Bio

1974

Zhao Biru was born on June 3rd in Changshu, Jiangsu province, China, into a well educated family.
Her father  : Zhao Kai is an artist, painter, calligrapher and poet.
Her mother  : Wang Yuqin is an accountant, and journalist.
When she was very young, her father taught her how to paint, and she was soon able to take
part in competitions.

1984

When she was ten, the family moved to Nanjing.

1990

She went to senior school in Nanjing, to the Fine Art department. It was here she really started to learn about painting. Sha was interested in everything : drawing, sketching, colours, oil, laquer, and sculpture.

1994

After the baccalaureat, she studied at the Design Institute at Jiangnan University, in Wuxi, for four years.

1998

After graduating in drawing and graphics, she started teaching drawing and graphics at Jinling Keji, in Nanjing.
She took part in a collective exhibition " The hundred best Chinese graphists of the Twentieth Century " in Beijing. Two of her posters were selected for the Museum of Design in Beijing and for the exhibition catalogue.

2003

In order to perfect her technique, she enrolled at the School of Fine Art in Shanghai. It was at this point that she started doing more abstract paintings in ink.
Her first exhibition was held at the Art Scene China gallery in Shanghai.
She worked particularly hard at this time, as she was preparing her application for the School of Fine Art in Amiens, in France.

Danièle Sicard

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