Bloomed in the Depths of Memory,” and “My Purple Melancholy,” among others.

Selected Works from “Exquisite Ideas, Elegant Conduct—Jin Jing’s Zhengyatang Spring/Summer 2024 Exhibition”
 

Title: “The Other Side of Jiangnan: Poetic Portraits of Jiangnan”

Author: Jin Jing

Material: Linen, oil painting

Dimensions: 100cm x 140cm

Year: 2024

 

Name: “Another Side of Jiangnan: Splendid Ideas (Detail)” Artist: Jin Jingcai Material: Oil on canvas Size: 100 centimeter x80cm Year: 2024
 

 

Name: “The Other Side of Jiangnan: Lotus Pond, No. 20” Artist: Jin Jingcai Material: Xuan paper, acrylic, ink Size: 21 inches centimeter x29cm Year: 2023
 

 

Name: “Jinjing’s Flower × Tides” Artist: Jin Jingcai Material: Paper installation, mixed media Dimensions: 45 cm centimeter x60cmx3 Year: 2023
 

 

Name: “Jinjing’s Flower × Supernova” Artist: Jin Jingcai Material: Mixed media on paper Size: 45 cm centimeter x60cm Year: 2023
 

Name: “Flowers Have Bloomed in the Depths of Memory: A River of Dreams” Artist: Jin Jingcai Material: Mixed media on paper Size: 21 centimeter x29cm Year: 2022
 

Name: “Flowers Have Bloomed in the Depths of Memory: The River Basin” Artist: Jin Jingcai Material: Mixed media on paper Size: 21 centimeter x29cm Year: 2022
 

 

Name: “Jinjing’s Flower × Sacred Realm II” Artist: Jin Jingcai Material: Paper installation, mixed media Dimensions: 45 cm centimeter x60cm×2 years Created in: 2023

 

 

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Name: “Jinjing’s Flower × Sacred Realm I” Artist: Jin Jingcai Material: Mixed media on paper Size: 45 cm centimeter x60cm Year: 2023
 

Title: “Flowers Have Bloomed in the Depths of Memory – Qi Xing” Artist: Jin Jing Medium: Mixed media on paper Dimensions: 50 cm centimeter x50cm Year: 2024
 

 

Name: “Flowers Have Bloomed in the Depths of Memory: Blues” Artist: Jin Jingcai Material: Mixed media on paper Size: 21 centimeter x29cm Year: 2023
 

 

Name: “LOVENOLOVE·Resilient Roses” Artist: Jin Jingcai Medium: Mixed media (Xuan paper, acrylic, flowers, charcoal) Size: 100 centimeter x7200cm Year: 2016
 

Name: “LOVENOLOVE Series 4 & 5” Artist: Jin Jingcai Medium: Oil on paper Dimensions: 27 centimeter x90cmx2 Year: 2017
 

Name: “ Invisible Medium II》 Artist: Jin Jingcai Material: Linen, oil paint Size: 130 centimeter x160cm Year: 2021
 

Name: “ Invisible Medium III》 Artist: Jin Jingcai Material: Linen, oil paint Size: 130 centimeter x190cm Year: 2021
 

Name: “ Invisible Media Series | Mother Script Artist: Jin Jingcai Materials: Xuan paper, acrylic, ink Dimensions: 15 inches centimeter x25cmx3 Year: 2020
 

Name: “Flowers Have Bloomed in the Depths of Memory: Diffusion” Artist: Jin Jingcai Material: Xuan paper, acrylic, ink Size: 26 inches centimeter x26cm Year: 2020

 

Title: “Flowers Bloom in the Depths of Memory: White Romance” Artist: Jin Jingcai Medium: Xuan paper, acrylic, ink Size: 33 cm x 33 cm Year: 2020
 

Title: “My Purple Melancholy No. 72” Artist: Jin Jingcai Medium: Xuan paper, acrylic, ink Dimensions: 68 cm x 68 cm Year: 2021

 

 

Artistic Background and Awards Received

 

Solo exhibition

·“From Poeticism to Poetics” — Jin Jing Art Exhibition (Jinling Art Museum, Nanjing, 2022)

·“After the Blossoms and Trees” — Solo Exhibition by Jin Jing (Tasso Art Space, Nanjing, 2021)

·“Heart’s Image” Solo Exhibition by Jin Jing (Jiamu Art Museum, Qingdao, 2016)

·“Pursuing Excellence in Gold” – Jin Jing Painting Exhibition (Jinling Art Museum, Nanjing, 2015)

 

Major group exhibitions in recent years

 

· International Art Exchange Exhibition, Paris, France, European Gallery, Paris, 2024

· Jinling Art Museum’s Grand New Year Exhibition for the Jia-Chen Dragon Year, 2024

· International Youth Art Festival, Nanjing, 2023

· 10th Anniversary Exhibition of the Jinling Art Museum (Jinling Art Museum, Nanjing, 2023)

·“Ten Miles of Spring Breeze” — Jiangsu Young Painters Nomination Exhibition (Jinling Art Museum, Nanjing, 2023)

·“Fragrance Between the Fingers” — Invitational Exhibition of Selected Works by Female Calligraphers and Painters from the Jiangnan Region (Xinhua All-Media Art Museum, Nanjing, 2022)

·“When the Wild Geese Return”—Self-Reflection: The Sixth Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Female Painters (Shizhuzhai Art Center, Nanjing, 2021)

·“Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China” —— Special Exhibition of Works by Xunzong Shiju (China Democratic Parties Exhibition Hall, Chongqing, 2021)

· The 11th Jiangsu Provincial Oil Painting Exhibition (Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, Nanjing, 2020)

·“Project Starry Sky” — Exhibition of Works by Contemporary Young Chinese Artists (Beijing, 2019)

·“Spring Blossoms, Autumn Fruits” — Annual Sketching and Creative Exhibition of the Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Calligraphy and Painting (Jiangsu Modern Art Museum, Nanjing, 2019)

·“100 Reasons to Fall in Love with Nanjing” — Art Fund Project (Jinling Art Museum, Nanjing, 2019)

· The 10th Jiangsu Provincial Oil Painting Exhibition (Phoenix Art Award, Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, Nanjing, 2018)

·“Self-Awareness” — Experimental Infinite Project (FFA Contemporary Art Center, Nanjing, 2018)

·“Crested Cuckoo’s Cry, Cicadas’ Song—Self-Reflection and Self-Talk” — The Fourth Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Female Painters (Renmei Art Museum, Beijing, 2018)

· China’s “Hundred Masters of Jinling” Oil Painting Exhibition, Collection Award, Jiangsu Modern Art Museum (Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, Nanjing, 2017)

·“New Melodies of Jinling” —— Invitational Exhibition of Mid‑ and Young‑Age Artists from Jiangsu (Jinling Art Museum, Nanjing, 2017)

·“Ice-Breaking Era” (798 Art District, Beijing, 2016)

·“Exhibiting and Displaying: An Exhibition of Reflection” (Jinling Art Museum, Nanjing, 2016)

·“The Ice-Breaking Era” — Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting Touring Exhibition (Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Xiamen, Shandong, 2016)

·“Carrying Forward the Past and Ushering in the Future” — Exhibition of Fine Arts by Members of the China Democratic League (National Art Museum of China, Beijing, 2015)

·“Love Qingdao” —— Korea–China Exchange (Daegu, South Korea, 2015) Nanjing Contemporary Art Community Open Exhibition (Nanjing, 2015)

·“V Era” — The Third Young Contemporary Art Exhibition (Shu Art Museum, Beijing, 2015)

 

Awards and Achievements

 

· Awarded the title of “Outstanding Teacher of Jiangsu Province” by the Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Center and the Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, 2022

· “LOVENOLOVE Series 3,” Phoenix Art Award, 10th Jiangsu Provincial Oil Painting Exhibition, 2018

· “LOVENOLOVE Series No. 1,” Collection Award, acquired by the Jiangsu Provincial Museum of Modern Art; exhibited at the China Hundred Masters of Jinling Oil Painting Exhibition, 2017.

· “Jinjing Art Studio,” Top Ten Lifestyle Aesthetics Creative Award, 3rd Art Nanjing International Art Fair, 2017

· “LOVENOLOVE Series 1,” Most Popular Artwork Award, 3rd Nanjing International Art Exhibition, 2017

· Second Art Nanjing International Art Fair, Most Popular Artist Award, 2016

· “Purple Years,” Excellence Award, 6th Jiangsu Provincial Watercolor (Gouache) Exhibition, 2011

· “Holiday,” Third Jiangsu Province New Artists and New Works Exhibition, Excellence Award, 2010